99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB4299

 

Introduced , by Rep. Elaine Nekritz

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
415 ILCS 5/21.6  from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1021.6

    Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that, beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly, no person may knowingly dispose of a used oil filter in a manner that is intended for collection and disposal at a landfill. Effective immediately.


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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 Environmental Protection Act is amended by
5changing Section 21.6 as follows:
 
6    (415 ILCS 5/21.6)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1021.6)
7    Sec. 21.6. Materials disposal ban.
8    (a) Beginning July 1, 1996, no person may knowingly mix
9liquid used oil with any municipal waste that is intended for
10collection and disposal at a landfill.
11    (b) Beginning July 1, 1996, no owner or operator of a
12sanitary landfill shall accept for final disposal liquid used
13oil that is discernible in the course of prudent business
14operation.
15    (b-5) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory
16Act of the 99th General Assembly, no person may knowingly
17dispose of a used oil filter in a manner that is intended for
18collection and disposal at a landfill.
19    (c) For purposes of this Section, "liquid used oil" does
20not include used oil filters, rags, absorbent material used to
21collect spilled oil or other materials incidentally
22contaminated with used oil, or empty containers which
23previously contained virgin oil, re-refined oil, or used oil.

 

 

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1    (d) The Agency and the Department of Commerce and Economic
2Opportunity shall investigate the manner in which liquid used
3oil is currently being utilized and potential prospects for
4future use.
5(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)
 
6    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7becoming law.