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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 Electronic Products Recycling and Reuse Act |
5 | | is amended by changing Section 50 as follows: |
6 | | (415 ILCS 150/50) |
7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020)
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8 | | Sec. 50. Recycler and refurbisher registration. |
9 | | (a) Prior to January 1 of each program year, through |
10 | | program year 2018, each recycler and refurbisher must register |
11 | | with the Agency and submit a registration fee pursuant to |
12 | | subsection (b) for that program year. Registration must be on |
13 | | forms and in a format prescribed by the Agency and shall |
14 | | include, but not be limited to, the address of each location |
15 | | where the recycler or refurbisher manages CEDs or EEDs and |
16 | | identification of each location at which the recycler or |
17 | | refurbisher accepts CEDs or EEDs from a residence. |
18 | | (b) The registration fee for program year 2010 is $2,000. |
19 | | For program year 2011, if a recycler's or refurbisher's annual |
20 | | combined total weight of CEDs and EEDs is less than 1,000 tons |
21 | | per year, the registration fee shall be $500. For program year |
22 | | 2012 and for all subsequent program years, through program year |
23 | | 2018, both registration fees shall be increased each year by an |
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1 | | inflation factor determined by the annual Implicit Price |
2 | | Deflator for Gross National Product as published by the U.S. |
3 | | Department of Commerce in its Survey of Current Business. The |
4 | | inflation factor must be calculated each year by dividing the |
5 | | latest published annual Implicit Price Deflator for Gross |
6 | | National Product by the annual Implicit Price Deflator for |
7 | | Gross National Product for the previous year. The inflation |
8 | | factor must be rounded to the nearest 1/100th, and the |
9 | | resulting registration fee must be rounded to the nearest whole |
10 | | dollar. No later than October 1 of each program year, through |
11 | | October 1, 2017, the Agency shall post on its website the |
12 | | registration fee for the next program year. |
13 | | (c) Through program year 2018, no person may act as a |
14 | | recycler or a refurbisher of CEDs for a manufacturer obligated |
15 | | to meet goals under this Act unless the recycler or refurbisher |
16 | | is registered with the Agency and has paid the registration fee |
17 | | as required under this Section. Beginning in program year 2016, |
18 | | and through program year 2018, all recycling or refurbishing |
19 | | facilities used by collectors of CEDs and EEDs shall be |
20 | | accredited by the Responsible Recycling (R2) Practices or |
21 | | e-Stewards certification programs or any other equivalent |
22 | | certification programs recognized by the United States |
23 | | Environmental Protection Agency. Accreditation is not required |
24 | | for facilities that place cathode ray tube (CRT) glass in |
25 | | storage cells for future retrieval in accordance with |
26 | | subsection (d) of Section 15 of this Act. Manufacturers of CEDs |
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1 | | and EEDs shall ensure that recycling or refurbishing facilities |
2 | | used as part of their recovery programs meet this requirement. |
3 | | Any organization that accredits facilities pursuant to this |
4 | | Section is prohibited from penalizing or taking other negative |
5 | | actions against any recycler, refurbisher, or collector of CEDs |
6 | | and EEDs based on the recycler's, refurbisher's, or collector's |
7 | | use of a facility that places CRT glass in storage cells for |
8 | | future retrieval in accordance with subsection (d) of Section |
9 | | 15 of this Act. |
10 | | (c-5) Through program year 2018, a registered recycler or |
11 | | refurbisher of CEDs and EEDs for a manufacturer obligated to |
12 | | meet goals under this Act may not charge individual consumers |
13 | | or units of local government acting as collectors a fee to |
14 | | recycle or refurbish CEDs and EEDs, unless the recycler or |
15 | | refurbisher provides (i) a financial incentive, such as a |
16 | | coupon, that is of greater or equal value to the fee being |
17 | | charged or (ii) premium service, such as curbside collection, |
18 | | home pick-up, or similar methods of collection. Local units of |
19 | | government serving as collectors of CEDs and EEDs shall not |
20 | | charge a manufacturer for collection costs and shall offer the |
21 | | manufacturer or its representative all CEDs and EEDs collected |
22 | | by the local government at no cost. Nothing in this Act |
23 | | requires a local unit of government to serve as a collector. |
24 | | (c-10) Nothing in this Act prohibits any waste hauler from |
25 | | entering into a contractual agreement with a unit of local |
26 | | government to establish a collection program for the recycling |
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1 | | or reuse of CEDs or EEDs, including services such as curbside |
2 | | collection, home pick-up, drop-off locations, or similar |
3 | | methods of collection. |
