Bill Text: IL HB3277 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that incidental sales of finished compost do not need to be applied to agronomic rates in determining whether a person needs a permit to conduct a landscape waste composting operation at specified sites. Removes a provision requiring that no fee is charged for the acceptance of materials to be composted in order for a site having 10 or more occupied non-farm residences within 1/2 mile of its boundaries to be excepted from permit requirements.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 11-4)
Status: (Passed) 2023-07-28 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0342 [HB3277 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB3277-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that incidental sales of finished compost do not need to be applied to agronomic rates in determining whether a person needs a permit to conduct a landscape waste composting operation at specified sites. Removes a provision requiring that no fee is charged for the acceptance of materials to be composted in order for a site having 10 or more occupied non-farm residences within 1/2 mile of its boundaries to be excepted from permit requirements.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 11-4)
Status: (Passed) 2023-07-28 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0342 [HB3277 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB3277-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning safety.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 21 as follows:
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6 | (415 ILCS 5/21) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1021)
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7 | Sec. 21. Prohibited acts. No person shall:
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8 | (a) Cause or allow the open dumping of any waste.
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9 | (b) Abandon, dump, or deposit any waste upon the public | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | highways or
other public property, except in a sanitary | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | landfill approved by the
Agency pursuant to regulations | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | adopted by the Board.
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13 | (c) Abandon any vehicle in violation of the "Abandoned | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | Vehicles
Amendment to the Illinois Vehicle Code", as enacted | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | by the 76th General
Assembly.
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16 | (d) Conduct any waste-storage, waste-treatment, or | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | waste-disposal
operation:
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18 | (1) without a permit granted by the Agency or in | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | violation of any
conditions imposed by such permit, | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | including periodic reports and full
access to adequate | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | records and the inspection of facilities, as may be
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22 | necessary to assure compliance with this Act and with | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | regulations and
standards adopted thereunder; provided, |
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1 | however, that, except for municipal
solid waste landfill | ||||||
2 | units that receive waste on or after October 9, 1993, and | ||||||
3 | CCR surface impoundments,
no permit shall be
required for | ||||||
4 | (i) any person conducting a waste-storage, | ||||||
5 | waste-treatment, or
waste-disposal operation for wastes | ||||||
6 | generated by such person's own
activities which are | ||||||
7 | stored, treated, or disposed within the site where
such | ||||||
8 | wastes are generated, (ii) until one year after the | ||||||
9 | effective date of rules adopted by the Board under | ||||||
10 | subsection (n) of Section 22.38,
a facility located in a | ||||||
11 | county with a
population over 700,000 as of January 1, | ||||||
12 | 2000, operated and located in accordance with
Section | ||||||
13 | 22.38 of this Act, and used exclusively for the transfer, | ||||||
14 | storage, or
treatment of general construction or | ||||||
15 | demolition debris, provided that the facility was | ||||||
16 | receiving construction or demolition debris on August 24, | ||||||
17 | 2009 (the effective date of Public Act 96-611), or (iii) | ||||||
18 | any person conducting a waste transfer, storage, | ||||||
19 | treatment, or disposal operation, including, but not | ||||||
20 | limited to, a waste transfer or waste composting | ||||||
21 | operation, under a mass animal mortality event plan | ||||||
22 | created by the Department of Agriculture;
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23 | (2) in violation of any regulations or standards | ||||||
24 | adopted by the
Board under this Act;
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25 | (3) which receives waste after August 31, 1988, does | ||||||
26 | not have a permit
issued by the Agency, and is (i) a |
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1 | landfill used exclusively for the
disposal of waste | ||||||
2 | generated at the site, (ii) a surface impoundment
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3 | receiving special waste not listed in an NPDES permit, | ||||||
4 | (iii) a waste pile
in which the total volume of waste is | ||||||
5 | greater than 100 cubic yards or the
waste is stored for | ||||||
6 | over one year, or (iv) a land treatment facility
receiving | ||||||
7 | special waste generated at the site; without giving notice | ||||||
8 | of the
operation to the Agency by January 1, 1989, or 30 | ||||||
9 | days after the date on
which the operation commences, | ||||||
10 | whichever is later, and every 3 years
thereafter. The form | ||||||
11 | for such notification shall be specified by the
Agency, | ||||||
12 | and shall be limited to information regarding: the name | ||||||
13 | and address
of the location of the operation; the type of | ||||||
14 | operation; the types and
amounts of waste stored, treated | ||||||
15 | or disposed of on an annual basis; the
remaining capacity | ||||||
16 | of the operation; and the remaining expected life of
the | ||||||
17 | operation.
