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92_HB2527

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to environmental protection.

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

 4        Section  5.   The  State Finance Act is amended by adding
 5    Section 5.545 as follows:

 6        (30 ILCS 105/5.545 new)
 7        Sec. 5.545.  The Household Hazardous Waste Fund.

 8        Section 10.  The Environmental Protection Act is  amended
 9    by changing Section 22.15 as follows:

10        (415 ILCS 5/22.15) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.15)
11        Sec. 22.15.  Solid Waste Management Fund; fees.
12        (a)  There  is hereby created within the State Treasury a
13    special fund to be known as the "Solid Waste Management Fund"
14    constituted from the fees collected by the State pursuant  to
15    this  Section and from repayments of loans made from the Fund
16    for solid waste projects.  Moneys received by the  Department
17    of  Commerce and Community Affairs in repayment of loans made
18    pursuant to the Illinois Solid Waste Management Act shall  be
19    deposited  into  the  Solid  Waste  Management Revolving Loan
20    Fund.
21        (b)  On and after  January  1,  1987,  the  Agency  shall
22    assess  and collect a fee in the amount set forth herein from
23    the owner or operator of each sanitary landfill permitted  or
24    required  to  be  permitted by the Agency to dispose of solid
25    waste if the sanitary landfill is located off the site  where
26    such  waste  was  produced  and  if such sanitary landfill is
27    owned, controlled, and operated by a person  other  than  the
28    generator  of  such waste.  The Agency shall deposit all fees
29    collected into the Solid Waste Management Fund,  except  that
 
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 1    of  the  additional  moneys  collected  from the 5.5 cent per
 2    cubic yard (12 cent per ton)  increase  in  the  fee  imposed
 3    under  subdivision  (b)(1) made by this amendatory Act of the
 4    92nd General Assembly, the first $1,900,000 collected in each
 5    State fiscal year  shall  be  deposited  into  the  Household
 6    Hazardous  Waste  Fund,  and the remainder shall be deposited
 7    into the Hazardous Waste Fund.  If a site  is  contiguous  to
 8    one  or  more landfills owned or operated by the same person,
 9    the volumes permanently disposed of by each landfill shall be
10    combined for purposes  of  determining  the  fee  under  this
11    subsection.
12             (1)  If   more   than   150,000   cubic   yards   of
13        non-hazardous solid waste is permanently disposed of at a
14        site  in  a  calendar  year,  the owner or operator shall
15        either pay a fee of 45 cents per cubic yard  (50.5  cents
16        (60¢  per  cubic yard beginning July 1, 2002 from January
17        1, 1989 through December 31, 1993), or alternatively  the
18        owner  or  operator  may  weigh the quantity of the solid
19        waste permanently disposed of with  a  device  for  which
20        certification  has  been  obtained  under the Weights and
21        Measures Act and pay a fee of 95  cents  per  ton  ($1.07
22        ($1.27  per ton beginning on July 1, 2002 from January 1,
23        1989  through  December  31,   1993)   of   solid   waste
24        permanently  disposed  of.   An owner or operator that is
25        subject to any fee, tax, or surcharge imposed  under  the
26        authority  of subsection (j) of this Section on September
27        26, 1991, with respect to fees due to  the  Agency  under
28        this paragraph after December 31, 1991 and before January
29        1,  1994, shall deduct from the amount paid to the Agency
30        the amount by which the fee  paid  under  subsection  (j)
31        exceeds  45 cents per cubic yard or 95 cents per ton.  In
32        no case shall the fee collected or paid by the  owner  or
33        operator  under  this  Section paragraph exceed $1.05 per
34        cubic yard or $2.22 per ton.
 
