Rep. Randy E. Frese

Filed: 3/14/2023

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3277

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3277 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
5changing Section 21 as follows:
 
6    (415 ILCS 5/21)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1021)
7    Sec. 21. Prohibited acts. No person shall:
8    (a) Cause or allow the open dumping of any waste.
9    (b) Abandon, dump, or deposit any waste upon the public
10highways or other public property, except in a sanitary
11landfill approved by the Agency pursuant to regulations
12adopted by the Board.
13    (c) Abandon any vehicle in violation of the "Abandoned
14Vehicles Amendment to the Illinois Vehicle Code", as enacted
15by the 76th General Assembly.
16    (d) Conduct any waste-storage, waste-treatment, or

 

 

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1waste-disposal operation:
2        (1) without a permit granted by the Agency or in
3    violation of any conditions imposed by such permit,
4    including periodic reports and full access to adequate
5    records and the inspection of facilities, as may be
6    necessary to assure compliance with this Act and with
7    regulations and standards adopted thereunder; provided,
8    however, that, except for municipal solid waste landfill
9    units that receive waste on or after October 9, 1993, and
10    CCR surface impoundments, no permit shall be required for
11    (i) any person conducting a waste-storage,
12    waste-treatment, or waste-disposal operation for wastes
13    generated by such person's own activities which are
14    stored, treated, or disposed within the site where such
15    wastes are generated, (ii) until one year after the
16    effective date of rules adopted by the Board under
17    subsection (n) of Section 22.38, a facility located in a
18    county with a population over 700,000 as of January 1,
19    2000, operated and located in accordance with Section
20    22.38 of this Act, and used exclusively for the transfer,
21    storage, or treatment of general construction or
22    demolition debris, provided that the facility was
23    receiving construction or demolition debris on August 24,
24    2009 (the effective date of Public Act 96-611), or (iii)
25    any person conducting a waste transfer, storage,
26    treatment, or disposal operation, including, but not

 

 

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1    limited to, a waste transfer or waste composting
2    operation, under a mass animal mortality event plan
3    created by the Department of Agriculture;
4        (2) in violation of any regulations or standards
5    adopted by the Board under this Act;
6        (3) which receives waste after August 31, 1988, does
7    not have a permit issued by the Agency, and is (i) a
8    landfill used exclusively for the disposal of waste
9    generated at the site, (ii) a surface impoundment
10    receiving special waste not listed in an NPDES permit,
11    (iii) a waste pile in which the total volume of waste is
12    greater than 100 cubic yards or the waste is stored for
13    over one year, or (iv) a land treatment facility receiving
14    special waste generated at the site; without giving notice
15    of the operation to the Agency by January 1, 1989, or 30
16    days after the date on which the operation commences,
17    whichever is later, and every 3 years thereafter. The form
18    for such notification shall be specified by the Agency,
19    and shall be limited to information regarding: the name
20    and address of the location of the operation; the type of
21    operation; the types and amounts of waste stored, treated
22    or disposed of on an annual basis; the remaining capacity
23    of the operation; and the remaining expected life of the
24    operation.
25    Item (3) of this subsection (d) shall not apply to any
26person engaged in agricultural activity who is disposing of a

 

 

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1substance that constitutes solid waste, if the substance was
2acquired for use by that person on his own property, and the
3substance is disposed of on his own property in accordance
4with regulations or standards adopted by the Board.
5    This subsection (d) shall not apply to hazardous waste.
6    (e) Dispose, treat, store or abandon any waste, or
7transport any waste into this State for disposal, treatment,
8storage or abandonment, except at a site or facility which
9meets the requirements of this Act and of regulations and
10standards thereunder.
11    (f) Conduct any hazardous waste-storage, hazardous
12waste-treatment or hazardous waste-disposal operation:
13        (1) without a RCRA permit for the site issued by the
14    Agency under subsection (d) of Section 39 of this Act, or
15    in violation of any condition imposed by such permit,
16    including periodic reports and full access to adequate
17    records and the inspection of facilities, as may be
18    necessary to assure compliance with this Act and with
19    regulations and standards adopted thereunder; or
20        (2) in violation of any regulations or standards
21    adopted by the Board under this Act; or
22        (3) in violation of any RCRA permit filing requirement
23    established under standards adopted by the Board under
24    this Act; or
25        (4) in violation of any order adopted by the Board
26    under this Act.

