Bill Text: IL HB2335 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Specifies that the one-eighth mile setback that certain composting facilities must comply with to be excluded from the definition of the term "pollution control facility" applies only in counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants. Provides that a solid waste permit is not required for a garden compost operation. Provides that a solid-waste permit is not required for a landscape waste composting facility at a site having 10 or more occupied non-farm residences within 1/2 mile of its boundaries if (i) the facility constitutes no more than 2% of the site's total acreage, (ii) no tipping fee is imposed at the facility, (iii) the finished compost is applied at agronomic rates on-site and is not offered for sale or sold, (iv) the owner or operator of the facility completes any training that the Agency may require, and (v) the owner or operator registers the site with the Agency. Specifies that certain performance standards for composting facilities do not apply to garden compost operations. Defines "garden compost operation". Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-3)

Status: (Passed) 2013-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0239 [HB2335 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB2335-Amended.html

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Rep. Robyn Gabel

Filed: 4/5/2013

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2335
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2335, AS AMENDED,
with reference to page and line numbers of House Amendment No.
1, as follows:
on page 7, by replacing lines 8 through 14 with the following:
"(iii) Except in municipalities with more than
3,000,000 inhabitants, the The portion of the site
or facility used for the composting operation must
be located at least one-eighth of a mile from the
nearest residence, other than a residence located
on the same property as the site or facility.
(iv) The portion of the site or"; and
on page 19, by replacing lines 14 through 19, with the
following:
"for landscape wastes generated by such person's own
activities which are stored, treated, or disposed of within

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the site where such wastes are generated; or"; and
on page 20, immediately below line 8, by inserting the
following:
"(A-5) any composting additives that the
composting facility accepts and uses at the facility
are necessary to provide proper conditions for
composting and do not exceed 10% of the total
composting material at the facility at any one time;";
and
on page 21, in line 10, immediately after "(A)," by inserting
"(A-5),".