4 | | (d) Through program year 2018, recyclers and refurbishers |
5 | | must, at a minimum, comply with all of the following: |
6 | | (1) Recyclers and refurbishers must comply with |
7 | | federal, State, and local laws and regulations, including |
8 | | federal and State minimum wage laws, specifically relevant |
9 | | to the handling, processing, refurbishing and recycling of |
10 | | residential CEDs and must have proper authorization by all |
11 | | appropriate governing authorities to perform the handling, |
12 | | processing, refurbishment, and recycling. |
13 | | (2) Recyclers and refurbishers must implement the |
14 | | appropriate measures to safeguard occupational and |
15 | | environmental health and safety, through the following: |
16 | | (A) environmental health and safety training of |
17 | | personnel, including training with regard to material |
18 | | and equipment handling, worker exposure, controlling |
19 | | releases, and safety and emergency procedures; |
20 | | (B) an up-to-date, written plan for the |
21 | | identification and management of hazardous materials; |
22 | | and |
23 | | (C) an up-to-date, written plan for reporting and |
24 | | responding to exceptional pollutant releases, |
25 | | including emergencies such as accidents, spills, |
26 | | fires, and explosions. |
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1 | | (3) Recyclers and refurbishers must maintain (i) |
2 | | commercial general liability insurance or the equivalent |
3 | | corporate guarantee for accidents and other emergencies |
4 | | with limits of not less than $1,000,000 per occurrence and |
5 | | $1,000,000 aggregate and (ii) pollution legal liability |
6 | | insurance with limits not less than $1,000,000 per |
7 | | occurrence for companies engaged solely in the dismantling |
8 | | activities and $5,000,000 per occurrence for companies |
9 | | engaged in recycling. |
10 | | (4) Recyclers and refurbishers must maintain on file |
11 | | documentation that demonstrates the completion of an |
12 | | environmental health and safety audit completed and |
13 | | certified by a competent internal and external auditor |
14 | | annually. A competent auditor is an individual who, through |
15 | | professional training or work experience, is appropriately |
16 | | qualified to evaluate the environmental health and safety |
17 | | conditions, practices, and procedures of the facility. |
18 | | Documentation of auditors' qualifications must be |
19 | | available for inspection by Agency officials and |
20 | | third-party auditors. |
21 | | (5) Recyclers and refurbishers must maintain on file |
22 | | proof of workers' compensation and employers' liability |
23 | | insurance. |
24 | | (6) Recyclers and refurbishers must provide adequate |
25 | | assurance (such as bonds or corporate guarantee) to cover |
26 | | environmental and other costs of the closure of the |
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1 | | recycler or refurbisher's facility, including cleanup of |
2 | | stockpiled equipment and materials. |
3 | | (7) Recyclers and refurbishers must apply due |
4 | | diligence principles to the selection of facilities to |
5 | | which components and materials (such as plastics, metals, |
6 | | and circuit boards) from CEDs and EEDs are sent for reuse |
7 | | and recycling. |
8 | | (8) Recyclers and refurbishers must establish a |
9 | | documented environmental management system that is |
10 | | appropriate in level of detail and documentation to the |
11 | | scale and function of the facility, including documented |
12 | | regular self-audits or inspections of the recycler or |
13 | | refurbisher's environmental compliance at the facility. |
14 | | (9) Recyclers and refurbishers must use the |
15 | | appropriate equipment for the proper processing of |
16 | | incoming materials as well as controlling environmental |
17 | | releases to the environment. The dismantling operations |
18 | | and storage of CED and EED components that contain |
19 | | hazardous substances must be conducted indoors and over |
20 | | impervious floors. Storage areas must be adequate to hold |
21 | | all processed and unprocessed inventory. When heat is used |
22 | | to soften solder and when CED and EED components are |
23 | | shredded, operations must be designed to control indoor and |
24 | | outdoor hazardous air emissions. |
25 | | (10) Recyclers and refurbishers must establish a |
26 | | system for identifying and properly managing components |
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1 | | (such as circuit boards, batteries, CRTs, and mercury |
2 | | phosphor lamps) that are removed from CEDs and EEDs during |
3 | | disassembly. Recyclers and refurbishers must properly |
4 | | manage all hazardous and other components requiring |
5 | | special handling from CEDs and EEDs consistent with |
6 | | federal, State, and local laws and regulations. Recyclers |
7 | | and refurbishers must provide visible tracking (such as |
8 | | hazardous waste manifests or bills of lading) of hazardous |
9 | | components and materials from the facility to the |
10 | | destination facilities and documentation (such as |
11 | | contracts) stating how the destination facility processes |
12 | | the materials received. No recycler or refurbisher may |
