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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2821
 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 2821 on page 1,  by
 3    replacing lines 1 and 2 with the following:
 4        "AN  ACT  concerning  environmental  protection, amending
 5    named Acts."; and
 6    on page  1,  immediately  below  line  4,  by  inserting  the
 7    following:
 8        "Section  3.  The  State Finance Act is amended by adding
 9    Section 5.480 as follows:
10        (30 ILCS 105/5.480 new)
11        Sec. 5.480.  The  Local  Waste  Reduction  and  Recycling
12    Fund."; and
13    on  page  1,  line  6,  by  replacing  "Section  22.15"  with
14    "Sections 21 and 22.15 and adding Section 22.15a"; and
15    on page 1, below line 6, by inserting the following:
16        "(415 ILCS 5/21) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1021)
17        Sec. 21.  No person shall:
18        (a)  Cause or allow the open dumping of any waste.
19        (b)  Abandon,  dump, or deposit any waste upon the public
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 1    highways or other  public  property,  except  in  a  sanitary
 2    landfill  approved  by  the  Agency  pursuant  to regulations
 3    adopted by the Board.
 4        (c)  Abandon any vehicle in violation of  the  "Abandoned
 5    Vehicles  Amendment to the Illinois Vehicle Code", as enacted
 6    by the 76th General Assembly.
 7        (d)  Conduct  any  waste-storage,   waste-treatment,   or
 8    waste-disposal operation:
 9             (1)  without  a  permit  granted by the Agency or in
10        violation of  any  conditions  imposed  by  such  permit,
11        including  periodic  reports  and full access to adequate
12        records and the  inspection  of  facilities,  as  may  be
13        necessary  to  assure  compliance  with this Act and with
14        regulations and standards adopted  thereunder;  provided,
15        however,  that, except for municipal solid waste landfill
16        units that receive waste on or after October 9, 1993,  no
17        permit  shall be required for (i) any person conducting a
18        waste-storage,   waste-treatment,    or    waste-disposal
19        operation  for  wastes  generated  by  such  person's own
20        activities which are stored, treated, or disposed  within
21        the  site  where  such  wastes  are  generated, or (ii) a
22        facility located in  a  county  with  a  population  over
23        700,000,  operated and located in accordance with Section
24        22.38 of this Act, and used exclusively for the transfer,
25        storage,  or  treatment  of   general   construction   or
26        demolition debris;
27             (2)  in  violation  of  any regulations or standards
28        adopted by the Board under this Act; or
29             (3)  which receives waste  after  August  31,  1988,
30        does not have a permit issued by the Agency, and is (i) a
31        landfill  used  exclusively  for  the  disposal  of waste
32        generated  at  the  site,  (ii)  a  surface   impoundment
33        receiving  special  waste  not listed in an NPDES permit,
34        (iii) a waste pile in which the total volume of waste  is
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 1        greater  than  100 cubic yards or the waste is stored for
 2        over  one  year,  or  (iv)  a  land  treatment   facility
 3        receiving  special  waste  generated at the site; without
 4        giving notice of the operation to the Agency  by  January
 5        1, 1989, or 30 days after the date on which the operation
 6        commences,   whichever   is  later,  and  every  3  years
 7        thereafter.  The form  for  such  notification  shall  be
 8        specified   by  the  Agency,  and  shall  be  limited  to
 9        information  regarding:  the  name  and  address  of  the
10        location of the operation; the  type  of  operation;  the
11        types and amounts of waste stored, treated or disposed of
12        on  an  annual  basis;  the  remaining  capacity  of  the
13        operation;   and  the  remaining  expected  life  of  the
14        operation.
15        Item (3) of this subsection (d) shall not  apply  to  any
16    person engaged in agricultural activity who is disposing of a
17    substance  that constitutes solid waste, if the substance was
18    acquired for use by that person on his own property, and  the
19    substance  is  disposed  of on his own property in accordance
20    with regulations or standards adopted by the Board.
21        This subsection (d) shall not apply to hazardous waste.
22        (e)  Dispose, treat,  store  or  abandon  any  waste,  or
23    transport  any waste into this State for disposal, treatment,
24    storage or abandonment, except at a site  or  facility  which
25    meets  the  requirements  of  this Act and of regulations and
26    standards thereunder.
