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 1        AN ACT in relation to environmental matters.

 2        Be it  enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Environmental Protection Act  is  amended
 5    by changing Section 21 as follows:

 6        (415 ILCS 5/21) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1021)
 7        Sec. 21.  No person shall:
 8        (a)  Cause or allow the open dumping of any waste.
 9        (b)  Abandon,  dump, or deposit any waste upon the public
10    highways or other  public  property,  except  in  a  sanitary
11    landfill  approved  by  the  Agency  pursuant  to regulations
12    adopted by the Board.
13        (c)  Abandon any vehicle in violation of  the  "Abandoned
14    Vehicles  Amendment to the Illinois Vehicle Code", as enacted
15    by the 76th General Assembly.
16        (d)  Conduct  any  waste-storage,   waste-treatment,   or
17    waste-disposal operation:
18             (1)  without  a  permit  granted by the Agency or in
19        violation of  any  conditions  imposed  by  such  permit,
20        including  periodic  reports  and full access to adequate
21        records and the  inspection  of  facilities,  as  may  be
22        necessary  to  assure  compliance  with this Act and with
23        regulations and standards adopted  thereunder;  provided,
24        however,  that, except for municipal solid waste landfill
25        units that receive waste on or after October 9, 1993,  no
26        permit  shall be required for (i) any person conducting a
27        waste-storage,   waste-treatment,    or    waste-disposal
28        operation  for  wastes  generated  by  such  person's own
29        activities which are stored, treated, or disposed  within
30        the  site  where  such  wastes  are  generated, or (ii) a
31        facility located in  a  county  with  a  population  over
 
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 1        700,000,  operated and located in accordance with Section
 2        22.38 of this Act, and used exclusively for the transfer,
 3        storage,  or  treatment  of   general   construction   or
 4        demolition debris;
 5             (2)  in  violation  of  any regulations or standards
 6        adopted by the Board under this Act; or
 7             (3)  which receives waste  after  August  31,  1988,
 8        does not have a permit issued by the Agency, and is (i) a
 9        landfill  used  exclusively  for  the  disposal  of waste
10        generated  at  the  site,  (ii)  a  surface   impoundment
11        receiving  special  waste  not listed in an NPDES permit,
12        (iii) a waste pile in which the total volume of waste  is
13        greater  than  100 cubic yards or the waste is stored for
14        over  one  year,  or  (iv)  a  land  treatment   facility
15        receiving  special  waste  generated at the site; without
16        giving notice of the operation to the Agency  by  January
17        1, 1989, or 30 days after the date on which the operation
18        commences,   whichever   is  later,  and  every  3  years
19        thereafter.  The form  for  such  notification  shall  be
20        specified   by  the  Agency,  and  shall  be  limited  to
21        information  regarding:  the  name  and  address  of  the
22        location of the operation; the  type  of  operation;  the
23        types and amounts of waste stored, treated or disposed of
24        on  an  annual  basis;  the  remaining  capacity  of  the
25        operation;   and  the  remaining  expected  life  of  the
26        operation.
27        Item (3) of this subsection (d) shall not  apply  to  any
28    person engaged in agricultural activity who is disposing of a
29    substance  that constitutes solid waste, if the substance was
30    acquired for use by that person on his own property, and  the
31    substance  is  disposed  of on his own property in accordance
32    with regulations or standards adopted by the Board.
33        This subsection (d) shall not apply to hazardous waste.
34        (e)  Dispose, treat,  store  or  abandon  any  waste,  or
 
