Chapter 415 — ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

(415 ILCS 5/22.23c) Sec. 22.23c. Vehicle wheel weights. (a) In this Section: "New vehicle" has the same meaning as ascribed in Section 1-148.4 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. "Vehicle" has the same meaning as ascribed in Section 1-217 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. (b) On and after …

(415 ILCS 5/22.23d) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 22.23d. Rechargeable batteries. (a) "Rechargeable battery" means one or more voltaic or galvanic cells, electrically connected to produce electric energy, that are designed to be recharged for repeated…

(415 ILCS 5/22.23e) Sec. 22.23e. Paint and paint-related wastes. (a) As used in this Section: "Paint" means a pigmented or unpigmented powder coating, or a pigmented or unpigmented mixture of binder and suitable liquid, that forms an adherent coating when applied to a surface. Po…

(415 ILCS 5/22.23f) Sec. 22.23f. End-of-life electric vehicle and battery electric storage system batteries. (a) In this Section: "Battery energy storage solution facility" or "BESS" means a facility that stores and distributes energy in the form of electricity and that stores el…

(415 ILCS 5/22.24) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.24) Sec. 22.24. (a) Beginning January 1, 2025, no person may operate any landfill in any county with a population over 250,000, as determined by the latest federal decennial census, unless facilities are provided at such landfills w…

(415 ILCS 5/22.26) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.26) Sec. 22.26. The Agency shall not issue a development or construction permit after December 31, 1990 for any composting facility, unless the applicant has given notice thereof (1) in person or by mail to the members of the Genera…

(415 ILCS 5/22.27) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.27) Sec. 22.27. Alternative Daily Cover for Sanitary Landfills. (a) If the Agency determines that any or all chemical foams provides a cover material that is as good as, or better than, the traditional soil cover commonly used in th…

(415 ILCS 5/22.28) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.28) Sec. 22.28. White goods. (a) No person shall knowingly offer for collection or collect white goods for the purpose of disposal by landfilling unless the white good components have been removed. (b) No owner or operator of a land…

(415 ILCS 5/22.28a) Sec. 22.28a. White goods handled by scrap dealership or junkyard. (a) No owner, operator, agent, or employee of a junkyard or scrap dealership may knowingly shred, scrap, dismantle, recycle, incinerate, handle, store, or otherwise manage any white good that co…

(415 ILCS 5/22.29) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.29) Sec. 22.29. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), any waste material generated by processing recyclable metals by shredding shall be managed as a special waste unless a site operating plan has been approved by the Agency and…

(415 ILCS 5/22.2a) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.2a) Sec. 22.2a. (a) Whenever practicable and in the public interest, the State of Illinois shall reach a final settlement with a potentially responsible party in an administrative action brought before the Board or a civil action br…

(415 ILCS 5/22.2b) Sec. 22.2b. Limit of liability for prospective purchasers of real property. (a) The State of Illinois may grant a release of liability that provides that a person is not potentially liable under subsection (f) of Section 22.2 of this Act as a result of a releas…

(415 ILCS 5/22.2c) Sec. 22.2c. Adjacent site remediation; injunction. If remediation of real property contaminated by hazardous substances or petroleum products cannot be reasonably accomplished without entering onto land adjoining the site from which those substances were releas…

(415 ILCS 5/22.2d) Sec. 22.2d. Authority of Director to issue orders. (a) The purpose of this Section is to allow the Director to quickly and effectively respond to a release or substantial threat of a release of a hazardous substance, pesticide, or petroleum for which the Agency…

(415 ILCS 5/22.3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.3) Sec. 22.3. The owner and operator of a hazardous waste disposal site shall, without limitation, be responsible for the site for a period of 20 years after closure of the site, or such longer period of time as required by the feder…

(415 ILCS 5/22.30) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.30) Sec. 22.30. Grease trap sludge. (a) As used in this Section: (i) "treatment works" has the meaning provided in Section 19.2 of this Act and (ii) "grease trap sludge" means the solid, lighter than water fraction of wastewaters fr…

