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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 Sections 9.4 and 22.16b as follows:
 
6    (415 ILCS 5/9.4)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1009.4)
7    Sec. 9.4. Municipal waste incineration emission standards.
8    (a) The General Assembly finds:
9        (1) That air pollution from municipal waste
10    incineration may constitute a threat to public health,
11    welfare and the environment. The amounts and kinds of
12    pollutants depend on the nature of the waste stream,
13    operating conditions of the incinerator, and the
14    effectiveness of emission controls. Under normal operating
15    conditions, municipal waste incinerators produce
16    pollutants such as organic compounds, metallic compounds
17    and acid gases which may be a threat to public health,
18    welfare and the environment.
19        (2) That a combustion and flue-gas control system,
20    which is properly designed, operated and maintained, can
21    substantially reduce the emissions of organic materials,
22    metallic compounds and acid gases from municipal waste
23    incineration.

 

 

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1    (b) It is the purpose of this Section to insure that
2emissions from new municipal waste incineration facilities
3which burn a total of 25 tons or more of municipal waste per
4day are adequately controlled.
5    Such facilities shall be subject to emissions limits and
6operating standards based upon the application of Best
7Available Control Technology, as determined by the Agency, for
8emissions of the following categories of pollutants:
9        (1) particulate matter, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen
10    oxides;
11        (2) acid gases;
12        (3) heavy metals; and
13        (4) organic materials.
14    (c) The Agency shall issue permits, pursuant to Section 39,
15to new municipal waste incineration facilities only if the
16Agency finds that such facilities are designed, constructed and
17operated so as to comply with the requirements prescribed by
18this Section.
19    Prior to adoption of Board regulations under subsection (d)
20of this Section the Agency may issue permits for the
21construction of new municipal waste incineration facilities.
22The Agency determination of Best Available Control Technology
23shall be based upon consideration of the specific pollutants
24named in subsection (d), and emissions of particulate matter,
25sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides.
26    Nothing in this Section shall limit the applicability of

 

 

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1any other Sections of this Act, or of other standards or
2regulations adopted by the Board, to municipal waste
3incineration facilities. In issuing such permits, the Agency
4may prescribe those conditions necessary to assure continuing
5compliance with the emission limits and operating standards
6determined pursuant to subsection (b); such conditions may
7include the monitoring and reporting of emissions.
8    (d) Within one year after July 1, 1986, the Board shall
9adopt regulations pursuant to Title VII of this Act, which
10define the terms in items (2), (3) and (4) of subsection (b) of
11this Section which are to be used by the Agency in making its
12determination pursuant to this Section. The provisions of
13Section 27(b) of this Act shall not apply to this rulemaking.
14    Such regulations shall be written so that the categories of
15pollutants include, but need not be limited to, the following
16specific pollutants:
17        (1) hydrogen chloride in the definition of acid gases;
18        (2) arsenic, cadmium, mercury, chromium, nickel and
19    lead in the definition of heavy metals; and
20        (3) polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, polychlorinated
21    dibenzofurans and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons in the
22    definition of organic materials.
23    (e) For the purposes of this Section, the term "Best
24Available Control Technology" means an emission limitation
25(including a visible emission standard) based on the maximum
26degree of pollutant reduction which the Agency, on a

 

 

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1case-by-case basis, taking into account energy, environmental
2and economic impacts, determines is achievable through the
3application of production processes or available methods,
4systems and techniques, including fuel cleaning or treatment or
5innovative fuel combustion techniques. If the Agency
6determines that technological or economic limitations on the
7application of measurement methodology to a particular class of
8sources would make the imposition of an emission standard not
9feasible, it may instead prescribe a design, equipment, work
10practice or operational standard, or combination thereof, to
11require the application of best available control technology.
12Such standard shall, to the degree possible, set forth the
13emission reduction achievable by implementation of such
14design, equipment, work practice or operation and shall provide
15for compliance by means which achieve equivalent results.
16    (f) "Municipal waste incineration" means the burning of
17municipal waste or fuel derived therefrom in a combustion
18apparatus designed to burn municipal waste that may produce
19electricity or steam as a by-product. A "new municipal waste
20incinerator" is an incinerator initially permitted for
21development or construction after January 1, 1986. For purposes
22of this Section, municipal waste and fuel derived from
23municipal waste do not include non-hazardous secondary
24material that is excluded from solid waste when used
25legitimately as a fuel or ingredient in a combustion unit in
26accordance with the standards and criteria set forth in 40 CFR

 

 

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1Part 241, as amended. The determination of whether a material
2is a solid waste pursuant to the standards and criteria in Part
3241 shall be obtained from the United States Environmental
4Protection Agency (USEPA) in accordance with the procedures for
5USEPA determinations at 40 CFR Part 241 or from the Pollution
6Control Board. For purposes of this Section, the determinations
7shall apply only to non-hazardous secondary materials pursuant
8to Part 241 that are also "municipal waste" pursuant to Section
93.290 of the Act. The following shall apply to waste
10determinations made by the Board under this subsection (f):
11        (1) The Board shall make the waste determinations in
12    accordance with the standards and criteria for discarded
13    non-hazardous secondary materials as provided at 40 CFR
14    Part 241.
15        (2) To make its determinations, the Board shall use the
16    adjusted standard procedures used for hazardous and
17    non-hazardous solid waste determinations but may adopt
18    substantially similar procedures tailored for waste
19    determinations as an alternative to using the adjusted
20    standard procedures.
21        (3) The Board's waste determinations shall apply to a
22    specific fuel or ingredient from a specific processor.
23    Waste determinations may be tailored to the use of the fuel
24    or ingredient at a single unit or facility or may apply to
25    the use of the fuel or ingredient at multiple units or
26    facilities. The waste determinations may be subject to

 

 

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1    conditions.
2    (g) The provisions of this Section shall not apply to
3industrial incineration facilities that burn waste generated
4at the same site.
5(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 92-574, eff. 6-26-02.)
 
