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SB2182 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB2182

 

Introduced 10/20/2015, by Sen. Chapin Rose

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
415 ILCS 5/22.60 new

    Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that the owner and operator of any landfill that is located above an aquifer designated as a sole source aquifer by the United States Environmental Protection Agency shall, upon request, make available to the requestor copies of manifests of all waste, other than municipal solid waste, received at the landfill in the 2 years before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly. Provides that these manifests shall be made available within 30 days of the request, and the owner or operator may post the manifests to a website to satisfy this purpose. Provides that beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly, the owner and operator of any landfill that is located above an aquifer designated as a sole source aquifer by the United States Environmental Protection Agency shall publish quarterly to a public website manifests of all waste, other than municipal solid waste, received at the landfill. Provides that any manifest published to the public website shall remain on the public website for a minimum of 2 years. Provides that the owner and operator shall publish to its website all permit applications, requests or applications for modification permits, and all well sampling data from upgradient and downgradient monitoring wells near any landfill that is located above an aquifer designated as a sole source aquifer by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
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 22.60 as follows:
 
6    (415 ILCS 5/22.60 new)
7    Sec. 22.60. Sole source aquifer landfills. The owner and
8operator of any landfill that is located above an aquifer
9designated as a sole source aquifer by the United States
10Environmental Protection Agency shall, upon request, make
11available to the requestor copies of manifests of all waste,
12other than municipal solid waste, received at the landfill in
13the 2 years before the effective date of this amendatory Act of
14the 99th General Assembly. These manifests shall be made
15available within 30 days of the request, and the owner or
16operator may post the manifests to a website to satisfy this
17purpose. Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
18of the 99th General Assembly, the owner and operator of any
19landfill that is located above an aquifer designated as a sole
20source aquifer by the United States Environmental Protection
21Agency shall publish quarterly to a public website manifests of
22all waste, other than municipal solid waste, received at the
23landfill. Any manifest published to the public website shall

 

 

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1remain on the public website for a minimum of 2 years. The
2owner and operator shall publish to its website all permit
3applications, requests or applications for modification
4permits, and all well sampling data from upgradient and
5downgradient monitoring wells near any landfill that is located
6above an aquifer designated as a sole source aquifer by the
7United States Environmental Protection Agency.
 
8    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
9becoming law.