27        (f)  Conduct  any  hazardous   waste-storage,   hazardous
28    waste-treatment or hazardous waste-disposal operation:
29             (1)  without  a  RCRA  permit for the site issued by
30        the Agency under subsection (d) of  Section  39  of  this
31        Act,  or  in  violation  of any condition imposed by such
32        permit, including periodic reports  and  full  access  to
33        adequate records and the inspection of facilities, as may
34        be  necessary to assure compliance with this Act and with
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 1        regulations and standards adopted thereunder; or
 2             (2)  in violation of any  regulations  or  standards
 3        adopted by the Board under this Act; or
 4             (3)  in   violation   of   any  RCRA  permit  filing
 5        requirement established under standards  adopted  by  the
 6        Board under this Act; or
 7             (4)  in  violation of any order adopted by the Board
 8        under this Act.
 9        Notwithstanding  the  above,  no  RCRA  permit  shall  be
10    required under this subsection or subsection (d)  of  Section
11    39  of  this  Act  for  any  person  engaged in  agricultural
12    activity who is disposing  of  a  substance  which  has  been
13    identified   as   a  hazardous  waste,  and  which  has  been
14    designated by Board regulations  as  being  subject  to  this
15    exception,  if  the  substance  was  acquired for use by that
16    person on his own property and the substance is  disposed  of
17    on  his  own  property  in  accordance  with  regulations  or
18    standards adopted by the Board.
19        (g)  Conduct     any    hazardous    waste-transportation
20    operation:
21             (1)  without registering with and obtaining a permit
22        from the Agency in accordance with  the  Uniform  Program
23        implemented under subsection (l-5) of Section 22.2; or
24             (2)  in  violation  of  any regulations or standards
25        adopted by the Board under this Act.
26        (h)  Conduct any hazardous waste-recycling  or  hazardous
27    waste-reclamation   or  hazardous  waste-reuse  operation  in
28    violation   of   any   regulations,   standards   or   permit
29    requirements adopted by the Board under this Act.
30        (i)  Conduct any process  or  engage  in  any  act  which
31    produces  hazardous  waste in violation of any regulations or
32    standards adopted by the Board under subsections (a) and  (c)
33    of Section 22.4 of this Act.
34        (j)  Conduct  any  special waste transportation operation
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 1    in  violation  of  any  regulations,  standards   or   permit
 2    requirements  adopted  by the Board under this Act.  However,
 3    sludge from a water  or  sewage  treatment  plant  owned  and
 4    operated  by  a unit of local government which (1) is subject
 5    to a sludge management plan  approved  by  the  Agency  or  a
 6    permit  granted  by  the  Agency, and (2) has been tested and
 7    determined not  to  be  a  hazardous  waste  as  required  by
 8    applicable  State  and  federal  laws and regulations, may be
 9    transported in this State without  a  special  waste  hauling
10    permit,  and the preparation and carrying of a manifest shall
11    not be required for  such  sludge  under  the  rules  of  the
12    Pollution  Control  Board. The unit of local government which
13    operates the treatment plant producing such sludge shall file
14    a semiannual report with the Agency identifying the volume of
15    such sludge transported  during  the  reporting  period,  the
16    hauler  of the sludge, and the disposal sites to which it was
17    transported. This subsection (j) shall not apply to hazardous
18    waste.
19        (k)  Fail or refuse to pay any  fee  imposed  under  this
20    Act.
21        (l)  Locate  a  hazardous  waste  disposal  site above an
22    active or inactive shaft or tunneled mine or within  2  miles
23    of  an  active  fault  in  the earth's crust.  In counties of
24    population less than 225,000 no hazardous waste disposal site
25    shall be located (1) within 1  1/2  miles  of  the  corporate
26    limits  as  defined  on  June  30,  1978, of any municipality
27    without  the  approval  of  the   governing   body   of   the
28    municipality  in  an official action; or (2) within 1000 feet
29    of an existing private well  or  the  existing  source  of  a
30    public  water supply measured from the boundary of the actual
31    active permitted site and excluding existing private wells on
32    the property of the permit applicant. The provisions of  this
33    subsection do not apply to publicly-owned sewage works or the
34    disposal  or utilization of sludge from publicly-owned sewage
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 1    works.