6    (415 ILCS 5/22.16b)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.16b)
7    Sec. 22.16b. (a) Beginning January 1, 1991, the Agency
8shall assess and collect a fee from the owner or operator of
9each new municipal waste incinerator. The fee shall be
10calculated by applying the rates established from time to time
11for the disposal of solid waste at sanitary landfills under
12subdivision (b)(1) of Section 22.15 to the total amount of
13municipal waste accepted for incineration at the new municipal
14waste incinerator. The exemptions provided by this Act to the
15fees imposed under subsection (b) of Section 22.15 shall not
16apply to the fee imposed by this Section.
17    The owner or operator of any new municipal waste
18incinerator permitted after January 1, 1990, but before July 1,
191990 by the Agency for the development or operation of a new
20municipal waste incinerator shall be exempt from this fee, but
21shall include the following conditions:
22        (1) The owner or operator shall provide information
23    programs to those communities serviced by the owner or
24    operator concerning recycling and separation of waste not
25    suitable for incineration.

 

 

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1        (2) The owner or operator shall provide information
2    programs to those communities serviced by the owner or
3    operator concerning the Agency's household hazardous waste
4    collection program and participation in that program.
5    For the purposes of this Section, "new municipal waste
6incinerator" means a municipal waste incinerator initially
7permitted for development or construction on or after January
81, 1990. A municipal waste incinerator is the same as a
9municipal waste incineration facility under Section 9.4 of this
10Act.
11    Amounts collected under this subsection shall be deposited
12into the Municipal Waste Incinerator Tax Fund, which is hereby
13established as an interest-bearing special fund in the State
14Treasury. Monies in the Fund may be used, subject to
15appropriation:
16        (1) by the Department of Commerce and Economic
17    Opportunity to fund its public information programs on
18    recycling in those communities served by new municipal
19    waste incinerators; and
20        (2) by the Agency to fund its household hazardous waste
21    collection activities in those communities served by new
22    municipal waste incinerators.
23    (b) Any permit issued by the Agency for the development or
24operation of a new municipal waste incinerator shall include
25the following conditions:
26        (1) The incinerator must be designed to provide

 

 

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1    continuous monitoring while in operation, with direct
2    transmission of the resultant data to the Agency, until the
3    Agency determines the best available control technology
4    for monitoring the data. The Agency shall establish the
5    test methods, procedures and averaging periods, as
6    certified by the USEPA for solid waste incinerator units,
7    and the form and frequency of reports containing results of
8    the monitoring. Compliance and enforcement shall be based
9    on such reports. Copies of the results of such monitoring
10    shall be maintained on file at the facility concerned for
11    one year, and copies shall be made available for inspection
12    and copying by interested members of the public during
13    business hours.
14        (2) The facility shall comply with the emission limits
15    adopted by the Agency under subsection (c).
16        (3) The operator of the facility shall take reasonable
17    measures to ensure that waste accepted for incineration
18    complies with all legal requirements for incineration. The
19    incinerator operator shall establish contractual
20    requirements or other notification and inspection
21    procedures sufficient to assure compliance with this
22    subsection (b)(3) which may include, but not be limited to,
23    routine inspections of waste, lists of acceptable and
24    unacceptable waste provided to haulers and notification to
25    the Agency when the facility operator rejects and sends
26    loads away. The notification shall contain at least the

 

 

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1    name of the hauler and the site from where the load was
2    hauled.
3        (4) The operator may not accept for incineration any
4    waste generated or collected in a municipality that has not
5    implemented a recycling plan or is party to an implemented
6    county plan, consistent with State goals and objectives.
7    Such plans shall include provisions for collecting,
8    recycling or diverting from landfills and municipal
9    incinerators landscape waste, household hazardous waste
10    and batteries. Such provisions may be performed at the site
11    of the new municipal incinerator.
12    The Agency, after careful scrutiny of a permit application
13for the construction, development or operation of a new
14municipal waste incinerator, shall deny the permit if (i) the
15Agency finds in the permit application noncompliance with the
16laws and rules of the State or (ii) the application indicates
17that the mandated air emissions standards will not be reached
18within six months of the proposed municipal waste incinerator
19beginning operation.
20    (c) The Agency shall adopt specific limitations on the
21emission of mercury, chromium, cadmium and lead, and good
22combustion practices, including temperature controls from
23municipal waste incinerators pursuant to Section 9.4 of the
24Act.
25    (d) The Agency shall establish household hazardous waste
26collection centers in appropriate places in this State. The

 

 

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1Agency may operate and maintain the centers itself or may
2contract with other parties for that purpose. The Agency shall
3ensure that the wastes collected are properly disposed of. The
4collection centers may charge fees for their services, not to
5exceed the costs incurred. Such collection centers shall not
6(i) be regulated as hazardous waste facilities under RCRA nor
7(ii) be subject to local siting approval under Section 39.2 if
8the local governing authority agrees to waive local siting
9approval procedures.
10(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)
 
11    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12becoming law.