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90_SB0475eng

      415 ILCS 5/39.2           from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1039.2
          Amends the Environmental Protection Act to  prohibit  the
      county  board of a county or governing body of a municipality
      from entering into or negotiating a  host  agreement  with  a
      developer of a proposed pollution control facility before the
      board  or governing body has rendered a local siting decision
      concerning the proposed facility. Effective immediately.
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 1        AN ACT to  amend  the  Environmental  Protection  Act  by
 2    changing Section 39.2.
 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 39.2 as follows:
 7        (415 ILCS 5/39.2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1039.2)
 8        Sec. 39.2. Local siting review.
 9        (a)  The county board of the county or the governing body
10    of  the  municipality,  as  determined  by  paragraph  (c) of
11    Section 39 of this  Act,  shall  approve  or  disapprove  the
12    request  for local siting approval for each pollution control
13    facility which is subject to such review.  An  applicant  for
14    local   siting   approval  shall  submit  sufficient  details
15    describing the proposed facility to  demonstrate  compliance,
16    and  local  siting  approval  shall  be  granted  only if the
17    proposed facility meets the following criteria:
18             (i)  the facility is necessary  to  accommodate  the
19        waste needs of the area it is intended to serve;
20             (ii)  the  facility  is  so  designed,  located  and
21        proposed  to  be  operated that the public health, safety
22        and welfare will be protected;
23             (iii)  the facility is located  so  as  to  minimize
24        incompatibility  with  the  character  of the surrounding
25        area and to minimize the  effect  on  the  value  of  the
26        surrounding property;
27             (iv)  the  facility  is located outside the boundary
28        of the 100 year flood plain or the site is flood-proofed;
29             (v)  the plan of  operations  for  the  facility  is
30        designed  to  minimize the danger to the surrounding area
31        from fire, spills, or other operational accidents;
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 1             (vi)  the traffic patterns to or from  the  facility
 2        are  so  designed  as  to minimize the impact on existing
 3        traffic flows;
 4             (vii)  if the facility will be treating, storing  or
 5        disposing  of hazardous waste, an emergency response plan
 6        exists for  the  facility  which  includes  notification,
 7        containment  and evacuation procedures to be used in case
 8        of an accidental release;
 9             (viii)  if the facility is to be located in a county
10        where  the  county  board  has  adopted  a  solid   waste
11        management plan consistent with the planning requirements
12        of  the Local Solid Waste Disposal Act or the Solid Waste
13        Planning and Recycling Act, the  facility  is  consistent
14        with that plan; and
15             (ix)  if  the  facility  will  be  located  within a
16        regulated  recharge  area,  any  applicable  requirements
17        specified by the Board for such areas have been met.
18        The  county  board  or  the   governing   body   of   the
19    municipality  may  also  consider  as  evidence  the previous
20    operating  experience  and  past  record  of  convictions  or
21    admissions of violations of the applicant (and any subsidiary
22    or parent corporation) in the field of solid waste management
23    when considering criteria (ii) and (v) under this Section.
24        (b)  No later  than  14  days  prior  to  a  request  for
25    location approval the applicant shall cause written notice of
26    such  request  to be served either in person or by registered
27    mail, return receipt requested, on the owners of all property
28    within the subject area not solely owned  by  the  applicant,
29    and  on  the  owners  of all property within 250 feet in each
30    direction of the lot  line  of  the  subject  property,  said
31    owners  being  such persons or entities which appear from the
32    authentic tax records of the County in which such facility is
33    to be located; provided, that the number of all feet occupied
34    by all public roads, streets, alleys and  other  public  ways
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 1    shall  be  excluded  in  computing  the 250 feet requirement;
 2    provided further, that in no  event  shall  this  requirement
 3    exceed  400  feet, including public streets, alleys and other
 4    public ways.
 5        Such written notice shall also be served upon members  of
 6    the  General  Assembly from the legislative district in which
 7    the proposed facility is located and shall be published in  a
 8    newspaper  of  general circulation published in the county in
 9    which the site is located.
10        Such notice shall state  the  name  and  address  of  the
11    applicant,  the location of the proposed site, the nature and
12    size of the development, the nature of the activity proposed,
13    the probable life of the proposed activity, the date when the
14    request  for  site  approval  will  be   submitted,   and   a
15    description  of  the  right  of  persons  to  comment on such
16    request as hereafter provided.