 

 

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1    Notwithstanding the above, no RCRA permit shall be
2required under this subsection or subsection (d) of Section 39
3of this Act for any person engaged in agricultural activity
4who is disposing of a substance which has been identified as a
5hazardous waste, and which has been designated by Board
6regulations as being subject to this exception, if the
7substance was acquired for use by that person on his own
8property and the substance is disposed of on his own property
9in accordance with regulations or standards adopted by the
10Board.
11    (g) Conduct any hazardous waste-transportation operation:
12        (1) without registering with and obtaining a special
13    waste hauling permit from the Agency in accordance with
14    the regulations adopted by the Board under this Act; or
15        (2) in violation of any regulations or standards
16    adopted by the Board under this Act.
17    (h) Conduct any hazardous waste-recycling or hazardous
18waste-reclamation or hazardous waste-reuse operation in
19violation of any regulations, standards or permit requirements
20adopted by the Board under this Act.
21    (i) Conduct any process or engage in any act which
22produces hazardous waste in violation of any regulations or
23standards adopted by the Board under subsections (a) and (c)
24of Section 22.4 of this Act.
25    (j) Conduct any special waste-transportation operation in
26violation of any regulations, standards or permit requirements

 

 

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1adopted by the Board under this Act. However, sludge from a
2water or sewage treatment plant owned and operated by a unit of
3local government which (1) is subject to a sludge management
4plan approved by the Agency or a permit granted by the Agency,
5and (2) has been tested and determined not to be a hazardous
6waste as required by applicable State and federal laws and
7regulations, may be transported in this State without a
8special waste hauling permit, and the preparation and carrying
9of a manifest shall not be required for such sludge under the
10rules of the Pollution Control Board. The unit of local
11government which operates the treatment plant producing such
12sludge shall file an annual report with the Agency identifying
13the volume of such sludge transported during the reporting
14period, the hauler of the sludge, and the disposal sites to
15which it was transported. This subsection (j) shall not apply
16to hazardous waste.
17    (k) Fail or refuse to pay any fee imposed under this Act.
18    (l) Locate a hazardous waste disposal site above an active
19or inactive shaft or tunneled mine or within 2 miles of an
20active fault in the earth's crust. In counties of population
21less than 225,000 no hazardous waste disposal site shall be
22located (1) within 1 1/2 miles of the corporate limits as
23defined on June 30, 1978, of any municipality without the
24approval of the governing body of the municipality in an
25official action; or (2) within 1000 feet of an existing
26private well or the existing source of a public water supply

 

 

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1measured from the boundary of the actual active permitted site
2and excluding existing private wells on the property of the
3permit applicant. The provisions of this subsection do not
4apply to publicly owned sewage works or the disposal or
5utilization of sludge from publicly owned sewage works.
6    (m) Transfer interest in any land which has been used as a
7hazardous waste disposal site without written notification to
8the Agency of the transfer and to the transferee of the
9conditions imposed by the Agency upon its use under subsection
10(g) of Section 39.
11    (n) Use any land which has been used as a hazardous waste
12disposal site except in compliance with conditions imposed by
13the Agency under subsection (g) of Section 39.
14    (o) Conduct a sanitary landfill operation which is
15required to have a permit under subsection (d) of this
16Section, in a manner which results in any of the following
17conditions:
18        (1) refuse in standing or flowing waters;
19        (2) leachate flows entering waters of the State;
20        (3) leachate flows exiting the landfill confines (as
21    determined by the boundaries established for the landfill
22    by a permit issued by the Agency);
23        (4) open burning of refuse in violation of Section 9
24    of this Act;
25        (5) uncovered refuse remaining from any previous
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1    unless authorized by permit;
2        (6) failure to provide final cover within time limits
3    established by Board regulations;
4        (7) acceptance of wastes without necessary permits;
5        (8) scavenging as defined by Board regulations;
6        (9) deposition of refuse in any unpermitted portion of
7    the landfill;
8        (10) acceptance of a special waste without a required
9    manifest;
10        (11) failure to submit reports required by permits or
11    Board regulations;
12        (12) failure to collect and contain litter from the
13    site by the end of each operating day;
14        (13) failure to submit any cost estimate for the site
15    or any performance bond or other security for the site as
16    required by this Act or Board rules.
17    The prohibitions specified in this subsection (o) shall be
18enforceable by the Agency either by administrative citation
19under Section 31.1 of this Act or as otherwise provided by this
20Act. The specific prohibitions in this subsection do not limit
21the power of the Board to establish regulations or standards
22applicable to sanitary landfills.
23    (p) In violation of subdivision (a) of this Section, cause
24or allow the open dumping of any waste in a manner which
25results in any of the following occurrences at the dump site:
26        (1) litter;