(415 ILCS 5/22.31) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.31) Sec. 22.31. Waste reporting. (a) Beginning January 1, 1992, no landfill or incinerator operator may accept any nonhazardous solid waste for permanent disposal or incineration unless the operator makes a record, based on informat…

(415 ILCS 5/22.32) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.32) Sec. 22.32. Hospital waste assessment. (a) On or before June 1, 1992, each hospital burning potentially infectious medical waste on site or transporting such waste to a pollution control facility shall conduct a waste reduction …

(415 ILCS 5/22.33) Sec. 22.33. Compost quality standards. (a) By January 1, 1994, the Agency shall develop and make recommendations to the Board concerning (i) performance standards for landscape waste compost facilities and (ii) testing procedures and standards for the end-produ…

(415 ILCS 5/22.34) Sec. 22.34. Organic waste compost quality standards. (a) The Agency may develop and make recommendations to the Board concerning (i) performance standards for organic waste compost facilities and (ii) testing procedures and standards for the end-product compost…

(415 ILCS 5/22.35) Sec. 22.35. Mixed municipal waste compost quality standards. (a) By January 1, 1994, the Agency shall develop and make recommendations to the Board concerning (i) performance standards for mixed municipal waste compost facilities and (ii) testing procedures and…

(415 ILCS 5/22.36) Sec. 22.36. Solid waste disposal site; underground hazards. (a) The Agency may not issue any new permit for the construction or development of any solid waste disposal facility that is proposed to be located above an active or inactive shaft or tunnelled mine o…

(415 ILCS 5/22.38) Sec. 22.38. General construction or demolition debris recovery facilities. (a) General construction or demolition debris recovery facilities shall be subject to local zoning, ordinance, and land use requirements. General construction or demolition debris recove…

(415 ILCS 5/22.38a) Sec. 22.38a. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 99-317, eff. 8-7-15. Repealed by P.A. 102-310, eff. 8-6-21.)

(415 ILCS 5/22.3a) Sec. 22.3a. Expedited review of hazardous waste corrective action. (a) It is the intent of this Section to promote an expedited RCRA hazardous waste corrective action review process. (b) The owner or operator of a hazardous waste facility performing corrective …

(415 ILCS 5/22.4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.4) Sec. 22.4. Hazardous waste; underground storage tanks; regulations. (a) In accordance with Section 7.2, the Board shall adopt regulations which are identical in substance to federal regulations or amendments thereto promulgated by…

(415 ILCS 5/22.40) Sec. 22.40. Municipal solid waste landfill rules. (a) In accordance with Sec. 7.2, the Board shall adopt rules that are identical in substance to federal regulations or amendments thereto promulgated by the Administrator of the United States Environmental Prote…

(415 ILCS 5/22.40a) Sec. 22.40a. Disposal of manufactured gas plant waste in waste disposal sites other than permitted hazardous waste disposal sites prohibited. Notwithstanding any other law or regulation, no person shall dispose, in a waste disposal site other than a permitted …

(415 ILCS 5/22.41) Sec. 22.41. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 88-496. Repealed by P.A. 92-574, eff. 6-26-02.)

(415 ILCS 5/22.42) Sec. 22.42. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 88-496. Repealed by P.A. 92-574, eff. 6-26-02.)

(415 ILCS 5/22.43) Sec. 22.43. Permit modifications for lateral expansions. The Agency may issue a permit modification for a lateral expansion, as defined in Section 3.275 of this Act, for an existing MSWLF unit under Section 39 of this Act to a person required to obtain such a p…

(415 ILCS 5/22.43a) Sec. 22.43a. Establishment and expansion of landfills; ban in counties with more than 2,000,000 inhabitants. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person shall establish, nor shall the Agency issue a permit for the establishment of, a new municipa…

(415 ILCS 5/22.44) Sec. 22.44. Subtitle D management fees. (a) There is created within the State treasury a special fund to be known as the "Subtitle D Management Fund" constituted from the fees collected by the State under this Section. (b) The Agency shall assess and collect a …

