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| Public Act 100-0128 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning safety.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by | ||||
changing Section 22.56a as follows: | ||||
(415 ILCS 5/22.56a) | ||||
Sec. 22.56a. Land application of Exceptional Quality | ||||
biosolids. | ||||
(a) The General Assembly finds that: | ||||
(1) technological advances in wastewater treatment | ||||
have allowed for the production of Exceptional Quality | ||||
biosolids that can be used on land as a beneficial | ||||
recyclable material that improves soil tilth, fertility, | ||||
and stability and their use enhances the growth of | ||||
agricultural, silvicultural, and horticultural crops; | ||||
(2) Exceptional Quality biosolids are a resource to be | ||||
recovered; and | ||||
(3) the beneficial use of Exceptional Quality | ||||
biosolids and their recycling to the land as a soil | ||||
amendment is encouraged. | ||||
(b) To encourage and promote the use of Exceptional Quality | ||||
biosolids in productive and beneficial applications, to the | ||||
extent allowed by federal law, Exceptional Quality biosolids | ||||
shall not be subject to regulation as a sludge or other waste | ||
if all of the following requirements are met: | ||
(1) The sewage treatment plant generating the | ||
Exceptional Quality biosolids maintains the following | ||
information with respect to the biosolids: | ||
(A) documentation demonstrating that the | ||
Exceptional Quality biosolids do not exceed the | ||
ceiling concentration limits in Table 1 of 40 CFR | ||
503.13 and the pollutant concentration limits in Table | ||
3 of 40 CFR 503.13; | ||
(B) documentation demonstrating that the Class A | ||
pathogen requirements in 40 CFR 503.32(a) are met, | ||
including but not limited to a description of how they | ||
were met; | ||
(C) documentation demonstrating that the vector | ||
attraction requirements in 40 CFR 503.33(b)(1) through | ||
(b)(8) are met, including but not limited to a | ||
description of how they were met; | ||
(D) a certification statement regarding the Class | ||
A pathogen requirements in 40 CFR 503.32(a) and the | ||
vector attraction reduction requirements in 40 CFR | ||
503.33(b)(1) through (b)(8), as required in 40 CFR | ||
503.17(a)(1)(ii); and | ||
(E) the quantity of Exceptional Quality biosolids | ||
sold or given away by the sewage treatment plant each | ||
year.
The information must be maintained for a minimum | ||
of 5 years after the biosolids are generated, and upon | ||
request must be made available to the Agency for | ||
inspection and copying during normal business hours. | ||
(2) For Exceptional Quality biosolids that have not | ||
been bagged: | ||
(A) they are not applied to snow-covered or frozen | ||
ground; and | ||
(B) they are used on agricultural land in a manner | ||
that follows recommended application rates and are | ||
used on all land in a manner that follows best | ||
management practices to protect water quality. | ||
(3) If Exceptional Quality biosolids that have not been | ||
bagged are generated in another state and imported into | ||
this State, the person importing the biosolids must | ||
maintain the information set forth in subparagraph (A) of | ||
paragraph (1) of subsection (a) through subparagraph (D) of | ||
paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this Section and the | ||
amount of Exceptional Quality biosolids imported each | ||
year. The information must be maintained for a minimum of 5 | ||
years after the biosolids are imported, and upon request | ||
must be made available to the Agency for inspection and | ||
copying during normal business hours. | ||
(c) For purposes of this Section, Exceptional Quality | ||
biosolids are considered "bagged" if they are in a bag or in an | ||
open or closed receptacle that has a capacity of one metric ton | ||
or less, including, but not limited to, a bucket, box, carton, | ||
vehicle, or trailer.
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(d) Nothing in this Act shall limit or supersede the | ||
authority of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency to | ||
regulate exceptional quality biosolids under the Nuclear | ||
Safety Law of 2004. | ||
(Source: P.A. 99-67, eff. 7-20-15.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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