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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 22.40a as follows:
 
6    (415 ILCS 5/22.40a new)
7    Sec. 22.40a. Disposal of manufactured gas plant waste in
8waste disposal sites other than permitted hazardous waste
9disposal sites prohibited. Notwithstanding any other law or
10regulation, no person shall dispose, in a waste disposal site
11other than a permitted hazardous waste disposal site, waste
12generated from the remediation of a manufactured gas plant site
13or facility, unless (i) the waste is tested using Method 1311
14(Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP)) in "Test
15Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical
16Methods," USEPA Publication Number EPA 530/SW-846, and (ii)
17that analysis demonstrates that the waste does not exceed the
18regulatory levels for any contaminant given in the table
19contained in 40 C.F.R. 261.24(b).