Rep. Emily McAsey

Filed: 3/5/2015

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1455

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1455 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Electronic Products Recycling and Reuse Act
5is amended by changing Sections 15, 50, and 80 as follows:
 
6    (415 ILCS 150/15)
7    Sec. 15. Statewide recycling and reuse goals for all
8covered electronic devices.
9    (a) For program year 2010, the statewide recycling or reuse
10goal for all CEDs is the product of: (i) the latest population
11estimate for the State, as published on the U.S. Census
12Bureau's website on January 1, 2010; multiplied by (ii) 2.5
13pounds per capita.
14    (b) For program year 2011, the statewide recycling or reuse
15goal for all CEDs is the product of: (i) the 2010 base weight;
16multiplied by (ii) the 2010 goal attainment percentage.

 

 

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1    For the purposes of this subsection (b):
2    The "2010 base weight" means the greater of: (i) twice the
3total weight of all CEDs that were recycled or processed for
4reuse between January 1, 2010 and June 30, 2010 as reported to
5the Agency under subsection (i) or (j) of Section 30; or (ii)
6twice the total weight of all CEDs that were recycled or
7processed for reuse between January 1, 2010 and June 30, 2010
8as reported to the Agency under subsection (c) of Section 55.
9    The "2010 goal attainment percentage" means:
10        (1) 90% if the 2010 base weight is less than 90% of the
11    statewide recycling or reuse goal for program year 2010;
12        (2) 95% if the 2010 base weight is 90% or greater, but
13    does not exceed 95%, of the statewide recycling or reuse
14    goal for program year 2010;
15        (3) 100% if the 2010 base weight is 95% or greater, but
16    does not exceed 105%, of the statewide recycling or reuse
17    goal for program year 2010;
18        (4) 105% if the 2010 base weight is 105% or greater,
19    but does not exceed 110%, of the statewide recycling or
20    reuse goal for program year 2010; and
21        (5) 110% if the 2010 base weight is 110% or greater of
22    the statewide recycling or reuse goal for program year
23    2010.
24    (c) For program year 2012 and for each of the following
25categories of electronic devices, each manufacturer shall
26recycle or reuse at least 40% of the total weight of the

 

 

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1electronic devices that the manufacturer sold in that category
2in Illinois during the calendar year beginning January 1, 2010:
3computers, monitors, televisions, printers, electronic
4keyboards, facsimile machines, video cassette recorders,
5portable digital music players, digital video disc players,
6video game consoles, electronic mice, scanners, digital
7converter boxes, cable receivers, satellite receivers, digital
8video disc recorders, and small-scale servers. To determine the
9manufacturer's annual recycling or reuse goal, the
10manufacturer shall use its own Illinois sales data or its own
11national sales data proportioned to Illinois' share of the U.S.
12population, based on the U.S. Census population estimate for
132009.
14    (c-5) For program year 2013 and thereafter and for each of
15the following categories of electronic devices, each
16manufacturer shall recycle or reuse at least 80% 50% of the
17total weight of the electronic devices that the manufacturer
18sold in that category in Illinois during the calendar year 2
19years before the applicable program year: computers, monitors,
20televisions, printers, electronic keyboards, facsimile
21machines, video cassette recorders, portable digital music
22players, digital video disc players, video game consoles,
23electronic mice, scanners, digital converter boxes, cable
24receivers, satellite receivers, digital video disc recorders,
25and small-scale servers. To determine the manufacturer's
26annual recycling or reuse goal, the manufacturer shall use its

 

 

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1own Illinois sales data or its own national sales data
2proportioned to Illinois' share of the U.S. population, based
3on the most recent U.S. Census data. For the purpose of this
4Section, a manufacturer may count the total weight of a cathode
5ray tube device, prior to processing, towards its goal under
6this Section if all recyclable components are removed from the
7device and the cathode ray tube glass is managed in a manner
8that complies with all Agency regulations for handling,
9treatment, and disposition of cathode ray tubes.
10(Source: P.A. 97-287, eff. 8-10-11.)
 
11    (415 ILCS 150/50)
12    Sec. 50. Recycler and refurbisher registration.
13    (a) Prior to January 1 of each program year, each recycler
14and refurbisher must register with the Agency and submit a
15registration fee pursuant to subsection (b) for that program
16year. Registration must be on forms and in a format prescribed
17by the Agency and shall include, but not be limited to, the
18address of each location where the recycler or refurbisher
19manages CEDs or EEDs and identification of each location at
20which the recycler or refurbisher accepts CEDs or EEDs from a
21residence.
22    (b) The registration fee for program year 2010 is $2,000.
23For program year 2011, if a recycler's or refurbisher's annual
24combined total weight of CEDs and EEDs is less than 1,000 tons
25per year, the registration fee shall be $500. For program year

 

 

