Section 609.40  Permit Requirements and Application Procedures

Each person who ships waste into, out of or within the State of Illinois or accepts waste shall apply to the Agency for a Permit.

a)         A person applying for a Permit shall submit the application to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, 1035 Outer Park Drive, Springfield, Illinois 62704.  The person shall provide to the Agency at the time of the application the following information in writing, on paper bearing the name, current address and current telephone number of the person making the application and signed in ink by a person authorized to make the application:

1)         The name of a contact person for the applicant and the current address and phone number of that contact person if different from that of the applicant.

2)         The radioactive materials license number currently issued to the applicant and the name of the entity issuing the license.

3)         The name and location of the applicant's facility that would be recorded under any assigned Permit.

b)         A person shall be eligible to receive a Permit only if the person is:

1)         A generator or broker registered by the Agency under Section 4 of the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Act;

2)         A facility licensed by the Agency under Section 8 of the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Act;

3)         A generator, broker, treatment facility or other person located outside of the State of Illinois.  The out-of-state entity must be a party to an agreement with the Compact that is in effect on the date of the Permit application, or as otherwise authorized by the Commission.  The agreement with the Compact must provide that waste from the unaffiliated state or regional compact is currently permitted to be treated, stored or disposed of at a facility in the Region and that the Commission has not revoked the permission granted to that person, state or regional compact allowing these shipments;

4)         A generator, broker, treatment facility or other person located outside of the State of Illinois that is allowed to send waste for treatment or storage in Illinois, pursuant to an agreement entered into by the Commission;

5)         A generator, broker, treatment facility or other person located outside of the State of Illinois that is allowed to send waste for disposal in Illinois, pursuant to an agreement entered into by the Commission and approved by law in Illinois;

6)         A generator, broker, treatment facility or other person located in the Commonwealth of Kentucky; or

7)         A generator that is an agency of the United States government that is located in the Region.

c)         A generator applying for a Permit must certify to the Agency in the written application for the Permit that it will make lawful and suitable arrangements for the final disposition of the waste, or that it will retrieve and reclaim physical possession of such waste in the event final disposition or storage has not been arranged.

d)         Within 14 calendar days from the receipt by the Agency of the application, the Agency will issue, in writing, a Permit to an eligible applicant whose application complies with all of the relevant requirements of this Section.  Denial by the Agency of any application within this same time period shall also be in writing, citing the reason for the action.

(Source:  Amended at 38 Ill. Reg. 12088, effective May 29, 2014)