Bill Text: IL SB2226 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to develop rules which prohibit the disposal of materials at sanitary landfills that (i) have been approved for recycling through an Agency-issued Beneficial Use Determination and (ii) are located in a county where a Beneficial Use Determination facility for those materials has been approved. Requires the Agency to modify operating permits accordingly.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-08-23 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0542 [SB2226 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SB2226-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 098-0542 | ||||
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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 22.54a as follows:
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(415 ILCS 5/22.54a new) | ||||
Sec. 22.54a. Disposal of asphalt roofing shingles. No owner | ||||
or operator of a sanitary landfill that is located within a | ||||
25-mile radius of a site where asphalt roofing shingles are | ||||
recycled under a Beneficial Use Determination (BUD) issued by | ||||
the Agency pursuant to Section 22.54 of this Act shall accept | ||||
for disposal loads of whole or processed asphalt roofing | ||||
shingles. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit or restrict a | ||||
sanitary landfill from accepting for disposal asphalt roofing | ||||
shingles that are commingled with municipal waste, including, | ||||
but not limited to, general construction or demolition debris. | ||||
The Agency shall post on its website the name and address | ||||
of each site at which the recycling of asphalt roofing shingles | ||||
under a BUD is approved. | ||||
No later than January 31 of each year, each recipient of a | ||||
BUD for asphalt roofing shingles shall submit a report to the | ||||
Agency that contains the following information: (i) the total | ||||
quantity of asphalt roofing shingles received under the BUD | ||||
during the previous calendar year; (ii) the beneficial uses | ||
during the previous calendar year of shingles received under | ||
the BUD; (iii) the total quantity of shingles used in each | ||
beneficial use during the previous calendar year; and (iv) the | ||
total quantity and disposition of any shingles received but not | ||
beneficially used under the BUD during the previous calendar | ||
year. The report must be submitted on a form and in a format | ||
prescribed by the Agency. | ||
This Section is repealed on February 1, 2018.
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