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18 | Item (3) of this subsection (d) shall not apply to any | ||||||
19 | person
engaged in agricultural activity who is disposing of a | ||||||
20 | substance that
constitutes solid waste, if the substance was | ||||||
21 | acquired for use by that
person on his own property, and the | ||||||
22 | substance is disposed of on his own
property in accordance | ||||||
23 | with regulations or standards adopted by the Board.
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24 | This subsection (d) shall not apply to hazardous waste.
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25 | (e) Dispose, treat, store or abandon any waste, or | ||||||
26 | transport any waste
into this State for disposal, treatment, |
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1 | storage or abandonment, except at
a site or facility which | ||||||
2 | meets the requirements of this Act and of
regulations and | ||||||
3 | standards thereunder.
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4 | (f) Conduct any hazardous waste-storage, hazardous | ||||||
5 | waste-treatment or
hazardous waste-disposal operation:
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6 | (1) without a RCRA permit for the site issued by the | ||||||
7 | Agency under
subsection (d) of Section 39 of this Act, or | ||||||
8 | in violation of any condition
imposed by such permit, | ||||||
9 | including periodic reports and full access to
adequate | ||||||
10 | records and the inspection of facilities, as may be | ||||||
11 | necessary to
assure compliance with this Act and with | ||||||
12 | regulations and standards adopted
thereunder; or
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13 | (2) in violation of any regulations or standards | ||||||
14 | adopted by the Board
under this Act; or
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15 | (3) in violation of any RCRA permit filing requirement | ||||||
16 | established under
standards adopted by the Board under | ||||||
17 | this Act; or
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18 | (4) in violation of any order adopted by the Board | ||||||
19 | under this Act.
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20 | Notwithstanding the above, no RCRA permit shall be | ||||||
21 | required under this
subsection or subsection (d) of Section 39 | ||||||
22 | of this Act for any
person engaged in agricultural activity | ||||||
23 | who is disposing of a substance
which has been identified as a | ||||||
24 | hazardous waste, and which has been
designated by Board | ||||||
25 | regulations as being subject to this exception, if the
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26 | substance was acquired for use by that person on his own |
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1 | property and the
substance is disposed of on his own property | ||||||
2 | in accordance with regulations
or standards adopted by the | ||||||
3 | Board.
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4 | (g) Conduct any hazardous waste-transportation operation:
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5 | (1) without registering with and obtaining a special | ||||||
6 | waste hauling permit from the Agency in
accordance with | ||||||
7 | the regulations adopted by the Board under this Act; or
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8 | (2) in violation of any regulations or standards | ||||||
9 | adopted by
the
Board under this Act.
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10 | (h) Conduct any hazardous waste-recycling or hazardous | ||||||
11 | waste-reclamation
or hazardous waste-reuse operation in | ||||||
12 | violation of any regulations, standards
or permit requirements | ||||||
13 | adopted by the Board under this Act.
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14 | (i) Conduct any process or engage in any act which | ||||||
15 | produces hazardous
waste in violation of any regulations or | ||||||
16 | standards adopted by the Board
under subsections (a) and (c) | ||||||
17 | of Section 22.4 of this Act.
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18 | (j) Conduct any special waste-transportation operation in | ||||||
19 | violation
of any regulations, standards or permit requirements | ||||||
20 | adopted by the Board
under this Act. However, sludge from a | ||||||
21 | water or sewage treatment plant
owned and operated by a unit of | ||||||
22 | local government which (1) is subject to a
sludge management | ||||||
23 | plan approved by the Agency or a permit granted by the
Agency, | ||||||
24 | and (2) has been tested and determined not to be a hazardous | ||||||
25 | waste
as required by applicable State and federal laws and | ||||||
26 | regulations, may be
transported in this State without a |
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1 | special waste hauling permit, and the
preparation and carrying | ||||||
2 | of a manifest shall not be required for such
sludge under the | ||||||
3 | rules of the Pollution Control Board. The unit of local
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4 | government which operates the treatment plant producing such | ||||||
5 | sludge shall
file an annual report with the Agency identifying | ||||||
6 | the volume of such
sludge transported during the reporting | ||||||
7 | period, the hauler of the sludge,
and the disposal sites to | ||||||
8 | which it was transported. This subsection (j)
shall not apply | ||||||
9 | to hazardous waste.
