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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,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 22.62 as follows:
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| 6 | | (415 ILCS 5/22.62 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 22.62. TRI-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. "Incineration" does |
| 14 | | not include the use of a thermal oxidizer as a pollution |
| 15 | | control or resource recovery device at a facility that is |
| 16 | | using perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances or |
| 17 | | chemicals containing perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl |
| 18 | | substances. |
| 19 | | "Toxic Release Inventory Perfluoroalkyl and |
| 20 | | Polyfluoroalkyl Substances" or "TRI-PFAS" means the |
| 21 | | chemicals on the list of perfluoroalkyl and |
| 22 | | polyfluoroalkyl substances set forth in the USEPA's Toxic |
| 23 | | Release Inventory rules, developed under Section 313 of |
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| 1 | | the federal Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know |
| 2 | | Act (EPCRA) and codified in 40 CFR 372.65, excluding |
| 3 | | liquid or gaseous fluorocarbon or chlorofluorocarbon |
| 4 | | products used chiefly as refrigerants. |
| 5 | | (b) No person shall dispose of any TRI-PFAS by |
| 6 | | incineration, including, but not limited to, aqueous |
| 7 | | film-forming foam that contains TRI-PFAS. The Agency may |
| 8 | | propose, and the Board may adopt, any rules it deems necessary |
| 9 | | to carry out the provisions of this Section. |
| 10 | | (c) Nothing in this Section applies to the incineration of |
| 11 | | (i) landfill gas from the decomposition of waste that may |
| 12 | | contain any perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances at a |
| 13 | | permitted sanitary landfill, (ii) landfill gas in a landfill |
| 14 | | gas recovery facility that is located at a sanitary landfill, |
| 15 | | (iii) waste at a permitted hospital, medical, and infectious |
| 16 | | waste incinerator that meets the requirements of Subpart HHH |
| 17 | | of 40 CFR Part 62, Subpart Ec of 40 CFR Part 60, or the |
| 18 | | Board-adopted State Plan requirements for hospital, medical, |
| 19 | | and infectious waste incinerators, as applicable, or (iv) |
| 20 | | sludges, biosolids, or other solids or by-products generated |
| 21 | | at or by a municipal wastewater treatment plant or facility.
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| 22 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 23 | | becoming law.
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