SB1969 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB100 08055 MJP 18140 b

100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB1969

Introduced 2/10/2017, by Sen. Scott M. Bennett

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

415 ILCS 5/55	from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1055
415 ILCS 5/55.6	from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1055.6
415 ILCS 5/55.6a

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes changes to a provision prohibiting persons from causing or allowing water to accumulate in used or waste tires. Provides an exception for residential households that keep no more than 4 (rather than 12) used or waste tires at the site if they are covered and kept dry. Changes the maximum amount of money that may be allocated from the Used Tire Management Fund for specified purposes from $2,000,000 per fiscal year to $4,000,000 per fiscal year. Provides that 10% of allocations from the Used Tire Management Fund shall be allocated to the University of Illinois for the Prairie Research Institute (rather than to the Department of Natural Resources for the Illinois Natural History Survey) for specified research purposes. Provides that moneys in excess of $4,000,0000 (rather than $2,000,000) per fiscal year from the Used Tire Management Fund shall be used for specified purposes. Provides that a specified amount of the moneys in excess of $4,000,000 per year from the Used Tire Management Fund shall be used to provide grants to public universities for vector-related research, disease-related research, and for related laboratory-based equipment and field-based equipment. Provides that $300,000 from the Emergency Public Health Fund shall be allocated annually to the University of Illinois (rather than the Department of Natural Resources) for specified research purposes. Effective immediately.

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A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning safety.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by changing Sections 55, 55.6, and 55.6a as follows:

(415 ILCS 5/55) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1055)

Sec. 55. Prohibited activities.

(a) No person shall:

(1) Cause or allow the open dumping of any used or waste tire.

(2) Cause or allow the open burning of any used or waste tire.

(3) Except at a tire storage site which contains more than 50 used tires, cause or allow the storage of any used tire unless the tire is altered, reprocessed, converted, covered, or otherwise prevented from accumulating water.

(4) Cause or allow the operation of a tire storage site except in compliance with Board regulations.

(5) Abandon, dump or dispose of any used or waste tire on private or public property, except in a sanitary landfill approved by the Agency pursuant to regulations adopted by the Board.

(6) Fail to submit required reports, tire removal agreements, or Board regulations.

(b) (Blank.)

(b-1) Beginning January 1, 1995, no person shall knowingly mix any used or waste tire, either whole or cut, with municipal waste, and no owner or operator of a sanitary landfill shall accept any used or waste tire for final disposal; except that used or waste tires, when separated from other waste, may be accepted if: (1) the sanitary landfill provides and maintains a means for shredding, slitting, or chopping whole tires and so treats whole tires and, if approved by the Agency in a permit issued under this Act, uses the used or waste tires for alternative uses, which may include on-site practices such as lining of roadways with tire scraps, alternative daily cover, or use in a leachate collection system or (2) the sanitary landfill, by its notification to the Illinois Industrial Materials Exchange Service, makes available the used or waste tire to an appropriate facility for reuse, reprocessing, or converting, including use as an alternate energy fuel. If, within 30 days after notification to the Illinois Industrial Materials Exchange Service of the availability of waste tires, no specific request for the used or waste tires is received by the sanitary landfill, and the sanitary landfill determines it has no alternative use for those used or waste tires, the sanitary landfill may dispose of slit, chopped, or shredded used or waste tires in the sanitary landfill. In the event the physical condition of a used or waste tire makes shredding, slitting, chopping, reuse, reprocessing, or other alternative use of the used or waste tire impractical or infeasible, then the sanitary landfill, after authorization by the Agency, may accept the used or waste tire for disposal.

Sanitary landfills and facilities for reuse, reprocessing, or converting, including use as alternative fuel, shall (i) notify the Illinois Industrial Materials Exchange Service of the availability of and demand for used or waste tires and (ii) consult with the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity regarding the status of marketing of waste tires to facilities for reuse.

