Sen. David Koehler

Filed: 5/2/2023

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1555

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1555 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5Statewide Recycling Needs Assessment Act.
 
6    Section 5. Findings and purpose. The General Assembly
7finds that:
8    (1) Recycling rates have been stagnant in Illinois for
9over 15 years. Many Illinois counties continue to fall short
10of the long-standing recycling goal of 25% established in 1988
11in the Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act.
12    (2) In Illinois, more than 40% (over 7,000,000 tons per
13year) of municipal solid waste disposed of in landfills is
14comprised of packaging and paper products. Of this amount,
15nearly 80% consists of materials commonly collected in
16curbside recycling programs in areas of the State with mature

 

 

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1recycling programs. The remainder includes packaging products
2such as polystyrene, #3-#7 plastics, plastic bags, flexible
3pouches, and other plastic films which are not currently
4acceptable in curbside recycling and for which limited
5drop-off recycling options exist.
6    (3) Consumers have limited sustainable purchasing choices.
7Illinois residents are generating packaging and paper waste
8that is beyond their ability to reuse or recycle. Consumers
9are also given confusing, inconsistent messages through
10various means about which materials can be recycled, and thus
11inadvertently create contamination in recycling streams. There
12is widespread recycling fatigue and public skepticism about
13the efficacy of recycling in Illinois.
14    (4) Volatility in global recycling markets due to import
15restrictions such as the China National Sword policy, as well
16as impacts on supply chains and material demand due to the
17COVID-19 pandemic, have further challenged markets for
18recycled materials and destabilized the recycling system in
19the State.
20    (5) Significant and increasing quantities of plastics and
21packaging materials are seen in the environment, including in
22Illinois rivers, lakes, and streams. This pollution impacts
23the drinking water, wildlife, and recreational value of vital
24natural resources.
25    (6) Consumer brands are solely responsible for choices
26about the types and amounts of packaging used to package

 

 

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1products. Units of local government and residents have borne
2the costs of managing increasingly complex materials even
3though they have no input in designing or bringing these
4materials to market.
5    (7) Units of local government are expected to fund
6collection and processing costs for an increasing volume of
7packaging and paper products, and the cost of recycling
8programs continues to rise with the complexity of the material
9stream that material recycling facilities are required to
10manage. Furthermore, many multifamily residences and rural
11areas of the State do not have access to adequate recycling
12opportunities.
13    (8) As materials continue to be landfilled and littered,
14lower-income and rural communities across the State bear
15environmental, health, and economic consequences.
16    (9) By failing to reuse or recycle packaging and paper
17products, Illinois loses economic value and green sector jobs.
18Establishing postconsumer recycled content requirements for
19rigid plastics will increase markets for this increasingly
20common packaging material, reduce demand for natural
21resources, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
22    (10) An assessment of current recycling and materials
23management practices in the State, including evaluation of
24collections, access to service, capacity, costs, gaps, and
25needs associated with diverting packaging and paper products
26from disposal, will provide needed information on current

 

 

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1conditions and support identification of future needs to
2manage packaging and paper products in a sustainable,
3environmentally protective, and cost-effective manner.
4    (11) The Statewide Recycling Needs Assessment will provide
5data to facilitate future consideration of product stewardship
6legislation for packaging and paper products.
 
7    Section 10. Definitions. In this Act:
8    "Advisory Council" means the Statewide Recycling Needs
9Assessment Advisory Council established under Section 20.
10    "Agency" means the Environmental Protection Agency.
11    "Compost" has the meaning given to that term in Section
123.150 of the Environmental Protection Act.
13    "Compostable material" means a material that is designed
14to contact, contain, or carry a product that can be collected
15for composting and that is capable of undergoing aerobic
16biological decomposition in a controlled composting system as
17demonstrated by meeting ASTM D6400, ASTM D6868, or any
18successor standards.
19    "Composting rate" means the percentage of discarded
20materials that are managed through composting. A composting
21rate is calculated by dividing the total weight of all
22packaging and paper products that are collected for composting
23by the total weight of all packaging and paper products sold,
24distributed, or served to consumers in the State during the
25study period.

