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SB1434 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB1434

 

Introduced 2/20/2015, by Sen. Melinda Bush

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
415 ILCS 20/2  from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7052
415 ILCS 20/4.1 new

    Amends the Illinois Solid Waste Management Act. Provides that, on or before December 1, 2016, the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center of the Prairie Research Institute at the University of Illinois shall publish a Statewide resource management plan, and shall update the plan every 5 years. Provides that the Statewide resource management plan shall include specified information. Makes a change to the preferred solid waste management activities in a provision concerning public policy.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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 Illinois Solid Waste Management Act is
5amended by changing Section 2 and by adding Section 4.1 as
6follows:
 
7    (415 ILCS 20/2)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7052)
8    Sec. 2. Public Policy. (a) The General Assembly finds:
9    (1) that current solid waste disposal practices are not
10adequate to address the needs of many metropolitan areas in
11Illinois;
12    (2) that the generation of solid waste is increasing while
13landfill capacity is decreasing;
14    (3) that siting of new landfills, transfer stations,
15incinerators, recycling facilities, or other solid waste
16management facilities and the expansion of existing facilities
17is very difficult due to the public concern and competition
18with other land uses for suitable sites;
19    (4) that more effective and efficient management of solid
20waste is needed in a manner that promotes economic development,
21protects the environment and public health and safety, and
22allows the most practical and beneficial use of the material
23and energy values of solid waste;

 

 

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1    (5) that state government policy and programs should be
2developed to assist local governments and private industry in
3seeking solutions to solid waste management problems;
4    (6) that the purchase of products or supplies made from
5recycled materials by public agencies in the State will divert
6significant quantities of waste from landfills, reduce
7disposal costs and stimulate recycling markets, thereby
8encouraging the further use of recycled materials and educating
9the public about the utility and availability of such
10materials;
11    (7) that there are wastes for which combustion would not
12provide practical energy recovery or practical volume
13reduction, which cannot be reasonably recycled or reused and
14which have reduced environmental threat because they are
15non-putrescible, homogeneous and do not contain free liquids.
16Such wastes bear a real and substantial difference under the
17purposes of the Illinois Solid Waste Management Act from solid
18wastes for which combustion would provide practical energy
19recovery or practical volume reduction, which can be reasonably
20recycled or reused, or which are putrescible, non-homogeneous
21or contain free liquids;
22    (8) since it is the policy of the State as set forth in the
23Environmental Protection Act to assure that contaminants
24discharged into the atmosphere or waters of the State are given
25the degree of treatment or control necessary to prevent
26pollution, that wastes generated as a result of removing

 

 

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1contaminants from the air, water or land bear a real and
2substantial difference from other wastes in that the generation
3of wastes containing pollution treatment residuals can improve
4the environment in Illinois and should be encouraged;
5    (9) since it is the policy of the State as set forth in the
6Environmental Protection Act to promote conservation of
7natural resources and minimize environmental damage by
8encouraging and effecting recycling and reuse of waste
9materials, that wastes from recycling, reclamation or reuse
10processes designed to remove contaminants so as to render such
11wastes reusable or wastes received at a landfill and recycled
12through an Agency permitted process bear a real and substantial
13difference from wastes not resulting from or subject to such
14recycling, reclamation, or reuse and that encouraging such
15recycling, reclamation or reuse furthers the purposes of the
16Illinois Solid Waste Management Act;
17    (10) that there are over 300 landfills in Illinois which
18are permitted to accept only demolition or construction debris
19or landscape waste, the vast majority of which accept less than
2010,000 cubic yards per year. By themselves these wastes pose
21only a minimal hazard to the environment when landfilled in
22compliance with regulatory requirements in an Agency-permitted
23site without commingling with other wastes and, as such,
24landfills receiving only such wastes bear a real and
25substantial difference from landfills receiving wastes which
26are commingled. Disposal of these wastes in landfills permitted

 

 

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1for municipal wastes uses up increasingly scarce capacity for
2garbage, general household and commercial waste. It is the
3policy of the State to encourage disposal of these wastes in
4separate landfills.
5    (b) It is the purpose of this Act to reduce reliance on
6land disposal of solid waste, to encourage and promote
7alternative means of managing solid waste, and to assist local
8governments with solid waste planning and management. In the
9interest of the public health, safety, and welfare, in order to
10conserve energy and natural resources, and to maintain and
11enhance job creation, and after consideration of the technical
12and economic feasibility, it is the policy of the State of
13Illinois to establish a comprehensive Statewide program for
14solid waste management which will preserve or enhance the
15quality of air, water, and land resources in accordance with
16the following preferred In furtherance of those aims, while
17recognizing that landfills will continue to be necessary, this
18Act establishes the following waste management hierarchy, in
19descending order of preference, as State policy:
20    (1) volume reduction at the source;
21    (2) recycling and reuse;
22    (3) recycling; combustion with energy recovery;
23    (4) composting or biological treatment; combustion for
24volume reduction;
25    (5) recovering energy; and
26    (6) disposal in landfill facilities or other approved

 

 

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1disposal methods.
2(Source: P.A. 85-1440.)
 