(c) Any person who sells new or used tires at retail or operates a tire storage site or a tire disposal site which contains more than 50 used or waste tires shall give notice of such activity to the Agency. Any person engaging in such activity for the first time after January 1, 1990, shall give notice to the Agency within 30 days after the date of commencement of the activity. The form of such notice shall be specified by the Agency and shall be limited to information regarding the following:

(1) the name and address of the owner and operator;

(2) the name, address and location of the operation;

(3) the type of operations involving used and waste tires (storage, disposal, conversion or processing); and

(4) the number of used and waste tires present at the location.

(d) Beginning January 1, 1992, no person shall cause or allow the operation of:

(1) a tire storage site which contains more than 50 used tires, unless the owner or operator, by January 1, 1992 (or the January 1 following commencement of operation, whichever is later) and January 1 of each year thereafter, (i) registers the site with the Agency, except that the registration requirement in this item (i) does not apply in the case of a tire storage site required to be permitted under subsection (d-5), (ii) certifies to the Agency that the site complies with any applicable standards adopted by the Board pursuant to Section 55.2, (iii) reports to the Agency the number of tires accumulated, the status of vector controls, and the actions taken to handle and process the tires, and (iv) pays the fee required under subsection (b) of Section 55.6; or

(2) a tire disposal site, unless the owner or operator (i) has received approval from the Agency after filing a tire removal agreement pursuant to Section 55.4, or (ii) has entered into a written agreement to participate in a consensual removal action under Section 55.3.

The Agency shall provide written forms for the annual registration and certification required under this subsection (d).

(d-4) On or before January 1, 2015, the owner or operator of each tire storage site that contains used tires totaling more than 10,000 passenger tire equivalents, or at which more than 500 tons of used tires are processed in a calendar year, shall submit documentation demonstrating its compliance with Board rules adopted under this Title. This documentation must be submitted on forms and in a format prescribed by the Agency.

(d-5) Beginning July 1, 2016, no person shall cause or allow the operation of a tire storage site that contains used tires totaling more than 10,000 passenger tire equivalents, or at which more than 500 tons of used tires are processed in a calendar year, without a permit granted by the Agency or in violation of any conditions imposed by that permit, including periodic reports and full access to adequate records and the inspection of facilities, as may be necessary to ensure compliance with this Act and with regulations and standards adopted under this Act.

(d-6) No person shall cause or allow the operation of a tire storage site in violation of the financial assurance rules established by the Board under subsection (b) of Section 55.2 of this Act. In addition to the remedies otherwise provided under this Act, the State's Attorney of the county in which the violation occurred, or the Attorney General, may, at the request of the Agency or on his or her own motion, institute a civil action for an immediate injunction, prohibitory or mandatory, to restrain any violation of this subsection (d-6) or to require any other action as may be necessary to abate or mitigate any immediate danger or threat to public health or the environment at the site. Injunctions to restrain a violation of this subsection (d-6) may include, but are not limited to, the required removal of all tires for which financial assurance is not maintained and a prohibition against the acceptance of tires in excess of the amount for which financial assurance is maintained.

(e) No person shall cause or allow the storage, disposal, treatment or processing of any used or waste tire in violation of any regulation or standard adopted by the Board.

(f) No person shall arrange for the transportation of used or waste tires away from the site of generation with a person known to openly dump such tires.

(g) No person shall engage in any operation as a used or waste tire transporter except in compliance with Board regulations.

(h) No person shall cause or allow the combustion of any used or waste tire in an enclosed device unless a permit has been issued by the Agency authorizing such combustion pursuant to regulations adopted by the Board for the control of air pollution and consistent with the provisions of Section 9.4 of this Act.

(i) No person shall cause or allow the use of pesticides to treat tires except as prescribed by Board regulations.

(j) No person shall fail to comply with the terms of a tire removal agreement approved by the Agency pursuant to Section 55.4.

(k) No person shall:

(1) Cause or allow water to accumulate in used or waste tires. The prohibition set forth in this paragraph (1) of subsection (k) shall not apply to used or waste tires located at a residential household, as long as not more than 4 12 used or waste tires at the site are covered and kept dry located at the site.

(2) Fail to collect a fee required under Section 55.8 of this Title.

(3) Fail to file a return required under Section 55.10 of this Title.