 2        (m)  Transfer interest in any land which has been used as
 3    a hazardous waste disposal site without written  notification
 4    to  the  Agency  of the transfer and to the transferee of the
 5    conditions  imposed  by  the  Agency  upon  its   use   under
 6    subsection (g) of Section 39.
 7        (n)  Use  any  land  which  has  been used as a hazardous
 8    waste disposal site  except  in  compliance  with  conditions
 9    imposed by the Agency under subsection (g) of Section 39.
10        (o)  Conduct  a  sanitary  landfill  operation  which  is
11    required  to  have  a  permit  under  subsection  (d) of this
12    Section, in a manner which results in any  of  the  following
13    conditions:
14             (1)  refuse in standing or flowing waters;
15             (2)  leachate flows entering waters of the State;
16             (3)  leachate  flows  exiting  the landfill confines
17        (as determined by  the  boundaries  established  for  the
18        landfill by a permit issued by the Agency);
19             (4)  open  burning of refuse in violation of Section
20        9 of this Act;
21             (5)  uncovered refuse remaining  from  any  previous
22        operating  day or at the conclusion of any operating day,
23        unless authorized by permit;
24             (6)  failure to  provide  final  cover  within  time
25        limits established by Board regulations;
26             (7)  acceptance of wastes without necessary permits;
27             (8)  scavenging as defined by Board regulations;
28             (9)  deposition of refuse in any unpermitted portion
29        of the landfill;
30             (10)  acceptance   of  a  special  waste  without  a
31        required manifest;
32             (11)  failure to submit reports required by  permits
33        or Board regulations;
34             (12)  failure to collect and contain litter from the
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 1        site by the end of each operating day;
 2             (13)  failure  to  submit  any cost estimate for the
 3        site or any performance bond or other  security  for  the
 4        site as required by this Act or Board rules.
 5        The  prohibitions  specified in this subsection (o) shall
 6    be  enforceable  by  the  Agency  either  by   administrative
 7    citation  under  Section  31.1  of  this  Act or as otherwise
 8    provided by this Act.   The  specific  prohibitions  in  this
 9    subsection  do  not limit the power of the Board to establish
10    regulations or standards applicable to sanitary landfills.
11        (p)  In violation of subdivision  (a)  of  this  Section,
12    cause  or  allow  the  open  dumping of any waste in a manner
13    which results in any of the following occurrences at the dump
14    site:
15             (1)  litter;
16             (2)  scavenging;
17             (3)  open burning;
18             (4)  deposition of  waste  in  standing  or  flowing
19        waters;
20             (5)  proliferation of disease vectors;
21             (6)  standing  or  flowing liquid discharge from the
22        dump site.
23        The prohibitions specified in this subsection  (p)  shall
24    be   enforceable  by  the  Agency  either  by  administrative
25    citation under Section 31.1  of  this  Act  or  as  otherwise
26    provided  by  this  Act.   The  specific prohibitions in this
27    subsection do not limit the power of the Board  to  establish
28    regulations or standards applicable to open dumping.
