Chapter 415 — ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

(415 ILCS 5/19) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1019) Sec. 19. Owners or official custodians of public water supplies shall submit such samples of water for analysis and such reports of operation pertaining to the sanitary quality, mineral quality, or adequacy of such supplies as may be …

(415 ILCS 5/19.1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1019.1) Sec. 19.1. Legislative findings. The General Assembly finds: (a) that local government units require assistance in financing the construction of water treatment works and projects in order to comply with the State's program of env…

(415 ILCS 5/19.10) Sec. 19.10. Re-enactment of Title IV-A; findings; purpose; validation. (a) The General Assembly finds and declares that: (1) Title IV-A (consisting of Sections 19.1 through 19.9) was first added to the Environmental Protection Act by Article III of Public Act 8…

(415 ILCS 5/19.11) Sec. 19.11. Public water supply disruption; notification. (a) In this Section: "Disruption event" means any: (1) change to a disinfection technique, practice, or technology, including each instance of any change in the concentration of any disinfectant in the w…

(415 ILCS 5/19.2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1019.2) Sec. 19.2. As used in this Title, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (a) "Agency" means the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. (b) "Fund" means the Water Revolving Fund created pursuant to this Title, consisting…

(415 ILCS 5/19.3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1019.3) Sec. 19.3. Water Revolving Fund. (a) There is hereby created within the State Treasury a Water Revolving Fund, consisting of 3 interest-bearing special programs to be known as the Water Pollution Control Loan Program, the Public W…

(415 ILCS 5/19.4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1019.4) Sec. 19.4. Regulations; priorities. (a) The Agency shall have the authority to promulgate regulations for the administration of this Title, including, but not limited to, rules setting forth procedures and criteria concerning loan…

(415 ILCS 5/19.5) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1019.5) Sec. 19.5. Loans; repayment. (a) The Agency shall have the authority to make loans pursuant to the regulations promulgated under Section 19.4. (b) Loans made from the Fund shall provide for: (1) a schedule of disbursement of proce…

(415 ILCS 5/19.6) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1019.6) Sec. 19.6. Delinquent loan repayment. (a) In the event that a timely payment is not made by a loan recipient according to the loan schedule of repayment, the loan recipient shall notify the Agency in writing within 15 days after t…

(415 ILCS 5/19.7) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1019.7) Sec. 19.7. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 90-372, eff. 7-1-98. Repealed internally, eff. 7-1-98.)

(415 ILCS 5/19.8) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1019.8) Sec. 19.8. Advisory committees. The Director of the Agency shall appoint committees to advise the Agency concerning the financial structure of the Programs. The committees shall consist of representatives from appropriate State ag…

(415 ILCS 5/19.9) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1019.9) Sec. 19.9. This Title shall be liberally construed so as to effect its purpose. (Source: P.A. 91-52, eff. 6-30-99.)

(415 ILCS 5/2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1002) Sec. 2. (a) The General Assembly finds: (i) that environmental damage seriously endangers the public health and welfare, as more specifically described in later sections of this Act; (ii) that because environmental damage does not resp…

(415 ILCS 5/20) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1020) Sec. 20. (a) The General Assembly finds: (1) that economic and population growth and new methods of manufacture, packaging, and marketing, without the parallel growth of facilities enabling and ensuring the recycling, reuse and conser…

(415 ILCS 5/20.1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1020.1) Sec. 20.1. (a) The Agency shall conduct a survey and prepare and publish a list of sites in the State where hazardous waste has been deposited, treated, or stored. (b) The Agency shall monitor hazardous waste processing, use, hand…

(415 ILCS 5/21) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1021) Sec. 21. Prohibited acts. No person shall: (a) Cause or allow the open dumping of any waste. (b) Abandon, dump, or deposit any waste upon the public highways or other public property, except in a sanitary landfill approved by the Agen…

(415 ILCS 5/21.1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1021.1) Sec. 21.1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (a.5), no person other than the State of Illinois, its agencies and institutions, or a unit of local government shall own or operate a MSWLF unit or other waste disposal operation on…