(4) Transport used or waste tires in violation of the registration and vehicle placarding requirements adopted by the Board.

(Source: P.A. 98-656, eff. 6-19-14.)

(415 ILCS 5/55.6) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1055.6)

Sec. 55.6. Used Tire Management Fund.

(a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the Used Tire Management Fund. There shall be deposited into the Fund all monies received as (1) recovered costs or proceeds from the sale of used tires under Section 55.3 of this Act, (2) repayment of loans from the Used Tire Management Fund, or (3) penalties or punitive damages for violations of this Title, except as provided by subdivision (b)(4) or (b)(4-5) of Section 42.

(b) Beginning January 1, 1992, in addition to any other fees required by law, the owner or operator of each site required to be registered or permitted under subsection (d) or (d-5) of Section 55 shall pay to the Agency an annual fee of $100. Fees collected under this subsection shall be deposited into the Environmental Protection Permit and Inspection Fund.

(c) Pursuant to appropriation, monies up to an amount of $4 $2 million per fiscal year from the Used Tire Management Fund shall be allocated as follows:

(1) 38% shall be available to the Agency for the following purposes, provided that priority shall be given to item (i):

(i) To undertake preventive, corrective or removal action as authorized by and in accordance with Section 55.3, and to recover costs in accordance with Section 55.3.

(ii) For the performance of inspection and enforcement activities for used and waste tire sites.

(iii) To assist with marketing of used tires by augmenting the operations of an industrial materials exchange service.

(iv) To provide financial assistance to units of local government for the performance of inspecting, investigating and enforcement activities pursuant to subsection (r) of Section 4 at used and waste tire sites.

(v) To provide financial assistance for used and waste tire collection projects sponsored by local government or not-for-profit corporations.

(vi) For the costs of fee collection and administration relating to used and waste tires, and to accomplish such other purposes as are authorized by this Act and regulations thereunder.

(vii) To provide financial assistance to units of local government and private industry for the purposes of:

(A) assisting in the establishment of facilities and programs to collect, process, and utilize used and waste tires and tire-derived materials;

(B) demonstrating the feasibility of innovative technologies as a means of collecting, storing, processing, and utilizing used and waste tires and tire-derived materials; and

(C) applying demonstrated technologies as a means of collecting, storing, processing, and utilizing used and waste tires and tire-derived materials.

(2) For fiscal years beginning prior to July 1, 2004, 23% shall be available to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for the following purposes, provided that priority shall be given to item (A):

(A) To provide grants or loans for the purposes of:

(i) assisting units of local government and private industry in the establishment of facilities and programs to collect, process and utilize used and waste tires and tire derived materials;

(ii) demonstrating the feasibility of innovative technologies as a means of collecting, storing, processing and utilizing used and waste tires and tire derived materials; and

(iii) applying demonstrated technologies as a means of collecting, storing, processing, and utilizing used and waste tires and tire derived materials.

(B) To develop educational material for use by officials and the public to better understand and respond to the problems posed by used tires and associated insects.

(C) (Blank).

(D) To perform such research as the Director deems appropriate to help meet the purposes of this Act.

(E) To pay the costs of administration of its activities authorized under this Act.

(2.1) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2004 and for all fiscal years thereafter, 23% shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.

(3) 25% shall be available to the Illinois Department of Public Health for the following purposes:

(A) To investigate threats or potential threats to the public health related to mosquitoes and other vectors of disease associated with the improper storage, handling and disposal of tires, improper waste disposal, or natural conditions.

(B) To conduct surveillance and monitoring activities for mosquitoes and other arthropod vectors of disease, and surveillance of animals which provide a reservoir for disease-producing organisms.

(C) To conduct training activities to promote vector control programs and integrated pest management as defined in the Vector Control Act.

(D) To respond to inquiries, investigate complaints, conduct evaluations and provide technical consultation to help reduce or eliminate public health hazards and nuisance conditions associated with mosquitoes and other vectors.

(E) To provide financial assistance to units of local government for training, investigation and response to public nuisances associated with mosquitoes and other vectors of disease.