29        (q)  Conduct   a  landscape  waste  composting  operation
30    without an Agency permit, provided, however, that  no  permit
31    shall be required for any person:
32             (1)  conducting   a   landscape   waste   composting
33        operation for landscape wastes generated by such person's
34        own  activities  which are stored, treated or disposed of
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 1        within the site where such wastes are generated; or
 2             (2)  applying landscape waste or composted landscape
 3        waste at agronomic rates; or
 4             (3)  operating a landscape waste composting facility
 5        on a farm, if the facility meets  all  of  the  following
 6        criteria:
 7                  (A)  the composting facility is operated by the
 8             farmer  on property on which the composting material
 9             is utilized, and the composting facility constitutes
10             no more than 2% of  the  property's  total  acreage,
11             except that the Agency may allow a higher percentage
12             for individual sites where the owner or operator has
13             demonstrated  to  the  Agency  that  the site's soil
14             characteristics or crop needs require a higher rate;
15                  (B)  the  property  on  which  the   composting
16             facility  is located, and any associated property on
17             which  the  compost  is  used,  is  principally  and
18             diligently devoted to the production of agricultural
19             crops  and  is  not  owned,  leased   or   otherwise
20             controlled  by  any  waste  hauler  or  generator of
21             nonagricultural compost materials, and the  operator
22             of  the  composting  facility  is  not  an employee,
23             partner, shareholder, or in any way  connected  with
24             or controlled by any such waste hauler or generator;
25                  (C)  all  compost  generated  by the composting
26             facility is applied at agronomic rates and  used  as
27             mulch,   fertilizer  or  soil  conditioner  on  land
28             actually  farmed  by  the   person   operating   the
29             composting facility, and the finished compost is not
30             stored  at  the  composting site for a period longer
31             than 18 months prior to its  application  as  mulch,
32             fertilizer, or soil conditioner;
33                  (D)  the  owner or operator, by January 1, 1990
34             (or  the  January  1   following   commencement   of
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 1             operation, whichever is later) and January 1 of each
 2             year  thereafter,  (i)  registers  the site with the
 3             Agency, (ii) reports to the Agency on the volume  of
 4             composting  material  received and used at the site,
 5             (iii) certifies to the Agency that the site complies
 6             with the requirements  set  forth  in  subparagraphs
 7             (A),  (B) and (C) of this paragraph (q)(3), and (iv)
 8             certifies to the Agency that all composting material
 9             was placed more  than  200  feet  from  the  nearest
10             potable  water  supply  well, was placed outside the
11             boundary of the 10-year floodplain or on a  part  of
12             the  site  that is floodproofed, was placed at least
13             1/4 mile from the nearest residence  (other  than  a
14             residence  located  on  the  same  property  as  the
15             facility)  and  there  are not more than 10 occupied
16             non-farm  residences  within   1/2   mile   of   the
17             boundaries  of  the site on the date of application,
18             and was placed more than  5  feet  above  the  water
19             table.
20        For  the  purposes  of  this  subsection  (q), "agronomic
21    rates" means the application of not more  than  20  tons  per
22    acre per year, except that the Agency may allow a higher rate
23    for   individual  sites  where  the  owner  or  operator  has
24    demonstrated   to   the   Agency   that   the   site's   soil
25    characteristics or crop needs require a higher rate.
26        (r)  Cause or allow  the  storage  or  disposal  of  coal
27    combustion waste unless:
28             (1)  such  waste  is stored or disposed of at a site
29        or facility for which a permit has been  obtained  or  is
30        not  otherwise  required  under  subsection  (d)  of this
31        Section; or
32             (2)  such waste is stored or disposed of as  a  part
33        of the design and reclamation of a site or facility which
34        is   an  abandoned  mine  site  in  accordance  with  the
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 1        Abandoned Mined Lands and Water Reclamation Act; or
 2             (3)  such waste is stored or disposed of at  a  site
 3        or facility which is operating under NPDES and Subtitle D
 4        permits  issued  by  the  Agency  pursuant to regulations
 5        adopted by the Board for mine-related water pollution and
 6        permits issued pursuant to  the  Federal  Surface  Mining
 7        Control  and  Reclamation Act of 1977 (P.L. 95-87) or the
 8        rules and regulations thereunder or any law  or  rule  or
 9        regulation  adopted  by  the  State  of Illinois pursuant
10        thereto, and the owner or operator of the facility agrees
11        to accept the waste; and either
12                  (i)  such waste is stored  or  disposed  of  in
13             accordance  with  requirements  applicable to refuse
14             disposal under regulations adopted by the Board  for
15             mine-related  water  pollution and pursuant to NPDES
16             and Subtitle D permits issued by  the  Agency  under
17             such regulations; or
18                  (ii)  the  owner  or  operator  of the facility
19             demonstrates all of the following to the Agency, and
20             the facility is  operated  in  accordance  with  the
21             demonstration  as  approved  by  the Agency: (1) the
22             disposal area will be covered in a manner that  will
23             support continuous vegetation, (2) the facility will
24             be adequately protected from wind and water erosion,
25             (3)  the  pH  will  be  maintained  so as to prevent
26             excessive leaching of metal ions, and  (4)  adequate
27             containment  or  other  measures will be provided to
28             protect   surface   water   and   groundwater   from
29             contamination at levels prohibited by this Act,  the
30             Illinois  Groundwater Protection Act, or regulations
31             adopted pursuant thereto.
