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| Public Act 101-0141 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning safety.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by | ||||
adding Section 22.59 as follows: | ||||
(415 ILCS 5/22.59 new) | ||||
Sec. 22.59. Pilot project for Will County and Grundy County | ||||
pyrolysis or gasification facility. | ||||
(a) As used in this Section: | ||||
"Plastics" means polystyrene or any other synthetic | ||||
organic polymer that can be molded into shape under heat and | ||||
pressure and then set into a rigid or slightly elastic form. | ||||
"Plastics gasification facility" means a manufacturing | ||||
facility that: | ||||
(1) receives only uncontaminated plastics that have | ||||
been processed prior to receipt at the facility into a | ||||
feedstock meeting the facility's specifications for a | ||||
gasification feedstock; and | ||||
(2) uses heat in an oxygen-deficient atmosphere to | ||||
process the feedstock into fuels, chemicals, or chemical | ||||
feedstocks that are returned to the economic mainstream in | ||||
the form of raw materials or products. | ||||
"Plastics pyrolysis facility" means a manufacturing | ||||
facility that: | ||
(1) receives only uncontaminated plastics that have | ||
been processed prior to receipt at the facility into a | ||
feedstock meeting the facility's specifications for a | ||
pyrolysis feedstock; and | ||
(2) uses heat in the absence of oxygen to process the | ||
uncontaminated plastics into fuels, chemicals, or chemical | ||
feedstocks that are returned to the economic mainstream in | ||
the form of raw materials or products. | ||
(b) Provided that permitting and construction has | ||
commenced prior to July 1, 2025, a pilot project allowing for a | ||
pyrolysis or gasification facility in accordance with this | ||
Section is permitted for a locally zoned and approved site in | ||
either Will County or Grundy County. | ||
(c) To the extent allowed by federal law, uncontaminated | ||
plastics that have been processed into a feedstock meeting | ||
feedstock specifications for a plastics gasification facility | ||
or plastics pyrolysis facility, and that are further processed | ||
by such a facility and returned to the economic mainstream in | ||
the form of raw materials or products, are considered recycled | ||
and are not subject to regulation as waste. | ||
(d) The Agency may propose to the Board for adoption, and | ||
the Board may adopt, rules establishing standards for materials | ||
accepted as feedstocks by plastics gasification facilities and | ||
plastics pyrolysis facilities, rules establishing standards | ||
for the management of feedstocks at plastics gasification | ||
facilities and plastics pyrolysis facilities, and any other | ||
rules, as may be necessary to implement and administer this | ||
Section. | ||
(e) If permitting and construction for the pilot project | ||
under subsection (b) has not commenced by July 1, 2025, this | ||
Section is repealed.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||
2020.
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