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12012 and for all subsequent program years, both registration
2fees shall be increased each year by an inflation factor
3determined by the annual Implicit Price Deflator for Gross
4National Product as published by the U.S. Department of
5Commerce in its Survey of Current Business. The inflation
6factor must be calculated each year by dividing the latest
7published annual Implicit Price Deflator for Gross National
8Product by the annual Implicit Price Deflator for Gross
9National Product for the previous year. The inflation factor
10must be rounded to the nearest 1/100th, and the resulting
11registration fee must be rounded to the nearest whole dollar.
12No later than October 1 of each program year, the Agency shall
13post on its website the registration fee for the next program
14year.
15    (c) No person may act as a recycler or a refurbisher of
16CEDs for a manufacturer obligated to meet goals under this Act
17unless the recycler or refurbisher is registered and has paid
18the registration fee as required under this Section.
19    (c-5) A Neither a registered recycler or nor a refurbisher
20of CEDs and EEDs for a manufacturer obligated to meet goals
21under this Act may not charge individual consumers or units of
22local government acting as collectors a fee to recycle or
23refurbish CEDs and EEDs, unless the recycler or refurbisher
24provides (i) a financial incentive, such as a coupon, that is
25of greater or equal value to the fee being charged or (ii)
26premium service, such as curbside collection, home pick-up, or

 

 

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1a similar methods method of collection.
2    (c-7) Nothing in this Act prohibits any waste hauler from
3entering into a contractual agreement with a unit of local
4government to establish a collection program for the recycling
5or reuse of CEDs or EEDs, including services such as curbside
6collection, home pick-up, drop-off locations, or similar
7methods of collection.
8    (d) Recyclers and refurbishers must, at a minimum, comply
9with all of the following:
10        (1) Recyclers and refurbishers must comply with
11    federal, State, and local laws and regulations, including
12    federal and State minimum wage laws, specifically relevant
13    to the handling, processing, refurbishing and recycling of
14    residential CEDs and must have proper authorization by all
15    appropriate governing authorities to perform the handling,
16    processing, refurbishment, and recycling.
17        (2) Recyclers and refurbishers must implement the
18    appropriate measures to safeguard occupational and
19    environmental health and safety, through the following:
20            (A) environmental health and safety training of
21        personnel, including training with regard to material
22        and equipment handling, worker exposure, controlling
23        releases, and safety and emergency procedures;
24            (B) an up-to-date, written plan for the
25        identification and management of hazardous materials;
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1            (C) an up-to-date, written plan for reporting and
2        responding to exceptional pollutant releases,
3        including emergencies such as accidents, spills,
4        fires, and explosions.
5        (3) Recyclers and refurbishers must maintain (i)
6    commercial general liability insurance or the equivalent
7    corporate guarantee for accidents and other emergencies
8    with limits of not less than $1,000,000 per occurrence and
9    $1,000,000 aggregate and (ii) pollution legal liability
10    insurance with limits not less than $1,000,000 per
11    occurrence for companies engaged solely in the dismantling
12    activities and $5,000,000 per occurrence for companies
13    engaged in recycling.
14        (4) Recyclers and refurbishers must maintain on file
15    documentation that demonstrates the completion of an
16    environmental health and safety audit completed and
17    certified by a competent internal and external auditor
18    annually. A competent auditor is an individual who, through
19    professional training or work experience, is appropriately
20    qualified to evaluate the environmental health and safety
21    conditions, practices, and procedures of the facility.
22    Documentation of auditors' qualifications must be
23    available for inspection by Agency officials and
24    third-party auditors.
25        (5) Recyclers and refurbishers must maintain on file
26    proof of workers' compensation and employers' liability

 

 

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1    insurance.
2        (6) Recyclers and refurbishers must provide adequate
3    assurance (such as bonds or corporate guarantee) to cover
4    environmental and other costs of the closure of the
5    recycler or refurbisher's facility, including cleanup of
6    stockpiled equipment and materials.
7        (7) Recyclers and refurbishers must apply due
8    diligence principles to the selection of facilities to
9    which components and materials (such as plastics, metals,
10    and circuit boards) from CEDs and EEDs are sent for reuse
11    and recycling.
12        (8) Recyclers and refurbishers must establish a
13    documented environmental management system that is
14    appropriate in level of detail and documentation to the
15    scale and function of the facility, including documented
16    regular self-audits or inspections of the recycler or
17    refurbisher's environmental compliance at the facility.
18        (9) Recyclers and refurbishers must use the
19    appropriate equipment for the proper processing of
20    incoming materials as well as controlling environmental
21    releases to the environment. The dismantling operations
22    and storage of CED and EED components that contain
23    hazardous substances must be conducted indoors and over
24    impervious floors. Storage areas must be adequate to hold
25    all processed and unprocessed inventory. When heat is used
26    to soften solder and when CED and EED components are

