98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB2226

 

Introduced 2/15/2013, by Sen. Martin A. Sandoval

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
415 ILCS 5/22.54a new

    Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to develop rules which prohibit the disposal of materials at sanitary landfills that (i) have been approved for recycling through an Agency-issued Beneficial Use Determination and (ii) are located in a county where a Beneficial Use Determination facility for those materials has been approved. Requires the Agency to modify operating permits accordingly.


LRB098 10733 JDS 41076 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

SB2226LRB098 10733 JDS 41076 b

1    AN ACT concerning safety.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
5adding Section 22.54a as follows:
 
6    (415 ILCS 5/22.54a new)
7    Sec. 22.54a. Disposal of recyclable materials. The Agency
8shall develop rules which prohibit the disposal of materials at
9sanitary landfills which have been approved for recycling
10through an Agency-issued Beneficial Use Determination;
11provided that the sanitary landfill is located in a county
12where a Beneficial Use Determination facility for those
13materials has been approved. This prohibition shall extend to
14the use of approved recyclable materials by sanitary landfills
15as daily cover. The Agency shall require each permitted
16sanitary landfill to modify its operating permits in accordance
17with this prohibition.