(415 ILCS 5/21.2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1021.2) Sec. 21.2. (a) After June 30, 1988, no person may sell or offer for sale at retail in this State any metal beverage container acquired by the seller or retailer after that date which is designed and constructed in such a manner th…

(415 ILCS 5/21.3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1021.3) Sec. 21.3. Environmental reclamation lien. (a) All costs and damages for which a person is liable to the State of Illinois under Section 22.2, 22.15a, 55.3, or 57.12 shall constitute an environmental reclamation lien in favor of t…

(415 ILCS 5/21.4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1021.4) Sec. 21.4. (a) The Agency is hereby authorized to acquire the fee or any lesser interest, including easements, in real property where necessary or appropriate: (1) to protect human health or the environment; or (2) to respond to t…

(415 ILCS 5/21.5) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1021.5) Sec. 21.5. Toxic packaging reduction. (a) For the purposes of this Section, the following terms have the meanings ascribed to them in this subsection: "Distributor" means any person, firm, or corporation that takes title to goods …

(415 ILCS 5/21.6) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1021.6) Sec. 21.6. Materials disposal ban. (a) Beginning July 1, 1996, no person may knowingly mix liquid used oil with any municipal waste that is intended for collection and disposal at a landfill. (b) Beginning July 1, 1996, no owner o…

(415 ILCS 5/21.7) Sec. 21.7. Landfills. (a) The purpose of this Section is to enact legislative recommendations provided by the Mahomet Aquifer Protection Task Force, established under Public Act 100-403. The Task Force identified capped but unregulated or underregulated landfill…

(415 ILCS 5/21.8) Sec. 21.8. Fluorescent lamp bans. (a) The General Assembly finds that: (1) Mercury is a persistent and toxic pollutant that bioaccumulates in the environment and poses a serious threat to humans, particularly young children, and wildlife. (2) Human exposure to m…

(415 ILCS 5/22) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022) Sec. 22. In accord with Title VII of this Act, the Board may adopt regulations to promote the purposes of this Title. Without limiting the generality of this authority, such regulations may among other things prescribe the following: …

(415 ILCS 5/22.01) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.01) Sec. 22.01. Manifests for nonhazardous special waste. When manifests are required by the Board for the shipment of nonhazardous special waste, the manifests shall consist of forms prescribed by the Agency. The forms must comply …

(415 ILCS 5/22.02) Sec. 22.02. Manifests for hazardous waste. Except to the extent required by federal law, generators and transporters of hazardous waste and facilities accepting hazardous waste are not required to submit copies of hazardous waste manifests to the Agency. Nothin…

(415 ILCS 5/22.10) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.10) Sec. 22.10. The Agency may issue permits which authorize owners or operators of treatment, storage and disposal facilities to receive Agency approved categories of waste from multiple generators. (Source: P.A. 83-1528.)

(415 ILCS 5/22.12) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.12) Sec. 22.12. The Agency shall coordinate with the Office of the State Fire Marshal in the administration of the Leaking Underground Storage Tank program, as established in Subtitle I of the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of…

(415 ILCS 5/22.13) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.13) Sec. 22.13. (Repealed). (Source: Repealed by P.A. 88-496.)

(415 ILCS 5/22.14) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.14) Sec. 22.14. (a) No person may establish any pollution control facility for use as a garbage transfer station, which is located less than 1000 feet from the nearest property zoned for primarily residential uses or within 1000 fee…

(415 ILCS 5/22.15) Sec. 22.15. Solid Waste Management Fund; fees. (a) There is hereby created within the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the Solid Waste Management Fund, to be constituted from the fees collected by the State pursuant to this Section, from repayments …

(415 ILCS 5/22.15a) Sec. 22.15a. Open dumping cleanup program. (a) Upon making a finding that open dumping poses a threat to the public health or to the environment, the Agency may take whatever preventive or corrective action is necessary or appropriate to end that threat. This …

