Chapter 415, ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

(415 ILCS 105/4) (from Ch. 38, par. 86-4) Sec. 4. No person shall dump, deposit, drop, throw, discard, leave, cause or permit the dumping, depositing, dropping, throwing, discarding or leaving of litter upon any public or private property in this State, or upon or into any river,…

(415 ILCS 85/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7954) Sec. 4. Toxic Pollution Prevention Program. There is hereby established within the Agency a Toxic Pollution Prevention Program. The Program, at a minimum, shall: (1) Identify all federal and State laws or regulations pertaining to was…

(415 ILCS 25/4) (from Ch. 85, par. 1704) Sec. 4. Whenever any oil or other pollutant is discharged in violation of Section 3 of this Act, any governmental body having such waters within its territorial limits is authorized to act to remove or arrange for the removal of such oil o…

(415 ILCS 90/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 991-4) Sec. 4. Pilot project plan. (a) The Agency shall formulate and update a plan for collecting small quantities of household hazardous waste from households in the State. The plan shall include: (1) An assessment of private industry int…

(415 ILCS 35/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 116.154) Sec. 4. Scope. No water well pump or equipment shall be installed contrary to the provisions of this Act or any rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto. The provisions of this Act apply to any water well pump or equipment em…

(415 ILCS 30/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 116.114) Sec. 4. Scope. No water well, closed loop well or monitoring well shall be located, constructed or modified contrary to the provisions of this Act or any rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto. The provisions of this Act ap…

(415 ILCS 15/4) (from Ch. 85, par. 5954) Sec. 4. (a) By March 1, 1991, each county with a population of 100,000 or more and each municipality with a population of 1,000,000 or more, and by March 1, 1995, each county with a population of less than 100,000, shall submit to the Agen…

(415 ILCS 95/4) (from Ch. 121, par. 464) Sec. 4. Any junkyard or scrap processing facility lawfully in existence on the effective date of this Act which is within 1,000 feet of the nearest edge of the right of way and visible from the main-traveled way of any highway on the Feder…

(415 ILCS 95/4.5) Sec. 4.5. Automobile graveyards located near canals; inspection by EPA. The Environmental Protection Agency may inspect any automobile graveyard located within 1000 feet of a canal in Illinois to determine if any contaminates are entering canal waters from the a…

(415 ILCS 170/40) Sec. 40. PFAS disposal program. The Agency shall establish a take-back program for fire departments that use and store firefighting foam containing PFAS. Fire departments that participated in the most recent survey described in Section 25 shall be eligible to pa…

(415 ILCS 135/40) Sec. 40. Remedial action account. (a) The remedial action account is established to provide reimbursement to eligible claimants for drycleaning solvent investigation, remedial action planning, and remedial action activities for existing drycleaning solvent conta…

(415 ILCS 5/40) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1040) Sec. 40. Appeal of permit denial. (a)(1) If the Agency refuses to grant or grants with conditions a permit under Section 39 of this Act, the applicant may, within 35 days after the date on which the Agency served its decision on the a…

(415 ILCS 120/40) Sec. 40. Appropriations from the Electric Vehicle and Charging Fund. (a) The Agency shall estimate the amount of user fees expected to be collected under Section 35 of this Act for each fiscal year. User fee funds shall be deposited into and distributed from the…

(415 ILCS 205/40) Sec. 40. Collection and management requirements. (a) Battery stewardship organizations implementing a battery stewardship plan must provide for the collection of all covered batteries, including all chemistries and brands of covered batteries, on a free, continu…

(415 ILCS 160/40) Sec. 40. Application; the Illinois Oil and Gas Act. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the Illinois Oil and Gas Act applies to underground natural gas storage facilities and to persons operating underground natural gas storage facilities. (Source: P.A. 10…

(415 ILCS 175/40) Sec. 40. Annual report. By July 1, 2028, and each July 1 thereafter, a manufacturer or representative organization shall submit a report to the Agency that details the implementation of the manufacturer's or representative organization's program during the prior…

(415 ILCS 185/40) Sec. 40. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 103-651, eff. 7-18-24; text omitted.)