32        Notwithstanding any other provision of  this  Title,  the
33    disposal of coal combustion waste pursuant to item (2) or (3)
34    of  this  subdivision  (r)  shall  be  exempt  from the other
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 1    provisions  of  this  Title  V,   and   notwithstanding   the
 2    provisions  of  Title X of this Act, the Agency is authorized
 3    to grant experimental permits which include provision for the
 4    disposal of wastes from the  combustion  of  coal  and  other
 5    materials  pursuant  to items (2) and (3) of this subdivision
 6    (r).
 7        (s)  After  April  1,  1989,  offer  for  transportation,
 8    transport, deliver, receive or accept special waste for which
 9    a manifest is required, unless the  manifest  indicates  that
10    the  fee  required  under  Section  22.8 of this Act has been
11    paid.
12        (t)  Cause or allow a lateral expansion  of  a  municipal
13    solid  waste  landfill  unit  on  or  after  October 9, 1993,
14    without a permit modification, granted by  the  Agency,  that
15    authorizes the lateral expansion.
16        (u)  Conduct any vegetable by-product treatment, storage,
17    disposal  or  transportation  operation  in  violation of any
18    regulation, standards or permit requirements adopted  by  the
19    Board  under  this  Act. However, no permit shall be required
20    under this Title V for  the  land  application  of  vegetable
21    by-products  conducted pursuant to Agency permit issued under
22    Title III of this Act  to  the  generator  of  the  vegetable
23    by-products.   In  addition,  vegetable  by-products  may  be
24    transported in this State without  a  special  waste  hauling
25    permit,  and  without  the  preparation  and  carrying  of  a
26    manifest.
27        (v)  (Blank).  Conduct  any  operation  for  the receipt,
28    transfer, recycling, or other management of  construction  or
29    demolition debris, clean or otherwise, without maintenance of
30    load  tickets  and  other manifests reflecting receipt of the
31    debris from the hauler and generator of the debris.  The load
32    ticket and manifest shall  identify  the  hauler,  generator,
33    place  of  origin of the debris, the weight and volume of the
34    debris, the time and date of the receipt of the  debris,  and
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 1    the  disposition  of  the  debris  by  the  operator  of  the
 2    receiving facility.  This subsection (v) shall not apply to a
 3    public  utility  as  that  term  is  defined  in  the  Public
 4    Utilities Act, but it shall apply to an entity that contracts
 5    with a public utility.
 6        (w)  Conduct any generation, transportation, or recycling
 7    transfer,  or  disposal of construction or demolition debris,
 8    clean  or  general  otherwise,  without  the  maintenance  of
 9    documentation  identifying   load   tickets   and   manifests
10    reflecting  the  transfer,  disposal, or other disposition of
11    the debris.  The load ticket and manifest shall identify  the
12    hauler,  generator, place of origin of the debris, the weight
13    or and volume of  the  debris,  the  time  and  date  of  the
14    disposition  of  the  debris,  and  the  location, owner, and
15    operator of the  facility  where  to  which  the  debris  was
16    transferred,   or   disposed,  recycled,  or  treated.   This
17    documentation  must   be   maintained   by   the   generator,
18    transporter,  or  recycler  for 3 years.  This subsection (w)
19    shall not apply to (1) a permitted pollution control facility
20    that transfers or accepts construction or demolition  debris,
21    clean or general, for final disposal, recycling or treatment;
22    or (2) a public utility as that term is defined in the Public
23    Utilities Act, but it shall apply to an entity that contracts
24    with a public utility. The terms "generation" and "recycling"
25    as used in this subsection do not apply to clean construction
26    or  demolition  debris  when  (i) used as fill material below
27    grade outside of a setback  zone  if  covered  by  sufficient
28    uncontaminated  soil  to support vegetation within 30 days of
29    the completion  of  filling  or  if  covered  by  a  road  or
30    structure,  or (ii) solely broken concrete without protruding
31    metal bars is used for erosion control.
