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90_HB3633

      415 ILCS 5/25b-7 new
          Amends the Environmental Protection Act to provide that a
      facility that has 2 or more releases of hazardous  substances
      a year that require notification under federal law shall hire
      an  outside  consultant  who is approved by the Environmental
      Protection  Agency  to  develop  a  comprehensive   hazardous
      substance  use  reduction  program.  Requires the facility to
      submit a hazardous substance use reduction plan and an annual
      progress report to the Agency and local community  where  the
      facility  is located.  Requires the facility to comply with a
      hazardous   substance   management   hierarchy.     Effective
      immediately.
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  Environmental  Protection Act by
 2    adding Section 25b-7.
 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 adding Section 25b-7 as follows:
 7        (415 ILCS 5/25b-7 new)
 8        Sec. 25b-7.  Hazardous substance use reduction program.
 9        (a)  The owner or operator of a facility that  has  2  or
10    more  releases  of  hazardous  substances a year that require
11    notification under  Section  304  of  the  federal  Emergency
12    Planning  and  Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C.
13    11004) or subsection  (a)  of  Section  103  of  the  federal
14    Comprehensive   Environmental   Response,  Compensation,  and
15    Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9603) shall hire an  outside
16    consultant  who  is  approved  by  the  Agency  to  develop a
17    comprehensive hazardous substance use reduction program.
18        (b)  The owner or operator of the facility shall submit a
19    hazardous substance use reduction plan and an annual progress
20    report to the  Agency  and  the  local  community  where  the
21    facility  is  located.  The hazardous substance use reduction
22    plan shall consist of the following components:
23             (1)  Written  policy  articulating  management   and
24        corporate  support  for  the  plan  and  a  commitment to
25        implementing planned activities and achieving established
26        goals within specific time frames.
27             (2)  Specific scope and objective for the program.
28             (3)  Prioritization of waste streams, preparation of
29        a process flow diagram for those processes  selected  for
30        study,  and  materials balance for each process utilizing
31        hazardous substances.
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 1             (4)  Generation of a descriptive analysis of current
 2        hazardous substance use and  hazardous  and  solid  waste
 3        generation,  hazardous  waste  reduction,  recycling, and
 4        treatment activities.
 5             (5)  Identification  of  opportunities  for  further
 6        hazardous substance use reduction,  hazardous  and  solid
 7        waste   reduction,  discharge  and  emissions  reduction,
 8        recycling, and treatment  activities,  together  with  an
 9        analysis  of  the  amount  of  reduction  that  would  be
10        achieved   and   for  what  cost.   This  analysis  shall
11        demonstrate  compliance  with  the  hazardous   substance
12        management   hierarchy   under  subsection  (c)  of  this
13        Section.
14             (6)  Selection  of  options  to  be  implemented  in
15        accordance  with  the  hazardous   substance   management
16        hierarchy under subsection (c) of this Section.
17             (7)  Analysis of the impediments to implementing the
18        options,  such  as  adverse  impacts  to product quality,
19        legal or contractual obligations, economic  practicality,
20        and technical feasibility.
21             (8)  Written policy stating that in implementing the
22        selected options, risks will not be shifted from one part
23        of  the  process,  environmental  medium,  or  product to
24        another  as  the  sole  or  primary  means  of  achieving
25        emissions reduction.
26             (9)  Statement of  specific  performance  goals  for
27        each of the following categories in numeric terms:
28                  (A)  Hazardous  substances  to  be  reduced  or
29             eliminated   through   waste  reduction  techniques,
30             including air and water discharges and  solid  waste
31             generation.
32                  (B)  Materials or wastes to be recycled.
33                  (C)  Wastes to be treated.
34             Goals  must  be set for a 2-year and a 5-year period
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 1        from the date of  establishment  of  numeric  goals.   If
 2        establishment   of  numeric  performance  goals  are  not
 3        practicable, a clearly stated list of objectives must  be
 4        prepared that is designed to lead to the establishment of
 5        numeric goals as soon as is practicable.
 6             (10)  Acknowledgment  of  the principle of achieving
 7        zero discharge of persistent toxic  substances  into  all
 8        environmental media, including air, water, and land.
 9             (11)  Description of how the wastes are managed that
10        are  not  recycled  or  treated  and  how  residues  from
11        recycling and treatment processes are managed.
12             (12)  Financial  description  of the plan, including
13        resource requirements, methods for tracking progress, and
14        financial  analysis  techniques  that  address  hazardous
15        substance use and hazardous and  solid  waste  management
16        costs  and  that  factor  in  liability,  compliance, and
17        oversight  costs.    This   description   shall   include
18        information  that  will  allow  for  an  understanding of
19        avoided  costs,  such  as  reduced   need   for   capital
20        expenditures,  reduced  maintenance  needs,  and  similar
21        types  of examples of actual or expected cost reductions.
22        This analysis shall also factor in any  monetary  credits
23        received  for  undertaking  this  hazardous substance use
24        reduction program.
25             (13)  Personnel training  and  employee  involvement
26        program.
27             (14)  Documentation   of   hazardous  substance  use
28        reduction and hazardous and solid waste reduction efforts
29        completed before or in progress at the time of the  first
30        reporting date.
31             (15)  Executive summary of the plan.
32        The  owner  or  operator of the facility shall advise its
33    employees of the planning process.  Those developing the plan
34    shall solicit comments or suggestions from the  employees  on
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 1    hazardous substance use and waste reduction options.
 2        The annual progress report shall include a description of
 3    the  progress  made toward achieving the specific performance
 4    goals established for the facility under subdivision  (9)  of
 5    this subsection (b).
 6        (c)  The   facility   shall  comply  with  the  following
 7    hazardous substance management hierarchy:
 8             (1)  Hazardous   substance   use   reduction.    The
 9        greatest emphasis must be on elimination of  the  use  of
10        toxic chemicals from operations.  When elimination is not
11        possible, every effort to use less toxic substitutes must
12        be  made.    Elimination  or  substitution  studies shall
13        include, at  a  minimum,  an  analysis  of  raw  material
14        substitution or product reformulation or both.
15             (2)  Hazardous waste reduction.  The second emphasis
16        must  be  on  process changes to eliminate the release of
17        toxic  substances  into  the  environment.    Closed-loop
18        systems, improved plant operations, and other  technology
19        and  equipment  modifications must be studied to maximize
20        in-process reuse, recycling, and recovery of materials.
21             (3)  Recycling.  The emphasis  must  be  on  on-site
22        recycling  when  all source reduction and waste reduction
23        remedies have been exhausted.  Off-site recycling  should
24        be used when on-site recycling cannot be achieved.
25             (4)  Treatment.  When the goals in subdivisions (1),
26        (2),  and  (3) of this subsection (c) cannot be achieved,
27        detoxification of toxic materials should be  achieved  in
28        order  to  minimize  discharge of harmful pollutants into
29        the environment.
30        First consideration in the hazardous substance  hierarchy
31    planning process must be given to options in subdivisions (1)
32    and  (2)  of  this  subsection (c).  Recycling options may be
33    considered only after hazardous substance use  reduction  and
34    hazardous   and  solid  waste  reduction  options  have  been
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 1    thoroughly  researched  and  shown   to   be   inappropriate.
 2    Treatment options may be considered only after the strategies
 3    in subdivisions (1), (2), and (3) of this subsection (c) have
 4    been exhausted.
 5        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 6    becoming law.

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