13 | | send, either directly or through intermediaries, hazardous |
14 | | wastes to solid waste (non-hazardous waste) landfills or to |
15 | | non-hazardous waste incinerators for disposal or energy |
16 | | recovery. For the purpose of these guidelines, smelting of |
17 | | hazardous wastes to recover metals for reuse in conformance |
18 | | with all applicable laws and regulations is not considered |
19 | | disposal or energy recovery. |
20 | | (11) Recyclers and refurbishers must use a regularly |
21 | | implemented and documented monitoring and record-keeping |
22 | | program that tracks inbound CED and EED material weights |
23 | | (total) and subsequent outbound weights (total to each |
24 | | destination), injury and illness rates, and compliance |
25 | | with applicable permit parameters including monitoring of |
26 | | effluents and emissions. Recyclers and refurbishers must |
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1 | | maintain contracts or other documents, such as sales |
2 | | receipts, suitable to demonstrate: (i) the reasonable |
3 | | expectation that there is a downstream market or uses for |
4 | | designated electronics (which may include recycling or |
5 | | reclamation processes such as smelting to recover metals |
6 | | for reuse); and (ii) that any residuals from recycling or |
7 | | reclamation processes, or both, are properly handled and |
8 | | managed to maximize reuse and recycling of materials to the |
9 | | extent practical. |
10 | | (12) Recyclers and refurbishers must comply with |
11 | | federal and international law and agreements regarding the |
12 | | export of used products or materials. In the case of |
13 | | exports of CEDs and EEDs, recyclers and refurbishers must |
14 | | comply with applicable requirements of the U.S. and of the |
15 | | import and transit countries and must maintain proper |
16 | | business records documenting its compliance. No recycler |
17 | | or refurbisher may establish or use intermediaries for the |
18 | | purpose of circumventing these U.S. import and transit |
19 | | country requirements. |
20 | | (13) Recyclers and refurbishers that conduct |
21 | | transactions involving the transboundary shipment of used |
22 | | CEDs and EEDs shall use contracts (or the equivalent |
23 | | commercial arrangements) made in advance that detail the |
24 | | quantity and nature of the materials to be shipped. For the |
25 | | export of materials to a foreign country (directly or |
26 | | indirectly through downstream market contractors): (i) the |
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1 | | shipment of intact televisions and computer monitors |
2 | | destined for reuse must include only whole products that |
3 | | are tested and certified as being in working order or |
4 | | requiring only minor repair (e.g. not requiring the |
5 | | replacement of circuit boards or CRTs), must be destined |
6 | | for reuse with respect to the original purpose, and the |
7 | | recipient must have verified a market for the sale or |
8 | | donation of such product for reuse; (ii) the shipments of |
9 | | CEDs and EEDs for material recovery must be prepared in a |
10 | | manner for recycling, including, without limitation, |
11 | | smelting where metals will be recovered, plastics recovery |
12 | | and glass-to-glass recycling; or (iii) the shipment of CEDs |
13 | | and EEDs are being exported to companies or facilities that |
14 | | are owned or controlled by the original equipment |
15 | | manufacturer. |
16 | | (14) Recyclers and refurbishers must maintain the |
17 | | following export records for each shipment on file for a |
18 | | minimum of 3 years: (i) the facility name and the address |
19 | | to which shipment is exported; (ii) the shipment contents |
20 | | and volumes; (iii) the intended use of contents by the |
21 | | destination facility; (iv) any specification required by |
22 | | the destination facility in relation to shipment contents; |
23 | | (v) an assurance that all shipments for export, as |
24 | | applicable to the CED manufacturer, are legal and satisfy |
25 | | all applicable laws of the destination country. |
26 | | (15) Recyclers and refurbishers must employ |
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1 | | industry-accepted procedures for the destruction or |
2 | | sanitization of data on hard drives and other data storage |
3 | | devices. Acceptable guidelines for the destruction or |
4 | | sanitization of data are contained in the National |
5 | | Institute of Standards and Technology's Guidelines for |
6 | | Media Sanitation or those guidelines certified by the |
7 | | National Association for Information Destruction; |
8 | | (16) No recycler or refurbisher may employ prison labor |
9 | | in any operation related to the collection, |
10 | | transportation, recycling, and refurbishment of CEDs and |
11 | | EEDs. No recycler or refurbisher may employ any third party |
12 | | that uses or subcontracts for the use of prison labor.
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13 | | (Source: P.A. 99-13, eff. 7-10-15; 100-433, eff. 8-25-17.)
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14 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
15 | | becoming law.
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