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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 806
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 806 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | adding Section 22.56 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (415 ILCS 5/22.56 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 22.56. Regulation of farm land sludge application. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) Any person applying sludge, as defined in Section 3.465 | ||||||
| 9 | of this Act, to agricultural farm land in this State must: | ||||||
| 10 | (1) provide, no sooner than 90 days and no later than 7 | ||||||
| 11 | days before the application of the sludge to the land in | ||||||
| 12 | question, written notice to the owners of the land upon | ||||||
| 13 | which the sludge is to be applied, the owners of land that | ||||||
| 14 | is adjacent to the land upon which the sludge is to be | ||||||
| 15 | applied, and the township and county officials whose | ||||||
| 16 | jurisdiction encompasses the land upon which the sludge is | ||||||
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| 1 | to be applied; | ||||||
| 2 | (2) not stockpile sludge at the same site for a period | ||||||
| 3 | of more than 30 days between applications of sludge; | ||||||
| 4 | (3) not apply the sludge in trenches that are deeper | ||||||
| 5 | than the rooting depth of the crop, unless the sludge is | ||||||
| 6 | applied at rates that do not exceed the agronomic rate, as | ||||||
| 7 | defined and calculated under 35 Ill. Adm. Code 391; | ||||||
| 8 | (4) not apply sludge closer than 100 feet to an | ||||||
| 9 | occupied dwelling; and | ||||||
| 10 | (5) make available to any requesting party, for up to 5 | ||||||
| 11 | years after the application of the sludge, any | ||||||
| 12 | documentation of sludge analysis for parameters required | ||||||
| 13 | under 40 CFR 503 or 35 Ill. Adm. Code 391. | ||||||
| 14 | (b) The requirements contained in this Section shall be in | ||||||
| 15 | addition to any permit requirements otherwise imposed by the | ||||||
| 16 | Agency. Nothing in this Section shall be interpreted to | ||||||
| 17 | restrict, or in any way limit, the application of sludge on | ||||||
| 18 | land (i) owned by a unit of local government or (ii) used for | ||||||
| 19 | recreational purposes.
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| 20 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 21 | becoming law.".
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