102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB4818
 
Introduced 1/27/2022, by Rep. LaToya Greenwood
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
415 ILCS 5/22.62 new

     Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that the disposal by incineration of any perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substance, including, but not limited to, aqueous film forming foam, is prohibited. Provides the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency with rulemaking authority. Provides that if a rule or regulation is published by the USEPA regarding all or part of the subjects of these provisions, the rule or regulation shall be controlling over these provisions. Effective immediately.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning safety.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended  by 
5adding Section 22.62 as follows:
 
6    (415 ILCS 5/22.62 new)
7    Sec. 22.62. PFAS; incineration.
8    (a) As used in this Section:
9        "Incineration" includes, but is not limited to, 
10    burning, combustion, pyrolysis, gasification, or the use 
11    of an acid recovery furnace or oxidizer, ore roaster, 
12    cement kiln, lightweight aggregate kiln, industrial 
13    furnace, boiler, or process heater, but does not include 
14    thermal oxidizers when they are operated as a pollution 
15    control or resource recovery device at a facility that is 
16    using PFAS chemicals.
17        "Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances" or 
18    "PFAS" means a class of fluorinated organic chemicals 
19    containing at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom the 
20    list of PFAS defined in the US EPA's Toxic Release 
21    Inventory (TRI) developed under Section 313 of the 
22    Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act (EPCRA) 
23    and codified in 40 CFR 372.65 and also specifically 
 
 
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1    excludes liquid or gaseous fluorocarbon or 
2    chlorofluorocarbon products, used chiefly as refrigerants.
3    (b) The disposal by incineration of any perfluoroalkyl and 
4polyfluoroalkyl substance, including, but not limited to, 
5aqueous film forming foam, is prohibited in Illinois. The 
6Agency may propose, and the Board may adopt, any rules or 
7regulations it deems necessary in order to carry out the 
8provisions of this Section.
9    (c) If a rule or regulation is published by the USEPA in 
10the Federal Register regarding all or part of the subjects of 
11this Section, one year after its publication the rule or 
12regulation shall be controlling over the provisions of this 
13Section and any part of this Section conflicting therewith 
14shall be inoperative.
 
 
15    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
16becoming law.