Bill Text: IL SB2267 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that, when determining whether certain local siting review criteria have been met, the county board of the county or the governing body of the municipality, as applicable, shall consider, among other things, vehicle emissions and the potential cumulative impacts created by the addition of the facility to the existing pollution sources, the disparate impacts created by the addition of the facility to existing pollution sources, and the potential disparate impacts on nearby communities. Requires the local siting decisions of the Pollution Control Board to include a written statement describing whether the procedures were conducted by the county board or governing body in a manner that is accessible to the public, including individuals with disabilities and individuals who are not native speakers of English.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-07 - Referred to Assignments [SB2267 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-SB2267-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2267 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Karina Villa SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
415 ILCS 5/39.2 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1039.2
415 ILCS 5/40.1 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1040.1
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that, when determining whether certain local siting review criteria have been met, the county board of the county or the governing body of the municipality, as applicable, shall consider, among other things, vehicle emissions and the potential cumulative impacts created by the addition of the facility to the existing pollution sources, the disparate impacts created by the addition of the facility to existing pollution sources, and the potential disparate impacts on nearby communities. Requires the local siting decisions of the Pollution Control Board to include a written statement describing whether the procedures were conducted by the county board or governing body in a manner that is accessible to the public, including individuals with disabilities and individuals who are not native speakers of English.
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A BILL FOR
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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
changing Section 39.2 and 40.1 as follows:
(415 ILCS 5/39.2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1039.2)
Sec. 39.2. Local siting review.
(a) The county board of the county or the governing body of
the municipality, as determined by paragraph (c) of Section 39
of this Act, shall approve or disapprove the request for local
siting approval for each pollution control facility which is
subject to such review. An applicant for local siting approval
shall submit sufficient details describing the proposed
facility and evidence to demonstrate compliance, and local
siting approval shall be granted only if the proposed facility
meets the following criteria:
(i) the facility is necessary to accommodate the waste
needs of the area it is intended to serve;
(ii) the facility is so designed, located and proposed
to be operated that the public health, safety and welfare
will be protected;
(iii) the facility is located so as to minimize
incompatibility with the character of the surrounding area

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and to minimize the effect on the value of the surrounding
property;
(iv) (A) for a facility other than a sanitary landfill
or waste disposal site, the facility is located outside
the boundary of the 100 year flood plain or the site is
flood-proofed; (B) for a facility that is a sanitary
landfill or waste disposal site, the facility is located
outside the boundary of the 100-year floodplain, or if the
facility is a facility described in subsection (b)(3) of
Section 22.19a, the site is flood-proofed;
(v) the plan of operations for the facility is
designed to minimize the danger to the surrounding area
from fire, spills, or other operational accidents;
(vi) the traffic patterns to or from the facility are
so designed as to minimize vehicle emissions and the
impact on existing traffic flows;
(vii) if the facility will be treating, storing or
disposing of hazardous waste, an emergency response plan
exists for the facility which includes notification,
containment and evacuation procedures to be used in case
of an accidental release;
(viii) if the facility is to be located in a county
where the county board has adopted a solid waste
management plan consistent with the planning requirements
of the Local Solid Waste Disposal Act or the Solid Waste
Planning and Recycling Act, the facility is consistent

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with that plan; for purposes of this criterion (viii), the
"solid waste management plan" means the plan that is in
effect as of the date the application for siting approval
is filed; and
(ix) if the facility will be located within a
regulated recharge area, any applicable requirements
specified by the Board for such areas have been met.
When determining whether the criteria described in item
(ii) have been met, the county board of the county or the
governing body of the municipality, as applicable, shall
consider the potential cumulative impacts created by the
addition of the facility to the existing pollution sources,
the disparate impacts created by the addition of the facility
to existing pollution sources, and the potential disparate
impacts on nearby communities.
The county board or the governing body of the municipality
may also consider as evidence the previous operating
experience and past record of convictions or admissions of
violations of the applicant (and any subsidiary or parent
corporation) in the field of solid waste management when
considering criteria (ii) and (v) under this Section.
If the facility is subject to the location restrictions in
Section 22.14 of this Act, compliance with that Section shall
be determined as of the date the application for siting
approval is filed.
(b) No later than 14 days before the date on which the

