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| | HB0806 Enrolled | | LRB097 03635 JDS 43672 b |
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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, |
3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | | Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by |
5 | | adding Section 22.56 as follows: |
6 | | (415 ILCS 5/22.56 new) |
7 | | Sec. 22.56. Regulation of farm land sludge application. |
8 | | (a) Any person applying sludge, as defined in Section 3.465 |
9 | | of this Act, to agricultural farm land in this State must: |
10 | | (1) provide, no sooner than 90 days and no later than 7 |
11 | | days before the application of the sludge to the land in |
12 | | question, written notice to the owners of the land upon |
13 | | which the sludge is to be applied, the owners of land that |
14 | | is adjacent to the land upon which the sludge is to be |
15 | | applied, and the township and county officials whose |
16 | | jurisdiction encompasses the land upon which the sludge is |
17 | | to be applied; |
18 | | (2) not stockpile sludge, except for lime sludge, which |
19 | | is defined as any solid, semi-solid, or liquid waste |
20 | | generated from a municipal, commercial, or industrial |
21 | | water treatment plant using the lime softening treatment |
22 | | process, and lime-alum sludge, at the same site for a |
23 | | period of more than 30 days between applications of sludge; |