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90_HB0256
415 ILCS 5/21.6 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1021.6
Amends the Environmental Protection Act to make technical
changes.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Environmental Protection Act by
2 changing Section 21.6.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
6 changing Section 21.6 as follows:
7 (415 ILCS 5/21.6) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1021.6)
8 Sec. 21.6. Materials disposal ban.
9 (a) Beginning July 1, 1996, no person may knowingly mix
10 liquid used oil with any municipal waste that is intended for
11 collection and disposal at a landfill.
12 (b) Beginning July 1, 1996, no owner or operator of a
13 sanitary landfill shall accept liquid used oil for final
14 disposal that is discernible discernable in the course of
15 prudent business operation.
16 (c) For purposes of this Section, "liquid used oil"
17 shall not include used oil filters, rags, absorbent material
18 used to collect spilled oil or other materials incidentally
19 contaminated with used oil, or empty containers that which
20 previously contained virgin oil, re-refined oil, or used oil.
21 (d) The Agency and the Department of Commerce and
22 Community Affairs shall investigate the manner in which
23 liquid used oil is currently being utilized and potential
24 prospects for future use.
25 (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)