 

 

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1        (2) scavenging;
2        (3) open burning;
3        (4) deposition of waste in standing or flowing waters;
4        (5) proliferation of disease vectors;
5        (6) standing or flowing liquid discharge from the dump
6    site;
7        (7) deposition of:
8            (i) general construction or demolition debris as
9        defined in Section 3.160(a) of this Act; or
10            (ii) clean construction or demolition debris as
11        defined in Section 3.160(b) of this Act.
12    The prohibitions specified in this subsection (p) shall be
13enforceable by the Agency either by administrative citation
14under Section 31.1 of this Act or as otherwise provided by this
15Act. The specific prohibitions in this subsection do not limit
16the power of the Board to establish regulations or standards
17applicable to open dumping.
18    (q) Conduct a landscape waste composting operation without
19an Agency permit, provided, however, that no permit shall be
20required for any person:
21        (1) conducting a landscape waste composting operation
22    for landscape wastes generated by such person's own
23    activities which are stored, treated, or disposed of
24    within the site where such wastes are generated; or
25        (1.5) conducting a landscape waste composting
26    operation that (i) has no more than 25 cubic yards of

 

 

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1    landscape waste, composting additives, composting
2    material, or end-product compost on-site at any one time
3    and (ii) is not engaging in commercial activity; or
4        (2) applying landscape waste or composted landscape
5    waste at agronomic rates; or
6        (2.5) operating a landscape waste composting facility
7    at a site having 10 or more occupied non-farm residences
8    within 1/2 mile of its boundaries, if the facility meets
9    all of the following criteria:
10            (A) the composting facility is operated by the
11        farmer on property on which the composting material is
12        utilized, and the composting facility constitutes no
13        more than 2% of the site's total acreage;
14            (A-5) any composting additives that the composting
15        facility accepts and uses at the facility are
16        necessary to provide proper conditions for composting
17        and do not exceed 10% of the total composting material
18        at the facility at any one time;
19            (B) the property on which the composting facility
20        is located, and any associated property on which the
21        compost is used, is principally and diligently devoted
22        to the production of agricultural crops and is not
23        owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by any waste
24        hauler or generator of nonagricultural compost
25        materials, and the operator of the composting facility
26        is not an employee, partner, shareholder, or in any

 

 