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10 | (k) Fail or refuse to pay any fee imposed under this Act.
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11 | (l) Locate a hazardous waste disposal site above an active | ||||||
12 | or
inactive shaft or tunneled mine or within 2 miles of an | ||||||
13 | active fault in
the earth's crust. In counties of population | ||||||
14 | less than 225,000 no
hazardous waste disposal site shall be | ||||||
15 | located (1) within 1 1/2 miles of
the corporate limits as | ||||||
16 | defined on June 30, 1978, of any municipality
without the | ||||||
17 | approval of the governing body of the municipality in an
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18 | official action; or (2) within 1000 feet of an existing | ||||||
19 | private well or
the existing source of a public water supply | ||||||
20 | measured from the boundary
of the actual active permitted site | ||||||
21 | and excluding existing private wells
on the property of the | ||||||
22 | permit applicant. The provisions of this
subsection do not | ||||||
23 | apply to publicly owned sewage works or the disposal
or | ||||||
24 | utilization of sludge from publicly owned sewage works.
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25 | (m) Transfer interest in any land which has been used as a
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26 | hazardous waste disposal site without written notification to |
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1 | the Agency
of the transfer and to the transferee of the | ||||||
2 | conditions imposed by the Agency
upon its use under subsection | ||||||
3 | (g) of Section 39.
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4 | (n) Use any land which has been used as a hazardous waste
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5 | disposal site except in compliance with conditions imposed by | ||||||
6 | the Agency
under subsection (g) of Section 39.
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7 | (o) Conduct a sanitary landfill operation which is | ||||||
8 | required to have a
permit under subsection (d) of this | ||||||
9 | Section, in a manner which results in
any of the following | ||||||
10 | conditions:
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11 | (1) refuse in standing or flowing waters;
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12 | (2) leachate flows entering waters of the State;
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13 | (3) leachate flows exiting the landfill confines (as | ||||||
14 | determined by the
boundaries established for the landfill | ||||||
15 | by a permit issued by the Agency);
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16 | (4) open burning of refuse in violation of Section 9 | ||||||
17 | of this Act;
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18 | (5) uncovered refuse remaining from any previous | ||||||
19 | operating day or at the
conclusion of any operating day, | ||||||
20 | unless authorized by permit;
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21 | (6) failure to provide final cover within time limits | ||||||
22 | established by
Board regulations;
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23 | (7) acceptance of wastes without necessary permits;
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24 | (8) scavenging as defined by Board regulations;
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25 | (9) deposition of refuse in any unpermitted portion of | ||||||
26 | the landfill;
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1 | (10) acceptance of a special waste without a required | ||||||
2 | manifest;
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3 | (11) failure to submit reports required by permits or | ||||||
4 | Board regulations;
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5 | (12) failure to collect and contain litter from the | ||||||
6 | site by the end of
each operating day;
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7 | (13) failure to submit any cost estimate for the site | ||||||
8 | or any performance
bond or other security for the site as | ||||||
9 | required by this Act or Board rules.
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10 | The prohibitions specified in this subsection (o) shall be | ||||||
11 | enforceable by
the Agency either by administrative citation | ||||||
12 | under Section 31.1 of this Act
or as otherwise provided by this | ||||||
13 | Act. The specific prohibitions in this
subsection do not limit | ||||||
14 | the power of the Board to establish regulations
or standards | ||||||
15 | applicable to sanitary landfills.
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16 | (p) In violation of subdivision (a) of this Section, cause | ||||||
17 | or allow the
open dumping of any waste in a manner which | ||||||
18 | results in any of the following
occurrences at the dump site:
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19 | (1) litter;
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20 | (2) scavenging;
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21 | (3) open burning;
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22 | (4) deposition of waste in standing or flowing waters;
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23 | (5) proliferation of disease vectors;
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24 | (6) standing or flowing liquid discharge from the dump | ||||||
25 | site;
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26 | (7) deposition of:
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1 | (i) general construction or demolition debris as | ||||||
2 | defined in Section
3.160(a) of this Act; or
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3 | (ii) clean construction or demolition debris as | ||||||
4 | defined in Section
3.160(b) of this Act.