(415 ILCS 5/22.45) Sec. 22.45. Subtitle D management fee exemptions; pre-existing contracts. (a) The Agency shall grant exemptions from the fee requirements of Section 22.44 of this Act for permanent disposal or transport of solid waste meeting all of the following criteria: (1) …

(415 ILCS 5/22.46) Sec. 22.46. Subtitle D management fee exemptions; types of waste. (a) In accordance with the findings and purpose of the Illinois Solid Waste Management Act, the Agency shall grant exemptions from the fee requirements of Section 22.44 of this Act for solid wast…

(415 ILCS 5/22.47) Sec. 22.47. School district hazardous educational waste collection. (a) The Agency shall develop, implement, and fund (through appropriations for that purpose from the General Revenue Fund) a program to collect school district hazardous educational waste from s…

(415 ILCS 5/22.48) Sec. 22.48. Non-special waste certification; effect on permit. (a) An industrial process waste or pollution control waste not within the exception set forth in subdivision (2) of subsection (c) of Section 3.475 of this Act must be managed as special waste unles…

(415 ILCS 5/22.49) Sec. 22.49. Animal cremation. Unless subject to the requirements of Title XV of this Act as potentially infectious medical waste, a deceased companion animal, as defined in the Companion Animal Cremation Act, that is delivered to a provider of companion animal …

(415 ILCS 5/22.5) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.5) Sec. 22.5. By July 1, 1984, the Board shall adopt standards for the certification of personnel to operate refuse disposal facilities or sites. Such standards shall provide for, but shall not be limited to, an evaluation of the pro…

(415 ILCS 5/22.50) Sec. 22.50. Compliance with land use limitations. No person shall use, or cause or allow the use of, any site for which a land use limitation has been imposed under this Act in a manner inconsistent with the land use limitation unless further investigation or r…

(415 ILCS 5/22.50a) Sec. 22.50a. Compliance with environmental covenants. No person shall use, or cause or allow the use of, any site subject to an environmental covenant created under the Uniform Environmental Covenants Act in a manner that is inconsistent with the activity and …

(415 ILCS 5/22.51) Sec. 22.51. Clean Construction or Demolition Debris Fill Operations. (a) No person shall conduct any clean construction or demolition debris fill operation in violation of this Act or any regulations or standards adopted by the Board. (b)(1)(A) Beginning August…

(415 ILCS 5/22.51a) Sec. 22.51a. Uncontaminated Soil Fill Operations. (a) For purposes of this Section: (1) The term "uncontaminated soil" shall have the same meaning as uncontaminated soil under Section 3.160 of this Act. (2) The term "uncontaminated soil fill operation" means a…

(415 ILCS 5/22.51b) Sec. 22.51b. Fees for permitted facilities accepting clean construction or demolition debris or uncontaminated soil. (a) The Agency shall assess and collect a fee from the owner or operator of each clean construction or demolition debris fill operation that is…

(415 ILCS 5/22.52) Sec. 22.52. Conflict of interest. Effective 30 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, none of the following persons shall have a direct financial interest in or receive a personal financial benefit from any waste-disp…

(415 ILCS 5/22.53) Sec. 22.53. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07. Repealed by P.A. 99-933, eff. 1-27-17.)

(415 ILCS 5/22.54) Sec. 22.54. Beneficial Use Determinations. The purpose of this Section is to allow the Agency to determine that a material otherwise required to be managed as waste may be managed as non-waste if that material is used beneficially and in a manner that is protec…

(415 ILCS 5/22.54a) Sec. 22.54a. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 100-266, eff. 8-22-17. Repealed internally, eff. 2-1-23.)

(415 ILCS 5/22.54b) Sec. 22.54b. Limitation on fees assessed by local government on facilities that have received a beneficial use determination. Except in counties with a population in excess of 1,500,000 residents, a facility that has received a beneficial use determination fro…

(415 ILCS 5/22.55) Sec. 22.55. Household waste drop-off points. (a) Findings; purpose and intent. (1) The General Assembly finds that protection of human health and the environment can be enhanced if certain commonly generated household wastes are managed separately from the gene…