Bill Text: IL HB1445 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that "pollution control waste", "sludge", and "waste" do not include exceptional quality biosolids. Defines "exceptional quality biosolids".

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-3)

Status: (Passed) 2015-07-20 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0067 [HB1445 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB1445-Chaptered.html

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Public Act 099-0067
HB1445 Enrolled LRB099 06065 MGM 26119 b
AN ACT concerning safety.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
adding Sections 3.560 and 22.56a as follows:
(415 ILCS 5/3.560 new)
Sec. 3.560. Exceptional Quality biosolids. "Exceptional
Quality biosolids" means solids that:
(1) are generated from the advanced processing of
publicly-owned sewage treatment plant sludge;
(2) do not exceed the ceiling concentration limits in
Table 1 of 40 CFR 503.13 and the pollutant concentration
limits in Table 3 of 40 CFR 503.13;
(3) meet the requirements for classification as Class A
with respect to pathogens in 40 CFR 503.32(a); and
(4) meet one of the vector attraction reduction
requirements in 40 CFR 503.33(b)(1) through (b)(8).
(415 ILCS 5/22.56a new)
Sec. 22.56a. Land application of Exceptional Quality
biosolids.
(a) The General Assembly finds that:
(1) technological advances in wastewater treatment

have allowed for the production of Exceptional Quality
biosolids that can be used on land as a beneficial
recyclable material that improves soil tilth, fertility,
and stability and their use enhances the growth of
agricultural, silvicultural, and horticultural crops;
(2) Exceptional Quality biosolids are a resource to be
recovered; and
(3) the beneficial use of Exceptional Quality
biosolids and their recycling to the land as a soil
amendment is encouraged.
(b) To encourage and promote the use of Exceptional Quality
biosolids in productive and beneficial applications, to the
extent allowed by federal law, Exceptional Quality biosolids
shall not be subject to regulation as a sludge or other waste
if all of the following requirements are met:
(1) The sewage treatment plant generating the
Exceptional Quality biosolids maintains the following
information with respect to the biosolids:
(A) Documentation demonstrating that the
Exceptional Quality biosolids do not exceed the
ceiling concentration limits in Table 1 of 40 CFR
503.13 and the pollutant concentration limits in Table
3 of 40 CFR 503.13;
(B) Documentation demonstrating that the Class A
pathogen requirements in 40 CFR 503.32(a) are met,
including but not limited to a description of how they

were met;
(C) Documentation demonstrating that the vector
attraction requirements in 40 CFR 503.33(b)(1) through
(b)(8) are met, including but not limited to a
description of how they were met;
(D) A certification statement regarding the Class
A pathogen requirements in 40 CFR 503.32(a) and the
vector attraction reduction requirements in 40 CFR
503.33(b)(1) through (b)(8), as required in 40 CFR
503.17(a)(1)(ii); and
(E) The quantity of Exceptional Quality biosolids
sold or given away by the sewage treatment plant each
year. The information must be maintained for a minimum
of 5 years after the biosolids are generated, and upon
request must be made available to the Agency for
inspection and copying during normal business hours.
(2) For Exceptional Quality biosolids that have not
been bagged:
(A) They are not applied to snow-covered or frozen
ground; and
(B) They are used on agricultural land in a manner
that follows recommended application rates and are
used on all land in a manner that follows best
management practices to protect water quality.
(3) If Exceptional Quality biosolids that have not been
bagged are generated in another state and imported into

this State, the person importing the biosolids must
maintain the information set forth in subparagraph (A) of
paragraph (1) of subsection (a) through subparagraph (D) of
paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this Section and the
amount of Exceptional Quality biosolids imported each
year. The information must be maintained for a minimum of 5
years after the biosolids are imported, and upon request
must be made available to the Agency for inspection and
copying during normal business hours.
(c) For purposes of this Section, Exceptional Quality
biosolids are considered "bagged" if they are in a bag or in an
open or closed receptacle that has a capacity of one metric ton
or less, including, but not limited to, a bucket, box, carton,
vehicle, or trailer.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.