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5 | The prohibitions specified in this subsection (p) shall be
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6 | enforceable by the Agency either by administrative citation | ||||||
7 | under Section
31.1 of this Act or as otherwise provided by this | ||||||
8 | Act. The specific
prohibitions in this subsection do not limit | ||||||
9 | the power of the Board to
establish regulations or standards | ||||||
10 | applicable to open dumping.
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11 | (q) Conduct a landscape waste composting operation without | ||||||
12 | an Agency
permit, provided, however, that no permit shall be | ||||||
13 | required for any person:
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14 | (1) conducting a landscape waste composting operation | ||||||
15 | for landscape
wastes generated by such person's own | ||||||
16 | activities which are stored, treated,
or disposed of | ||||||
17 | within the site where such wastes are generated; or
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18 | (1.5) conducting a landscape waste composting | ||||||
19 | operation that (i) has no more than 25 cubic yards of | ||||||
20 | landscape waste, composting additives, composting | ||||||
21 | material, or end-product compost on-site at any one time | ||||||
22 | and (ii) is not engaging in commercial activity; or | ||||||
23 | (2) applying landscape waste or composted landscape | ||||||
24 | waste at agronomic
rates; or
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25 | (2.5) operating a landscape waste composting facility | ||||||
26 | at a site having 10 or more occupied non-farm residences |
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1 | within 1/2 mile of its boundaries, if the facility meets | ||||||
2 | all of the following criteria: | ||||||
3 | (A) the composting facility is operated by the | ||||||
4 | farmer on property on which the composting material is | ||||||
5 | utilized, and the composting facility
constitutes no | ||||||
6 | more than 2% of the site's total acreage; | ||||||
7 | (A-5) any composting additives that the composting | ||||||
8 | facility accepts and uses at the facility are | ||||||
9 | necessary to provide proper conditions for composting | ||||||
10 | and do not exceed 10% of the total composting material | ||||||
11 | at the facility at any one time; | ||||||
12 | (B) the property on which the composting facility | ||||||
13 | is located, and any associated property on which the | ||||||
14 | compost is used, is principally and diligently devoted | ||||||
15 | to the production of agricultural crops and is not | ||||||
16 | owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by any waste | ||||||
17 | hauler or generator of nonagricultural compost | ||||||
18 | materials, and the operator of the composting facility | ||||||
19 | is not an employee, partner, shareholder, or in any | ||||||
20 | way connected with or controlled by any such waste | ||||||
21 | hauler or generator; | ||||||
22 | (C) all compost generated by the composting | ||||||
23 | facility , except incidental sales of finished compost, | ||||||
24 | is applied at agronomic rates and used as mulch, | ||||||
25 | fertilizer, or soil conditioner on land actually | ||||||
26 | farmed by the person operating the composting |
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1 | facility, and the finished compost is not stored at | ||||||
2 | the composting site for a period longer than 18 months | ||||||
3 | prior to its application as mulch, fertilizer, or soil | ||||||
4 | conditioner; | ||||||
5 | (D) (blank); and no fee is charged for the | ||||||
6 | acceptance of materials to be composted at the | ||||||
7 | facility; and | ||||||
8 | (E) the owner or operator, by January 1, 2014 (or | ||||||
9 | the January 1
following commencement of operation, | ||||||
10 | whichever is later) and January 1 of
each year | ||||||
11 | thereafter, registers the site with the Agency, (ii) | ||||||
12 | reports to the Agency on the volume of composting | ||||||
13 | material received and used at the site; (iii) | ||||||
14 | certifies to the Agency that the site complies with | ||||||
15 | the
requirements set forth in subparagraphs (A), | ||||||
16 | (A-5), (B), (C), and (D) of this paragraph
(2.5); and | ||||||
17 | (iv) certifies to the Agency that all composting | ||||||
18 | material was placed more than 200 feet from the | ||||||
19 | nearest potable water supply well, was placed outside | ||||||
20 | the boundary of the 10-year floodplain or on a part of | ||||||
21 | the site that is floodproofed, was placed at least 1/4 | ||||||
22 | mile from the nearest residence (other than a | ||||||
23 | residence located on the same property as the | ||||||
24 | facility) or a lesser distance from the nearest | ||||||
25 | residence (other than a residence located on the same | ||||||
26 | property as the facility) if the municipality in which |
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1 | the facility is located has by ordinance approved a | ||||||
2 | lesser distance than 1/4 mile, and was placed more | ||||||
3 | than 5 feet above the water table; any ordinance | ||||||