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 1             (2)  If more than 100,000 cubic yards, but not  more
 2        than  150,000  cubic  yards  of  non-hazardous  waste  is
 3        permanently disposed of at a site in a calendar year, the
 4        owner  or operator shall pay a fee of $25,000 ($33,350 in
 5        1989, 1990 and 1991).
 6             (3)  If more than 50,000 cubic yards, but  not  more
 7        than  100,000 cubic yards of non-hazardous solid waste is
 8        permanently disposed of at a site in a calendar year, the
 9        owner or operator shall pay a fee of $11,300 ($15,500  in
10        1989, 1990 and 1991).
11             (4)  If  more  than 10,000 cubic yards, but not more
12        than 50,000 cubic yards of non-hazardous solid  waste  is
13        permanently disposed of at a site in a calendar year, the
14        owner  or  operator  shall pay a fee of $3,450 ($4,650 in
15        1989, 1990 and 1991).
16             (5)  If  not  more  than  10,000  cubic   yards   of
17        non-hazardous solid waste is permanently disposed of at a
18        site  in a calendar year, the owner or operator shall pay
19        a fee of $500 ($650 in 1989, 1990 and 1991).
20        (c)  From January 1, 1987 through December 31, 1988,  the
21    fee set forth in this Section shall not apply to:
22             (1)  Solid waste which is hazardous waste;
23             (2)  Any  landfill  which is permitted by the Agency
24        to receive only  demolition  or  construction  debris  or
25        landscape waste; or
26             (3)  The following wastes:
27                  (A)  Foundry sand;
28                  (B)  Coal   combustion   by-product,  including
29             scrubber waste and fluidized bed boiler waste  which
30             does not contain metal cleaning waste;
31                  (C)  Slag  from  the  manufacture  of  iron and
32             steel;
33                  (D)  Pollution Control Waste;
34                  (E)  Wastes  from  recycling,  reclamation   or
 
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 1             reuse  processes  designed to remove any contaminant
 2             from wastes so as to render  such  wastes  reusable,
 3             provided  that  the  process renders at least 50% of
 4             the waste reusable;
 5                  (F)  Non-hazardous solid waste that is received
 6             at a sanitary landfill after  January  1,  1987  and
 7             recycled through a process permitted by the Agency.
 8        (d)  The  Agency  shall  establish  rules relating to the
 9    collection of the fees authorized  by  this  Section.    Such
10    rules shall include, but not be limited to:
11             (1)  necessary records identifying the quantities of
12        solid waste received or disposed;
13             (2)  the form and submission of reports to accompany
14        the payment of fees to the Agency;
15             (3)  the  time  and manner of payment of fees to the
16        Agency, which payments  shall  not  be  more  often  than
17        quarterly; and
18             (4)  procedures  setting forth criteria establishing
19        when an owner or operator may measure by weight or volume
20        during any given quarter or other fee payment period.
21        (e)  Pursuant to appropriation, all monies in  the  Solid
22    Waste  Management  Fund  shall  be used by the Agency and the
23    Department of Commerce and Community Affairs for the purposes
24    set forth in this Section and in  the  Illinois  Solid  Waste
25    Management Act, including for the costs of fee collection and
26    administration,  and through June 30, 1989, by the University
27    of Illinois for research consistent with the  Illinois  Solid
28    Waste Management Act.
29        (f)  The   Agency   is  authorized  to  enter  into  such
30    agreements and to promulgate such rules as are  necessary  to
31    carry  out  its  duties  under  this Section and the Illinois
32    Solid Waste Management Act.
33        (g)  On the  first  day  of  January,  April,  July,  and
34    October  of  each  year, beginning on July 1, 1996, the State
 
