(415 ILCS 5/56.6) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1056.6)

Sec. 56.6. Medical waste transportation fees.

(a) The Agency shall collect from each transporter of potentially infectious medical waste required to have a permit under Section 56.1(f) of this Act a fee in the amount of 3 cents per pound of potentially infectious medical waste transported. The Agency shall collect from each transporter of potentially infectious medical waste not required to have a permit under Section 56.1(f)(1)(A) of this Act a fee in the amount of 3 cents per pound of potentially infectious medical waste transported to a site or facility not owned, controlled, or operated by the transporter. The Agency shall deny any permit required under Section 56.1(f) of this Act from any applicant who has not paid to the Agency all fees due under this Section.

A fee in the amount of 3 cents per pound of potentially infectious medical waste shall be collected by the Agency from a potentially infectious medical waste storage site or treatment facility receiving potentially infectious medical waste, unless the fee has been previously paid by a transporter.

(b) The Agency shall establish procedures, not later than January 1, 1992, relating to the collection of the fees authorized by this Section. These procedures shall include, but not be limited to: (i) necessary records identifying the quantities of potentially infectious medical waste transported; (ii) the form and submission of reports to accompany the payment of fees to the Agency; and (iii) the time and manner of payment of fees to the Agency, which payments shall be not more often than quarterly.

(c) All fees collected by the Agency under this Section shall be deposited into the Environmental Protection Permit and Inspection Fund. The Agency may establish procedures relating to the collection of fees under this Section. The Agency shall not refund any fee paid to it under this Section.

(d) The Agency shall not collect a fee under this Section from a person transporting potentially infectious medical waste to a hospital when the person is a member of the hospital's medical staff.

(Source: P.A. 93-32, eff. 7-1-03.)