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county board or governing body of the municipality receives a
request for site approval, the applicant shall cause written
notice of such request to be served either in person or by
registered mail, return receipt requested, on the owners of
all property within the subject area not solely owned by the
applicant, and on the owners of all property within 250 feet in
each direction of the lot line of the subject property, said
owners being such persons or entities which appear from the
authentic tax records of the County in which such facility is
to be located; provided, that the number of all feet occupied
by all public roads, streets, alleys and other public ways
shall be excluded in computing the 250 feet requirement;
provided further, that in no event shall this requirement
exceed 400 feet, including public streets, alleys and other
public ways.
Such written notice shall also be served upon members of
the General Assembly from the legislative district in which
the proposed facility is located and shall be published in a
newspaper of general circulation published in the county in
which the site is located.
Such notice shall state the name and address of the
applicant, the location of the proposed site, the nature and
size of the development, the nature of the activity proposed,
the probable life of the proposed activity, the date when the
request for site approval will be submitted, and a description
of the right of persons to comment on such request as hereafter

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provided.
(c) An applicant shall file a copy of its request with the
county board of the county or the governing body of the
municipality in which the proposed site is located. The
request shall include (i) the substance of the applicant's
proposal and (ii) all documents, if any, submitted as of that
date to the Agency pertaining to the proposed facility, except
trade secrets as determined under Section 7.1 of this Act. All
such documents or other materials on file with the county
board or governing body of the municipality shall be made
available for public inspection at the office of the county
board or the governing body of the municipality and may be
copied upon payment of the actual cost of reproduction.
Any person may file written comment with the county board
or governing body of the municipality concerning the
appropriateness of the proposed site for its intended purpose.
The county board or governing body of the municipality shall
consider any comment received or postmarked not later than 30
days after the date of the last public hearing.
(d) At least one public hearing, at which an applicant
shall present at least one witness to testify subject to
cross-examination, is to be held by the county board or
governing body of the municipality no sooner than 90 days but
no later than 120 days after the date on which it received the
request for site approval. No later than 14 days prior to such
hearing, notice shall be published in a newspaper of general

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circulation published in the county of the proposed site, and
delivered by certified mail to all members of the General
Assembly from the district in which the proposed site is
located, to the governing authority of every municipality
contiguous to the proposed site or contiguous to the
municipality in which the proposed site is to be located, to
the county board of the county where the proposed site is to be
located, if the proposed site is located within the boundaries
of a municipality, and to the Agency. Members or
representatives of the governing authority of a municipality
contiguous to the proposed site or contiguous to the
municipality in which the proposed site is to be located and,
if the proposed site is located in a municipality, members or
representatives of the county board of a county in which the
proposed site is to be located may appear at and participate in
public hearings held pursuant to this Section. The public
hearing shall develop a record sufficient to form the basis of
appeal of the decision in accordance with Section 40.1 of this
Act. The fact that a member of the county board or governing
body of the municipality has publicly expressed an opinion on
an issue related to a site review proceeding shall not
preclude the member from taking part in the proceeding and
voting on the issue.
(e) Decisions of the county board or governing body of the
municipality are to be in writing, confirming a public hearing
was held with testimony from at least one witness presented by

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the applicant, specifying the reasons for the decision, such
reasons to be in conformance with subsection (a) of this
Section. In granting approval for a site the county board or
governing body of the municipality may impose such conditions
as may be reasonable and necessary to accomplish the purposes
of this Section and as are not inconsistent with regulations
promulgated by the Board. Such decision shall be available for
public inspection at the office of the county board or
governing body of the municipality and may be copied upon
payment of the actual cost of reproduction. If there is no
final action by the county board or governing body of the
municipality within 180 days after the date on which it
received the request for site approval, the applicant may deem
the request approved.
At the public hearing, at any time prior to completion by
the applicant of the presentation of the applicant's factual
evidence, testimony, and an opportunity for cross-examination
by the county board or governing body of the municipality and
any participants, the applicant may file not more than one
amended application upon payment of additional fees pursuant
to subsection (k); in which case the time limitation for final
action set forth in this subsection (e) shall be extended for
an additional period of 90 days.
If, prior to making a final local siting decision, a
county board or governing body of a municipality has
negotiated and entered into a host agreement with the local

