Chapter 415, ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

(415 ILCS 5/54.06a) Sec. 54.06a. "Recyclable tire" means a used tire which is free of permanent physical damage and maintains sufficient tread depth to allow its use through resale or repairing. (Source: P.A. 89-200, eff. 1-1-96.)

(415 ILCS 5/54.07) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1054.07) Sec. 54.07. "Reprocessed tire" means a used tire which has been recapped, retreaded or regrooved and which has not been placed on a vehicle wheel rim. (Source: P.A. 86-452.)

(415 ILCS 5/54.08) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1054.08) Sec. 54.08. "Reused tire" means a used tire that is used again, in part or as a whole, by being employed in a particular function or application as an effective substitute for a commercial product or fuel without having been con…

(415 ILCS 5/54.09) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1054.09) Sec. 54.09. "Storage" means any accumulation of used tires that does not constitute disposal. At a minimum, such an accumulation must be an integral part of the systematic alteration, reuse, reprocessing or conversion of the tir…

(415 ILCS 5/54.10) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1054.10) Sec. 54.10. "Tire" means a hollow ring, made of rubber or similar materials, which was manufactured for the purpose of being placed on the wheel rim of a vehicle. (Source: P.A. 86-452.)

(415 ILCS 5/54.10a) Sec. 54.10a. "Tire carcass" means the internal part of a used tire containing the plies, beads, and belts suitable for retread or remanufacture. (Source: P.A. 89-200, eff. 1-1-96.)

(415 ILCS 5/54.10b) Sec. 54.10b. "Tire derived fuel" means a product made from used tires to exact specifications of a system designed to accept a tire derived fuel as a primary or supplemental fuel source. (Source: P.A. 89-200, eff. 1-1-96.)

(415 ILCS 5/54.11) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1054.11) Sec. 54.11. "Tire disposal site" means a site where used tires have been disposed of other than a sanitary landfill permitted by the Agency. (Source: P.A. 86-452.)

(415 ILCS 5/54.11a) Sec. 54.11a. "Tire retreader" means a person or firm that retreads or remanufactures tires. (Source: P.A. 89-200, eff. 1-1-96.)

(415 ILCS 5/54.12) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1054.12) Sec. 54.12. "Tire storage site" means a site where used tires are stored or processed, other than (1) the site at which the tires were separated from the vehicle wheel rim, (2) the site where the used tires were accepted in trad…

(415 ILCS 5/54.12a) Sec. 54.12a. "Tire storage unit" means a pile of tires or a group of piles of tires at a storage site. (Source: P.A. 89-200, eff. 1-1-96.)

(415 ILCS 5/54.12b) Sec. 54.12b. "Tire transporter" means a person who transports used or waste tires in a vehicle. (Source: P.A. 89-200, eff. 1-1-96.)

(415 ILCS 5/54.13) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1054.13) Sec. 54.13. "Used tire" means a worn, damaged, or defective tire that is not mounted on a vehicle. (Source: P.A. 92-24, eff. 7-1-01.)

(415 ILCS 5/54.14) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1054.14) Sec. 54.14. "Vector" means arthropods, rats, mice, birds or other animals capable of carrying disease-producing organisms to a human or animal host. "Vector" does not include animals that transmit disease to humans only when use…

(415 ILCS 5/54.15) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1054.15) Sec. 54.15. "Vehicle" means every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn, except devices moved by human power or by animal power, devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tr…

(415 ILCS 5/54.16) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1054.16) Sec. 54.16. "Waste tire" means a used tire that has been disposed of. (Source: P.A. 86-452.)

(415 ILCS 185/55) Sec. 55. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 103-651, eff. 7-18-24; text omitted.)

(415 ILCS 175/55) Sec. 55. Administration fee. By July 1, 2026, and each July 1 thereafter, a manufacturer or representative organization operating a stewardship program shall remit to the Agency a $40,000 administration fee. (Source: P.A. 103-372, eff. 1-1-24.)

