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90_HB2164
415 ILCS 5/22.23a
Amends the Environmental Protection Act to provide that,
until the Pollution Control Board adopts rules designating
flourescent and high intensity discharge lamps as universal
waste, used flourescent and high intensity discharge lamps
may be managed under alternative, specified conditions.
Requires the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to seek
authorization from the United States Environmental Protection
Agency to implement the provisions of the Universal Waste
Rule. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Environmental Protection Act by
2 changing Section 22.23a.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended
6 by changing Section 22.23a as follows:
7 (415 ILCS 5/22.23a)
8 Sec. 22.23a. Fluorescent and high intensity discharge
9 lamps.
10 (a) As used in this Section, "fluorescent or high
11 intensity discharge lamp" means a lighting device that
12 contains mercury and generates light through the discharge of
13 electricity either directly or indirectly through a
14 fluorescent coating, including a mercury vapor, high pressure
15 sodium, or metal halide lamp containing mercury, lead, or
16 cadmium.
17 (b) No person may knowingly cause or allow the disposal
18 of any fluorescent or high intensity discharge lamp in any
19 municipal waste incinerator beginning July 1, 1997. This
20 Section does not apply to lamps generated by households.
21 (c) (1) By December 31, 1997, the Agency Board shall
22 seek authorization from the United States Environmental
23 Protection Agency to implement all provisions of the
24 Universal Waste Rule (UWR) include hazardous fluorescent
25 and high intensity discharge lamps as a category of
26 universal waste subject to the streamlined hazardous
27 waste regulations set forth in Title 35 of the Illinois
28 Administrative Code, Subtitle G, Chapter I, Subchapter c,
29 Part 733. If the United States Environmental Protection
30 Agency authorizes the addition of hazardous fluorescent
31 and high intensity discharge lamps as a category of
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1 universal waste, within 180 days of that authorization,
2 the Agency shall propose and the Board shall amend its
3 rules to designate hazardous fluorescent and high
4 intensity discharge lamps as universal waste subject to
5 the streamlined hazardous waste regulations set forth in
6 Title 35 of the Illinois Administrative Code, Subtitle G,
7 Chapter I, Subchapter c, Part 733.
8 (2) If the United States Environmental Protection
9 Agency adopts streamlined hazardous waste regulations
10 pertaining to the management of fluorescent and high
11 intensity discharge lamps before authorization is
12 provided under subsection (c)(1), as an alternative to
13 adopting a rule as provided for under subsection (c)(1),
14 the Board shall adopt an equivalent rule in accordance
15 with Section 7.2 of this Act within 180 days of adoption
16 of the federal regulation.
17 (d) Until the Board adopts rules pursuant to subsection
18 (c), fluorescent and high intensity discharge lamps shall be
19 managed in accordance with existing laws and regulations or
20 under the following conditions:
21 (1) after being removed from service, the generator
22 stores the lamps in a safe manner that minimizes the
23 chance of breakage;
24 (2) no lamps are stored longer than 6 months from
25 the time they are removed from service;
26 (3) the generator delivers the lamps to a licensed
27 hauler that will deliver the lamps to a recycler; and
28 (4) the lamps are transported in a safe manner that
29 minimizes the chance of breakage.
30 (e) The Agency shall study the problem associated with
31 used fluorescent and high intensity discharge lamps that are
32 processed or disposed of as part of mixed solid waste, and
33 shall identify possible collection and recycling systems for
34 used fluorescent and high intensity discharge lamps. The
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1 Agency shall report its findings to the General Assembly and
2 the Governor by January 1, 1998.
3 (Source: P.A. 89-619, eff. 1-1-97.)
4 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5 becoming law.