(415 ILCS 5/40.1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1040.1) Sec. 40.1. Appeal of siting approval. (a) If the county board or the governing body of the municipality, as determined by paragraph (c) of Section 39 of this Act, refuses to grant or grants with conditions approval under Section 3…

(415 ILCS 5/40.2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1040.2) Sec. 40.2. Application of review process. (a) Subsection (a) of Section 40 does not apply to any permit which is subject to Section 39.5. If the Agency refuses to grant or grants with conditions a CAAPP permit, makes a determinati…

(415 ILCS 5/40.3) Sec. 40.3. Review process for PSD permits. (a) (1) Subsection (a) of Section 40 does not apply to any PSD permit that is subject to subsection (c) of Section 9.1 of this Act. If the Agency refused to grant or grants with conditions a PSD permit, the applicant ma…

(415 ILCS 5/41) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1041) Sec. 41. Judicial review. (a) Any party to a Board hearing, any person who filed a complaint on which a hearing was denied, any person who has been denied a variance or permit under this Act, any party adversely affected by a final or…

(415 ILCS 5/42) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1042) Sec. 42. Civil penalties. (a) Except as provided in this Section, any person that violates any provision of this Act or any regulation adopted by the Board, or any permit or term or condition thereof, or that violates any order of the…

(415 ILCS 5/43) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1043) Sec. 43. (a) In circumstances of substantial danger to the environment or to the public health of persons or to the welfare of persons where such danger is to the livelihood of such persons, the State's Attorney or Attorney General, u…

(415 ILCS 5/44) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1044) Sec. 44. Criminal acts; penalties. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, it shall be a Class A misdemeanor to violate this Act or regulations thereunder, or any permit or term or condition thereof, or knowingly to submit a…

(415 ILCS 5/44.1) Sec. 44.1. (a) In addition to all other civil and criminal penalties provided by law, any person convicted of a criminal violation of this Act or the regulations adopted thereunder shall forfeit to the State (1) an amount equal to the value of all profits earned…

(415 ILCS 170/45) Sec. 45. Other banned products; other civil penalties; enforcement. (a) Beginning January 1, 2032, a person may not sell, offer for sale, or distribute for sale in this State the following products if the product contains intentionally added PFAS: (1) cosmetics;…

(415 ILCS 135/45) Sec. 45. Insurance account. (a) The insurance account shall offer financial assurance for a qualified owner or operator of a drycleaning facility under the terms and conditions provided for under this Section. Coverage may be provided to either the owner or the …

(415 ILCS 185/45) Sec. 45. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 103-651, eff. 7-18-24; text omitted.)

(415 ILCS 160/45) Sec. 45. Annual certification and report. The Department shall prepare and file with the Secretary of Transportation the initial and annual certification and report required by 49 U.S.C. 60105(a). (Source: P.A. 100-1172, eff. 1-4-19.)

(415 ILCS 205/45) Sec. 45. Education and outreach requirements. (a) Each battery stewardship organization must carry out promotional activities in support of plan implementation including, but not limited to: (1) the development and maintenance of a website; (2) the development a…

(415 ILCS 120/45) Sec. 45. Electric Vehicle and Charging Fund; creation; deposit of user fees. A separate fund in the State treasury called the Electric Vehicle and Charging Fund is created, into which shall be transferred the user fees as provided in Section 35, funds as provide…

(415 ILCS 175/45) Sec. 45. Disclosure. Financial, production, or sales data reported to the Agency by a manufacturer, retailer, or representative organization is confidential business information that is exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. (Source: P.A. 1…

(415 ILCS 5/45) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1045) Sec. 45. Injunctive and other relief. (a) No existing civil or criminal remedy for any wrongful action shall be excluded or impaired by this Act. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit or supersede the provisions of the Illin…

