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| 1 |  AN ACT concerning safety.
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| 2 |  Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 |  Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by  | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | changing Section 3.330 as follows:
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| 6 |  (415 ILCS 5/3.330) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.32)
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| 7 |  Sec. 3.330. Pollution control facility. 
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| 8 |  (a) "Pollution control facility" is any waste storage site,  | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | sanitary
landfill, waste disposal site, waste transfer  | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | station, waste treatment
facility, or waste incinerator. This  | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | includes sewers, sewage treatment
plants, and any other  | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | facilities owned or operated by sanitary districts
organized  | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | under the the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act.
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| 14 |  The following are not pollution control facilities:
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| 15 |   (1) (blank);
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| 16 |   (2) waste storage sites regulated under 40 CFR, Part  | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 |  761.42;
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| 18 |   (3) sites or facilities used by any person conducting a  | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 |  waste storage,
waste treatment, waste disposal, waste  | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 |  transfer or waste incineration
operation, or a combination  | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 |  thereof, for wastes generated by such person's
own  | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 |  activities, when such wastes are stored, treated, disposed  | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 |  of,
transferred or incinerated within the site or facility  | |||||||||||||||||||
 
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| 1 |  owned, controlled or
operated by such person, or when such  | ||||||
| 2 |  wastes are transported within or
between sites or  | ||||||
| 3 |  facilities owned, controlled or operated by such person;
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| 4 |   (4) sites or facilities at which the State is  | ||||||
| 5 |  performing removal or
remedial action pursuant to Section  | ||||||
| 6 |  22.2 or 55.3;
 | ||||||
| 7 |   (5) abandoned quarries used solely for the disposal of  | ||||||
| 8 |  concrete, earth
materials, gravel, or aggregate debris  | ||||||
| 9 |  resulting from road construction
activities conducted by a  | ||||||
| 10 |  unit of government or construction activities due
to the  | ||||||
| 11 |  construction and installation of underground pipes, lines,  | ||||||
| 12 |  conduit
or wires off of the premises of a public utility  | ||||||
| 13 |  company which are
conducted by a public utility;
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| 14 |   (6) sites or facilities used by any person to  | ||||||
| 15 |  specifically conduct a
landscape composting operation;
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| 16 |   (7) regional facilities as defined in the Central  | ||||||
| 17 |  Midwest Interstate
Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact;
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| 18 |   (8) the portion of a site or facility where coal  | ||||||
| 19 |  combustion wastes are
stored or disposed of in accordance  | ||||||
| 20 |  with subdivision (r)(2) or (r)(3) of
Section 21;
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| 21 |   (9) the portion of a site or facility used for the  | ||||||
| 22 |  collection,
storage or processing of waste tires as defined  | ||||||
| 23 |  in Title XIV;
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| 24 |   (10) the portion of a site or facility used for  | ||||||
| 25 |  treatment of
petroleum contaminated materials by  | ||||||
| 26 |  application onto or incorporation into
the soil surface and  | ||||||
 