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siting applicant, the terms and conditions of the host
agreement, whether written or oral, shall be disclosed and
made a part of the hearing record for that local siting
proceeding. In the case of an oral agreement, the disclosure
shall be made in the form of a written summary jointly prepared
and submitted by the county board or governing body of the
municipality and the siting applicant and shall describe the
terms and conditions of the oral agreement.
(e-5) Siting approval obtained pursuant to this Section is
transferable and may be transferred to a subsequent owner or
operator. In the event that siting approval has been
transferred to a subsequent owner or operator, that subsequent
owner or operator assumes and takes subject to any and all
conditions imposed upon the prior owner or operator by the
county board of the county or governing body of the
municipality pursuant to subsection (e). However, any such
conditions imposed pursuant to this Section may be modified by
agreement between the subsequent owner or operator and the
appropriate county board or governing body. Further, in the
event that siting approval obtained pursuant to this Section
has been transferred to a subsequent owner or operator, that
subsequent owner or operator assumes all rights and
obligations and takes the facility subject to any and all
terms and conditions of any existing host agreement between
the prior owner or operator and the appropriate county board
or governing body.

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(f) A local siting approval granted under this Section
shall expire at the end of 2 calendar years from the date upon
which it was granted, unless the local siting approval granted
under this Section is for a sanitary landfill operation, in
which case the approval shall expire at the end of 3 calendar
years from the date upon which it was granted, and unless
within that period the applicant has made application to the
Agency for a permit to develop the site. In the event that the
local siting decision has been appealed, such expiration
period shall be deemed to begin on the date upon which the
appeal process is concluded.
Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, upon the
expiration of a development permit under subsection (k) of
Section 39, any associated local siting approval granted for
the facility under this Section shall also expire.
If a first development permit for a municipal waste
incineration facility expires under subsection (k) of Section
39 after September 30, 1989 due to circumstances beyond the
control of the applicant, any associated local siting approval
granted for the facility under this Section may be used to
fulfill the local siting approval requirement upon application
for a second development permit for the same site, provided
that the proposal in the new application is materially the
same, with respect to the criteria in subsection (a) of this
Section, as the proposal that received the original siting
approval, and application for the second development permit is

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made before January 1, 1990.
(g) The siting approval procedures, criteria and appeal
procedures provided for in this Act for new pollution control
facilities shall be the exclusive siting procedures and rules
and appeal procedures for facilities subject to such
procedures. Local zoning or other local land use requirements
shall not be applicable to such siting decisions.
(h) Nothing in this Section shall apply to any existing or
new pollution control facility located within the corporate
limits of a municipality with a population of over 1,000,000.
(i) (Blank.)
The Board shall adopt regulations establishing the
geologic and hydrologic siting criteria necessary to protect
usable groundwater resources which are to be followed by the
Agency in its review of permit applications for new pollution
control facilities. Such regulations, insofar as they apply to
new pollution control facilities authorized to store, treat or
dispose of any hazardous waste, shall be at least as stringent
as the requirements of the Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act and any State or federal regulations adopted pursuant
thereto.
(j) Any new pollution control facility which has never
obtained local siting approval under the provisions of this
Section shall be required to obtain such approval after a
final decision on an appeal of a permit denial.
(k) A county board or governing body of a municipality may

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charge applicants for siting review under this Section a
reasonable fee to cover the reasonable and necessary costs
incurred by such county or municipality in the siting review
process.
(l) The governing Authority as determined by subsection
(c) of Section 39 of this Act may request the Department of
Transportation to perform traffic impact studies of proposed
or potential locations for required pollution control
facilities.
(m) An applicant may not file a request for local siting
approval which is substantially the same as a request which
was disapproved pursuant to a finding against the applicant
under any of criteria (i) through (ix) of subsection (a) of
this Section within the preceding 2 years.
(n) In any review proceeding of a decision of the county
board or governing body of a municipality made pursuant to the
local siting review process, the petitioner in the review
proceeding shall pay to the county or municipality the cost of
preparing and certifying the record of proceedings. Should the
petitioner in the review proceeding fail to make payment, the
provisions of Section 3-109 of the Code of Civil Procedure
shall apply.
In the event the petitioner is a citizens' group that
participated in the siting proceeding and is so located as to
be affected by the proposed facility, such petitioner shall be
exempt from paying the costs of preparing and certifying the