 

 

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1    "Covered entity" means a person or entity responsible for:
2        (1) a single or multifamily residence, either
3    individually or jointly through a unit of local
4    government;
5        (2) a public or private school for grades kindergarten
6    through 12th grade;
7        (3) a State or local government facility; or
8        (4) a public space, including, but not limited to,
9    public spaces, such as parks, trails, transit stations,
10    and pedestrian areas for which the State or a unit of local
11    government is responsible.
12    "Curbside recycling" means the collection of recyclable
13materials from covered entities at the site where the
14recyclable materials are generated.
15    "Director" means the Director of the Agency.
16    "Drop-off recycling" means the collection of recyclable
17material from covered entities at one or more centralized
18sites.
19    "Environmental justice community" means environmental
20justice community as defined by the Illinois Solar for All
21Program, as that definition is updated from time to time by the
22Illinois Power Agency and the Administrator of the Illinois
23Solar for All Program.
24    "Hauler" means a person who collects recyclable or
25compostable materials and transports them to an MRF or compost
26facility, or to an intermediate facility from which materials

 

 

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1are then transported to an MRF or compost facility.
2    "Material recovery facility" or "MRF" means a facility
3where recyclable materials collected via curbside recycling or
4drop-off recycling are consolidated and sorted for return to
5the economic mainstream in the form of raw materials.
6    "Packaging" means a discrete material or category of
7material, regardless of recyclability. "Packaging" includes,
8but is not limited to, a material type, such as paper, plastic,
9glass, metal, or multi-material, that is:
10        (1) used to protect, contain, transport, or serve a
11    product;
12        (2) sold or supplied to consumers expressly for the
13    purpose of protecting, containing, transporting, or
14    serving products;
15        (3) attached to a product or its container for the
16    purpose of marketing or communicating information about
17    the product;
18        (4) supplied at the point of sale to facilitate the
19    delivery of the product; or
20        (5) supplied to or purchased by consumers expressly
21    for the purpose of facilitating food or beverage
22    consumption and ordinarily disposed of after a single use
23    or short-term use, whether or not it could be reused.
24    "Packaging" does not include:
25        (1) a medical device or packaging that is included
26    with products regulated:

 

 

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1            (A) as a drug, medical device, or dietary
2        supplement by the United States Food and Drug
3        Administration under the Federal Food, Drug, and
4        Cosmetic Act;
5            (B) as a combination product as defined under 21
6        CFR 3.2(e); or
7            (C) under the federal Dietary Supplement Health
8        and Education Act of 1994;
9        (2) animal biologics, including, but not limited to,
10    vaccines, bacterins, antisera, diagnostic kits, other
11    products of biological origin, and other packaging and
12    paper products regulated by the United States Department
13    of Agriculture under the federal Virus, Serum, Toxin Act;
14        (3) packaging regulated under the Federal Insecticide,
15    Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act or another applicable
16    federal law, rule, or regulation; and
17        (4) beverage containers subject to a returnable
18    container deposit, if applicable.
19    "Paper product" means:
20        (1) paper that can or has been printed on to create
21    flyers, brochures, booklets, catalogs, greeting cards,
22    telephone directories, newspapers, magazines; and
23        (2) paper used for copying, writing, or any other
24    general use.
25    "Paper product" does not include:
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1    could become unsafe or unsanitary to recycle; or
2        (2) any form of bound book, including, but not limited
3    to, bound books for literary, textual, or reference
4    purposes.
5    "Person" means any individual, partnership, copartnership,
6firm, company, limited liability company, corporation,
7association, joint-stock company, trust, estate, political
8subdivision, State agency, any other legal entity, or their
9legal representative, agent, or assign.
10    "Postconsumer material" means packaging or paper products
11that have served their intended end use as consumer items.
12"Postconsumer material" does not include a by-product or waste
13material generated during or after the completion of a
14manufacturing or converting process.
15    "Postconsumer recycled content" means the portion of an
16item of packaging or paper product made from postconsumer
17material that has been recycled.
18    "Recycling" has the meaning given to "recycling,
19reclamation or reuse" in Section 3.380 of the Environmental
20Protection Act. "Recycling" does not include landfill disposal
21of packaging or paper products or the residue resulting from
22the processing of packaging or paper products at an MRF, use as
23alternative daily cover or any other beneficial use at a
24landfill, incineration, energy recovery, or energy generation
25by means of combustion, or final conversion of packaging and
26paper products or their components and by-products to a fuel.

