Rep. Elaine Nekritz
Filed: 3/17/2015
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1445 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1445 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended  by 
5adding Sections 3.560 and 22.56a as follows:
 
6    (415 ILCS 5/3.560 new)
7    Sec. 3.560. Exceptional Quality biosolids. "Exceptional 
8Quality biosolids" means solids that:
9        (1)   are generated from the advanced processing of 
10    publicly-owned sewage treatment plant sludge;
11        (2)   do not exceed the ceiling concentration limits in 
12    Table 1 of 40 CFR 503.13 and the pollutant concentration 
13    limits in Table 3 of 40 CFR 503.13;
14        (3)   meet the requirements for classification as Class A 
15    with respect to pathogens in 40 CFR 503.32(a); and
16        (4)   meet one of the vector attraction reduction 
 
 
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1    requirements in 40 CFR 503.33(b)(1) through (b)(8).
 
2    (415 ILCS 5/22.56a new)
3    Sec. 22.56a. Land application of Exceptional Quality 
4biosolids.
5    (a)      The General Assembly finds that:
6        (1)      technological advances in wastewater treatment 
7    have allowed for the production of Exceptional Quality 
8    biosolids that can be used on land as a beneficial 
9    recyclable material that improves soil tilth, fertility, 
10    and stability and their use enhances the growth of 
11    agricultural, silvicultural, and horticultural crops;
12        (2)    Exceptional Quality biosolids are a resource to be 
13    recovered; and
14        (3)    the beneficial use of Exceptional Quality 
15    biosolids and their recycling to the land as a soil 
16    amendment is encouraged.
17    (b)    To encourage and promote the use of Exceptional Quality 
18biosolids in productive and beneficial applications, to the 
19extent allowed by federal law, Exceptional Quality biosolids 
20shall not be subject to regulation as a sludge or other waste 
21if all of the following requirements are met:
22        (1)    The sewage treatment plant generating the 
23    Exceptional Quality biosolids maintains the following 
24    information with respect to the biosolids:
25            (A)   Documentation demonstrating that the 
 
 
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1        Exceptional Quality biosolids do not exceed the 
2        ceiling concentration limits in Table 1 of 40 CFR 
3        503.13 and the pollutant concentration limits in Table 
4        3 of 40 CFR 503.13;
5            (B)    Documentation demonstrating that the Class A 
6        pathogen requirements in 40 CFR 503.32(a) are met, 
7        including but not limited to a description of how they 
8        were met;
9            (C)    Documentation demonstrating that the vector 
10        attraction requirements in 40 CFR 503.33(b)(1) through 
11        (b)(8) are met, including but not limited to a 
12        description of how they were met;
13            (D)    A certification statement regarding the Class 
14        A pathogen requirements in 40 CFR 503.32(a) and the 
15        vector attraction reduction requirements in 40 CFR 
16        503.33(b)(1) through (b)(8), as required in 40 CFR 
17        503.17(a)(1)(ii); and
18            (E)    The quantity of Exceptional Quality biosolids 
19        sold or given away by the sewage treatment plant each 
20        year.
The information must be maintained for a minimum 
21        of 5 years after the biosolids are generated, and upon 
22        request must be made available to the Agency for 
23        inspection and copying during normal business hours.
24        (2)    For Exceptional Quality biosolids that have not 
25    been bagged:
26            (A)   They are not applied to snow-covered or frozen 
 
 
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1        ground; and
2            (B)   They are used in a manner that ensures they 
3        remain on the land and do not enter waters of the 
4        State.
5        (3)      If Exceptional Quality biosolids that have not been 
6    bagged are generated in another state and imported into 
7    this State, the person importing the biosolids must 
8    maintain the information set forth in subparagraph (A)  of 
9    paragraph (1) of subsection (a) through subparagraph (D) of 
10    paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this Section and the 
11    amount of Exceptional Quality biosolids imported each 
12    year.  The information must be maintained for a minimum of 5 
13    years after the biosolids are imported, and upon request 
14    must be made available to the Agency for inspection and 
15    copying during normal business hours.
16    (c)       For purposes of this Section, Exceptional Quality 
17biosolids are considered "bagged" if they are in a bag or in an 
18open or closed receptacle that has a capacity of one metric ton 
19or less, including, but not limited to, a bucket, box, carton, 
20vehicle, or trailer.
 

21    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
22becoming law.".