4 | approving a residential setback of less than 1/4 mile | ||||||
5 | that is used to meet the requirements of this | ||||||
6 | subparagraph (E) of paragraph (2.5) of this subsection | ||||||
7 | must specifically reference this paragraph; or | ||||||
8 | (3) operating a landscape waste composting facility on | ||||||
9 | a farm, if the
facility meets all of the following | ||||||
10 | criteria:
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11 | (A) the composting facility is operated by the | ||||||
12 | farmer on property on
which the composting material is | ||||||
13 | utilized, and the composting facility
constitutes no | ||||||
14 | more than 2% of the property's total acreage, except | ||||||
15 | that
the Board may allow a higher percentage for | ||||||
16 | individual sites where the owner
or operator has | ||||||
17 | demonstrated to the Board that the site's soil
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18 | characteristics or crop needs require a higher rate;
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19 | (A-1) the composting facility accepts from other | ||||||
20 | agricultural operations for composting with landscape | ||||||
21 | waste no materials other than uncontaminated and | ||||||
22 | source-separated (i) crop residue and other | ||||||
23 | agricultural plant residue generated from the | ||||||
24 | production and harvesting of crops and other customary | ||||||
25 | farm practices, including, but not limited to, stalks, | ||||||
26 | leaves, seed pods, husks, bagasse, and roots and (ii) |
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1 | plant-derived animal bedding, such as straw or | ||||||
2 | sawdust, that is free of manure and was not made from | ||||||
3 | painted or treated wood; | ||||||
4 | (A-2) any composting additives that the composting | ||||||
5 | facility accepts and uses at the facility are | ||||||
6 | necessary to provide proper conditions for composting | ||||||
7 | and do not exceed 10% of the total composting material | ||||||
8 | at the facility at any one time; | ||||||
9 | (B) the property on which the composting facility | ||||||
10 | is located, and any
associated property on which the | ||||||
11 | compost is used, is principally and
diligently devoted | ||||||
12 | to the production of agricultural crops and
is not | ||||||
13 | owned, leased or otherwise controlled by any waste | ||||||
14 | hauler
or generator of nonagricultural compost | ||||||
15 | materials, and the operator of the
composting facility | ||||||
16 | is not an employee, partner, shareholder, or in any | ||||||
17 | way
connected with or controlled by any such waste | ||||||
18 | hauler or generator;
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19 | (C) all compost generated by the composting | ||||||
20 | facility , except incidental sales of finished compost, | ||||||
21 | is applied at
agronomic rates and used as mulch, | ||||||
22 | fertilizer or soil conditioner on land
actually farmed | ||||||
23 | by the person operating the composting facility, and | ||||||
24 | the
finished compost is not stored at the composting | ||||||
25 | site for a period longer
than 18 months prior to its | ||||||
26 | application as mulch, fertilizer, or soil conditioner;
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1 | (D) the owner or operator, by January 1 of
each | ||||||
2 | year, (i) registers the site with the Agency, (ii) | ||||||
3 | reports
to the Agency on the volume of composting | ||||||
4 | material received and used at the
site, (iii) | ||||||
5 | certifies to the Agency that the site complies with | ||||||
6 | the
requirements set forth in subparagraphs (A), | ||||||
7 | (A-1), (A-2), (B), and (C) of this paragraph
(q)(3), | ||||||
8 | and (iv) certifies to the Agency that all composting | ||||||
9 | material: | ||||||
10 | (I) was
placed more than 200 feet from the | ||||||
11 | nearest potable water supply well; | ||||||
12 | (II) was
placed outside the boundary of the | ||||||
13 | 10-year floodplain or on a part of the
site that is | ||||||
14 | floodproofed; | ||||||
15 | (III) was placed either (aa) at least 1/4 mile | ||||||
16 | from the nearest
residence (other than a residence | ||||||
17 | located on the same property as the
facility) and | ||||||
18 | there are not more than 10 occupied non-farm | ||||||
19 | residences
within 1/2 mile of the boundaries of | ||||||
20 | the site on the date of application or (bb) a | ||||||
21 | lesser distance from the nearest residence (other | ||||||
22 | than a residence located on the same property as | ||||||
23 | the facility) provided that the municipality or | ||||||
24 | county in which the facility is located has by | ||||||
25 | ordinance approved a lesser distance than 1/4 mile | ||||||
26 | and there are not more than 10 occupied non-farm |
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1 | residences
within 1/2 mile of the boundaries of | ||||||
2 | the site on the date of application;
and | ||||||
3 | (IV) was placed more than 5 feet above the | ||||||
4 | water table. | ||||||
5 | Any ordinance approving a residential setback of | ||||||
6 | less than 1/4 mile that is used to meet the | ||||||
7 | requirements of this subparagraph (D) must | ||||||
8 | specifically reference this subparagraph.
