|
Public Act 097-0551 |
HB0806 Enrolled | LRB097 03635 JDS 43672 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 Section 22.56 as follows: |
(415 ILCS 5/22.56 new) |
Sec. 22.56. Regulation of farm land sludge application. |
(a) Any person applying sludge, as defined in Section 3.465 |
of this Act, to agricultural farm land in this State must: |
(1) provide, no sooner than 90 days and no later than 7 |
days before the application of the sludge to the land in |
question, written notice to the owners of the land upon |
which the sludge is to be applied, the owners of land that |
is adjacent to the land upon which the sludge is to be |
applied, and the township and county officials whose |
jurisdiction encompasses the land upon which the sludge is |
to be applied; |
(2) not stockpile sludge, except for lime sludge, which |
is defined as any solid, semi-solid, or liquid waste |
generated from a municipal, commercial, or industrial |
water treatment plant using the lime softening treatment |
process, and lime-alum sludge, at the same site for a |
period of more than 30 days between applications of sludge; |