(415 ILCS 175/10)
    Sec. 10. Definitions. In this Act:
    "Agency" means the Environmental Protection Agency.
    "Architectural paint" means interior and exterior architectural coatings sold in containers of 5 gallons or less. "Architectural paint" does not include industrial original equipment or specialty coatings.
    "Collection site" means any location, place, tract of land, or facility or improvement at which architectural paint is accepted into a postconsumer paint collection program pursuant to a postconsumer paint collection program plan.
    "Environmentally sound management practices" means procedures for the collection, storage, transportation, reuse, recycling, and disposal of architectural paint in a manner that complies with all applicable federal, State, and local laws and any rules, regulations, and ordinances for the protection of human health and the environment. These procedures shall address adequate recordkeeping, tracking and documenting of the final disposition of materials, and environmental liability coverage for the representative organization.
    "Household waste" has the meaning given to that term in Section 3.230 of the Environmental Protection Act.
    "Manufacturer" means a manufacturer of architectural paint who sells, offers for sale, or distributes the architectural paint in the State under the manufacturer's own name or brand or another brand. "Manufacturer" does not include a retailer that trademarks or owns a brand of architectural paint that is sold, offered for sale, or distributed within or into this State and that is manufactured by a person other than a retailer.
    "Person" has the meaning given to that term in Section 3.315 of the Environmental Protection Act.
    "Postconsumer paint" means architectural paint not used and no longer wanted by a purchaser.
    "Program" means the postconsumer paint stewardship program established pursuant to Section 15.
    "Recycling" has the meaning given to that term in Section 3.380 of the Environmental Protection Act.
    "Representative organization" means a nonprofit organization established by one or more manufacturers to implement a postconsumer paint stewardship program under this Act.
    "Retailer" means a person that sells or offers to sell at retail in this State architectural paint.
    "Very small quantity generator" has the meaning given to that term in 40 CFR 260.10.
(Source: P.A. 103-372, eff. 1-1-24.)