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 1    transport  any waste into this State for disposal, treatment,
 2    storage or abandonment, except at a site  or  facility  which
 3    meets  the  requirements  of  this Act and of regulations and
 4    standards thereunder.
 5        (f)  Conduct  any  hazardous   waste-storage,   hazardous
 6    waste-treatment or hazardous waste-disposal operation:
 7             (1)  without  a  RCRA  permit for the site issued by
 8        the Agency under subsection (d) of  Section  39  of  this
 9        Act,  or  in  violation  of any condition imposed by such
10        permit, including periodic reports  and  full  access  to
11        adequate records and the inspection of facilities, as may
12        be  necessary to assure compliance with this Act and with
13        regulations and standards adopted thereunder; or
14             (2)  in violation of any  regulations  or  standards
15        adopted by the Board under this Act; or
16             (3)  in   violation   of   any  RCRA  permit  filing
17        requirement established under standards  adopted  by  the
18        Board under this Act; or
19             (4)  in  violation of any order adopted by the Board
20        under this Act.
21        Notwithstanding  the  above,  no  RCRA  permit  shall  be
22    required under this subsection or subsection (d)  of  Section
23    39  of  this  Act  for  any  person  engaged in  agricultural
24    activity who is disposing  of  a  substance  which  has  been
25    identified   as   a  hazardous  waste,  and  which  has  been
26    designated by Board regulations  as  being  subject  to  this
27    exception,  if  the  substance  was  acquired for use by that
28    person on his own property and the substance is  disposed  of
29    on  his  own  property  in  accordance  with  regulations  or
30    standards adopted by the Board.
31        (g)  Conduct     any    hazardous    waste-transportation
32    operation:
33             (1)  without registering with and obtaining a permit
34        from the Agency in accordance with  the  Uniform  Program
 
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 1        implemented under subsection (l-5) of Section 22.2; or
 2             (2)  in  violation  of  any regulations or standards
 3        adopted by the Board under this Act.
 4        (h)  Conduct any hazardous waste-recycling  or  hazardous
 5    waste-reclamation   or  hazardous  waste-reuse  operation  in
 6    violation   of   any   regulations,   standards   or   permit
 7    requirements adopted by the Board under this Act.
 8        (i)  Conduct any process  or  engage  in  any  act  which
 9    produces  hazardous  waste in violation of any regulations or
10    standards adopted by the Board under subsections (a) and  (c)
11    of Section 22.4 of this Act.
12        (j)  Conduct  any  special waste transportation operation
13    in  violation  of  any  regulations,  standards   or   permit
14    requirements  adopted  by the Board under this Act.  However,
15    sludge from a water  or  sewage  treatment  plant  owned  and
16    operated  by  a unit of local government which (1) is subject
17    to a sludge management plan  approved  by  the  Agency  or  a
18    permit  granted  by  the  Agency, and (2) has been tested and
19    determined not  to  be  a  hazardous  waste  as  required  by
20    applicable  State  and  federal  laws and regulations, may be
21    transported in this State without  a  special  waste  hauling
22    permit,  and the preparation and carrying of a manifest shall
23    not be required for  such  sludge  under  the  rules  of  the
24    Pollution  Control  Board. The unit of local government which
25    operates the treatment plant producing such sludge shall file
26    a semiannual report with the Agency identifying the volume of
27    such sludge transported  during  the  reporting  period,  the
28    hauler  of the sludge, and the disposal sites to which it was
29    transported. This subsection (j) shall not apply to hazardous
30    waste.
31        (k)  Fail or refuse to pay any  fee  imposed  under  this
32    Act.
33        (l)  Locate  a  hazardous  waste  disposal  site above an
34    active or inactive shaft or tunneled mine or within  2  miles
 
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 1    of  an  active  fault  in  the earth's crust.  In counties of
 2    population less than 225,000 no hazardous waste disposal site
 3    shall be located (1) within 1  1/2  miles  of  the  corporate
 4    limits  as  defined  on  June  30,  1978, of any municipality
 5    without  the  approval  of  the   governing   body   of   the
 6    municipality  in  an official action; or (2) within 1000 feet
 7    of an existing private well  or  the  existing  source  of  a
 8    public  water supply measured from the boundary of the actual
 9    active permitted site and excluding existing private wells on
10    the property of the permit applicant. The provisions of  this
11    subsection do not apply to publicly-owned sewage works or the
12    disposal  or utilization of sludge from publicly-owned sewage
13    works.
14        (m)  Transfer interest in any land which has been used as
15    a hazardous waste disposal site without written  notification
16    to  the  Agency  of the transfer and to the transferee of the
17    conditions  imposed  by  the  Agency  upon  its   use   under
18    subsection (g) of Section 39.
19        (n)  Use  any  land  which  has  been used as a hazardous
20    waste disposal site  except  in  compliance  with  conditions
21    imposed by the Agency under subsection (g) of Section 39.
22        (o)  Conduct  a  sanitary  landfill  operation  which  is
23    required  to  have  a  permit  under  subsection  (d) of this
24    Section, in a manner which results in any  of  the  following
25    conditions:
26             (1)  refuse in standing or flowing waters;
27             (2)  leachate flows entering waters of the State;
28             (3)  leachate  flows  exiting  the landfill confines
29        (as determined by  the  boundaries  established  for  the
30        landfill by a permit issued by the Agency);
31             (4)  open  burning of refuse in violation of Section
32        9 of this Act;
33             (5)  uncovered refuse remaining  from  any  previous
34        operating  day or at the conclusion of any operating day,
 