 

 

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1    shredded, operations must be designed to control indoor and
2    outdoor hazardous air emissions.
3        (10) Recyclers and refurbishers must establish a
4    system for identifying and properly managing components
5    (such as circuit boards, batteries, CRTs, and mercury
6    phosphor lamps) that are removed from CEDs and EEDs during
7    disassembly. Recyclers and refurbishers must properly
8    manage all hazardous and other components requiring
9    special handling from CEDs and EEDs consistent with
10    federal, State, and local laws and regulations. Recyclers
11    and refurbishers must provide visible tracking (such as
12    hazardous waste manifests or bills of lading) of hazardous
13    components and materials from the facility to the
14    destination facilities and documentation (such as
15    contracts) stating how the destination facility processes
16    the materials received. No recycler or refurbisher may
17    send, either directly or through intermediaries, hazardous
18    wastes to solid waste (non-hazardous waste) landfills or to
19    non-hazardous waste incinerators for disposal or energy
20    recovery. For the purpose of these guidelines, smelting of
21    hazardous wastes to recover metals for reuse in conformance
22    with all applicable laws and regulations is not considered
23    disposal or energy recovery.
24        (11) Recyclers and refurbishers must use a regularly
25    implemented and documented monitoring and record-keeping
26    program that tracks inbound CED and EED material weights

 

 

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1    (total) and subsequent outbound weights (total to each
2    destination), injury and illness rates, and compliance
3    with applicable permit parameters including monitoring of
4    effluents and emissions. Recyclers and refurbishers must
5    maintain contracts or other documents, such as sales
6    receipts, suitable to demonstrate: (i) the reasonable
7    expectation that there is a downstream market or uses for
8    designated electronics (which may include recycling or
9    reclamation processes such as smelting to recover metals
10    for reuse); and (ii) that any residuals from recycling or
11    reclamation processes, or both, are properly handled and
12    managed to maximize reuse and recycling of materials to the
13    extent practical.
14        (12) Recyclers and refurbishers must comply with
15    federal and international law and agreements regarding the
16    export of used products or materials. In the case of
17    exports of CEDs and EEDs, recyclers and refurbishers must
18    comply with applicable requirements of the U.S. and of the
19    import and transit countries and must maintain proper
20    business records documenting its compliance. No recycler
21    or refurbisher may establish or use intermediaries for the
22    purpose of circumventing these U.S. import and transit
23    country requirements.
24        (13) Recyclers and refurbishers that conduct
25    transactions involving the transboundary shipment of used
26    CEDs and EEDs shall use contracts (or the equivalent

 

 

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1    commercial arrangements) made in advance that detail the
2    quantity and nature of the materials to be shipped. For the
3    export of materials to a foreign country (directly or
4    indirectly through downstream market contractors): (i) the
5    shipment of intact televisions and computer monitors
6    destined for reuse must include only whole products that
7    are tested and certified as being in working order or
8    requiring only minor repair (e.g. not requiring the
9    replacement of circuit boards or CRTs), must be destined
10    for reuse with respect to the original purpose, and the
11    recipient must have verified a market for the sale or
12    donation of such product for reuse; (ii) the shipments of
13    CEDs and EEDs for material recovery must be prepared in a
14    manner for recycling, including, without limitation,
15    smelting where metals will be recovered, plastics recovery
16    and glass-to-glass recycling; or (iii) the shipment of CEDs
17    and EEDs are being exported to companies or facilities that
18    are owned or controlled by the original equipment
19    manufacturer.
20        (14) Recyclers and refurbishers must maintain the
21    following export records for each shipment on file for a
22    minimum of 3 years: (i) the facility name and the address
23    to which shipment is exported; (ii) the shipment contents
24    and volumes; (iii) the intended use of contents by the
25    destination facility; (iv) any specification required by
26    the destination facility in relation to shipment contents;

 

 

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1    (v) an assurance that all shipments for export, as
2    applicable to the CED manufacturer, are legal and satisfy
3    all applicable laws of the destination country.
4        (15) Recyclers and refurbishers must employ
5    industry-accepted procedures for the destruction or
6    sanitization of data on hard drives and other data storage
7    devices. Acceptable guidelines for the destruction or
8    sanitization of data are contained in the National
9    Institute of Standards and Technology's Guidelines for
10    Media Sanitation or those guidelines certified by the
11    National Association for Information Destruction;
12        (16) No recycler or refurbisher may employ prison labor
13    in any operation related to the collection,
14    transportation, recycling, and refurbishment of CEDs and
15    EEDs. No recycler or refurbisher may employ any third party
16    that uses or subcontracts for the use of prison labor.
17(Source: P.A. 96-1154, eff. 7-21-10; 97-287, eff. 8-10-11.)
 