(415 ILCS 5/22.16) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.16) Sec. 22.16. Fee exemptions. (a) The Agency shall grant exemptions from the fee requirements of Section 22.15 of this Act for permanent disposal or transport of solid waste meeting all of the following criteria: (1) permanent dis…

(415 ILCS 5/22.16a) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.16a) Sec. 22.16a. Additional fee exemptions. (a) In accordance with the findings and purposes of the Illinois Solid Waste Management Act, the Agency shall grant exemptions from the fee requirements of Section 22.15 of this Act for …

(415 ILCS 5/22.16b) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.16b) Sec. 22.16b. (a) Beginning January 1, 1991, the Agency shall assess and collect a fee from the owner or operator of each new municipal waste incinerator. The fee shall be calculated by applying the rates established from time …

(415 ILCS 5/22.17) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.17) Sec. 22.17. Landfill post-closure care. (a) The owner and operator of a sanitary landfill site that is not a site subject to subsection (a.5) or (a.10) of this Section shall monitor gas, water and settling at the completed site …

(415 ILCS 5/22.18) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.18) Sec. 22.18. (Repealed). (Source: Repealed by P.A. 88-496.)

(415 ILCS 5/22.18b) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.18b) Sec. 22.18b. (Repealed). (Source: Repealed by P.A. 88-496.)

(415 ILCS 5/22.18c) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.18c) Sec. 22.18c. (Repealed). (Source: Repealed by P.A. 88-496.)

(415 ILCS 5/22.19) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.19) Sec. 22.19. (a) Counties with 200,000 or more inhabitants but fewer than 300,000 inhabitants, which border on the Mississippi River, may by ordinance set reasonable operating hours for all sanitary landfills and waste-to-energy …

(415 ILCS 5/22.19a) Sec. 22.19a. Floodplain. (a) On and after January 1, 1998, no sanitary landfill or waste disposal site that is a pollution control facility, or any part of a sanitary landfill or waste disposal site that is a pollution control facility, may be located within t…

(415 ILCS 5/22.19b) Sec. 22.19b. Postclosure care requirements. (a) For those sanitary landfills and waste disposal sites located within the boundary of the 100-year floodplain pursuant to paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of Section 22.19a, to address the risks posed by flooding t…

(415 ILCS 5/22.2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.2) Sec. 22.2. Hazardous waste; fees; liability. (a) There are hereby created within the State Treasury 2 special funds to be known respectively as the "Hazardous Waste Fund" and the "Hazardous Waste Research Fund", constituted from t…

(415 ILCS 5/22.20) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.20) Sec. 22.20. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 86-820. Repealed by P.A. 92-574, eff. 6-26-02.)

(415 ILCS 5/22.21) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.21) Sec. 22.21. During operation of a pollution control facility, the operator shall comply with the safety standards relating to construction established pursuant to the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, Title 29,…

(415 ILCS 5/22.22) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.22) Sec. 22.22. Landscape waste. (a) Beginning July 1, 1990, no person may knowingly mix landscape waste that is intended for collection or for disposal at a landfill with any other municipal waste. (b) Beginning July 1, 1990, no pe…

(415 ILCS 5/22.23) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.23) Sec. 22.23. Batteries. (a) Beginning September 1, 1990, any person selling lead-acid batteries at retail or offering lead-acid batteries for retail sale in this State shall: (1) accept for recycling used lead-acid batteries from…

(415 ILCS 5/22.23a) Sec. 22.23a. Fluorescent and high intensity discharge lamps. (a) As used in this Section, "fluorescent or high intensity discharge lamp" means a lighting device that contains mercury and generates light through the discharge of electricity either directly or i…

(415 ILCS 5/22.23b) Sec. 22.23b. Mercury and mercury-added products. (a) Beginning July 1, 2005, no person shall purchase or accept, for use in a primary or secondary school classroom, bulk elemental mercury, chemicals containing mercury compounds, or instructional equipment or m…