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 1        unless authorized by permit;
 2             (6)  failure to  provide  final  cover  within  time
 3        limits established by Board regulations;
 4             (7)  acceptance of wastes without necessary permits;
 5             (8)  scavenging as defined by Board regulations;
 6             (9)  deposition of refuse in any unpermitted portion
 7        of the landfill;
 8             (10)  acceptance   of  a  special  waste  without  a
 9        required manifest;
10             (11)  failure to submit reports required by  permits
11        or Board regulations;
12             (12)  failure to collect and contain litter from the
13        site by the end of each operating day;
14             (13)  failure  to  submit  any cost estimate for the
15        site or any performance bond or other  security  for  the
16        site as required by this Act or Board rules.
17        The  prohibitions  specified in this subsection (o) shall
18    be  enforceable  by  the  Agency  either  by   administrative
19    citation  under  Section  31.1  of  this  Act or as otherwise
20    provided by this Act.   The  specific  prohibitions  in  this
21    subsection  do  not limit the power of the Board to establish
22    regulations or standards applicable to sanitary landfills.
23        (p)  In violation of subdivision  (a)  of  this  Section,
24    cause  or  allow  the  open  dumping of any waste in a manner
25    which results in any of the following occurrences at the dump
26    site:
27             (1)  litter;
28             (2)  scavenging;
29             (3)  open burning;
30             (4)  deposition of  waste  in  standing  or  flowing
31        waters;
32             (5)  proliferation of disease vectors;
33             (6)  standing  or  flowing liquid discharge from the
34        dump site;
 
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 1             (7)  deposition of:
 2                  (i)  general construction or demolition  debris
 3             as defined in Section 3.78 of this Act; or
 4                  (ii)  clean  construction  or demolition debris
 5             as defined in Section 3.78a of this Act.
 6        The prohibitions specified in this subsection  (p)  shall
 7    be   enforceable  by  the  Agency  either  by  administrative
 8    citation under Section 31.1  of  this  Act  or  as  otherwise
 9    provided  by  this  Act.   The  specific prohibitions in this
10    subsection do not limit the power of the Board  to  establish
11    regulations or standards applicable to open dumping.
12        (q)  Conduct   a  landscape  waste  composting  operation
13    without an Agency permit, provided, however, that  no  permit
14    shall be required for any person:
15             (1)  conducting   a   landscape   waste   composting
16        operation for landscape wastes generated by such person's
17        own  activities  which are stored, treated or disposed of
18        within the site where such wastes are generated; or
19             (2)  applying landscape waste or composted landscape
20        waste at agronomic rates; or
21             (3)  operating a landscape waste composting facility
22        on a farm, if the facility meets  all  of  the  following
23        criteria:
24                  (A)  the composting facility is operated by the
25             farmer  on property on which the composting material
26             is utilized, and the composting facility constitutes
27             no more than 2% of  the  property's  total  acreage,
28             except that the Agency may allow a higher percentage
29             for individual sites where the owner or operator has
30             demonstrated  to  the  Agency  that  the site's soil
31             characteristics or crop needs require a higher rate;
32                  (B)  the  property  on  which  the   composting
33             facility  is located, and any associated property on
34             which  the  compost  is  used,  is  principally  and
 