18    (415 ILCS 150/80)
19    Sec. 80. Penalties.
20    (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, any person
21who violates any provision of this Act or fails to perform any
22duty under this Act is liable for a civil penalty of $7,000 for
23the violation and an additional civil penalty not to exceed
24$1,000 for each day the violation continues.
25    (b) A manufacturer that is not registered with the Agency

 

 

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1as required under this Act, or that has not paid the
2registration fee as required under this Act, is liable for a
3civil penalty not to exceed $10,000 for the violation and an
4additional civil penalty not to exceed $10,000 for each day the
5violation continues.
6    (c) A manufacturer in violation of subsection (d) of
7Section 30 of this Act in program year 2012 or thereafter is
8liable for a civil penalty equal to the following:
9        (1) In program year 2012, if the total weight of CEDs
10    and EEDs recycled or processed for reuse by the
11    manufacturer is less than 50% of the manufacturer's
12    individual recycling or reuse goal set forth in subsection
13    (c) of Section 15 of this Act, the manufacturer shall pay a
14    penalty equal to the product of: (i) $0.70 per pound;
15    multiplied by (ii) the difference between the
16    manufacturer's individual recycling or reuse goal and the
17    total weight of CEDs and EEDs recycled or processed for
18    reuse by the manufacturer during the program year.
19        (2) In program year 2013, if the total weight of CEDs
20    and EEDs recycled or processed for reuse by the
21    manufacturer is less than 60% of the manufacturer's
22    individual recycling or reuse goal set forth in subsection
23    (c-5) of Section 15 of this Act, the manufacturer shall pay
24    a penalty equal to the product of: (i) $0.70 per pound;
25    multiplied by (ii) the difference between the
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1    total weight of CEDs and EEDs recycled or processed for
2    reuse by the manufacturer during the program year.
3        (3) In program year 2014, and each year thereafter, if
4    the total weight of CEDs and EEDs recycled or processed for
5    reuse by the manufacturer is less than 70% of the
6    manufacturer's individual recycling or reuse goal set
7    forth in subsection (c-5) of Section 15 of this Act, the
8    manufacturer shall pay a penalty equal to the product of:
9    (i) $0.70 per pound; multiplied by (ii) the difference
10    between the manufacturer's individual recycling or reuse
11    goal and the total weight of CEDs and EEDs recycled or
12    processed for reuse by the manufacturer during the program
13    year.
14        (4) In program year 2015, and each year thereafter, if
15    the total weight of CEDs and EEDs recycled or processed for
16    reuse by the manufacturer is less than 100% of the
17    manufacturer's individual recycling or reuse goal set
18    forth in subsection (c-5) of Section 15 of this Act, the
19    manufacturer shall pay a penalty equal to the product of
20    (i) $0.70 per pound; multiplied by (ii) the difference
21    between the manufacturer's individual recycling or reuse
22    goal and the total weight of CEDs and EEDs recycled or
23    processed for reuse by the manufacturer during the program
24    year.
25    (d) A manufacturer in violation of subsection (e), (h),
26(i), (j), (k), (l), or (m) of Section 30 is liable for a civil

 

 

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1penalty not to exceed $5,000 for the violation.
2    (e) Any person in violation of Section 50 of this Act is
3liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $5,000 for the
4violation.
5    (f) A knowing violation of subsection (a), (b), or (c) of
6Section 95 of this Act by anyone other than a residential
7consumer is a petty offense punishable by a fine of $500. A
8knowing violation of subsection (a), (b), or (c) of Section 95
9of this Act by a residential consumer is a petty offense
10punishable by a fine of $25 for a first violation; however, a
11subsequent violation by a residential consumer is a petty
12offense punishable by a fine of $50.
13    (g) The penalties provided for in this Act may be recovered
14in a civil action brought by the Attorney General in the name
15of the People of the State of Illinois. Any moneys collected
16under this Section in which the Attorney General has prevailed
17may be deposited into the Electronic Recycling Fund,
18established under this Act.
19    (h) The Attorney General, at the request of the Agency or
20on his or her own motion, may institute a civil action for an
21injunction, prohibitory or mandatory, to restrain violations
22of this Act or to require such actions as may be necessary to
23address violations of this Act.
24    (i) The penalties and injunctions provided in this Act are
25in addition to any penalties, injunctions, or other relief
26provided under any other law. Nothing in this Act bars a cause

 

 

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1of action by the State for any other penalty, injunction, or
2relief provided by any other law.
3    (j) A fine imposed by administrative citation pursuant to
4subsection (k) of Section 20 shall be limited to $1,000.
5Administrative citations may be used to enforce violations of
6the landfill ban subject to fines set forth in subsection (f)
7of this Section.
8(Source: P.A. 97-287, eff. 8-10-11.)
 
9    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
10becoming law.".