 

 

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1    "Recycling rate" means the percentage of packaging and
2paper products returned to the economic mainstream in the form
3of raw materials or products rather than being disposed of or
4discarded. The recycling rate is calculated by dividing the
5total weight of packaging and paper products that are
6collected for recycling by the total weight of packaging and
7paper products sold, distributed, or served to consumers in
8the State during the study period, not including the residue
9that is landfilled after processing by an MRF.
10    "Reusable" means:
11        (1) designed to be refilled or used repeatedly for its
12    original intended purpose and is returnable;
13        (2) safe for washing and sanitizing according to
14    applicable State food safety laws; and
15        (3) with the exception of ceramic products, capable of
16    being recycled at the end of use.
17    "Reuse" means the return of packaging to the economic
18stream for use in the same kind of application intended for the
19original packaging without effectuating a change in the
20original composition of the package, the identity of the
21product, or the components thereof.
22    "Rigid plastic" means packaging made of plastic that has a
23relatively inflexible finite shape or form and is capable of
24maintaining its shape while empty or while holding other
25products.
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1facility.
2    "Single-use packaging or product" means a packaging or
3product that is supplied to or purchased by consumers
4expressly for the purpose of facilitating food or beverage
5consumption and that is ordinarily disposed of after a single
6use or short-term use, whether or not it could be reused.
7    "Study period" means the period represented by the data
8compiled and analyzed in the completion of the Statewide
9Recycling Needs Assessment. The study period shall be a
10minimum of a one-year calendar period not earlier than 2022
11and shall be clearly defined in the scope of work. If more than
12one year of data is used, data shall be presented on an annual
13basis.
 
14    Section 15. Statewide Recycling Needs Assessment Advisory
15Council.
16    (a) The Statewide Recycling Needs Assessment Advisory
17Council shall be appointed by the Agency. On or before January
181, 2024, the Director shall appoint members to the Advisory
19Council to provide advice and recommendations to the Agency in
20the drafting, amendment, and finalization of the Statewide
21Recycling Needs Assessment.
22    (b) In appointing members to the Advisory Council under
23subsection (a), the Director shall consider representatives
24from all geographic regions of the State, all sizes of
25communities in the State, all supply chain participants in the

 

 

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1recycling system, and the racial and gender diversity of this
2State.
3    (c) Members of the Advisory Council shall include, but
4shall not be limited to, the following voting members:
5        (1) four individuals representing material recovery
6    facilities in the State, no more than 2 of whom shall
7    represent an MRF that accepts recyclables from Cook County
8    or the collar counties;
9        (2) four individuals representing haulers, one of whom
10    shall represent a statewide organization representing
11    haulers, one of whom shall represent a publicly traded
12    hauler, one of whom shall represent a privately owned
13    hauler, and one of whom shall operate a recycling drop-off
14    facility;
15        (3) one individual representing compost collection and
16    processing facilities;
17        (4) seven individuals representing rural and urban
18    units of local government, one of whom shall represent a
19    county with a population of less than 50,000, one of whom
20    shall represent a county with a population of more than
21    50,000 and less than 1,000,000, one of whom shall
22    represent a county with a population of more than
23    1,000,000, one of whom shall represent a municipality, one
24    of whom shall represent a municipal joint action agency,
25    one of whom shall represent a township, and one of whom
26    shall represent a municipality with a population of

 

 

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1    1,000,000 or more;
2        (5) two individuals representing retailers, one of
3    whom shall represent a statewide association of retailers;
4        (6) two individuals representing environmental
5    organizations;
6        (7) two individuals representing environmental justice
7    advocacy organizations or environmental justice
8    communities;
9        (8) one individual representing a statewide
10    manufacturing association;
11        (9) one individual representing manufacturers of
12    products containing postconsumer material, or one or more
13    associations of such manufacturers;
14        (10) one individual representing manufacturers of
15    packaging and paper products utilizing virgin materials,
16    or one or more associations of suppliers of substrates of
17    packaging and paper products; and
18        (11) four individuals representing producers of
19    consumer products.
20    (d) An individual may be appointed to only one position on
21the Council. Appointments shall be for the period required to
22complete the needs assessment components of this Act.
23    (e) The duties of the Advisory Council are as follows:
24        (1) to provide guidance on the scope of work for the
25    Statewide Recycling Needs Assessment required under
26    Section 25;

 

 