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1        way connected with or controlled by any such waste
2        hauler or generator;
3            (C) all compost generated by the composting
4        facility, except incidental sales of finished compost,
5        is applied at agronomic rates and used as mulch,
6        fertilizer, or soil conditioner on land actually
7        farmed by the person operating the composting
8        facility, and the finished compost is not stored at
9        the composting site for a period longer than 18 months
10        prior to its application as mulch, fertilizer, or soil
11        conditioner;
12            (D) no fee is charged for the acceptance of
13        materials to be composted at the facility; and
14            (E) the owner or operator, by January 1, 2014 (or
15        the January 1 following commencement of operation,
16        whichever is later) and January 1 of each year
17        thereafter, registers the site with the Agency, (ii)
18        reports to the Agency on the volume of composting
19        material received and used at the site; (iii)
20        certifies to the Agency that the site complies with
21        the requirements set forth in subparagraphs (A),
22        (A-5), (B), (C), and (D) of this paragraph (2.5); and
23        (iv) certifies to the Agency that all composting
24        material was placed more than 200 feet from the
25        nearest potable water supply well, was placed outside
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1        the site that is floodproofed, was placed at least 1/4
2        mile from the nearest residence (other than a
3        residence located on the same property as the
4        facility) or a lesser distance from the nearest
5        residence (other than a residence located on the same
6        property as the facility) if the municipality in which
7        the facility is located has by ordinance approved a
8        lesser distance than 1/4 mile, and was placed more
9        than 5 feet above the water table; any ordinance
10        approving a residential setback of less than 1/4 mile
11        that is used to meet the requirements of this
12        subparagraph (E) of paragraph (2.5) of this subsection
13        must specifically reference this paragraph; or
14        (3) operating a landscape waste composting facility on
15    a farm, if the facility meets all of the following
16    criteria:
17            (A) the composting facility is operated by the
18        farmer on property on which the composting material is
19        utilized, and the composting facility constitutes no
20        more than 2% of the property's total acreage, except
21        that the Board may allow a higher percentage for
22        individual sites where the owner or operator has
23        demonstrated to the Board that the site's soil
24        characteristics or crop needs require a higher rate;
25            (A-1) the composting facility accepts from other
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1        waste no materials other than uncontaminated and
2        source-separated (i) crop residue and other
3        agricultural plant residue generated from the
4        production and harvesting of crops and other customary
5        farm practices, including, but not limited to, stalks,
6        leaves, seed pods, husks, bagasse, and roots and (ii)
7        plant-derived animal bedding, such as straw or
8        sawdust, that is free of manure and was not made from
9        painted or treated wood;
10            (A-2) any composting additives that the composting
11        facility accepts and uses at the facility are
12        necessary to provide proper conditions for composting
13        and do not exceed 10% of the total composting material
14        at the facility at any one time;
15            (B) the property on which the composting facility
16        is located, and any associated property on which the
17        compost is used, is principally and diligently devoted
18        to the production of agricultural crops and is not
19        owned, leased or otherwise controlled by any waste
20        hauler or generator of nonagricultural compost
21        materials, and the operator of the composting facility
22        is not an employee, partner, shareholder, or in any
23        way connected with or controlled by any such waste
24        hauler or generator;
25            (C) all compost generated by the composting
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1        is applied at agronomic rates and used as mulch,
2        fertilizer or soil conditioner on land actually farmed
3        by the person operating the composting facility, and
4        the finished compost is not stored at the composting
5        site for a period longer than 18 months prior to its
6        application as mulch, fertilizer, or soil conditioner;
7            (D) the owner or operator, by January 1 of each
8        year, (i) registers the site with the Agency, (ii)
9        reports to the Agency on the volume of composting
10        material received and used at the site and the volume
11        of material comprising the incidental sale of finished
12        compost under this subsection (q), (iii) certifies to
13        the Agency that the site complies with the
14        requirements set forth in subparagraphs (A), (A-1),
15        (A-2), (B), and (C) of this paragraph (q)(3), and (iv)
16        certifies to the Agency that all composting material:
17                (I) was placed more than 200 feet from the
18            nearest potable water supply well;
19                (II) was placed outside the boundary of the
20            10-year floodplain or on a part of the site that is
21            floodproofed;
22                (III) was placed either (aa) at least 1/4 mile
23            from the nearest residence (other than a residence
24            located on the same property as the facility) and
25            there are not more than 10 occupied non-farm
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1            the site on the date of application or (bb) a
2            lesser distance from the nearest residence (other
3            than a residence located on the same property as
4            the facility) provided that the municipality or
5            county in which the facility is located has by
6            ordinance approved a lesser distance than 1/4 mile
7            and there are not more than 10 occupied non-farm
8            residences within 1/2 mile of the boundaries of
9            the site on the date of application; and
10                (IV) was placed more than 5 feet above the
11            water table.
12            Any ordinance approving a residential setback of
13        less than 1/4 mile that is used to meet the
14        requirements of this subparagraph (D) must
15        specifically reference this subparagraph.
16    For the purposes of this subsection (q), "agronomic rates"
17means the application of not more than 20 tons per acre per
18year, except that the Board may allow a higher rate for
19individual sites where the owner or operator has demonstrated
20to the Board that the site's soil characteristics or crop
21needs require a higher rate.
22    For the purposes of this subsection (q), "incidental sale
23of finished compost" means the sale of finished compost that
24meets general use compost standards and is no more than 20% or
25300 cubic yards, whichever is less, of the total compost
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1own use.
2    (r) Cause or allow the storage or disposal of coal
3combustion waste unless:
4        (1) such waste is stored or disposed of at a site or
5    facility for which a permit has been obtained or is not
6    otherwise required under subsection (d) of this Section;
7    or
8        (2) such waste is stored or disposed of as a part of
9    the design and reclamation of a site or facility which is
10    an abandoned mine site in accordance with the Abandoned
11    Mined Lands and Water Reclamation Act; or
12        (3) such waste is stored or disposed of at a site or
13    facility which is operating under NPDES and Subtitle D
14    permits issued by the Agency pursuant to regulations
15    adopted by the Board for mine-related water pollution and
16    permits issued pursuant to the federal Surface Mining
17    Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (P.L. 95-87) or the
18    rules and regulations thereunder or any law or rule or
19    regulation adopted by the State of Illinois pursuant
20    thereto, and the owner or operator of the facility agrees
21    to accept the waste; and either:
22            (i) such waste is stored or disposed of in
23        accordance with requirements applicable to refuse
24        disposal under regulations adopted by the Board for
25        mine-related water pollution and pursuant to NPDES and
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1        regulations; or
2            (ii) the owner or operator of the facility
3        demonstrates all of the following to the Agency, and
4        the facility is operated in accordance with the
5        demonstration as approved by the Agency: (1) the
6        disposal area will be covered in a manner that will
7        support continuous vegetation, (2) the facility will
8        be adequately protected from wind and water erosion,
9        (3) the pH will be maintained so as to prevent
10        excessive leaching of metal ions, and (4) adequate
11        containment or other measures will be provided to
12        protect surface water and groundwater from
13        contamination at levels prohibited by this Act, the
14        Illinois Groundwater Protection Act, or regulations
15        adopted pursuant thereto.
16    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Title, the
17disposal of coal combustion waste pursuant to item (2) or (3)
18of this subdivision (r) shall be exempt from the other
19provisions of this Title V, and notwithstanding the provisions
20of Title X of this Act, the Agency is authorized to grant
21experimental permits which include provision for the disposal
22of wastes from the combustion of coal and other materials
23pursuant to items (2) and (3) of this subdivision (r).
24    (s) After April 1, 1989, offer for transportation,
25transport, deliver, receive or accept special waste for which
26a manifest is required, unless the manifest indicates that the

