Bill Text: IL HB3659 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Environmental Protection Act. makes a technical change in a provision concerning a materials disposal ban.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3659 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HB3659-Introduced.html
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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 21.6 as follows:
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6 | (415 ILCS 5/21.6) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1021.6)
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7 | Sec. 21.6. Materials disposal ban.
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8 | (a) Beginning July 1, 1996, no person may knowingly mix | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | liquid used oil
with any municipal waste that is intended for | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | collection and and disposal at a
landfill.
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11 | (b) Beginning July 1, 1996, no owner or operator of a | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | sanitary landfill
shall accept for final disposal liquid used | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | oil that
is discernible in the course of prudent business | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | operation.
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15 | (c) For purposes of this Section, "liquid used oil" does | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | not
include used oil filters, rags, absorbent material used to | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | collect spilled oil
or other materials incidentally | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | contaminated with used oil, or empty containers
which | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | previously contained virgin oil, re-refined oil, or used oil.
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20 | (d) The Agency and the Department of Commerce and Economic | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | Opportunity
shall investigate the manner in which liquid used | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | oil is currently being
utilized and potential prospects for | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | future use.
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1 | (Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)
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