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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 | changing Sections 3.380 and 3.535 and by adding Sections 3.372 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | and 3.381 as follows: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | (415 ILCS 5/3.372 new)
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8 | Sec. 3.372. Reclamation. "Reclamation" means a method,
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9 | technique, or process designed to remove any contaminant from | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | waste so as to
render that waste reusable.
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11 | (415 ILCS 5/3.380) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.30)
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12 | Sec. 3.380. Recycling , reclamation or reuse .
"Recycling , | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | reclamation or reuse " means a method,
technique, or process | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | designed to remove any contaminant from waste so as to
render | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | such waste reusable, or any process by which materials that | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | would
otherwise be disposed of or discarded are collected, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | separated , or processed
and returned to the economic mainstream | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | in the form of raw materials or
products.
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19 | (Source: P.A. 92-574, eff. 6-26-02.)
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20 | (415 ILCS 5/3.381 new)
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21 | Sec. 3.381. Reuse. "Reuse" means the recovery or |
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1 | reapplication of a package, used product, or material in a | ||||||
2 | manner that retains its original form or identity and does not | ||||||
3 | involve processes that significantly alter the original | ||||||
4 | condition of the package, product, or material.
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5 | (415 ILCS 5/3.535) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.53)
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6 | Sec. 3.535. Waste.
"Waste" means any garbage, sludge from | ||||||
7 | a waste treatment plant,
water supply treatment plant, or air | ||||||
8 | pollution control facility or other
discarded material, | ||||||
9 | including solid, liquid, semi-solid, or contained
gaseous | ||||||
10 | material resulting from industrial, commercial, mining and
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11 | agricultural operations, and from community activities, but | ||||||
12 | does not
include solid or dissolved material in domestic | ||||||
13 | sewage, or solid or
dissolved materials in irrigation return | ||||||
14 | flows, or coal combustion
by-products as defined in Section | ||||||
15 | 3.135, or industrial
discharges which are point sources subject | ||||||
16 | to permits under Section
402 of the Federal Water Pollution | ||||||
17 | Control Act, as now or hereafter
amended, or source, special | ||||||
18 | nuclear, or by-product materials as
defined by the Atomic | ||||||
19 | Energy Act of 1954, as amended (68 Stat. 921)
or any solid or | ||||||
20 | dissolved material from any facility subject to
the Federal | ||||||
21 | Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (P.L.
95-87) | ||||||
22 | or the rules and regulations thereunder or any law or rule or
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23 | regulation adopted by the State of Illinois pursuant thereto. | ||||||
24 | "Discarded material" does not include materials (i) | ||||||
25 | collected for recycling; (ii) processed for recycling; or (iii) |
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1 | recovered for reuse.
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2 | (Source: P.A. 92-574, eff. 6-26-02.)
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3 | Section 10. The Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act is | ||||||
4 | amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
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5 | (415 ILCS 15/3) (from Ch. 85, par. 5953)
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6 | Sec. 3. As used in this Act, unless the context clearly | ||||||
7 | indicates otherwise:
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8 | "Agency" means the Illinois Environmental Protection | ||||||
9 | Agency.
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10 | "Composting" means the biological process by which | ||||||
11 | microorganisms
decompose the organic fraction of waste, | ||||||
12 | producing a humus-like material
that may be used as a soil | ||||||
13 | conditioner.
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14 | "County" means any county of the State and includes the | ||||||
15 | City of Chicago.
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16 | "Department" means the Department of Commerce and Economic | ||||||
17 | Opportunity.
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18 | "Municipal waste" means garbage, general household,
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19 | institutional and commercial waste, industrial lunchroom or
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20 | office waste, landscape waste, and construction and demolition | ||||||
21 | debris.
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22 | "Person" means any individual, partnership, cooperative | ||||||
23 | enterprise, unit
of local government, institution, corporation | ||||||
24 | or agency, or any other legal
entity whatsoever which is |
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1 | recognized by law as the subject of rights and
duties.
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2 | "Recycling , reclamation or reuse " means a method, | ||||||
3 | technique or
process designed to remove any contaminant from | ||||||
4 | waste so as to render the
waste reusable, or any process by | ||||||
5 | which materials that would otherwise
be disposed of or | ||||||
6 | discarded are collected, separated , or processed and
returned | ||||||
7 | to the economic mainstream in the form of raw materials or | ||||||
8 | products.