32    (Source: P.A.  89-93,  eff.  7-6-95;  89-535,  eff.  7-19-96;
33    90-219,  eff.  7-25-97;  90-344,  eff.  1-1-98;  90-475, eff.
34    8-17-97; revised 10-15-97.)"; and
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 1    on page 4,  immediately  below  line  33,  by  inserting  the
 2    following:
 3        "(i-5)  The  Department of Commerce and Community Affairs
 4    shall annually distribute, by June 30, to each unit of  local
 5    government  that  has  enacted an ordinance to collect a fee,
 6    tax, or surcharge under subsection (j) of this Section  prior
 7    to  January  1,  1998  grants  equal to but not more than the
 8    difference in the sum  of  the  fees  that  would  have  been
 9    collected  by  the  unit  of local government in the previous
10    year under subsection (j) of this Section at the  rate  of  a
11    tax,  fee,  or  surcharge  authorized under subsection (j) of
12    this Section as of July 1, 1998 minus the  sum  of  the  fees
13    that  were  collected under subsection (j) of this Section in
14    the previous calendar year plus  the  funds  collected  under
15    Section  22.15a of this Act.  The total funds allocated under
16    this subsection  (i-5)  shall  never  exceed  $2,000,000  per
17    fiscal year.
18        (i-10)  The  Department of Commerce and Community Affairs
19    shall establish rules relating to the  grants  authorized  by
20    subsection  (i-5) of this Section.  These rules shall include
21    but not be limited to establishing the reporting requirements
22    of the unit of local government, as defined in subsection (e)
23    of Section 22.15a of this Act, necessary to identify:
24             (1)  the quantity of solid waste disposed of in  the
25        eligible jurisdiction;
26             (2)  the  total funds collected under subsection (j)
27        of this Section;
28             (3)  the total funds collected under Section  22.15a
29        of this Act; and
30             (4)  the intended uses of the grant."; and
31    on  page  5,  line  4,  before  "fees",  by inserting "grants
32    received under subsection (i-5) and all"; and
33    on page 5, line 11, after "for", by inserting "(i)"; and
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 1    on page 5, line 13, after "facility", by inserting  "or  (ii)
 2    the purchase of waste hauling equipment"; and
 3    on page 5, lines 17 and 18, by replacing "(60¢ per cubic yard
 4    beginning  January  1,  1992)"  with  "(60¢  per  cubic  yard
 5    beginning January 1, 1992)"; and
 6    on  page  5,  lines  24  and 25, by replacing "($1.27 per ton
 7    beginning January 1, 1992)" with "($1.27  per  ton  beginning
 8    January 1, 1992)"; and
 9    on  page  8,  immediately  below  line  23,  by inserting the
10    following:
11        "(415 ILCS 5/22.15a new)
12        Sec. 22.15a.  Local Waste Reduction and  Recycling  Fund;
13    fees.
14        (a)  There  is hereby created within the State Treasury a
15    special fund to be known as the  Local  Waste  Reduction  and
16    Recycling  Fund  constituted  from  the fees collected by the
17    State pursuant to this Section.
18        (b)  On and after  January  1,  1999,  the  Agency  shall
19    assess  and  collect  a  fee  in the amount set forth in this
20    Section from the owner or operator of each sanitary  landfill
21    permitted  or  required  to  be  permitted  by  the Agency to
22    dispose of solid waste if the sanitary  landfill  is  located
23    off the site where the waste was produced and if the sanitary
24    landfill is owned, controlled, and operated by a person other
25    than  the  generator  of the waste.  The Agency shall deposit
26    all  fees  collected  into  the  Local  Waste  Reduction  and
27    Recycling Fund. If a  site  is  contiguous  to  one  or  more
28    landfills  owned  or operated by the same person, the volumes
29    permanently disposed of by each landfill  shall  be  combined
30    for  purposes  of  determining  the fee under this subsection
31    (b).
32        The owner or operator shall either pay a fee of $.08  per
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 1    cubic  yard  of  solid  waste  permanently  disposed  of,  or
 2    alternatively the owner or operator may weigh the quantity of
 3    the  solid  waste  permanently  disposed of with a device for
 4    which certification has been obtained under the  Weights  and
 5    Measures  Act  and  pay  a fee of $.26 per ton of solid waste
 6    permanently disposed of.
