Chapter 415 — ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

(415 ILCS 90/6) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 991-6) Sec. 6. Grant program. The Agency shall establish a grant program for local governments that desire to provide a local or regional household hazardous waste collection center. Grants shall be authorized to cover collection center cos…

(415 ILCS 90/7) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 991-7) Sec. 7. Evaluation and report. The Agency shall submit to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before January 1, 1995, a report evaluating the effectiveness of the programs provided under this Act including all of the followin…

(415 ILCS 92/1) Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Regulation of Phosphorus in Detergents Act. (Source: P.A. 95-115, eff. 8-13-07.)

(415 ILCS 92/5) Sec. 5. Prohibition; definition; exceptions. (a) On and after July 1, 2010, no person may use, sell, manufacture, or distribute for sale any cleaning agent containing more than 0.5% phosphorus by weight, expressed as elemental phosphorus, in Illinois, except as ot…

(415 ILCS 92/99) Sec. 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 95-115, eff. 8-13-07.)

(415 ILCS 95/0.01) (from Ch. 121, par. 460) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Junkyard Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(415 ILCS 95/1) (from Ch. 121, par. 461) Sec. 1. For the purpose of promoting the public safety, health, welfare, convenience and enjoyment of public travel, to protect the public investment in public highways, and to preserve and enhance the scenic beauty of lands bordering publ…

(415 ILCS 95/2) (from Ch. 121, par. 462) Sec. 2. Terms used in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, are defined as follows: (1) "junkyard" means an establishment or place of business which is maintained, operated, or used for storing, keeping, buying, or selling junk,…

(415 ILCS 95/3) (from Ch. 121, par. 463) Sec. 3. No person may hereafter establish, operate, or maintain a junkyard or scrap processing facility, any portion of which is within 1,000 feet of the nearest edge of the right of way of any highway on the Federal-Aid Interstate or Fede…

(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 95/5) (from Ch. 121, par. 465) Sec. 5. The Department shall promulgate regulations governing the location, planting, construction and maintenance, including materials used in screening or fencing required by this Act. (Source: Laws 1967, p. 1927.)

(415 ILCS 95/6) (from Ch. 121, par. 466) Sec. 6. When the Department determines that the topography of the land will not permit adequate screening of existing junkyards or scrap processing facilities or junkyards or scrap processing facilities lawfully established but which becom…

(415 ILCS 95/6.5) Sec. 6.5. Eminent domain. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any power granted under this Act to acquire property by condemnation or eminent domain is subject to, and shall be exercised in accordance with, the Eminent Domain Act. (Source: P.A. 94-1…

(415 ILCS 95/7) (from Ch. 121, par. 467) Sec. 7. (a) The Department may, in addition to any other remedies, initiate an appropriate action in the circuit court of the county in which a junkyard or scrap processing facility is located, to prevent the unlawful establishment, operat…

(415 ILCS 95/8) (from Ch. 121, par. 468) Sec. 8. The Department is authorized to enter into agreements with the designated authority of the United States Government relating to the control of junkyards or scrap processing facility in areas adjacent to the Federal-Aid Interstate a…

(415 ILCS 105/1) (from Ch. 38, par. 86-1) Sec. 1. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Litter Control Act". (Source: P.A. 78-837.)

(415 ILCS 105/10) (from Ch. 38, par. 86-10) Sec. 10. In order to assist the public in complying with this Act, the owner or person in control of any property which is held out to the public as a place for assemblage, the transaction of business, recreation or as a public way shal…

(415 ILCS 105/11) (from Ch. 38, par. 86-11) Sec. 11. This Act shall be enforced by all law enforcement officers in their respective jurisdictions, whether employed by the State or by any unit of local government. Prosecutions for violation of this Act shall be conducted by the St…

(415 ILCS 105/13) (from Ch. 38, par. 86-13) Sec. 13. If any provision of this Act, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the Act which can be given effect without th…

(415 ILCS 105/14) (from Ch. 38, par. 86-14) Sec. 14. This Act takes effect January 1, 1974. (Source: P.A. 78-837.)

(415 ILCS 105/2) (from Ch. 38, par. 86-2) Sec. 2. The General Assembly finds and determines that: (i) rapid population growth, the ever increasing mobility of the population and improper and abusive discard habits cause the existence, proliferation and accumulation of litter upon…

(415 ILCS 105/3) (from Ch. 38, par. 86-3) Sec. 3. As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Litter" means any discarded, used or unconsumed substance or waste. "Litter" may include, but is not limited to, any garbage, trash, refuse, cigarettes, debris, rubb…

(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 105/5) (from Ch. 38, par. 86-5) Sec. 5. No person shall dump, deposit, drop, throw, discard or otherwise dispose of litter from any motor vehicle upon any public highway, upon any public or private property or upon or into any river, lake, pond, stream or body of water …

(415 ILCS 105/6) (from Ch. 38, par. 86-6) Sec. 6. No person shall allow litter to accumulate upon real property, of which the person charged is the owner or tenant in control, in such a manner as to constitute a public nuisance or in such a manner that the litter may be blown or …