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| 1 |  any portion of that site or facility used for storage
of  | ||||||
| 2 |  petroleum contaminated materials before treatment. Only  | ||||||
| 3 |  those categories
of petroleum listed in Section
57.9(a)(3)  | ||||||
| 4 |  are exempt under this subdivision (10);
 | ||||||
| 5 |   (11) the portion of a site or facility where used oil  | ||||||
| 6 |  is collected or
stored prior to shipment to a recycling or  | ||||||
| 7 |  energy recovery facility, provided
that the used oil is  | ||||||
| 8 |  generated by households or commercial establishments, and
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| 9 |  the site or facility is a recycling center or a business  | ||||||
| 10 |  where oil or gasoline
is sold at retail; | ||||||
| 11 |   (11.5) processing sites or facilities that receive  | ||||||
| 12 |  only on-specification used oil, as defined in 35 Ill.  | ||||||
| 13 |  Admin. Code 739, originating from used oil collectors for  | ||||||
| 14 |  processing that is managed under 35 Ill. Admin. Code 739 to  | ||||||
| 15 |  produce products for sale to off-site petroleum  | ||||||
| 16 |  facilities, if these processing sites or facilities are:  | ||||||
| 17 |  (i) located within a home rule unit of local government  | ||||||
| 18 |  with a population of at least 30,000 according to the 2000  | ||||||
| 19 |  federal census, that home rule unit of local government has  | ||||||
| 20 |  been designated as an Urban Round II Empowerment Zone by  | ||||||
| 21 |  the United States Department of Housing and Urban  | ||||||
| 22 |  Development, and that home rule unit of local government  | ||||||
| 23 |  has enacted an ordinance approving the location of the site  | ||||||
| 24 |  or facility and provided funding for the site or facility;  | ||||||
| 25 |  and (ii) in compliance with all applicable zoning  | ||||||
| 26 |  requirements;
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| 1 |   (12) the portion of a site or facility utilizing coal  | ||||||
| 2 |  combustion waste
for stabilization and treatment of only  | ||||||
| 3 |  waste generated on that site or
facility when used in  | ||||||
| 4 |  connection with response actions pursuant to the federal
 | ||||||
| 5 |  Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and  | ||||||
| 6 |  Liability Act of 1980,
the federal Resource Conservation  | ||||||
| 7 |  and Recovery Act of 1976, or the Illinois
Environmental  | ||||||
| 8 |  Protection Act or as authorized by the Agency;
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| 9 |   (13) the portion of a site or facility that accepts  | ||||||
| 10 |  exclusively general
construction or demolition debris and  | ||||||
| 11 |  is operated and located in accordance with Section 22.38 of  | ||||||
| 12 |  this Act; | ||||||
| 13 |   (14) the portion of a site or facility, located within  | ||||||
| 14 |  a unit of local government that has enacted local zoning  | ||||||
| 15 |  requirements, used to accept, separate, and process  | ||||||
| 16 |  uncontaminated broken concrete, with or without protruding  | ||||||
| 17 |  metal bars, provided that the uncontaminated broken  | ||||||
| 18 |  concrete and metal bars are not speculatively accumulated,  | ||||||
| 19 |  are at the site or facility no longer than one year after  | ||||||
| 20 |  their acceptance, and are returned to the economic  | ||||||
| 21 |  mainstream in the form of raw materials or products;
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| 22 |   (15) the portion of a site or facility located in a  | ||||||
| 23 |  county with a population over 3,000,000 that has obtained  | ||||||
| 24 |  local siting approval under Section 39.2 of this Act for a  | ||||||
| 25 |  municipal waste incinerator on or before July 1, 2005 and  | ||||||
| 26 |  that is used for a non-hazardous waste transfer station;
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| 1 |   (16) a site or facility that temporarily holds in  | ||||||
| 2 |  transit for 10 days or less, non-putrescible solid waste in  | ||||||
| 3 |  original containers, no larger in capacity than 500  | ||||||
| 4 |  gallons, provided that such waste is further transferred to  | ||||||
| 5 |  a recycling, disposal, treatment, or storage facility on a  | ||||||
| 6 |  non-contiguous site and provided such site or facility  | ||||||
| 7 |  complies with the applicable 10-day transfer requirements  | ||||||
| 8 |  of the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of  | ||||||
| 9 |  1976 and United States Department of Transportation  | ||||||
| 10 |  hazardous material requirements. For purposes of this  | ||||||
| 11 |  Section only, "non-putrescible solid waste" means waste  | ||||||
| 12 |  other than municipal garbage that does not rot or become  | ||||||
| 13 |  putrid, including, but not limited to, paints, solvent,  | ||||||
| 14 |  filters, and absorbents;
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| 15 |   (17)
the portion of a site or facility located in a  | ||||||
| 16 |  county with a population greater than 3,000,000 that has  | ||||||
| 17 |  obtained local siting approval, under Section 39.2 of this  | ||||||
| 18 |  Act, for a municipal waste incinerator on or before July 1,  | ||||||
| 19 |  2005 and that is used for wood combustion facilities for  | ||||||
| 20 |  energy recovery that accept and burn only wood material, as  | ||||||
| 21 |  included in a fuel specification approved by the Agency;
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| 22 |   (18)
a transfer station used exclusively for landscape  | ||||||
| 23 |  waste, including a transfer station where landscape waste  | ||||||
| 24 |  is ground to reduce its volume, where the landscape waste  | ||||||
| 25 |  is held no longer than 24 hours from the time it was  | ||||||
| 26 |  received; | ||||||
 
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| 1 |   (19) the portion of a site or facility that (i) is used  | ||||||
| 2 |  for the composting of food scrap, livestock waste, crop  | ||||||
| 3 |  residue, uncontaminated wood waste, or paper waste,  | ||||||
| 4 |  including, but not limited to, corrugated paper or  | ||||||
| 5 |  cardboard, and (ii) meets all of the following  | ||||||
| 6 |  requirements: | ||||||
| 7 |    (A) There must not be more than a total of 30,000  | ||||||
| 8 |  cubic yards of livestock waste in raw form or in the  | ||||||
| 9 |  process of being composted at the site or facility at  | ||||||
| 10 |  any one time. | ||||||
| 11 |    (B) All food scrap, livestock waste, crop residue,  | ||||||
| 12 |  uncontaminated wood waste, and paper waste must, by the  | ||||||
| 13 |  end of each operating day, be processed and placed into  | ||||||
| 14 |  an enclosed vessel in which air flow and temperature  | ||||||
| 15 |  are controlled, or all of the following additional  | ||||||
| 16 |  requirements must be met: | ||||||
| 17 |     (i) The portion of the site or facility used  | ||||||
| 18 |  for the composting operation must include a  | ||||||
| 19 |  setback of at least 200 feet from the nearest  | ||||||
| 20 |  potable water supply well. | ||||||
| 21 |     (ii) The portion of the site or facility used  | ||||||
| 22 |  for the composting operation must be located  | ||||||
| 23 |  outside the boundary of the 10-year floodplain or  | ||||||
| 24 |  floodproofed. | ||||||
| 25 |     (iii) Except in municipalities with more than  | ||||||
| 26 |  1,000,000 inhabitants, the portion of the site or  | ||||||
 