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9 | For the purposes of this subsection (q), "agronomic rates" | ||||||
10 | means the
application of not more than 20 tons per acre per | ||||||
11 | year, except that the
Board may allow a higher rate for | ||||||
12 | individual sites where the owner or
operator has demonstrated | ||||||
13 | to the Board that the site's soil
characteristics or crop | ||||||
14 | needs require a higher rate.
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15 | (r) Cause or allow the storage or disposal of coal | ||||||
16 | combustion
waste unless:
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17 | (1) such waste is stored or disposed of at a site or
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18 | facility for which
a permit has been obtained or is not | ||||||
19 | otherwise required under subsection
(d) of this Section; | ||||||
20 | or
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21 | (2) such waste is stored or disposed of as a part of
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22 | the design and
reclamation of a site or facility which is | ||||||
23 | an abandoned mine site in
accordance with the Abandoned | ||||||
24 | Mined Lands and Water Reclamation Act; or
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25 | (3) such waste is stored or disposed of at a site or
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26 | facility which is
operating under NPDES and Subtitle D |
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1 | permits issued by the Agency pursuant
to regulations | ||||||
2 | adopted by the Board for mine-related water pollution and
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3 | permits issued pursuant to the federal Surface Mining | ||||||
4 | Control and
Reclamation Act of 1977 (P.L. 95-87) or the | ||||||
5 | rules and regulations
thereunder or any law or rule or | ||||||
6 | regulation adopted by the State of
Illinois pursuant | ||||||
7 | thereto, and the owner or operator of the facility agrees
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8 | to accept the waste; and either:
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9 | (i) such waste is stored or disposed of in | ||||||
10 | accordance
with requirements
applicable to refuse | ||||||
11 | disposal under regulations adopted by the Board for
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12 | mine-related water pollution and pursuant to NPDES and | ||||||
13 | Subtitle D permits
issued by the Agency under such | ||||||
14 | regulations; or
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15 | (ii) the owner or operator of the facility | ||||||
16 | demonstrates all of the
following to the Agency, and | ||||||
17 | the facility is operated in accordance with
the | ||||||
18 | demonstration as approved by the Agency: (1) the | ||||||
19 | disposal area will be
covered in a manner that will | ||||||
20 | support continuous vegetation, (2) the
facility will | ||||||
21 | be adequately protected from wind and water erosion, | ||||||
22 | (3) the
pH will be maintained so as to prevent | ||||||
23 | excessive leaching of metal ions,
and (4) adequate | ||||||
24 | containment or other measures will be provided to | ||||||
25 | protect
surface water and groundwater from | ||||||
26 | contamination at levels prohibited by
this Act, the |
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1 | Illinois Groundwater Protection Act, or regulations | ||||||
2 | adopted
pursuant thereto.
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3 | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Title, the | ||||||
4 | disposal of coal
combustion waste pursuant to item (2) or (3) | ||||||
5 | of this
subdivision (r) shall
be exempt from the other | ||||||
6 | provisions of this Title V, and notwithstanding
the provisions | ||||||
7 | of Title X of this Act, the Agency is authorized to grant
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8 | experimental permits which include provision for the disposal | ||||||
9 | of
wastes from the combustion of coal and other materials | ||||||
10 | pursuant to items
(2) and (3) of this subdivision (r).
