Chapter 415 — ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

(415 ILCS 5/3.315) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.26) Sec. 3.315. Person. "Person" is any individual, partnership, co-partnership, firm, company, limited liability company, corporation, association, joint stock company, trust, estate, political subdivision, state agency, or any other legal en…

(415 ILCS 5/3.320) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.71) Sec. 3.320. Pesticide. "Pesticide" means any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest or any substance or mixture of substances intended for use as a plant regulator, defolia…

(415 ILCS 5/3.325) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.74) Sec. 3.325. Pesticide release. "Pesticide release" or "release of a pesticide" means any release resulting in a concentration of pesticides in waters of the State which exceeds levels for which: (1) a Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) has be…

(415 ILCS 5/3.330) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.32) Sec. 3.330. Pollution control facility. (a) "Pollution control facility" is any waste storage site, sanitary landfill, waste disposal site, waste transfer station, waste treatment facility, or waste incinerator. This includes sewers, sewag…

(415 ILCS 5/3.335) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.27) Sec. 3.335. Pollution control waste. "Pollution control waste" means any liquid, solid, semi-solid or gaseous waste generated as a direct or indirect result of the removal of contaminants from the air, water or land, and which pose a prese…

(415 ILCS 5/3.340) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.65) Sec. 3.340. Potable. "Potable" means generally fit for human consumption in accordance with accepted water supply principles and practices. (Source: P.A. 92-574, eff. 6-26-02.)

(415 ILCS 5/3.345) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.59) Sec. 3.345. Potential primary source. "Potential primary source" means any unit at a facility or site not currently subject to a removal or remedial action which: (1) is utilized for the treatment, storage, or disposal of any hazardous or …

(415 ILCS 5/3.350) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.58) Sec. 3.350. Potential route. "Potential route" means abandoned and improperly plugged wells of all kinds, drainage wells, all injection wells, including closed loop heat pump wells, and any excavation for the discovery, development or prod…

(415 ILCS 5/3.355) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.60) Sec. 3.355. Potential secondary source. "Potential secondary source" means any unit at a facility or a site not currently subject to a removal or remedial action, other than a potential primary source, which: (1) is utilized for the landfi…

(415 ILCS 5/3.360) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.84) Sec. 3.360. Potentially infectious medical waste. (a) "Potentially infectious medical waste" means the following types of waste generated in connection with the diagnosis, treatment (i.e., provision of medical services), or immunization of…

(415 ILCS 5/3.363) Sec. 3.363. Prevention of significant deterioration (PSD) permit. "Prevention of Significant Deterioration permit" or "PSD permit" means a permit or the portion of a permit for a new major source or major modification that is issued by the Illinois Environmenta…

(415 ILCS 5/3.365) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.28) Sec. 3.365. Public water supply. "Public water supply" means all mains, pipes and structures through which water is obtained and distributed to the public, including wells and well structures, intakes and cribs, pumping stations, treatment…

(415 ILCS 5/3.370) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.29) Sec. 3.370. RCRA permit. "RCRA permit" means a permit issued by the Agency pursuant to authorization received by the Agency from the United States Environmental Protection Agency under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery A…

(415 ILCS 5/3.375) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.81) Sec. 3.375. Recycling center. "Recycling center" means a site or facility that accepts only segregated, nonhazardous, nonspecial, homogeneous, nonputrescible materials, such as dry paper, glass, cans or plastics, for subsequent use in the …

(415 ILCS 5/3.380) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.30) Sec. 3.380. Recycling, reclamation or reuse. "Recycling, reclamation or reuse" means a method, technique, or process designed to remove any contaminant from waste so as to render such waste reusable, or any process by which materials that …

(415 ILCS 5/3.385) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.31) Sec. 3.385. Refuse. "Refuse" means waste. (Source: P.A. 92-574, eff. 6-26-02.)