(415 ILCS 205/55) Sec. 55. Fee and Agency role. (a) By July 1, 2025, and by July 1 of each year thereafter, each battery stewardship organization shall pay to the Agency an annual fee of $100,000. The fee shall cover the Agency's full costs of implementing, administering, and enf…

(415 ILCS 5/55) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1055) Sec. 55. Prohibited activities. (a) No person shall: (1) Cause or allow the open dumping of any used or waste tire. (2) Cause or allow the open burning of any used or waste tire. (3) Except at a tire storage site which contains more t…

(415 ILCS 135/55) Sec. 55. Limitation on actions; admissions. (a) An award or reimbursement made from the Fund under this Act shall be the claimant's exclusive method for the recovery of the costs of drycleaning facility remediation. (b) If a person conducts a remedial action act…

(415 ILCS 160/55) Sec. 55. Jurisdiction. (a) The Department and the Commission shall work cooperatively with each other and with other entities in the federal and State governments to ensure that the policies embodied in the Federal Act, the Illinois Gas Pipeline Safety Act, this…

(415 ILCS 5/55.1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1055.1) Sec. 55.1. (a) The prohibitions set forth in subdivision (a)(3) of Section 55 of this Act shall not apply to used tires: (1) generated and located at a site as a result of the growing and harvesting of agricultural crops or the ra…

(415 ILCS 5/55.10) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1055.10) Sec. 55.10. Tax returns by retailer. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, for returns due on or before January 31, 2010, each retailer of tires maintaining a place of business in this State shall make a return to th…

(415 ILCS 5/55.11) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1055.11) Sec. 55.11. Application of Retailers' Occupation Tax provisions. All the provisions of Sections 4, 5, 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e, 5f, 5g, 5i, 5j, 6, 6a, 6b, 6c, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 13 1/2 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, which are…

(415 ILCS 5/55.12) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1055.12) Sec. 55.12. Review under Administrative Review Law. The circuit court of any county wherein a hearing is held shall have the power to review all final administrative decisions of the Department of Revenue in administering the fe…

(415 ILCS 5/55.13) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1055.13) Sec. 55.13. Rules, etc. The Department of Revenue may adopt and enforce such reasonable rules and regulations relating to the administration and enforcement of the fee imposed by Section 55.8 of this Act as may be deemed expedie…

(415 ILCS 5/55.14) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1055.14) Sec. 55.14. Administrative procedures. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is hereby expressly adopted and shall apply to all administrative rules and procedures of the Department of Revenue under this Act, except that: (1…

(415 ILCS 5/55.15) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1055.15) Sec. 55.15. Violations. (a) Any retailer who fails to make a return, or who makes a fraudulent return, or who willfully violates any rule or regulation of the Department of Revenue for the administration and enforcement of the f…

(415 ILCS 5/55.2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1055.2) Sec. 55.2. (a) Not later than July 1, 1990, the Agency shall propose regulations which prescribe standards for the storage, disposal, processing and transportation of used and waste tires. (b) Not later than one year after the rec…

(415 ILCS 5/55.3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1055.3) Sec. 55.3. (a) Upon finding that an accumulation of used or waste tires creates an immediate danger to health, the Agency may take action pursuant to Section 34 of this Act. (b) Upon making a finding that an accumulation of used o…

(415 ILCS 5/55.4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1055.4) Sec. 55.4. (a) The owner or operator of a tire disposal site required to file and receive approval of a tire removal agreement under subsection (d) of Section 55 shall remove used or waste tires from the site in a manner that: (1)…

(415 ILCS 5/55.5) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1055.5) Sec. 55.5. (a) The Agency shall investigate alleged violations of this Title XIV, or of any regulation promulgated hereunder, or of any approval granted by the Agency, and may cause such other investigations to be made as it may d…

(415 ILCS 5/55.6) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1055.6) Sec. 55.6. Used Tire Management Fund. (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the Used Tire Management Fund. There shall be deposited into the Fund all monies received as (1) recovered costs…