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record.
(o) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, a
transfer station used exclusively for landscape waste, where
landscape waste is held no longer than 24 hours from the time
it was received, is not subject to the requirements of local
siting approval under this Section, but is subject only to
local zoning approval.
(Source: P.A. 100-382, eff. 8-25-17.)
(415 ILCS 5/40.1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1040.1)
Sec. 40.1. Appeal of siting approval.
(a) If the county board or the governing body of the
municipality, as determined by paragraph (c) of Section 39 of
this Act, refuses to grant or grants with conditions approval
under Section 39.2 of this Act, the applicant may, within 35
days after the date on which the local siting authority
disapproved or conditionally approved siting, petition for a
hearing before the Board to contest the decision of the county
board or the governing body of the municipality. The Board
shall publish 21 day notice of the hearing on the appeal in a
newspaper of general circulation published in that county. The
county board or governing body of the municipality shall
appear as respondent in such hearing, and such hearing shall
be based exclusively on the record before the county board or
the governing body of the municipality. At such hearing the
rules prescribed in Sections 32 and 33 (a) of this Act shall

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apply, and the burden of proof shall be on the petitioner;
however, no new or additional evidence in support of or in
opposition to any finding, order, determination or decision of
the appropriate county board or governing body of the
municipality shall be heard by the Board. In making its orders
and determinations under this Section the Board shall include
in its consideration the written decision and reasons for the
decision of the county board or the governing body of the
municipality, the transcribed record of the hearing held
pursuant to subsection (d) of Section 39.2, and the
fundamental fairness of the procedures used by the county
board or the governing body of the municipality in reaching
its decision, including a written statement describing whether
the procedures were conducted by the county board or governing
body in a manner that is accessible to the public, including
individuals with disabilities and individuals who are not
native speakers of English. The Board shall transmit a copy of
its decision to the office of the county board or governing
body of the municipality where it shall be available for
public inspection and copied upon payment of the actual cost
of reproduction. If there is no final action by the Board
within 120 days after the date on which it received the
petition, the petitioner may deem the site location approved;
provided, however, that that period of 120 days shall not run
for any period of time, not to exceed 30 days, during which the
Board is without sufficient membership to constitute the

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quorum required by subsection (a) of Section 5 of this Act, and
provided further, that such 120 day period shall not be stayed
for lack of quorum beyond 30 days regardless of whether the
lack of quorum exists at the beginning of such 120 day period
or occurs during the running of such 120 day period.
(b) If the county board or the governing body of the
municipality as determined by paragraph (c) of Section 39 of
this Act, grants approval under Section 39.2 of this Act, a
third party other than the applicant who participated in the
public hearing conducted by the county board or governing body
of the municipality may, within 35 days after the date on which
the local siting authority granted siting approval, petition
the Board for a hearing to contest the approval of the county
board or the governing body of the municipality. Unless the
Board determines that such petition is duplicative or
frivolous, or that the petitioner is so located as to not be
affected by the proposed facility, the Board shall hear the
petition in accordance with the terms of subsection (a) of
this Section and its procedural rules governing denial
appeals, such hearing to be based exclusively on the record
before county board or the governing body of the municipality.
The burden of proof shall be on the petitioner. The county
board or the governing body of the municipality and the
applicant shall be named as co-respondents.
The Board shall transmit a copy of its decision to the
office of the county board or governing body of the

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municipality where it shall be available for public inspection
and may be copied upon payment of the actual cost of
reproduction.
(c) Any person who files a petition to contest a decision
of the county board or governing body of the municipality
shall pay a filing fee.
(Source: P.A. 92-574, eff. 6-26-02.)