17        (c)  An applicant shall file a copy of its  request  with
18    the  county  board of the county or the governing body of the
19    municipality in which the  proposed  site  is  located.   The
20    request  shall  include  (i) the substance of the applicant's
21    proposal and (ii) all documents, if any, submitted as of that
22    date to the  Agency  pertaining  to  the  proposed  facility,
23    except  trade secrets as determined under Section 7.1 of this
24    Act.  All such documents or other materials on file with  the
25    county  board  or governing body of the municipality shall be
26    made available for public inspection at  the  office  of  the
27    county  board  or  the governing body of the municipality and
28    may  be  copied  upon  payment  of   the   actual   cost   of
29    reproduction.
30        Any person may file written comment with the county board
31    or   governing   body  of  the  municipality  concerning  the
32    appropriateness  of  the  proposed  site  for  its   intended
33    purpose.    The   county  board  or  governing  body  of  the
34    municipality  shall  consider   any   comment   received   or
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 1    postmarked  not later than 30 days after the date of the last
 2    public hearing.
 3        (d)  At least one public hearing is to  be  held  by  the
 4    county  board or governing body of the municipality no sooner
 5    than 90 days but no later than 120 days from receipt  of  the
 6    request  for  site  approval,  such hearing to be preceded by
 7    published  notice  in  a  newspaper  of  general  circulation
 8    published in the county of the proposed site, and  notice  by
 9    certified  mail  to  all members of the General Assembly from
10    the district in which the proposed site is  located,  to  the
11    governing  authority  of every municipality contiguous to the
12    proposed site or contiguous to the municipality in which  the
13    proposed site is to be located, and to the Agency. The public
14    hearing  shall  develop a record sufficient to form the basis
15    of appeal of the decision in accordance with Section 40.1  of
16    this  Act.   The  fact  that  a member of the county board or
17    governing body of the municipality has publicly expressed  an
18    opinion on an issue related to a site review proceeding shall
19    not  preclude  the  member from taking part in the proceeding
20    and voting on the issue.
21        (e)  Decisions of the county board or governing  body  of
22    the municipality are to be in writing, specifying the reasons
23    for  the  decision,  such  reasons  to be in conformance with
24    subsection (a) of this Section.  In granting approval  for  a
25    site  the  county board or governing body of the municipality
26    may impose such conditions as may be reasonable and necessary
27    to accomplish the purposes of this Section  and  as  are  not
28    inconsistent with regulations promulgated by the Board.  Such
29    decision  shall  be  available  for  public inspection at the
30    office  of  the  county  board  or  governing  body  of   the
31    municipality  and  may  be  copied upon payment of the actual
32    cost of reproduction. If there is  no  final  action  by  the
33    county board or governing body of the municipality within 180
34    days  after  the  filing of the request for site approval the
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 1    applicant may deem the request approved.
 2        At any time prior to completion by the applicant  of  the
 3    presentation  of  the  applicant's  factual  evidence  and an
 4    opportunity for cross-questioning  by  the  county  board  or
 5    governing  body of the municipality and any participants, the
 6    applicant may file not more than one amended application upon
 7    payment of additional fees pursuant  to  subsection  (k);  in
 8    which  case the time limitation for final action set forth in
 9    this subsection (e)  shall  be  extended  for  an  additional
10    period of 90 days.
11        If,  prior  to  making  a  final local siting decision, a
12    county  board  or  governing  body  of  a  municipality   has
13    negotiated  and  entered into a host agreement with the local
14    siting applicant,  the  terms  and  conditions  of  the  host
15    agreement,  whether  written  or oral, shall be disclosed and
16    made a part of the  hearing  record  for  that  local  siting
17    proceeding.
18        (f)  A  local  siting approval granted under this Section
19    shall expire at the end of 2 calendar  years  from  the  date
20    upon  which  it was granted, unless the local siting approval
21    granted  under  this  Section  is  for  a  sanitary  landfill
22    operation, in which case the approval shall expire at the end
23    of 3 calendar years from the date upon which it was  granted,
24    and   unless  within  that  period  the  applicant  has  made
25    application to the Agency for a permit to develop  the  site.
26    In  the  event  that  the  local  siting  decision  has  been
27    appealed,  such expiration period shall be deemed to begin on
28    the date upon which the appeal process is concluded.
29        Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, upon the
30    expiration of a development permit under  subsection  (k)  of
31    Section  39, any associated local siting approval granted for
32    the facility under this Section shall also expire.
