Section 721.110  Criteria for Identifying the Characteristics of Hazardous Waste

a)         USEPA stated in corresponding federal 40 CFR 261.10 that it identifies and defines a characteristic of hazardous waste in Subpart C only upon determining the following:

1)         That a solid waste that exhibits the characteristic may do either of the following:

A)        It could cause, or significantly contribute to, an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible, or incapacitating reversible, illness; or

B)        It could pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when it is improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of or otherwise managed; and

2)         That the characteristic can be as follows:

A)        It can be measured by an available standardized test method that is reasonable within the capability of generators of solid waste or private sector laboratories that are available to serve generators of solid waste; or

B)        It can reasonably be detected by generators of solid waste through their knowledge of their waste.

b)         Delisting procedures are contained in 35 Ill. Adm. Code 720.122.

(Source:  Amended at 42 Ill. Reg. 21673, effective November 19, 2018)