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1		AN ACT concerning safety.
2		Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3		represented in the General Assembly:
4		Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
5		adding Sections 3.560 and 22.56a as follows:
6		(415 ILCS 5/3.560 new)
7		Sec. 3.560. Exceptional Quality biosolids. "Exceptional
8		Quality biosolids" means solids that:
9		(1) are generated from the advanced processing of
10		publicly-owned sewage treatment plant sludge;
11		(2) do not exceed the ceiling concentration limits in
12		Table 1 of 40 CFR 503.13 and the pollutant concentration
13		limits in Table 3 of 40 CFR 503.13;
14		(3) meet the requirements for classification as Class A
15		with respect to pathogens in 40 CFR 503.32(a); and
16		(4) meet one of the vector attraction reduction
17		requirements in 40 CFR 503.33(b)(1) through (b)(8).
18		(415 ILCS 5/22.56a new)
19		Sec. 22.56a. Land application of Exceptional Quality
20		biosolids.
21		(a) The General Assembly finds that:
22		(1) technological advances in wastewater treatment

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1		have allowed for the production of Exceptional Quality
2		biosolids that can be used on land as a beneficial
3		recyclable material that improves soil tilth, fertility,
4		and stability and their use enhances the growth of
5		agricultural, silvicultural, and horticultural crops;
6		(2) Exceptional Quality biosolids are a resource to be
7		recovered; and
8		(3) the beneficial use of Exceptional Quality
9		biosolids and their recycling to the land as a soil
10		amendment is encouraged.
11		(b) To encourage and promote the use of Exceptional Quality
12		biosolids in productive and beneficial applications, to the
13		extent allowed by federal law, Exceptional Quality biosolids
14		shall not be subject to regulation as a sludge or other waste
15		if all of the following requirements are met:
16		(1) The sewage treatment plant generating the
17		Exceptional Quality biosolids maintains the following
18		information with respect to the biosolids:
19		(A) Documentation demonstrating that the
20		Exceptional Quality biosolids do not exceed the
21		ceiling concentration limits in Table 1 of 40 CFR
22		503.13 and the pollutant concentration limits in Table
23		3 of 40 CFR 503.13;
24		(B) Documentation demonstrating that the Class A
25		pathogen requirements in 40 CFR 503.32(a) are met,
26		including but not limited to a description of how they

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1		were met;
2		(C) Documentation demonstrating that the vector
3		attraction requirements in 40 CFR 503.33(b)(1) through
4		(b)(8) are met, including but not limited to a
5		description of how they were met;
6		(D) A certification statement regarding the Class
7		A pathogen requirements in 40 CFR 503.32(a) and the
8		vector attraction reduction requirements in 40 CFR
9		503.33(b)(1) through (b)(8), as required in 40 CFR
10		503.17(a)(1)(ii); and
11		(E) The quantity of Exceptional Quality biosolids
12		sold or given away by the sewage treatment plant each
13		year. The information must be maintained for a minimum
14		of 5 years after the biosolids are generated, and upon
15		request must be made available to the Agency for
16		inspection and copying during normal business hours.
17		(2) For Exceptional Quality biosolids that have not
18		been bagged:
19		(A) They are not applied to snow-covered or frozen
20		ground; and
21		(B) They are used on agricultural land in a manner
22		that follows recommended agronomic rates and are used
23		on all land in a manner that follows best management
24		practices to protect water quality.
25		(3) If Exceptional Quality biosolids that have not been
26		bagged are generated in another state and imported into

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1		this State, the person importing the biosolids must
2		maintain the information set forth in subparagraph (A) of
3		paragraph (1) of subsection (a) through subparagraph (D) of
4		paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this Section and the
5		amount of Exceptional Quality biosolids imported each
6		year. The information must be maintained for a minimum of 5
7		years after the biosolids are imported, and upon request
8		must be made available to the Agency for inspection and
9		copying during normal business hours.
10		(c) For purposes of this Section, Exceptional Quality
11		biosolids are considered "bagged" if they are in a bag or in an
12		open or closed receptacle that has a capacity of one metric ton
13		or less, including, but not limited to, a bucket, box, carton,
14		vehicle, or trailer.
15		Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16		becoming law.