33        If a first  development  permit  for  a  municipal  waste
34    incineration facility expires under subsection (k) of Section
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 1    39  after  September 30, 1989 due to circumstances beyond the
 2    control  of  the  applicant,  any  associated  local   siting
 3    approval  granted  for the facility under this Section may be
 4    used to fulfill the local siting  approval  requirement  upon
 5    application  for  a  second  development  permit for the same
 6    site, provided that the proposal in the  new  application  is
 7    materially   the  same,  with  respect  to  the  criteria  in
 8    subsection (a) of this Section, as the proposal that received
 9    the original siting approval, and application for the  second
10    development permit is made before January 1, 1990.
11        (g)  The  siting approval procedures, criteria and appeal
12    procedures provided for in this Act for new pollution control
13    facilities shall be the exclusive siting procedures and rules
14    and  appeal  procedures  for  facilities  subject   to   such
15    procedures. Local zoning or other local land use requirements
16    shall not be applicable to such siting decisions.
17        (h)  Nothing  in this Section shall apply to any existing
18    or  new  pollution  control  facility  located   within   the
19    corporate  limits of a municipality with a population of over
20    1,000,000.
21        (i)  The Department  shall  make  a  study  of  technical
22    considerations  relating  to  the  siting  of  new  pollution
23    control facilities. Such study shall include, but need not be
24    limited  to,  a  determination of the geologic and hydrologic
25    conditions in the State most suitable for the siting of  such
26    facilities,   the  establishment  of  a  data  base  on  such
27    conditions  in  Illinois,   and   recommendations   for   the
28    establishment of technical guidelines and criteria to be used
29    in  making such siting decisions. The Department shall report
30    such study and recommendations to the General  Assembly,  the
31    Governor,  the  Board and the public no later than October 1,
32    1984.
33        The  Board  shall  adopt  regulations  establishing   the
34    geologic  and hydrologic siting criteria necessary to protect
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 1    usable groundwater resources which are to be followed by  the
 2    Agency in its review of permit applications for new pollution
 3    control  facilities.  Such regulations, insofar as they apply
 4    to new pollution  control  facilities  authorized  to  store,
 5    treat or dispose of any hazardous waste, shall be at least as
 6    stringent  as  the  requirements of the Resource Conservation
 7    and Recovery Act and any State or federal regulations adopted
 8    pursuant thereto.
 9        (j)  Any new pollution control facility which  has  never
10    obtained  local  siting approval under the provisions of this
11    Section shall be required to obtain  such  approval  after  a
12    final decision on an appeal of a permit denial.
13        (k)  A  county  board or governing body of a municipality
14    may charge applicants for siting review under this Section  a
15    reasonable  fee  to  cover the reasonable and necessary costs
16    incurred by such county or municipality in the siting  review
17    process.
18        (l)  The  governing Authority as determined by subsection
19    (c) of Section 39 of this Act may request the  Department  of
20    Transportation  to perform traffic impact studies of proposed
21    or  potential  locations  for  required   pollution   control
22    facilities.
23        (m)  An applicant may not file a request for local siting
24    approval  which  is substantially the same as a request which
25    was disapproved pursuant to a finding against  the  applicant
26    under  any  of criteria (i) through (ix) of subsection (a) of
27    this Section within the preceding 2 years.
28        (n)  In any review proceeding of a decision of the county
29    board or governing body of a municipality  made  pursuant  to
30    the local siting review process, the petitioner in the review
31    proceeding  shall  pay to the county or municipality the cost
32    of  preparing  and  certifying  the  record  of  proceedings.
33    Should the petitioner in the review proceeding fail  to  make
34    payment, the provisions of Section 3-109 of the Code of Civil
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 1    Procedure shall apply.
 2        In  the  event  the  petitioner is a citizens' group that
 3    participated in the siting proceeding and is so located as to
 4    be affected by the proposed facility, such  petitioner  shall
 5    be  exempt  from paying the costs of preparing and certifying
 6    the record.
 7        (o)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section,
 8    a transfer station  used  exclusively  for  landscape  waste,
 9    where  landscape  waste  is held no longer than 24 hours from
10    the time it was received, is not subject to the  requirements
11    of  local  siting approval under this Section, but is subject
12    only to local zoning approval.
13    (Source: P.A. 88-557, eff. 7-27-94;  88-681,  eff.  12-22-94;
14    89-102,  eff.  7-7-95;  89-200,  eff.  1-1-96;  89-626,  eff.
15    8-9-96.)
16        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
17    becoming law.

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