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1        (2) to assist in the provision of data required to
2    complete the needs assessment;
3        (3) to review and comment on the needs assessment
4    prior to completion;
5        (4) to evaluate and make recommendations, including
6    legislative recommendations, on how to effectively
7    establish and implement a producer responsibility program
8    in the State for packaging and paper products, including
9    recommendations regarding the responsibilities of
10    producers under a producer responsibility program; and
11        (5) on or before December 1, 2026, to prepare and
12    submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the
13    General Assembly and the Governor, which shall include an
14    opportunity for a minority report.
15    (f) The Advisory Council:
16        (1) shall meet at the call of the Chair, except for the
17    first meeting, which shall be called by the Director;
18        (2) shall meet at least quarterly or as determined by
19    the Advisory Council Chair;
20        (3) shall elect a Chair from among Advisory Council
21    members by a simple majority vote;
22        (4) may adopt bylaws and a charter for the operation
23    of its business for the purposes of this Act; and
24        (5) shall be provided administrative support by the
25    Agency and Agency staff.
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1facilitator for the Advisory Council.
 
2    Section 20. Statewide needs assessment.
3    (a) The Agency shall issue a competitive solicitation in
4accordance with the Illinois Procurement Code to select a
5qualified consultant to conduct a statewide needs assessment
6to assess recycling, composting, and reuse conditions in the
7State for packaging and paper products, including identifying
8current conditions and an evaluation of the capacity, costs,
9gaps, and needs associated with recycling and the diversion of
10packaging and paper products. The Agency shall select the
11consultant on or before July 1, 2024. The needs assessment
12shall be funded by an appropriation from the Agency's Solid
13Waste Management Fund or other appropriated funding.
14    (b) All packaging and paper products sold, offered for
15sale, distributed, or imported into the State shall be
16included in the needs assessment.
17    (c) The needs assessment shall address, at a minimum, the
18following factors for covered entities:
19        (1) the quantity, by weight and type, of packaging and
20    paper products sold, offered for sale, distributed, or
21    served to consumers in the State by material type and
22    format;
23        (2) current collection systems for packaging and paper
24    products in the State, including for reuse, recycling,
25    composting, and disposal;

 

 

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1        (3) the quantity, by weight, of municipal waste
2    disposed on a county-by-county basis for all counties in
3    the State;
4        (4) the processing capacity and infrastructure for
5    reusable, recyclable, and compostable packaging and paper
6    products collected in the State, including capacity and
7    infrastructure outside the State which serves or may serve
8    the State;
9        (5) current reuse, recycling, and composting rates for
10    packaging and paper products in the State by material
11    type;
12        (6) current postconsumer recycled content use by
13    material type for all packaging and paper products sold in
14    the State;
15        (7) current reusability, recyclability, or
16    compostability of packaging and paper products, by
17    material type, for all packaging and paper products sold,
18    offered for sale, distributed, or served in the State;
19        (8) current system-wide costs for the collection,
20    reuse, recycling, and composting of packaging and paper
21    products;
22        (9) current operational and capital funding
23    limitations impacting reuse, recycling, and composting
24    access and availability for packaging and paper products
25    throughout the State;
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1    access to curbside recycling services for all covered
2    entities within municipalities with a population of 1,500
3    or more based on the most recent United States Census,
4    with collection provided no less frequently than every 2
5    weeks, and at least one drop-off location for recyclable
6    materials within 15 miles of the municipal boundary for
7    municipalities with a population less than 1,500, with
8    needs identified on a county-by-county basis for all
9    counties in the State, and the estimated costs to meet the
10    access requirements;
11        (11) program costs and capital investments required to
12    achieve a collective 50% recycling rate by December 31,
13    2035 across all packaging and paper products, including
14    investment into existing and future reuse, recycling, and
15    composting infrastructure for packaging and paper
16    products;
17        (12) the market conditions and opportunities for
18    reusable, recyclable, and compostable packaging and paper
19    products in the State and regionally;
20        (13) multilingual public education needs for the
21    reduction, reuse, recycling, and composting of packaging
22    and paper products, including, but not limited to, a
23    scientific survey of current awareness among residents of
24    this State of proper end-of-life management for packaging
25    and paper products and the needs associated with the
26    reduction of contamination rates at MRFs in the State;

 

 