 7        (c)  The Agency shall establish  rules  relating  to  the
 8    collection  of  the  fees  authorized by this Section.  These
 9    rules shall include, but not be limited to:
10             (1)  necessary records identifying the quantities of
11        solid waste received or disposed;
12             (2)  the form and submission of reports to accompany
13        the payment of fees to the Agency; and
14             (3)  the time and manner of payment of fees  to  the
15        Agency,  which  payments  shall  not  be  more often than
16        quarterly.
17        (d)  Pursuant to appropriation, all money  in  the  Local
18    Waste  Reduction  and  Recycling  Fund  shall  be distributed
19    annually, by April 1, to all units of  local  government,  as
20    defined  in  subsection  (e) of this Section, on a per capita
21    basis, based on the most recent federal decennial census.  If
22    a Municipal Joint  Action  Agency  or  municipality  collects
23    money  from the Local Waste Reduction and Recycling Fund, the
24    population  of  the  Municipal   Joint   Action   Agency   or
25    municipality  within  a  county  shall be subtracted from the
26    county's population for distribution purposes to the county.
27        (e)  For the purposes of this  Section,  "unit  of  local
28    government"  means a county, a municipality with a population
29    of more than 1,000,000, a Municipal Joint Action Agency,  or,
30    in  addition, a municipality that has enacted an ordinance to
31    collect a fee, tax, or  surcharge  under  subsection  (j)  of
32    Section 22.15 of this Act prior to January 1, 1998.
33        (f)  The  fee  authorized  under  subsection  (a) of this
34    Section shall not be applied to:
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 1             (1)  waste that is hazardous;
 2             (2)  waste that is pollution control waste;
 3             (3)  waste from  recycling,  reclamation,  or  reuse
 4        processes  that have been approved by the Agency as being
 5        designed to remove any contaminant from waste  so  as  to
 6        render  such  waste  reusable,  provided that the process
 7        renders at least 50% of the waste reusable;
 8             (4)  non-hazardous solid waste that is received at a
 9        sanitary landfill and composted  or  recycled  through  a
10        process permitted by the Agency; or
11             (5)  any landfill that is permitted by the Agency to
12        receive   only   demolition  or  construction  debris  or
13        landscape waste.
14        (g)  The fee collected and distributed under this Section
15    shall be used by the unit of local government for solid waste
16    education, waste reduction, recycling, and solid  waste  plan
17    implementation.   These  fees  shall  not be used for (i) the
18    construction of a new pollution control facility other than a
19    household hazardous waste  facility,  (ii)  the  purchase  of
20    waste  hauling  or  recycling  equipment other than recycling
21    containers (including  household  hazardous  waste  recycling
22    containers),  or  (iii)  legal  or  expert  witness  fees and
23    expenses in connection with the siting  or  permitting  of  a
24    pollution  control  facility other than a household hazardous
25    waste facility.
26        (h)  The fees received under this Section shall be placed
27    by the unit of local government in a separate  account.   The
28    moneys  in  the  account  may be accumulated over a period of
29    years to be expended in accordance with this Section.
30        (i)  Beginning on April 1, 2001,  and  by  each  April  1
31    thereafter,  each  unit  of  local government that receives a
32    distribution under this Section shall prepare and  distribute
33    to the Agency a report that details spending plans for moneys
34    collected  in accordance with this Section.  The report shall
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 1    at a minimum include the following:
 2             (1)  The total moneys collected under this Section.
 3             (2)  The most current balance  of  moneys  collected
 4        under this Section.
 5             (3)  An  itemized  accounting of all moneys expended
 6        for the previous year under this Section.
 7             (4)  An estimation of moneys to be collected for the
 8        following 3 years under this Section.
 9             (5)  A narrative detailing the general direction and
10        scope of future expenditures for one, 2, and 3 years.
11        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
12    becoming law, except that the provisions adding Section 5.480
13    of  the  State  Finance  Act  and  changing Section 22.15 and
14    adding Section 22.15a of  the  Environmental  Protection  Act
15    take effect January 1, 1999.".

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