(415 ILCS 5/3.390) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.67) Sec. 3.390. Regulated recharge area. "Regulated recharge area" means a compact geographic area, as determined by the Board, the geology of which renders a potable resource groundwater particularly susceptible to contamination. (Source: P.A…

(415 ILCS 5/3.395) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.33) Sec. 3.395. Release. "Release" means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, or disposing into the environment, but excludes (a) any release which results in exposur…

(415 ILCS 5/3.400) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.34) Sec. 3.400. Remedial action. "Remedial action" means those actions consistent with permanent remedy taken instead of or in addition to removal actions in the event of a release or threatened release of a hazardous substance into the enviro…

(415 ILCS 5/3.405) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.35) Sec. 3.405. Remove; removal. "Remove" or "removal" means the cleanup or removal of released hazardous substances from the environment, actions as may be necessary taken in the event of the threat of release of hazardous substances into the…

(415 ILCS 5/3.410) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.36) Sec. 3.410. Re-refined oil. "Re-refined oil" means any oil which has been refined from used oil meeting substantially the same standards as new oil. (Source: P.A. 92-574, eff. 6-26-02.)

(415 ILCS 5/3.415) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.37) Sec. 3.415. Resident. "Resident" means a person who dwells or has a place of abode which is occupied by that person for 60 days or more each calendar year. (Source: P.A. 92-574, eff. 6-26-02.)

(415 ILCS 5/3.420) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.38) Sec. 3.420. Resource conservation. "Resource conservation" means reduction of the amounts of waste that are generated, reduction of overall resource consumption and the utilization of recovered resources. (Source: P.A. 92-574, eff. 6-26-02…

(415 ILCS 5/3.425) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.90) Sec. 3.425. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act; RCRA. "Resource Conservation and Recovery Act" or "RCRA" means the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (P.L. 94-580), as amended. (Source: P.A. 92-574, eff. 6-26-02.)

(415 ILCS 5/3.430) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.66) Sec. 3.430. Resource groundwater. "Resource groundwater" means groundwater that is presently being or in the future capable of being put to beneficial use by reason of being of suitable quality. (Source: P.A. 92-574, eff. 6-26-02.)

(415 ILCS 5/3.435) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.39) Sec. 3.435. Resource recovery. "Resource recovery" means the recovery of material or energy from waste. (Source: P.A. 92-574, eff. 6-26-02.)

(415 ILCS 5/3.440) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.40) Sec. 3.440. Respond; response. "Respond" or "response" means remove, removal, remedy, and remedial action. (Source: P.A. 92-574, eff. 6-26-02.)

(415 ILCS 5/3.445) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.41) Sec. 3.445. Sanitary landfill. "Sanitary landfill" means a facility permitted by the Agency for the disposal of waste on land meeting the requirements of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, P.L. 94-580, and regulations thereunder, …

(415 ILCS 5/3.450) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.61) Sec. 3.450. Setback zone. "Setback zone" means a geographic area, designated pursuant to this Act, containing a potable water supply well or a potential source or potential route, having a continuous boundary, and within which certain proh…

(415 ILCS 5/3.455) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.42) Sec. 3.455. Sewage works. "Sewage works" means individually or collectively those constructions or devices used for collecting, pumping, treating, and disposing of sewage, industrial waste or other wastes or for the recovery of by-products…

(415 ILCS 5/3.458) Sec. 3.458. Sharps collection station. (a) "Sharps collection station" means a designated area at an applicable facility where (i) hypodermic, intravenous, or other medical needles or syringes or other sharps, or (ii) medical household waste containing medical …

(415 ILCS 5/3.460) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.43) Sec. 3.460. Site. "Site" means any location, place, tract of land, and facilities, including but not limited to buildings, and improvements used for purposes subject to regulation or control by this Act or regulations thereunder. (Source: …

(415 ILCS 5/3.465) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.44) Sec. 3.465. Sludge. "Sludge" means any solid, semi-solid, or liquid waste generated from a municipal, commercial, or industrial wastewater treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility or any other such w…

(415 ILCS 5/3.470) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.82) Sec. 3.470. Solid waste. "Solid waste" means waste. (Source: P.A. 92-574, eff. 6-26-02.)