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1        (14) an assessment of environmental justice and
2    recycling equity in the State, including, but not limited
3    to:
4            (A) an evaluation of current access to and the
5        performance of curbside and drop-off recycling
6        programs in units of local government designated as
7        environmental justice areas;
8            (B) a comparison of the location of MRFs and
9        compost facilities in units of local government that
10        have been designated as environmental justice areas
11        with units of local government that are not so
12        designated; and
13            (C) recommendations for improving equity and
14        equitable outcomes for underserved populations in the
15        State's recycling system; and
16         (15) a review of packaging and paper products
17    legislation enacted in other states, including
18    identification of the main components of the legislation,
19    its implementation steps, and its implementation status.
20    (d) Persons with data or information required to complete
21the statewide needs assessment shall provide the Agency with
22such data or information in a timely fashion to assist in
23completing the statewide needs assessment.
24    (e) On or before December 31, 2025, the Agency shall
25provide the draft needs assessment to the Advisory Council.
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1Agency within 60 days after receipt of the needs assessment.
2The Agency's consultant shall include an assessment of
3comments received in the revised draft needs assessment
4submitted to the Agency and shall provide a summary and an
5analysis of any issues raised by the Advisory Council and
6significant changes suggested by any such comments, a
7statement of the reasons why any significant changes were not
8incorporated into the results of the study, and a description
9of any changes made to the results of the needs assessment as a
10result of such comments. The needs assessment shall be
11finalized by the Agency on or before May 1, 2026.
 
12    Section 25. Severability. The provisions of this Act shall
13be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision
14of this Act or the applicability thereof to any person or
15circumstance shall be held invalid, the remainder of this Act
16and the application thereof shall not be affected thereby.
 
17    Section 30. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
18changing Section 22.15 as follows:
 
19    (415 ILCS 5/22.15)
20    Sec. 22.15. Solid Waste Management Fund; fees.
21    (a) There is hereby created within the State Treasury a
22special fund to be known as the Solid Waste Management Fund, to
23be constituted from the fees collected by the State pursuant

 

 

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1to this Section, from repayments of loans made from the Fund
2for solid waste projects, from registration fees collected
3pursuant to the Consumer Electronics Recycling Act, and from
4amounts transferred into the Fund pursuant to Public Act
5100-433. Moneys received by either the Agency or the
6Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity in repayment
7of loans made pursuant to the Illinois Solid Waste Management
8Act shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
9    (b) The Agency shall assess and collect a fee in the amount
10set forth herein from the owner or operator of each sanitary
11landfill permitted or required to be permitted by the Agency
12to dispose of solid waste if the sanitary landfill is located
13off the site where such waste was produced and if such sanitary
14landfill is owned, controlled, and operated by a person other
15than the generator of such waste. The Agency shall deposit all
16fees collected into the Solid Waste Management Fund. If a site
17is contiguous to one or more landfills owned or operated by the
18same person, the volumes permanently disposed of by each
19landfill shall be combined for purposes of determining the fee
20under this subsection. Beginning on July 1, 2018, and on the
21first day of each month thereafter during fiscal years 2019
22through 2023, the State Comptroller shall direct and State
23Treasurer shall transfer an amount equal to 1/12 of $5,000,000
24per fiscal year from the Solid Waste Management Fund to the
25General Revenue Fund.
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1    solid waste is permanently disposed of at a site in a
2    calendar year, the owner or operator shall either pay a
3    fee of 95 cents per cubic yard or, alternatively, the
4    owner or operator may weigh the quantity of the solid
5    waste permanently disposed of with a device for which
6    certification has been obtained under the Weights and
7    Measures Act and pay a fee of $2.00 per ton of solid waste
8    permanently disposed of. In no case shall the fee
9    collected or paid by the owner or operator under this
10    paragraph exceed $1.55 per cubic yard or $3.27 per ton.
11        (2) If more than 100,000 cubic yards but not more than
12    150,000 cubic yards of non-hazardous waste is permanently
13    disposed of at a site in a calendar year, the owner or
14    operator shall pay a fee of $52,630.
15        (3) If more than 50,000 cubic yards but not more than
16    100,000 cubic yards of non-hazardous solid waste is
17    permanently disposed of at a site in a calendar year, the
18    owner or operator shall pay a fee of $23,790.
19        (4) If more than 10,000 cubic yards but not more than
20    50,000 cubic yards of non-hazardous solid waste is
21    permanently disposed of at a site in a calendar year, the
22    owner or operator shall pay a fee of $7,260.
23        (5) If not more than 10,000 cubic yards of
24    non-hazardous solid waste is permanently disposed of at a
25    site in a calendar year, the owner or operator shall pay a
26    fee of $1050.

