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Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg
Filed: 2/28/2006
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09400SB2845sam001 |
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LRB094 15257 RSP 56725 a |
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2845
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2845 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by |
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| adding Section 9.14 as follows: |
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| (415 ILCS 5/9.14 new) |
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| Sec. 9.14. Ban on waste burning or incineration at |
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| hospitals and related sites or facilities.
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| (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), on and after July |
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| 1, 2007, no person shall burn or incinerate at the following |
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| locations any waste generated at any hospital: |
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| (1) any hospital; |
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| (2) any site or facility owned or operated by any |
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| hospital; or |
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| (3) any site or facility owned or operated by any owner |
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| or operator of any hospital. |
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| (b) A hospital may, until July 1, 2011, continue to burn or |
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| incinerate at the hospital waste that is generated at the |
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| hospital if, by July 1, 2007, the hospital enters into a |
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| written agreement with the Agency to cease burning or |
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| incinerating such waste at the hospital by July 1, 2011. In no |
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| case shall waste generated at the hospital be burned or |
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| incinerated at the hospital on or after July 1, 2011. |
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| (c) For purposes of this Section, the term "hospital" means |