(415 ILCS 5/3.475) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.45) Sec. 3.475. Special waste. "Special waste" means any of the following: (a) potentially infectious medical waste; (b) hazardous waste, as determined in conformance with RCRA hazardous waste determination requirements set forth in Section 72…

(415 ILCS 5/3.480) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.46) Sec. 3.480. Storage. "Storage" means the containment of waste, either on a temporary basis or for a period of years, in such a manner as not to constitute disposal. (Source: P.A. 92-574, eff. 6-26-02.)

(415 ILCS 5/3.485) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.47) Sec. 3.485. Storage site. "Storage site" is a site at which waste is stored. "Storage site" includes transfer stations but does not include (i) a site that accepts or receives waste in transfer containers unless the waste is removed from t…

(415 ILCS 5/3.487) Sec. 3.487. Surface discharging private sewage disposal system. "Surface discharging private sewage disposal system" means a sewage disposal system that discharges into the waters of the United States, as that term is used in the Federal Water Pollution Control…

(415 ILCS 5/3.488) Sec. 3.488. Time-limited water quality standard. "Time-limited water quality standard" has the meaning ascribed to the term "water quality standards variance" in 40 CFR 131.3(o). (Source: P.A. 99-937, eff. 2-24-17.)

(415 ILCS 5/3.490) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.48) Sec. 3.490. Trade secret. "Trade secret" means the whole or any portion or phase of any scientific or technical information, design, process (including a manufacturing process), procedure, formula or improvement, or business plan which is …

(415 ILCS 5/3.495) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.48-5) Sec. 3.495. Transfer container. "Transfer container" means a reusable transportable shipping container that is completely covered or enclosed, that has a volume of not less than 250 cubic feet based on the external dimensions, and that i…

(415 ILCS 5/3.500) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.83) Sec. 3.500. Transfer station. "Transfer station" means a site or facility that accepts waste for temporary storage or consolidation and further transfer to a waste disposal, treatment or storage facility. "Transfer station" includes a site…

(415 ILCS 5/3.505) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.49) Sec. 3.505. Treatment. "Treatment" means any method, technique or process, including neutralization, designed to change the physical, chemical, or biological character or composition of any waste so as to neutralize it or render it nonhaza…

(415 ILCS 5/3.510) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.50) Sec. 3.510. Underground injection. "Underground injection" means the subsurface emplacement of fluids by well injection. (Source: P.A. 92-574, eff. 6-26-02.)

(415 ILCS 5/3.515) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.62) Sec. 3.515. Unit. "Unit" means any device, mechanism, equipment, or area (exclusive of land utilized only for agricultural production). This term includes secondary containment structures and their contents at agrichemical facilities. (Sou…

(415 ILCS 5/3.520) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.51) Sec. 3.520. Used oil. "Used oil" means any oil which has been refined from crude oil or refined from used oil, has been used, and as a result of such use has been contaminated by physical or chemical impurities, except that "used oil" shal…

(415 ILCS 5/3.525) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.91) Sec. 3.525. Vegetable by-products. "Vegetable by-products" means any waste consisting solely of the unused portion of fruits and vegetables, associated solids, and process water resulting from any commercial canning, freezing, preserving o…

(415 ILCS 5/3.530) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.52) Sec. 3.530. Virgin oil. "Virgin oil" means any oil which has been refined from crude oil which may or may not contain additives and has not been used. (Source: P.A. 92-574, eff. 6-26-02.)

(415 ILCS 5/3.535) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.53) Sec. 3.535. Waste. "Waste" means any garbage, sludge from a waste treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility or other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semi-solid, or contained gaseous mater…

(415 ILCS 5/3.540) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.54) Sec. 3.540. Waste disposal site. "Waste disposal site" is a site on which solid waste is disposed. (Source: P.A. 92-574, eff. 6-26-02.)