 

 

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1    (c) (Blank).
2    (d) The Agency shall establish rules relating to the
3collection of the fees authorized by this Section. Such rules
4shall include, but not be limited to:
5        (1) necessary records identifying the quantities of
6    solid waste received or disposed;
7        (2) the form and submission of reports to accompany
8    the payment of fees to the Agency;
9        (3) the time and manner of payment of fees to the
10    Agency, which payments shall not be more often than
11    quarterly; and
12        (4) procedures setting forth criteria establishing
13    when an owner or operator may measure by weight or volume
14    during any given quarter or other fee payment period.
15    (e) Pursuant to appropriation, all monies in the Solid
16Waste Management Fund shall be used by the Agency for the
17purposes set forth in this Section and in the Illinois Solid
18Waste Management Act, including for the costs of fee
19collection and administration, and for the administration of
20the Consumer Electronics Recycling Act, and the Drug Take-Back
21Act, and the Statewide Recycling Needs Assessment.
22    (f) The Agency is authorized to enter into such agreements
23and to promulgate such rules as are necessary to carry out its
24duties under this Section and the Illinois Solid Waste
25Management Act.
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1of each year, beginning on July 1, 1996, the State Comptroller
2and Treasurer shall transfer $500,000 from the Solid Waste
3Management Fund to the Hazardous Waste Fund. Moneys
4transferred under this subsection (g) shall be used only for
5the purposes set forth in item (1) of subsection (d) of Section
622.2.
7    (h) The Agency is authorized to provide financial
8assistance to units of local government for the performance of
9inspecting, investigating, and enforcement activities pursuant
10to subsection (r) of Section 4 Section 4(r) at nonhazardous
11solid waste disposal sites.
12    (i) The Agency is authorized to conduct household waste
13collection and disposal programs.
14    (j) A unit of local government, as defined in the Local
15Solid Waste Disposal Act, in which a solid waste disposal
16facility is located may establish a fee, tax, or surcharge
17with regard to the permanent disposal of solid waste. All
18fees, taxes, and surcharges collected under this subsection
19shall be utilized for solid waste management purposes,
20including long-term monitoring and maintenance of landfills,
21planning, implementation, inspection, enforcement and other
22activities consistent with the Solid Waste Management Act and
23the Local Solid Waste Disposal Act, or for any other
24environment-related purpose, including, but not limited to, an
25environment-related public works project, but not for the
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1household hazardous waste facility. However, the total fee,
2tax or surcharge imposed by all units of local government
3under this subsection (j) upon the solid waste disposal
4facility shall not exceed:
5        (1) 60¢ per cubic yard if more than 150,000 cubic
6    yards of non-hazardous solid waste is permanently disposed
7    of at the site in a calendar year, unless the owner or
8    operator weighs the quantity of the solid waste received
9    with a device for which certification has been obtained
10    under the Weights and Measures Act, in which case the fee
11    shall not exceed $1.27 per ton of solid waste permanently
12    disposed of.
13        (2) $33,350 if more than 100,000 cubic yards, but not
14    more than 150,000 cubic yards, of non-hazardous waste is
15    permanently disposed of at the site in a calendar year.
16        (3) $15,500 if more than 50,000 cubic yards, but not
17    more than 100,000 cubic yards, of non-hazardous solid
18    waste is permanently disposed of at the site in a calendar
19    year.
20        (4) $4,650 if more than 10,000 cubic yards, but not
21    more than 50,000 cubic yards, of non-hazardous solid waste
22    is permanently disposed of at the site in a calendar year.
23        (5) $650 if not more than 10,000 cubic yards of
24    non-hazardous solid waste is permanently disposed of at
25    the site in a calendar year.
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1may use proceeds from the fee, tax, or surcharge to reimburse a
2highway commissioner whose road district lies wholly or
3partially within the corporate limits of the unit of local
4government for expenses incurred in the removal of
5nonhazardous, nonfluid municipal waste that has been dumped on
6public property in violation of a State law or local
7ordinance.
8    For the disposal of solid waste from general construction
9or demolition debris recovery facilities as defined in
10subsection (a-1) of Section 3.160, the total fee, tax, or
11surcharge imposed by all units of local government under this
12subsection (j) upon the solid waste disposal facility shall
13not exceed 50% of the applicable amount set forth above. A unit
14of local government, as defined in the Local Solid Waste
15Disposal Act, in which a general construction or demolition