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| 1 |  facility used for the composting operation must be  | ||||||
| 2 |  located at least one-eighth of a mile from the  | ||||||
| 3 |  nearest residence, other than a residence located  | ||||||
| 4 |  on the same property as the site or facility. | ||||||
| 5 |     (iv) The portion of the site or facility used  | ||||||
| 6 |  for the composting operation must be located at  | ||||||
| 7 |  least one-eighth of a mile from the property line  | ||||||
| 8 |  of all of the following areas: | ||||||
| 9 |      (I) Facilities that primarily serve to  | ||||||
| 10 |  house or treat people that are  | ||||||
| 11 |  immunocompromised or immunosuppressed, such as  | ||||||
| 12 |  cancer or AIDS patients; people with asthma,  | ||||||
| 13 |  cystic fibrosis, or bioaerosol allergies; or  | ||||||
| 14 |  children under the age of one year. | ||||||
| 15 |      (II) Primary and secondary schools and  | ||||||
| 16 |  adjacent areas that the schools use for  | ||||||
| 17 |  recreation. | ||||||
| 18 |      (III) Any facility for child care licensed  | ||||||
| 19 |  under Section 3 of the Child Care Act of 1969;  | ||||||
| 20 |  preschools; and adjacent areas that the  | ||||||
| 21 |  facilities or preschools use for recreation. | ||||||
| 22 |     (v) By the end of each operating day, all food  | ||||||
| 23 |  scrap, livestock waste, crop residue,  | ||||||
| 24 |  uncontaminated wood waste, and paper waste must be  | ||||||
| 25 |  (i) processed into windrows or other piles and (ii)  | ||||||
| 26 |  covered in a manner that prevents scavenging by  | ||||||
 
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| 1 |  birds and animals and that prevents other  | ||||||
| 2 |  nuisances. | ||||||
| 3 |    (C) Food scrap, livestock waste, crop residue,  | ||||||
| 4 |  uncontaminated wood waste, paper waste, and compost  | ||||||
| 5 |  must not be placed within 5 feet of the water table. | ||||||
| 6 |    (D) The site or facility must meet all of the  | ||||||
| 7 |  requirements of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16  | ||||||
| 8 |  U.S.C. 1271 et seq.). | ||||||
| 9 |    (E) The site or facility must not (i) restrict the  | ||||||
| 10 |  flow of a 100-year flood, (ii) result in washout of  | ||||||
| 11 |  food scrap, livestock waste, crop residue,  | ||||||
| 12 |  uncontaminated wood waste, or paper waste from a  | ||||||
| 13 |  100-year flood, or (iii) reduce the temporary water  | ||||||
| 14 |  storage capacity of the 100-year floodplain, unless  | ||||||
| 15 |  measures are undertaken to provide alternative storage  | ||||||
| 16 |  capacity, such as by providing lagoons, holding tanks,  | ||||||
| 17 |  or drainage around structures at the facility. | ||||||
| 18 |    (F) The site or facility must not be located in any  | ||||||
| 19 |  area where it may pose a threat of harm or destruction  | ||||||
| 20 |  to the features for which: | ||||||
| 21 |     (i) an irreplaceable historic or  | ||||||
| 22 |  archaeological site has been listed under the  | ||||||
| 23 |  National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470  | ||||||
| 24 |  et seq.) or the Illinois Historic Preservation  | ||||||
| 25 |  Act; | ||||||
| 26 |     (ii) a natural landmark has been designated by  | ||||||
 