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 1    Comptroller and Treasurer shall transfer  $500,000  from  the
 2    Solid  Waste  Management  Fund  to  the Hazardous Waste Fund.
 3    Moneys transferred under this subsection (g)  shall  be  used
 4    only for the purposes set forth in item (1) of subsection (d)
 5    of Section 22.2.
 6        (h)  The   Agency  is  authorized  to  provide  financial
 7    assistance to units of local government for  the  performance
 8    of   inspecting,  investigating  and  enforcement  activities
 9    pursuant to Section 4(r) at nonhazardous solid waste disposal
10    sites.
11        (i)  The Agency is authorized to support  the  operations
12    of  an  industrial materials exchange service, and to conduct
13    household waste collection and disposal programs.
14        (j)  A unit of local government, as defined in the  Local
15    Solid  Waste  Disposal  Act,  in which a solid waste disposal
16    facility is located may establish a fee,  tax,  or  surcharge
17    with  regard  to  the  permanent disposal of solid waste. All
18    fees, taxes, and surcharges collected under  this  subsection
19    shall  be  utilized  for  solid  waste  management  purposes,
20    including  long-term monitoring and maintenance of landfills,
21    planning, implementation, inspection, enforcement  and  other
22    activities consistent with the Solid Waste Management Act and
23    the  Local  Solid  Waste  Disposal  Act,  or  for  any  other
24    environment-related  purpose, including but not limited to an
25    environment-related public works project,  but  not  for  the
26    construction of a new pollution control facility other than a
27    household  hazardous  waste facility. However, the total fee,
28    tax or surcharge imposed by all  units  of  local  government
29    under  this  subsection  (j)  upon  the  solid waste disposal
30    facility shall not exceed:
31             (1)  45¢  per  cubic  yard  (60¢  per   cubic   yard
32        beginning  January  1,  1992)  if more than 150,000 cubic
33        yards  of  non-hazardous  solid  waste   is   permanently
34        disposed  of  at  the site in a calendar year, unless the
 
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 1        owner or operator weighs the quantity of the solid  waste
 2        received  with  a device for which certification has been
 3        obtained under the Weights and  Measures  Act,  in  which
 4        case  the fee shall not exceed 95¢ per ton ($1.27 per ton
 5        beginning January 1, 1992)  of  solid  waste  permanently
 6        disposed of.
 7             (2)  $25,000  ($33,350  beginning  in  1992) if more
 8        than 100,000 cubic yards, but not more than 150,000 cubic
 9        yards, of non-hazardous waste is permanently disposed  of
10        at the site in a calendar year.
11             (3)  $11,300  ($15,500  beginning  in  1992) if more
12        than 50,000 cubic yards, but not more than 100,000  cubic
13        yards,   of  non-hazardous  solid  waste  is  permanently
14        disposed of at the site in a calendar year.
15             (4)  $3,450 ($4,650 beginning in 1992) if more  than
16        10,000 cubic yards, but not more than 50,000 cubic yards,
17        of  non-hazardous  solid waste is permanently disposed of
18        at the site in a calendar year.
19             (5)  $500 ($650 beginning in 1992) if not more  than
20        10,000  cubic  yards  of  non-hazardous  solid  waste  is
21        permanently disposed of at the site in a calendar year.
22        The corporate authorities of the unit of local government
23    may use proceeds from the fee, tax, or surcharge to reimburse
24    a  highway  commissioner  whose  road district lies wholly or
25    partially within the corporate limits of the  unit  of  local
26    government   for   expenses   incurred   in  the  removal  of
27    nonhazardous, nonfluid municipal waste that has  been  dumped
28    on  public  property  in  violation  of  a State law or local
29    ordinance.
30        A county or Municipal Joint Action Agency that imposes  a
31    fee,  tax,  or  surcharge  under  this subsection may use the
32    proceeds thereof to reimburse a municipality that lies wholly
33    or partially within its boundaries for expenses  incurred  in
34    the  removal  of  nonhazardous, nonfluid municipal waste that
 