(415 ILCS 5/46) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1046) Sec. 46. (a) Any municipality, sanitary district, county or other public body created by or pursuant to State law and having jurisdiction over disposal of sewage, industrial wastes, or other wastes, which has been directed by an order…

(415 ILCS 5/47) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1047) Sec. 47. (a) The State of Illinois and all its agencies, institutions, officers and subdivisions shall comply with all requirements, prohibitions, and other provisions of the Act and of regulations adopted thereunder. (b) (Blank). (c)…

(415 ILCS 5/48) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1048) Sec. 48. (a) Whenever the Board has adopted regulations respecting the equipment, specifications, use, inspection, or sale of vehicles, vessels, or aircraft, no department or agency shall license any such vehicles, vessels, or aircraf…

(415 ILCS 5/49) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1049) Sec. 49. Proceedings governed by Act; compliance as defense. (a) (Blank.) (b) All proceedings respecting acts done before the effective date of this Act shall be determined in accordance with the law and regulations in force at the ti…

(415 ILCS 65/5) (from Ch. 5, par. 855) Sec. 5. Containment of spills, wash water, and rinsate collection. (a) No loading of lawn care products for distribution to a customer or washing or rinsing of pesticide residues from vehicles, application equipment, mixing equipment, floors…

(415 ILCS 50/5) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 585) Sec. 5. Penalty. Any person who violates this Act, or any standard, rule or regulation adopted by the county board pursuant to authority granted by this Act with respect to the establishment of a wastewater land treatment site shall up…

(415 ILCS 12/5) Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "County" means a county in Illinois having a population of 3,000,000 or more, and any county that is contiguous to that county. "Hauler" means any person who engages in the b…

(415 ILCS 170/5) Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires: "Agency" means the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. "Auxiliary firefighting personal protective equipment" means personal protective equipment other than firefighting personal prote…

(415 ILCS 130/5) Sec. 5. Findings. The General Assembly finds: (a) The Federal Clean Air Act, as amended, contains a comprehensive regulatory scheme for the control of emissions from mobile, stationary and area sources, which will improve ambient air quality and health and welfar…

(415 ILCS 175/5) Sec. 5. Findings. The General Assembly finds that: (1) Leftover architectural paints present significant waste management issues for counties and municipalities and create costly environmental, health, and safety risks if not properly managed. (2) Nationally, an …

(415 ILCS 205/5) Sec. 5. Findings. The General Assembly finds that: (1) It is in the public interest of the citizens of Illinois to encourage the recovery and reuse of materials, such as metals, that replace the output of mining and other extractive industries. (2) Without a dedi…

(415 ILCS 200/5) Sec. 5. Findings. The General Assembly finds that: (1) Article XI of the Illinois Constitution states the public policy of the State and the duty of each person is to provide and maintain a healthful environment for the benefit of this and future generations and …

(415 ILCS 195/5) Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: "Hotel" has the meaning given in the Hotel Operators' Occupation Tax Act. "Personal care products" includes shampoo, hair conditioner, and bath soap intended to be applied to or used on the human body in the shower or bat…

(415 ILCS 47/5) Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: "Agency" means the Environmental Protection Agency. "Board" means the Pollution Control Board. "MCL" means maximum contaminant level, or the legal threshold limit on the amount of a substance that is allowed in public wate…

(415 ILCS 190/5) Sec. 5. Definition of event facility. In this Act, "event facility" means a permanent structure for holding public meetings or public events, including, but not limited to, baseball games, football games, hockey games, automobile races, or other musical, dramatic…

(415 ILCS 185/5) Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: "Carbon dioxide sequestration reservoir" means a portion of a sedimentary geologic stratum or formation containing pore space, including, but not limited to, depleted reservoirs and saline formations, that is suitable for…

(415 ILCS 80/5) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7905) Sec. 5. State purchasing. The Department of Central Management Services, and all other departments and agencies of State government, when purchasing plastic containers and other plastic products, shall purchase products that are degra…