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| 1 |  the National Park Service or the Illinois State  | ||||||
| 2 |  Historic Preservation Office; or | ||||||
| 3 |     (iii) a natural area has been designated as a  | ||||||
| 4 |  Dedicated Illinois Nature Preserve under the  | ||||||
| 5 |  Illinois Natural Areas Preservation Act. | ||||||
| 6 |    (G) The site or facility must not be located in an  | ||||||
| 7 |  area where it may jeopardize the continued existence of  | ||||||
| 8 |  any designated endangered species, result in the  | ||||||
| 9 |  destruction or adverse modification of the critical  | ||||||
| 10 |  habitat for such species, or cause or contribute to the  | ||||||
| 11 |  taking of any endangered or threatened species of  | ||||||
| 12 |  plant, fish, or wildlife listed under the Endangered  | ||||||
| 13 |  Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) or the Illinois  | ||||||
| 14 |  Endangered Species Protection Act;  | ||||||
| 15 |   (20) the portion of a site or facility that is located  | ||||||
| 16 |  entirely within a home rule unit having a population of no  | ||||||
| 17 |  less than 120,000 and no more than 135,000, according to  | ||||||
| 18 |  the 2000 federal census, and that meets all of the  | ||||||
| 19 |  following requirements: | ||||||
| 20 |    (i) the portion of the site or facility is used  | ||||||
| 21 |  exclusively to perform testing of a thermochemical  | ||||||
| 22 |  conversion technology using only woody biomass,  | ||||||
| 23 |  collected as landscape waste within the boundaries of  | ||||||
| 24 |  the home rule unit, as the hydrocarbon feedstock for  | ||||||
| 25 |  the production of synthetic gas in accordance with  | ||||||
| 26 |  Section 39.9 of this Act; | ||||||
 
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| 1 |    (ii) the portion of the site or facility is in  | ||||||
| 2 |  compliance with all applicable zoning requirements;  | ||||||
| 3 |  and | ||||||
| 4 |    (iii) a complete application for a demonstration  | ||||||
| 5 |  permit at the portion of the site or facility has been  | ||||||
| 6 |  submitted to the Agency in accordance with Section 39.9  | ||||||
| 7 |  of this Act within one year after July 27, 2010 (the  | ||||||
| 8 |  effective date of Public Act 96-1314); | ||||||
| 9 |   (21) the portion of a site or facility used to perform  | ||||||
| 10 |  limited testing of a gasification conversion technology in  | ||||||
| 11 |  accordance with Section 39.8 of this Act and for which a  | ||||||
| 12 |  complete permit application has been submitted to the  | ||||||
| 13 |  Agency prior to one year from April 9, 2010 (the effective  | ||||||
| 14 |  date of Public Act 96-887);
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| 15 |   (22) the portion of a site or facility that is used to  | ||||||
| 16 |  incinerate only pharmaceuticals from residential sources  | ||||||
| 17 |  that are collected and transported by law enforcement  | ||||||
| 18 |  agencies under Section 17.9A of this Act; and  | ||||||
| 19 |   (23) until July 1, 2017, the portion of a site or  | ||||||
| 20 |  facility:  | ||||||
| 21 |    (A) that is used exclusively for the transfer of  | ||||||
| 22 |  commingled landscape waste and food scrap held at the  | ||||||
| 23 |  site or facility for no longer than 24 hours after  | ||||||
| 24 |  their receipt; | ||||||
| 25 |    (B) that is located entirely within a home rule  | ||||||
| 26 |  unit having a population of either (i) not less than  | ||||||
 
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| 1 |  100,000 and not more than 115,000 according to the 2010  | ||||||
| 2 |  federal census or (ii) not less than 5,000 and not more  | ||||||
| 3 |  than 10,000 according to the 2010 federal census; | ||||||
| 4 |    (C) that is permitted, by the Agency, prior to  | ||||||
| 5 |  January 1, 2002, for the transfer of landscape waste;  | ||||||
| 6 |  and | ||||||
| 7 |    (D) for which a permit application is submitted to  | ||||||
| 8 |  the Agency within 6 months after January 1, 2014 (the  | ||||||
| 9 |  effective date of Public Act 98-146) to modify an  | ||||||
| 10 |  existing permit for the transfer of landscape waste to  | ||||||
| 11 |  also include, on a demonstration basis not to exceed 18  | ||||||
| 12 |  months, the transfer of commingled landscape waste and  | ||||||
| 13 |  food scrap. | ||||||
| 14 |  (b) A new pollution control facility is:
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| 15 |   (1) a pollution control facility initially permitted  | ||||||
| 16 |  for development or
construction after July 1, 1981; or
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| 17 |   (2) the area of expansion beyond the boundary of a  | ||||||
| 18 |  currently permitted
pollution control facility; or
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| 19 |   (3) a permitted pollution control facility requesting  | ||||||
| 20 |  approval to
store, dispose of, transfer or incinerate, for  | ||||||
| 21 |  the first time, any special
or hazardous waste.
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| 22 | (Source: P.A. 97-333, eff. 8-12-11; 97-545, eff. 1-1-12;  | ||||||
| 23 | 98-146, eff. 1-1-14; 98-239, eff. 8-9-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14;  | ||||||
| 24 | 98-1130, eff. 1-1-15.)
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