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11 | (s) After April 1, 1989, offer for transportation, | ||||||
12 | transport, deliver,
receive or accept special waste for which | ||||||
13 | a manifest is required, unless
the manifest indicates that the | ||||||
14 | fee required under Section 22.8 of this
Act has been paid.
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15 | (t) Cause or allow a lateral expansion of a municipal | ||||||
16 | solid waste landfill
unit on or after October 9, 1993, without | ||||||
17 | a permit modification, granted by the
Agency, that authorizes | ||||||
18 | the lateral expansion.
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19 | (u) Conduct any vegetable by-product treatment, storage, | ||||||
20 | disposal or
transportation operation in violation of any | ||||||
21 | regulation, standards or permit
requirements adopted by the | ||||||
22 | Board under this Act. However, no permit shall be
required | ||||||
23 | under this Title V for the land application of vegetable | ||||||
24 | by-products
conducted pursuant to Agency permit issued under | ||||||
25 | Title III of this Act to
the generator of the vegetable | ||||||
26 | by-products. In addition, vegetable by-products
may be |
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1 | transported in this State without a special waste hauling | ||||||
2 | permit, and
without the preparation and carrying of a | ||||||
3 | manifest.
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4 | (v) (Blank).
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5 | (w) Conduct any generation, transportation, or recycling | ||||||
6 | of construction or
demolition debris, clean or general, or | ||||||
7 | uncontaminated soil generated during
construction, remodeling, | ||||||
8 | repair, and demolition of utilities, structures, and
roads | ||||||
9 | that is not commingled with any waste, without the maintenance | ||||||
10 | of
documentation identifying the hauler, generator, place of | ||||||
11 | origin of the debris
or soil, the weight or volume of the | ||||||
12 | debris or soil, and the location, owner,
and operator of the | ||||||
13 | facility where the debris or soil was transferred,
disposed, | ||||||
14 | recycled, or treated. This documentation must be maintained by | ||||||
15 | the
generator, transporter, or recycler for 3 years.
This | ||||||
16 | subsection (w) shall not apply to (1) a permitted pollution | ||||||
17 | control
facility that transfers or accepts construction or | ||||||
18 | demolition debris,
clean or general, or uncontaminated soil | ||||||
19 | for final disposal, recycling, or
treatment, (2) a public | ||||||
20 | utility (as that term is defined in the Public
Utilities Act) | ||||||
21 | or a municipal utility, (3) the Illinois Department of
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22 | Transportation, or (4) a municipality or a county highway | ||||||
23 | department, with
the exception of any municipality or county | ||||||
24 | highway department located within a
county having a population | ||||||
25 | of over 3,000,000 inhabitants or located in a county
that
is | ||||||
26 | contiguous to a county having a population of over 3,000,000 |
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1 | inhabitants;
but it shall apply to an entity that contracts | ||||||
2 | with a public utility, a
municipal utility, the Illinois | ||||||
3 | Department of Transportation, or a
municipality or a county | ||||||
4 | highway department.
The terms
"generation" and "recycling", as
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5 | used in this subsection, do not
apply to clean construction or | ||||||
6 | demolition debris
when (i) used as fill material below grade | ||||||
7 | outside of a setback zone
if covered by sufficient | ||||||
8 | uncontaminated soil to support vegetation within 30
days of | ||||||
9 | the completion of filling or if covered by a road or structure, | ||||||
10 | (ii)
solely broken concrete without
protruding metal bars is | ||||||
11 | used for erosion control, or (iii) milled
asphalt or crushed | ||||||
12 | concrete is used as aggregate in construction of the
shoulder | ||||||
13 | of a roadway. The terms "generation" and "recycling", as used | ||||||
14 | in this
subsection, do not apply to uncontaminated soil
that | ||||||
15 | is not commingled with any waste when (i) used as fill material | ||||||
16 | below
grade or contoured to grade, or (ii) used at the site of | ||||||
17 | generation.
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18 | (Source: P.A. 101-171, eff. 7-30-19; 102-216, eff. 1-1-22; | ||||||
19 | 102-310, eff. 8-6-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-813, eff. | ||||||
20 | 5-13-22.)
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