415 ILCS 5/22.8

(415 ILCS 5/22.8) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.8)

Sec. 22.8. Environmental Protection Permit and Inspection Fund.

(a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known
as the Environmental Protection Permit and Inspection Fund. All fees collected
by the Agency pursuant to this Section, Section 9.6, 12.2, 16.1, 56.4, 56.5, 56.6, and subsection (f) of Section 5 of this
Act, or pursuant to Section 22 of the Public Water Supply Operations Act or Section 1011 of the Solid Waste Site Operator Certification Law, as well as
 funds collected under subsection (b.5) of Section 42 of this Act,
shall be deposited into the Fund. In addition to any monies appropriated
from the General Revenue Fund, monies in the Fund shall be appropriated
by the General Assembly to the Agency in amounts deemed necessary for
manifest, permit, and inspection activities and for performing its functions, powers, and duties under the Solid Waste Site Operator Certification Law.

The General Assembly may appropriate monies in the Fund deemed necessary
for Board regulatory and adjudicatory proceedings.

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(b) The Agency shall collect from the
owner or operator of any of the following types of hazardous waste disposal
sites or management facilities which require a RCRA permit under subsection
(f) of Section 21 of this Act, or a UIC permit under subsection (g) of Section
12 of this Act, an annual fee in the amount of:

(1) $35,000 ($70,000 beginning in 2004) for a

hazardous waste disposal site receiving hazardous waste if the hazardous waste disposal site is located off the site where such waste was produced;

(2) $9,000 ($18,000 beginning in 2004) for a

hazardous waste disposal site receiving hazardous waste if the hazardous waste disposal site is located on the site where such waste was produced;

(3) $7,000 ($14,000 beginning in 2004) for a

hazardous waste disposal site receiving hazardous waste if the hazardous waste disposal site is an underground injection well;

(4) $2,000 ($4,000 beginning in 2004) for a hazardous

waste management facility treating hazardous waste by incineration;

(5) $1,000 ($2,000 beginning in 2004) for a hazardous

waste management facility treating hazardous waste by a method, technique or process other than incineration;

(6) $1,000 ($2,000 beginning in 2004) for a hazardous

waste management facility storing hazardous waste in a surface impoundment or pile;

(7) $250 ($500 beginning in 2004) for a hazardous

waste management facility storing hazardous waste other than in a surface impoundment or pile; and

(8) Beginning in 2004, $500 for a large quantity

hazardous waste generator required to submit an annual or biennial report for hazardous waste generation.

(c) Where two or more operational units are located within a single
hazardous waste disposal site, the Agency shall collect from the owner or
operator of such site an annual fee equal to the highest fee imposed by
subsection (b) of this Section upon any single operational unit within the
site.

(d) The fee imposed upon a hazardous waste disposal site under this
Section shall be the exclusive permit and inspection fee applicable to
hazardous waste disposal at such site, provided that nothing in this
Section shall be construed to diminish or otherwise affect any fee imposed
upon the owner or operator of a hazardous waste disposal site by Section 22.2.

(e) The Agency shall establish procedures, no later than December 1,
1984, relating to the collection of the hazardous waste disposal site
fees authorized by this Section. Such procedures shall include, but not be
limited to the time and manner of payment of fees to the Agency, which
shall be quarterly, payable at the beginning of each quarter for hazardous
waste disposal site fees. Annual fees required under paragraph (7) of
subsection (b) of this Section shall accompany the annual report required
by Board regulations for the calendar year for which the report applies.

(f) For purposes of this Section, a hazardous waste disposal site
consists of one or more of the following operational units:

(1) a landfill receiving hazardous waste for disposal;

(2) a waste pile or surface impoundment, receiving

hazardous waste, in which residues which exhibit any of the characteristics of hazardous waste pursuant to Board regulations are reasonably expected to remain after closure;

(3) a land treatment facility receiving hazardous

waste; or

(4) a well injecting hazardous waste.

(g) The Agency shall assess a fee for each manifest provided by the
Agency.  For manifests provided on or after January 1, 1989 but before July 1,
2003, the fee shall be $1 per manifest.  For manifests provided on or after
July 1, 2003, the fee shall be $3 per manifest.

(Source: P.A. 102-1071, eff. 6-10-22.)