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 1             diligently devoted to the production of agricultural
 2             crops  and  is  not  owned,  leased   or   otherwise
 3             controlled  by  any  waste  hauler  or  generator of
 4             nonagricultural compost materials, and the  operator
 5             of  the  composting  facility  is  not  an employee,
 6             partner, shareholder, or in any way  connected  with
 7             or controlled by any such waste hauler or generator;
 8                  (C)  all  compost  generated  by the composting
 9             facility is applied at agronomic rates and  used  as
10             mulch,   fertilizer  or  soil  conditioner  on  land
11             actually  farmed  by  the   person   operating   the
12             composting facility, and the finished compost is not
13             stored  at  the  composting site for a period longer
14             than 18 months prior to its  application  as  mulch,
15             fertilizer, or soil conditioner;
16                  (D)  the  owner or operator, by January 1, 1990
17             (or  the  January  1   following   commencement   of
18             operation, whichever is later) and January 1 of each
19             year  thereafter,  (i)  registers  the site with the
20             Agency, (ii) reports to the Agency on the volume  of
21             composting  material  received and used at the site,
22             (iii) certifies to the Agency that the site complies
23             with the requirements  set  forth  in  subparagraphs
24             (A),  (B) and (C) of this paragraph (q)(3), and (iv)
25             certifies to the Agency that all composting material
26             was placed more  than  200  feet  from  the  nearest
27             potable  water  supply  well, was placed outside the
28             boundary of the 10-year floodplain or on a  part  of
29             the  site  that is floodproofed, was placed at least
30             1/4 mile from the nearest residence  (other  than  a
31             residence  located  on  the  same  property  as  the
32             facility)  and  there  are not more than 10 occupied
33             non-farm  residences  within   1/2   mile   of   the
34             boundaries  of  the site on the date of application,
 
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 1             and was placed more than  5  feet  above  the  water
 2             table.
 3        For  the  purposes  of  this  subsection  (q), "agronomic
 4    rates" means the application of not more  than  20  tons  per
 5    acre per year, except that the Agency may allow a higher rate
 6    for   individual  sites  where  the  owner  or  operator  has
 7    demonstrated   to   the   Agency   that   the   site's   soil
 8    characteristics or crop needs require a higher rate.
 9        (r)  Cause or allow  the  storage  or  disposal  of  coal
10    combustion waste unless:
11             (1)  such  waste  is stored or disposed of at a site
12        or facility for which a permit has been  obtained  or  is
13        not  otherwise  required  under  subsection  (d)  of this
14        Section; or
15             (2)  such waste is stored or disposed of as  a  part
16        of the design and reclamation of a site or facility which
17        is   an  abandoned  mine  site  in  accordance  with  the
18        Abandoned Mined Lands and Water Reclamation Act; or
19             (3)  such waste is stored or disposed of at  a  site
20        or facility which is operating under NPDES and Subtitle D
21        permits  issued  by  the  Agency  pursuant to regulations
22        adopted by the Board for mine-related water pollution and
23        permits issued pursuant to  the  Federal  Surface  Mining
24        Control  and  Reclamation Act of 1977 (P.L. 95-87) or the
25        rules and regulations thereunder or any law  or  rule  or
26        regulation  adopted  by  the  State  of Illinois pursuant
27        thereto, and the owner or operator of the facility agrees
28        to accept the waste; and either
29                  (i)  such waste is stored  or  disposed  of  in
30             accordance  with  requirements  applicable to refuse
31             disposal under regulations adopted by the Board  for
32             mine-related  water  pollution and pursuant to NPDES
33             and Subtitle D permits issued by  the  Agency  under
34             such regulations; or
 