16debris recovery facility is located may establish a fee, tax,
17or surcharge on the general construction or demolition debris
18recovery facility with regard to the permanent disposal of
19solid waste by the general construction or demolition debris
20recovery facility at a solid waste disposal facility, provided
21that such fee, tax, or surcharge shall not exceed 50% of the
22applicable amount set forth above, based on the total amount
23of solid waste transported from the general construction or
24demolition debris recovery facility for disposal at solid
25waste disposal facilities, and the unit of local government
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1subsection (j).
2    A county or Municipal Joint Action Agency that imposes a
3fee, tax, or surcharge under this subsection may use the
4proceeds thereof to reimburse a municipality that lies wholly
5or partially within its boundaries for expenses incurred in
6the removal of nonhazardous, nonfluid municipal waste that has
7been dumped on public property in violation of a State law or
8local ordinance.
9    If the fees are to be used to conduct a local sanitary
10landfill inspection or enforcement program, the unit of local
11government must enter into a written delegation agreement with
12the Agency pursuant to subsection (r) of Section 4. The unit of
13local government and the Agency shall enter into such a
14written delegation agreement within 60 days after the
15establishment of such fees. At least annually, the Agency
16shall conduct an audit of the expenditures made by units of
17local government from the funds granted by the Agency to the
18units of local government for purposes of local sanitary
19landfill inspection and enforcement programs, to ensure that
20the funds have been expended for the prescribed purposes under
21the grant.
22    The fees, taxes or surcharges collected under this
23subsection (j) shall be placed by the unit of local government
24in a separate fund, and the interest received on the moneys in
25the fund shall be credited to the fund. The monies in the fund
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1accordance with this subsection.
2    A unit of local government, as defined in the Local Solid
3Waste Disposal Act, shall prepare and post on its website, in
4April of each year, a report that details spending plans for
5monies collected in accordance with this subsection. The
6report will at a minimum include the following:
7        (1) The total monies collected pursuant to this
8    subsection.
9        (2) The most current balance of monies collected
10    pursuant to this subsection.
11        (3) An itemized accounting of all monies expended for
12    the previous year pursuant to this subsection.
13        (4) An estimation of monies to be collected for the
14    following 3 years pursuant to this subsection.
15        (5) A narrative detailing the general direction and
16    scope of future expenditures for one, 2 and 3 years.
17    The exemptions granted under Sections 22.16 and 22.16a,
18and under subsection (k) of this Section, shall be applicable
19to any fee, tax or surcharge imposed under this subsection
20(j); except that the fee, tax or surcharge authorized to be
21imposed under this subsection (j) may be made applicable by a
22unit of local government to the permanent disposal of solid
23waste after December 31, 1986, under any contract lawfully
24executed before June 1, 1986 under which more than 150,000
25cubic yards (or 50,000 tons) of solid waste is to be
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1the fee imposed by the State under subsection (b) of this
2Section pursuant to an exemption granted under Section 22.16.
3    (k) In accordance with the findings and purposes of the
4Illinois Solid Waste Management Act, beginning January 1, 1989
5the fee under subsection (b) and the fee, tax or surcharge
6under subsection (j) shall not apply to:
7        (1) waste which is hazardous waste;
8        (2) waste which is pollution control waste;
9        (3) waste from recycling, reclamation or reuse
10    processes which have been approved by the Agency as being
11    designed to remove any contaminant from wastes so as to
12    render such wastes reusable, provided that the process
13    renders at least 50% of the waste reusable; the exemption
14    set forth in this paragraph (3) of this subsection (k)
15    shall not apply to general construction or demolition
16    debris recovery facilities as defined in subsection (a-1)
17    of Section 3.160;
18        (4) non-hazardous solid waste that is received at a
19    sanitary landfill and composted or recycled through a
20    process permitted by the Agency; or
21        (5) any landfill which is permitted by the Agency to
22    receive only demolition or construction debris or
23    landscape waste.
24(Source: P.A. 101-10, eff. 6-5-19; 101-636, eff. 6-10-20;
25102-16, eff. 6-17-21; 102-310, eff. 8-6-21; 102-444, eff.
268-20-21; 102-699, eff. 4-19-22; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22;

 

 

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1102-1055, eff. 6-10-22; revised 8-25-22.)
 
2    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
3becoming law.".