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9 | "Recycling center" means a facility that accepts only | ||||||
10 | segregated,
nonhazardous, nonspecial, homogeneous, | ||||||
11 | nonputrescible materials, such as dry
paper, glass, cans or | ||||||
12 | plastics, for subsequent use in the secondary
materials market.
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13 | (Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)
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14 | Section 15. The Illinois Solid Waste Management Act is | ||||||
15 | amended by changing Section 2.1 as follows:
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16 | (415 ILCS 20/2.1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7052.1)
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17 | Sec. 2.1. Definitions. When used in this Act, unless the | ||||||
18 | context
otherwise requires, the following terms have the | ||||||
19 | meanings ascribed to them
in this Section:
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20 | "Department", when a particular entity is not specified, | ||||||
21 | means (i) in
the case of a function to be performed on or after | ||||||
22 | July 1, 1995 (the effective
date of the Department of Natural | ||||||
23 | Resources Act), the Department of Commerce
and Community | ||||||
24 | Affairs
(now Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity), |
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1 | as successor to the former Department of Energy and
Natural | ||||||
2 | Resources under the Department of Natural Resources Act; or | ||||||
3 | (ii) in
the case of a function required to be performed before | ||||||
4 | July 1, 1995, the
former Illinois Department of Energy and | ||||||
5 | Natural Resources.
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6 | "Deinked stock" means paper that has been processed to | ||||||
7 | remove inks,
clays, coatings, binders and other contaminants.
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8 | "End product" means only those items that are designed to | ||||||
9 | be used until
disposal; items designed to be used in production | ||||||
10 | of a subsequent item are
excluded.
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11 | "High grade printing and writing papers" includes offset | ||||||
12 | printing paper,
duplicator paper, writing paper (stationery), | ||||||
13 | office paper, note
pads, xerographic paper, envelopes, form | ||||||
14 | bond including computer
paper and carbonless forms, book | ||||||
15 | papers, bond papers, ledger paper, book
stock and cotton fiber | ||||||
16 | papers.
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17 | "Paper and paper products" means high grade printing and | ||||||
18 | writing
papers, tissue products, newsprint, unbleached | ||||||
19 | packaging and recycled
paperboard.
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20 | "Postconsumer material" means only those products | ||||||
21 | generated by a business
or consumer which have served their | ||||||
22 | intended end uses, and which have been
separated or diverted | ||||||
23 | from solid waste; wastes generated during production
of an end | ||||||
24 | product are excluded.
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25 | "Recovered paper material" means paper waste generated | ||||||
26 | after the completion
of the papermaking process, such as |
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1 | postconsumer materials, envelope cuttings,
bindery trimmings, | ||||||
2 | printing waste, cutting and other converting waste, butt
rolls, | ||||||
3 | and mill wrappers, obsolete inventories, and rejected unused | ||||||
4 | stock.
"Recovered paper material", however, does not include | ||||||
5 | fibrous waste
generated during the manufacturing process such | ||||||
6 | as fibers recovered from
waste water or trimmings of paper | ||||||
7 | machine rolls (mill broke), or fibrous
byproducts of | ||||||
8 | harvesting, extraction or woodcutting processes, or forest
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9 | residues such as bark.
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10 | "Recycled paperboard" includes recycled paperboard | ||||||
11 | products, folding
cartons and pad backing.
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12 | "Recycling" means any
the process by which materials that | ||||||
13 | would otherwise be disposed of or discarded are
solid waste is | ||||||
14 | collected,
separated , or
and processed and returned to the | ||||||
15 | economic mainstream in the form of
for reuse as either a raw | ||||||
16 | materials
material or a
products
product
which itself is | ||||||
17 | subject to recycling,
but does not include the combustion
of | ||||||
18 | waste for energy recovery or volume reduction .
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19 | "Tissue products" includes toilet tissue, paper towels, | ||||||
20 | paper napkins,
facial tissue, paper doilies, industrial | ||||||
21 | wipers, paper bags and brown papers.
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22 | "Unbleached packaging" includes corrugated and fiber | ||||||
23 | boxes.
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24 | "USEPA Guidelines for federal procurement" means all | ||||||
25 | minimum recycled
content standards recommended by the U.S. | ||||||
26 | Environmental Protection Agency.
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1 | (Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)
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2 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
3 | becoming law.
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