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 1    has been dumped on public property in violation  of  a  State
 2    law or local ordinance.
 3        If  the  fees  are to be used to conduct a local sanitary
 4    landfill inspection or enforcement program, the unit of local
 5    government must enter into  a  written  delegation  agreement
 6    with the Agency pursuant to subsection (r) of Section 4.  The
 7    unit of local government and the Agency shall enter into such
 8    a  written  delegation  agreement  within  60  days after the
 9    establishment of such fees or August 23, 1988,  whichever  is
10    later.  For the year commencing January 1, 1989, and at least
11    annually thereafter, the Agency shall conduct an audit of the
12    expenditures made by units of local government from the funds
13    granted  by  the  Agency to the units of local government for
14    purposes  of   local   sanitary   landfill   inspection   and
15    enforcement  programs,  to  ensure  that  the funds have been
16    expended for the prescribed purposes under the grant.
17        The  fees,  taxes  or  surcharges  collected  under  this
18    subsection  (j)  shall  be  placed  by  the  unit  of   local
19    government  in  a separate fund, and the interest received on
20    the moneys in the fund shall be credited  to  the  fund.  The
21    monies  in the fund may be accumulated over a period of years
22    to be expended in accordance with this subsection.
23        A unit of local government, as defined in the Local Solid
24    Waste Disposal Act,  shall  prepare  and  distribute  to  the
25    Agency, in April of each year, a report that details spending
26    plans   for   monies   collected   in  accordance  with  this
27    subsection.   The  report  will  at  a  minimum  include  the
28    following:
29             (1)  The total monies  collected  pursuant  to  this
30        subsection.
31             (2)  The  most  current  balance of monies collected
32        pursuant to this subsection.
33             (3)  An itemized accounting of all  monies  expended
34        for the previous year pursuant to this subsection.
 
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 1             (4)  An estimation of monies to be collected for the
 2        following 3 years pursuant to this subsection.
 3             (5)  A narrative detailing the general direction and
 4        scope of future expenditures for one, 2 and 3 years.
 5        The  exemptions  granted under Sections 22.16 and 22.16a,
 6    and under subsections (c) and (k) of this Section,  shall  be
 7    applicable  to  any  fee, tax or surcharge imposed under this
 8    subsection  (j);  except  that  the  fee,  tax  or  surcharge
 9    authorized to be imposed under this  subsection  (j)  may  be
10    made  applicable  by  a  unit  of  local  government  to  the
11    permanent  disposal  of  solid waste after December 31, 1986,
12    under any contract lawfully  executed  before  June  1,  1986
13    under which more than 150,000 cubic yards (or 50,000 tons) of
14    solid waste is to be permanently disposed of, even though the
15    waste  is  exempt  from  the  fee  imposed by the State under
16    subsection (b) of  this  Section  pursuant  to  an  exemption
17    granted under Section 22.16.
18        (k)  In  accordance with the findings and purposes of the
19    Illinois Solid Waste Management  Act,  beginning  January  1,
20    1989  the  fee  under  subsection  (b)  and  the  fee, tax or
21    surcharge under subsection (j) shall not apply to:
22             (1)  Waste which is hazardous waste; or
23             (2)  Waste which is pollution control waste; or
24             (3)  Waste  from  recycling,  reclamation  or  reuse
25        processes which have been approved by the Agency as being
26        designed to remove any contaminant from wastes so  as  to
27        render  such  wastes  reusable, provided that the process
28        renders at least 50% of the waste reusable; or
29             (4)  Non-hazardous solid waste that is received at a
30        sanitary landfill and composted  or  recycled  through  a
31        process permitted by the Agency; or
32             (5)  Any  landfill  which is permitted by the Agency
33        to receive only  demolition  or  construction  debris  or
34        landscape waste.
 
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 1    (Source: P.A.   89-93,  eff.  7-6-95;  89-443,  eff.  7-1-96;
 2    89-445,  eff.  2-7-96;  90-14,  eff.  7-1-97;  90-475,   eff.
 3    8-17-97.)

 4        Section  20.   The  Household  Hazardous Waste Collection
 5    Program Act is amended by adding Section 6.5 as follows:

 6        (415 ILCS 90/6.5 new)
 7        Sec. 6.5.  Household Hazardous Waste Fund.
 8        (a)  There is hereby established as a special fund in the
 9    State treasury the Household Hazardous Waste Fund.
10        (b)  Moneys in the Fund shall  be  used  by  the  Agency,
11    subject to appropriation, for the purposes of this Act.

12        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
13    becoming law.

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