99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB1445
 
Introduced , by Rep. Elaine Nekritz
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:



      
415 ILCS 5/3.335 was 415 ILCS 5/3.27
415 ILCS 5/3.465 was 415 ILCS 5/3.44
415 ILCS 5/3.535 was 415 ILCS 5/3.53
415 ILCS 5/3.560 new

 Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that "pollution control waste", "sludge", and "waste" do not include exceptional quality biosolids. Defines "exceptional quality biosolids".



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A BILL FOR
 


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1 AN ACT concerning safety.


2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3represented in the General Assembly:



4 Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by 
5changing Sections 3.335, 3.465, and 3.535 and by adding Section 
63.560 as follows:




7 (415 ILCS 5/3.335) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.27)



8 Sec. 3.335. Pollution control waste. "Pollution control 
9waste"
means any liquid, solid, semi-solid or gaseous waste 
10generated as a direct
or indirect result of the removal of 
11contaminants from the air,
water or land, and which pose a 
12present or potential threat
to human health or to the 
13environment or with inherent
properties which make the disposal 
14of such waste in a landfill
difficult to manage by normal 
15means. "Pollution control waste"
includes but is not limited to 
16water and wastewater treatment
plant sludges, baghouse dusts, 
17landfill waste, scrubber sludges
and chemical spill cleanings. 
18"Pollution control waste" does not include exceptional quality 
19biosolids. 

20(Source: P.A. 92-574, eff. 6-26-02.)





21 (415 ILCS 5/3.465) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.44)



22 Sec. 3.465. Sludge. "Sludge" means any solid, semi-solid, 
 
 
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1or
liquid waste generated from a municipal, commercial, or 
2industrial wastewater
treatment plant, water supply treatment 
3plant, or air pollution control
facility or any other such 
4waste having similar characteristics and effects. "Sludge" 
5does not include exceptional quality biosolids.

6(Source: P.A. 92-574, eff. 6-26-02.)





7 (415 ILCS 5/3.535) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.53)



8 Sec. 3.535. Waste. 
"Waste" means any garbage, sludge from 
9a waste treatment plant,
water supply treatment plant, or air 
10pollution control facility or other
discarded material, 
11including solid, liquid, semi-solid, or contained
gaseous 
12material resulting from industrial, commercial, mining and

13agricultural operations, and from community activities, but 
14does not
include solid or dissolved material in domestic 
15sewage, exceptional quality biosolids, or solid or
dissolved 
16materials in irrigation return flows, or coal combustion

17by-products as defined in Section 3.135, or industrial

18discharges which are point sources subject to permits under 
19Section
402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as now 
20or hereafter
amended, or source, special nuclear, or by-product 
21materials as
defined by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 
22amended (68 Stat. 921)
or any solid or dissolved material from 
23any facility subject to
the Federal Surface Mining Control and 
24Reclamation Act of 1977 (P.L.
95-87) or the rules and 
25regulations thereunder or any law or rule or
regulation adopted 
 
 
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1by the State of Illinois pursuant thereto.

2(Source: P.A. 92-574, eff. 6-26-02.)


3 (415 ILCS 5/3.560 new)
4 Sec. 3.560. Exceptional quality biosolids. "Exceptional 
5quality biosolids" means solids produced by advanced treatment 
6of wastewater treatment plant sludge through stabilization and 
7other processes to meet the following requirements of 40 C.F.R. 
8Part 503: the pollutant concentrations in Table 3 of Section 
9503.13(b), the Class A pathogen requirements in Section 503.32, 
10and one of the vector attraction requirements in Section 
11503.33(b)(1)-(8).