3    (415 ILCS 20/4.1 new)
4    Sec. 4.1. State resources management plan. On or before
5December 1, 2016, the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center of
6the Prairie Research Institute at the University of Illinois
7shall publish a Statewide resource management plan, and shall
8update the plan every 5 years. The Illinois Sustainable
9Technology Center may obtain assistance from outside experts to
10assist in the preparation of the plan. The plan shall be
11developed with the assistance of a broad-based advisory
12committee. Funding for the plan shall be taken from the
13Illinois Solid Waste Management Fund. The plan shall include
14the following information:
15        (a) An estimate, with 2014 as a base year, of the
16    amount and composition of waste disposed on a Statewide and
17    per capita basis, and development of a database of
18    permitted facilities and non-permitted facilities that
19    must notify the Agency, including landfills, garbage
20    transfer stations, landscape waste transfer stations,
21    composting sites, landscape waste land application sites,
22    construction and demolition debris recycling facilities,
23    and recycling facilities that process recyclables from
24    residential or commercial generators. In addition, an
25    estimate of the overall waste generation rate and how that

 

 

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1    waste is managed after generation (amount reused,
2    recycled, composted, and disposed) as of 2014. It is
3    expected that the Department of Commerce and Economic
4    Opportunity waste characterization study conducted in 2014
5    will form the basis for this Section of the State plan. The
6    results of the 2014 Department of Commerce and Economic
7    Opportunity study should be compared to the 2009 study to
8    evaluate trends in composition of waste and material being
9    disposed. This comparison should lead to conclusions
10    regarding recommendations for diversion programs. It is
11    also recommended that the 2014 study be used by counties
12    when preparing their 5-year updates to develop or enhance
13    local programs to capture and divert materials identified
14    in the 2014 study.
15        (b) A common methodology for counties to use in
16    determining their annual recycling and composting rate.
17    Included shall be a recommendation that county plans
18    include identification of facilities (at a minimum the name
19    of facility, geographic location, and type of facility)
20    that accept recyclables and organic material for
21    recycling, composting, or digestion from the county, and
22    that this information be used to update and augment the
23    database of facilities developed as part of the State plan.
24        (c) A common methodology for counties to use in
25    determining their annual waste disposal rate. Included
26    shall be a recommendation that county plans include

 

 

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1    identification of facilities (at a minimum the name of the
2    facility, geographic location, and type of facility) that
3    accept for transfer or final disposal municipal waste from
4    the county, and that this information be used to update and
5    augment the database of facilities developed as part of the
6    State plan.
7        (d) Source reduction, reuse, recycling, and composting
8    programs that are applicable to counties with a population
9    of 200,000 or more. Specific recommendations should be
10    developed for residential programs (single family and
11    multi-family), commercial programs, and construction and
12    demolition debris programs. Each recommendation shall
13    include an estimate of the cost to implement the program,
14    how it will be funded, and an estimated timeframe for
15    implementation.
16        (e) Source reduction, reuse, recycling, and composting
17    programs that are applicable to counties with a population
18    of less than 200,000. Specific recommendations should be
19    developed for residential programs (single and
20    multi-family), commercial programs and construction and
21    demolition debris programs. Each recommendation shall
22    include an estimate of the cost to implement the program,
23    how it will be funded, and an estimated timeframe for the
24    implementation.
25        (f) A template for a 5-year plan update that can be
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1    the Agency.
2        (g) Education and public outreach programs that are
3    applicable to all counties. This should include an overall
4    education campaign strategy for counties (how to define the
5    target audience, what media to use, and how to allocate
6    resources), and development of an updated education
7    toolkit with sample flyers, press releases, radio ads,
8    recycling guidelines for recyclables, composting
9    guidelines for food scrap collection, website banners, and
10    similar materials.
11        (h) An assessment of the Department of Commerce and
12    Economic Opportunity waste characterization study
13    conducted in 2014 to form the basis of setting realistic
14    diversion goals over specified periods of time through
15    implementation of the methods and programs identified in
16    the State plan, where diversion goals will be determined
17    based on: (1) landfill disposal volumes to account for
18    source reduction and reuse, and (2) economically viable
19    commodity markets available to account for recyclable
20    materials.
21    The State goal is to meet diversion rates of 40% by 2020,
2245% diversion by 2025, and 50% diversion by 2030 in counties
23with a population over 200,000 (as of 2010 census); 30%, 35%,
24and 40% respectively in counties with a population of 200,000
25or less.
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1responsibilities of the counties regarding implementation of
2the plan, and identify the future role the Agency, the
3Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, and other
4State agencies have in assisting counties and the State to
5achieve the goals outlined in the State plan. The State plan
6should also provide a vision with recommended practices that
7may include residential curbside programs, voluntary industry
8initiatives, public/private partnerships, consumer education,
9product stewardship, and extended producer responsibility,
10disposal bans, mandatory recycling, zero waste approaches, and
11State government procurement, from which policy makers may
12consider what proposed programs may have merit for
13implementation in Illinois. The evaluation of which programs or
14practices have merit should be conducted pursuant to paragraph
15(4) of subsection (c) of Section 4 of the Solid Waste Planning
16and Recycling Act which requires "an evaluation of the
17environmental, energy, life cycle cost, and economic
18advantages and disadvantages" of the proposed programs. In
19addition, the State plan may include recommendations to
20Congress, such as product labeling, that will benefit State
21diversion plans.