(4) 2% shall be available to the Department of Agriculture for its activities under the Illinois Pesticide Act relating to used and waste tires.

(5) 2% shall be available to the Pollution Control Board for administration of its activities relating to used and waste tires.

(6) 10% shall be available to the University of Illinois Department of Natural Resources for the Prairie Research Institute Illinois Natural History Survey to perform research to study the biology, distribution, population ecology, and biosystematics of tire-breeding arthropods, especially mosquitoes, and the diseases they spread.

(d) By January 1, 1998, and biennially thereafter, each State agency receiving an appropriation from the Used Tire Management Fund shall report to the Governor and the General Assembly on its activities relating to the Fund.

(e) Any monies appropriated from the Used Tire Management Fund, but not obligated, shall revert to the Fund.

(f) In administering the provisions of subdivisions (1), (2) and (3) of subsection (c) of this Section, the Agency, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, and the Illinois Department of Public Health shall ensure that appropriate funding assistance is provided to any municipality with a population over 1,000,000 or to any sanitary district which serves a population over 1,000,000.

(g) Pursuant to appropriation, monies in excess of $4 $2 million per fiscal year from the Used Tire Management Fund shall be used as follows:

(1) 55% shall be available to the Agency for the following purposes, provided that priority shall be given to subparagraph (A):

(A) To undertake preventive, corrective or renewed action as authorized by and in accordance with Section 55.3 and to recover costs in accordance with Section 55.3.

(B) To provide financial assistance to units of local government and private industry for the purposes of:

(i) assisting in the establishment of facilities and programs to collect, process, and utilize used and waste tires and tire-derived materials;

(ii) demonstrating the feasibility of innovative technologies as a means of collecting, storing, processing, and utilizing used and waste tires and tire-derived materials; and

(iii) applying demonstrated technologies as a means of collecting, storing, processing, and utilizing used and waste tires and tire-derived materials.

(C) To provide grants to public universities for vector-related research, disease-related research, and for related laboratory-based equipment and field-based equipment.

(2) For fiscal years beginning prior to July 1, 2004, 45% shall be available to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to provide grants or loans for the purposes of:

(i) assisting units of local government and private industry in the establishment of facilities and programs to collect, process and utilize waste tires and tire derived material;

(ii) demonstrating the feasibility of innovative technologies as a means of collecting, storing, processing, and utilizing used and waste tires and tire derived materials; and

(iii) applying demonstrated technologies as a means of collecting, storing, processing, and utilizing used and waste tires and tire derived materials.

(3) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2004 and for all fiscal years thereafter, 45% shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.

(Source: P.A. 98-656, eff. 6-19-14.)

(415 ILCS 5/55.6a)

Sec. 55.6a. Emergency Public Health Fund.

(a) Beginning on July 1, 2003, moneys in the Emergency Public Health Fund, subject to appropriation, shall be allocated annually as follows: (i) $300,000 $200,000 to the University of Illinois Department of Natural Resources for the purposes described in Section 55.6(c)(6) and (ii) subject to subsection (b) of this Section, all remaining amounts to the Department of Public Health to be used to make vector control grants and surveillance grants to the Cook County Department of Public Health (for areas of the County excluding the City of Chicago), to the City of Chicago health department, and to other certified local health departments. These grants shall be used for expenses related to West Nile Virus and other vector-borne diseases. The amount of each grant shall be based on population and need as supported by information submitted to the Department of Public Health. For the purposes of this Section, need shall be determined by the Department based primarily upon surveillance data and the number of positive human cases of West Nile Virus and other vector-borne diseases occurring during the preceding year and current year in the county or municipality seeking the grant.

(b) Beginning on July 31, 2003, on the last day of each month, the State Comptroller shall order transferred and the State Treasurer shall transfer the fees collected in the previous month pursuant to item (1.5) of subsection (a) of Section 55.8 from the Emergency Public Health Fund to the Communications Revolving Fund. These transfers shall continue until the cumulative total of the transfers is $3,000,000.

(Source: P.A. 93-32, eff. 6-20-03; 93-52, eff. 6-30-03.)

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