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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 Environmental Protection Act is amended  by 
5adding Section 22.56 as follows:
 
6    (415 ILCS 5/22.56 new)
7    Sec. 22.56. Regulation of farm land sludge application.
8    (a) Any person applying sludge, as defined in Section 3.465 
9of this Act, to agricultural farm land in this State must:
10        (1) provide, no sooner than 90 days and no later than 7 
11    days before the application of the sludge to the land in 
12    question, written notice to the owners of the land upon 
13    which the sludge is to be applied, the owners of land that  
14    is adjacent to the land upon which the sludge is to be 
15    applied, and the township and county officials whose 
16    jurisdiction encompasses the land upon which the sludge is 
17    to be applied;
18        (2) not stockpile sludge at the same site for a period 
19    of more than 30 days between applications of sludge;
20        (3) not apply the sludge in trenches that are deeper 
21    than the rooting depth of the crop, unless the sludge is 
22    applied at rates that do not exceed the agronomic rate, as 
23    defined and calculated under 35 Ill. Adm. Code 391;
 
 
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1        (4) not apply sludge closer than 100 feet to an 
2    occupied dwelling; and
3        (5) make available to any requesting party, for up to 5 
4    years after the application of the sludge, any 
5    documentation of sludge analysis for parameters required 
6    under 40 CFR 503 or 35 Ill. Adm. Code 391.
7    (b) The requirements contained in this Section shall be in 
8addition to any permit requirements otherwise imposed by the 
9Agency.  Nothing in this Section shall be interpreted to 
10restrict, or in any way limit, the application of sludge on 
11land (i) owned by a unit of local government or (ii) used for 
12recreational purposes.
 

13    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
14becoming law.