 

 

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1fee required under Section 22.8 of this Act has been paid.
2    (t) Cause or allow a lateral expansion of a municipal
3solid waste landfill unit on or after October 9, 1993, without
4a permit modification, granted by the Agency, that authorizes
5the lateral expansion.
6    (u) Conduct any vegetable by-product treatment, storage,
7disposal or transportation operation in violation of any
8regulation, standards or permit requirements adopted by the
9Board under this Act. However, no permit shall be required
10under this Title V for the land application of vegetable
11by-products conducted pursuant to Agency permit issued under
12Title III of this Act to the generator of the vegetable
13by-products. In addition, vegetable by-products may be
14transported in this State without a special waste hauling
15permit, and without the preparation and carrying of a
16manifest.
17    (v) (Blank).
18    (w) Conduct any generation, transportation, or recycling
19of construction or demolition debris, clean or general, or
20uncontaminated soil generated during construction, remodeling,
21repair, and demolition of utilities, structures, and roads
22that is not commingled with any waste, without the maintenance
23of documentation identifying the hauler, generator, place of
24origin of the debris or soil, the weight or volume of the
25debris or soil, and the location, owner, and operator of the
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1recycled, or treated. This documentation must be maintained by
2the generator, transporter, or recycler for 3 years. This
3subsection (w) shall not apply to (1) a permitted pollution
4control facility that transfers or accepts construction or
5demolition debris, clean or general, or uncontaminated soil
6for final disposal, recycling, or treatment, (2) a public
7utility (as that term is defined in the Public Utilities Act)
8or a municipal utility, (3) the Illinois Department of
9Transportation, or (4) a municipality or a county highway
10department, with the exception of any municipality or county
11highway department located within a county having a population
12of over 3,000,000 inhabitants or located in a county that is
13contiguous to a county having a population of over 3,000,000
14inhabitants; but it shall apply to an entity that contracts
15with a public utility, a municipal utility, the Illinois
16Department of Transportation, or a municipality or a county
17highway department. The terms "generation" and "recycling", as
18used in this subsection, do not apply to clean construction or
19demolition debris when (i) used as fill material below grade
20outside of a setback zone if covered by sufficient
21uncontaminated soil to support vegetation within 30 days of
22the completion of filling or if covered by a road or structure,
23(ii) solely broken concrete without protruding metal bars is
24used for erosion control, or (iii) milled asphalt or crushed
25concrete is used as aggregate in construction of the shoulder
26of a roadway. The terms "generation" and "recycling", as used

 

 

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1in this subsection, do not apply to uncontaminated soil that
2is not commingled with any waste when (i) used as fill material
3below grade or contoured to grade, or (ii) used at the site of
4generation.
5(Source: P.A. 101-171, eff. 7-30-19; 102-216, eff. 1-1-22;
6102-310, eff. 8-6-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-813, eff.
75-13-22.)".