(415 ILCS 105/7) (from Ch. 38, par. 86-7) Sec. 7. No person shall abandon a motor vehicle on any highway, on any public property or on any private property of which he is not the owner or tenant in lawful possession in this State. The person to whom last was issued the certificat…

(415 ILCS 105/8) (from Ch. 38, par. 86-8) Sec. 8. Persons who violate any of Sections 4 through 7 are subject to the penalties set out in this Section. (a) Any person convicted of a violation of Section 4, 5, 6 or 7 is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. A second conviction for an o…

(415 ILCS 105/9) (from Ch. 38, par. 86-9) Sec. 9. Whenever litter is thrown, deposited, dropped or dumped from any motor vehicle not carrying passengers for hire, the presumption is created that the operator of that motor vehicle has violated Section 5, but that presumption may b…

(415 ILCS 110/2001) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9751) Sec. 2001. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Recycled Newsprint Use Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1443.)

(415 ILCS 110/2002) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9752) Sec. 2002. Definitions. As used in this Act, the terms defined in the Sections that follow this Section and precede Section 2003 shall have the meaning therein given. (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

(415 ILCS 110/2002.03) Sec. 2002.03. Agency. "Agency" means the Environmental Protection Agency. (Source: P.A. 102-444, eff. 8-20-21.)

(415 ILCS 110/2002.05) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9752.05) Sec. 2002.05. "Consumer of newsprint" means the entity that publishes that portion of a newspaper that is published or printed in this State at daily, weekly, or other short periodic intervals and that contains current news a…

(415 ILCS 110/2002.10) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9752.10) Sec. 2002.10. "Newsprint" means uncoated paper, whether supercalendered or machine finished, of the type generally used for the publication of newspapers. "Newsprint" includes paper made from old newspapers or postconsumer wa…

(415 ILCS 110/2002.15) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9752.15) Sec. 2002.15. "Old newspaper" means any newsprint that is separated from other types of solid waste or collected separately from other types of solid waste and made available for reuse in making new newsprint and that meets q…

(415 ILCS 110/2002.20) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9752.20) Sec. 2002.20. "Postconsumer waste paper" means a finished material that normally would be disposed of as a solid waste, having completed its life cycle as a consumer item, including but not limited to printing plant waste pap…

(415 ILCS 110/2002.25) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9752.25) Sec. 2002.25. "Recycled content newsprint" means newsprint in which some percentage of its fiber is recycled fiber. (Source: P.A. 86-1443.)

(415 ILCS 110/2002.30) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9752.30) Sec. 2002.30. "Recycled fiber" means fiber of old newspaper or postconsumer waste paper dissolved into pulp and deinked and used to create recycled content newsprint. (Source: P.A. 86-1443.)

(415 ILCS 110/2002.35) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9752.35) Sec. 2002.35. "Percent recycled fiber" means the percentage of recycled fiber present in a type of recycled content newsprint. (Source: P.A. 86-1443.)

(415 ILCS 110/2002.40) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9752.40) Sec. 2002.40. "Total newsprint usage" means the total amount of newsprint used by a consumer of newsprint in one year. (Source: P.A. 86-1443.)

(415 ILCS 110/2002.45) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9752.45) Sec. 2002.45. "Recycled fiber usage" means the percentage of recycled fibers present in the total newsprint usage of a consumer of newsprint. (Source: P.A. 86-1443.)

(415 ILCS 110/2002.50) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9752.50) Sec. 2002.50. "Department" means the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. (Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)

(415 ILCS 110/2002.55) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9752.55) Sec. 2002.55. "Goals" means the targeted aggregate recycled fiber usage which all consumers of newsprint in Illinois will voluntarily achieve. (Source: P.A. 86-1443.)

(415 ILCS 110/2003) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9753) Sec. 2003. Recycled fiber usage. On and after January 1, 1991, newsprint used in this State by consumers of newsprint shall have an annual average recycled fiber usage consistent with the goals established in this Section. The goal…

(415 ILCS 110/2004) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9754) Sec. 2004. Consumer usage certification. Each consumer of newsprint within the State shall, on or before March 1 of each year, certify to the Agency the amount in tons of every type of newsprint used by the consumer of newsprint th…

(415 ILCS 110/2005) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9755) Sec. 2005. Audit. Every consumer of newsprint who submits recycled fiber usage certification may be subject to an audit by the Agency to ensure that the recycled fiber percentage requirement was met. (Source: P.A. 102-444, eff. 8-2…

(415 ILCS 110/2006) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9756) Sec. 2006. Supplier certification. Each person who supplies a consumer of newsprint with newsprint shall certify the percentage of recycled fibers contained in each shipment to each consumer of newsprint. If a shipment contains no …

(415 ILCS 110/2007) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9757) Sec. 2007. List identifying consumers and suppliers. For the purposes of implementing and enforcing this Act, the Agency shall develop and maintain a list that identifies every consumer of newsprint in Illinois and every person who…

(415 ILCS 110/2008) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9758) Sec. 2008. Comparable quality standards. (a) For the purposes of implementing and enforcing this Act, the Agency shall set comparable quality standards for each of the grades of newsprint available from all suppliers of newsprint t…

(415 ILCS 110/2009) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9759) Sec. 2009. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 90-372, eff. 7-1-98. Repealed internally, eff. 7-1-98.)