(415 ILCS 5/55.6a) Sec. 55.6a. Emergency Public Health Fund. (a) Moneys in the Emergency Public Health Fund, subject to appropriation, shall be allocated annually as follows: (i) $300,000 to the University of Illinois for the purposes described in Section 55.6(c)(6) and (ii) subj…

(415 ILCS 5/55.7) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1055.7) Sec. 55.7. The Agency may adopt regulations as necessary for the administration of the grant and loan programs funded from the Used Tire Management Fund, including but not limited to procedures and criteria for applying for, evalu…

(415 ILCS 5/55.8) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1055.8) Sec. 55.8. Tire retailers. (a) Any person selling new or used tires at retail or offering new or used tires for retail sale in this State shall: (1) beginning on June 20, 2003 (the effective date of Public Act 93-32) and through J…

(415 ILCS 5/55.9) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1055.9) Sec. 55.9. Collection of fee. Retailers shall collect the fee from the purchaser by adding the fee to the selling price of the tire. The fee imposed by Section 55.8 shall be stated as a distinct item separate and apart from the se…

(415 ILCS 5/56) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1056) Sec. 56. (a) The General Assembly finds: (1) that potentially infectious medical waste, if not handled properly, may constitute an environmental or public health problem. (2) that potentially infectious medical waste, if not handled p…

(415 ILCS 5/56.1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1056.1) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-606) Sec. 56.1. Acts prohibited. (A) No person shall: (a) Cause or allow the disposal of any potentially infectious medical waste. Sharps may be disposed in any landfill permitted by t…

(415 ILCS 5/56.2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1056.2) Sec. 56.2. Regulations. (a) No later than July 1, 1993, the Board shall adopt regulations in accordance with Title VII of this Act prescribing design and operating standards and criteria for all potentially infectious medical wast…

(415 ILCS 5/56.3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1056.3) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-606) Sec. 56.3. Commencing March 31, 1993, and annually thereafter, each transporter of potentially infectious medical waste required to have a permit under subsection (f) of Section 5…

(415 ILCS 5/56.4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1056.4) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-606) Sec. 56.4. Medical waste manifests. (a) Manifests for potentially infectious medical waste shall consist of an original (the first page of the form) and 3 copies. Upon delivery of…

(415 ILCS 5/56.5) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1056.5) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-606) Sec. 56.5. Medical waste hauling fees. (a) The Agency shall annually collect a $2000 fee for each potentially infectious medical waste hauling permit application and, in addition,…

(415 ILCS 5/56.6) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1056.6) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-606) Sec. 56.6. Medical waste transportation fees. (a) The Agency shall collect from each transporter of potentially infectious medical waste required to have a permit under Section 56…

(415 ILCS 5/56.7) Sec. 56.7. No permit shall be required under subsection (d)(1) of Section 21 or subsection (g) of Section 56.1 of this Act for a sharps collection station if the station is operated in accordance with all of the following: (1) The only waste accepted at the shar…

(415 ILCS 5/57) Sec. 57. Intent and purpose. This Title shall be known and may be cited as the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Program (LUST). The purpose of this Title is, in accordance with the requirements of the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 of the Resource Co…

(415 ILCS 175/57) Sec. 57. Agency fees. All fees submitted to the Agency under this Act shall be deposited into the Solid Waste Management Fund to be used for costs associated with the administration of this Act. (Source: P.A. 103-372, eff. 1-1-24.)

(415 ILCS 5/57.1) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-700) Sec. 57.1. Applicability. (a) An owner or operator of an underground storage tank who meets the definition of this Title shall be required to conduct tank removal, abandonment and repair, site investigation, and…

(415 ILCS 5/57.10) Sec. 57.10. Professional Engineer or Professional Geologist certification; presumptions against liability. (a) Within 120 days of the Agency's receipt of a corrective action completion report, the Agency shall issue to the owner or operator a "no further remedi…