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 1                  (ii)  the  owner  or  operator  of the facility
 2             demonstrates all of the following to the Agency, and
 3             the facility is  operated  in  accordance  with  the
 4             demonstration  as  approved  by  the Agency: (1) the
 5             disposal area will be covered in a manner that  will
 6             support continuous vegetation, (2) the facility will
 7             be adequately protected from wind and water erosion,
 8             (3)  the  pH  will  be  maintained  so as to prevent
 9             excessive leaching of metal ions, and  (4)  adequate
10             containment  or  other  measures will be provided to
11             protect   surface   water   and   groundwater   from
12             contamination at levels prohibited by this Act,  the
13             Illinois  Groundwater Protection Act, or regulations
14             adopted pursuant thereto.
15        Notwithstanding any other provision of  this  Title,  the
16    disposal of coal combustion waste pursuant to item (2) or (3)
17    of  this  subdivision  (r)  shall  be  exempt  from the other
18    provisions  of  this  Title  V,   and   notwithstanding   the
19    provisions  of  Title X of this Act, the Agency is authorized
20    to grant experimental permits which include provision for the
21    disposal of wastes from the  combustion  of  coal  and  other
22    materials  pursuant  to items (2) and (3) of this subdivision
23    (r).
24        (s)  After  April  1,  1989,  offer  for  transportation,
25    transport, deliver, receive or accept special waste for which
26    a manifest is required, unless the  manifest  indicates  that
27    the  fee  required  under  Section  22.8 of this Act has been
28    paid.
29        (t)  Cause or allow a lateral expansion  of  a  municipal
30    solid  waste  landfill  unit  on  or  after  October 9, 1993,
31    without a permit modification, granted by  the  Agency,  that
32    authorizes the lateral expansion.
33        (u)  Conduct any vegetable by-product treatment, storage,
34    disposal  or  transportation  operation  in  violation of any
 
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 1    regulation, standards or permit requirements adopted  by  the
 2    Board  under  this  Act. However, no permit shall be required
 3    under this Title V for  the  land  application  of  vegetable
 4    by-products  conducted pursuant to Agency permit issued under
 5    Title III of this Act  to  the  generator  of  the  vegetable
 6    by-products.   In  addition,  vegetable  by-products  may  be
 7    transported in this State without  a  special  waste  hauling
 8    permit,  and  without  the  preparation  and  carrying  of  a
 9    manifest.
10        (v)  (Blank).
11        (w)  Conduct any generation, transportation, or recycling
12    of  construction  or  demolition debris, clean or general, or
13    uncontaminated   soil    generated    during    construction,
14    remodeling,  repair, and demolition of utilities, structures,
15    and roads that is not commingled with any waste, without  the
16    maintenance   of   documentation   identifying   the  hauler,
17    generator, place of origin of the debris or soil, the  weight
18    or volume of the debris or soil, and the location, owner, and
19    operator  of  the  facility  where  the  debris  or  soil was
20    transferred,   disposed,   recycled,   or   treated.     This
21    documentation   must   be   maintained   by   the  generator,
22    transporter, or recycler for 3 years.   This  subsection  (w)
23    shall not apply to (1) a permitted pollution control facility
24    that  transfers or accepts construction or demolition debris,
25    clean or general, or uncontaminated soil for final  disposal,
26    recycling,  or  treatment, (2) a public utility (as that term
27    is defined in  the  Public  Utilities  Act)  or  a  municipal
28    utility, or (3) the Illinois Department of Transportation, or
29    (4)  a  local  governmental entity, with the exception of any
30    local  governmental  entity  located  within  a  municipality
31    having a population of over 500,000 inhabitants or located in
32    a county that is contiguous to the county  in  which  such  a
33    municipality is located; but it shall apply to an entity that
34    contracts  with a public utility, a municipal utility, or the
 
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 1    Illinois   Department   of   Transportation,   or   a   local
 2    governmental entity.  The terms "generation" and  "recycling"
 3    as used in this subsection do not apply to clean construction
 4    or  demolition  debris  when  (i) used as fill material below
 5    grade outside of a setback  zone  if  covered  by  sufficient
 6    uncontaminated  soil  to support vegetation within 30 days of
 7    the completion  of  filling  or  if  covered  by  a  road  or
 8    structure,  (ii)  solely  broken  concrete without protruding
 9    metal bars is used  for  erosion  control,  or  (iii)  milled
10    asphalt   or   crushed  concrete  is  used  as  aggregate  in
11    construction  of  the  shoulder  of  a  roadway.   The  terms
12    "generation" and "recycling", as used in this subsection,  do
13    not  apply to uncontaminated soil that is not commingled with
14    any waste when (i) used  as  fill  material  below  grade  or
15    contoured to grade, or (ii) used at the site of generation.
16    (Source:  P.A.  90-219,  eff.  7-25-97;  90-344, eff. 1-1-98;
17    90-475, eff. 8-17-97;  90-655,  eff.  7-30-98;  90-761,  eff.
18    8-14-98; 91-72, eff. 7-9-99.)

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