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91_HB3012
LRB9109985ACtm
1 AN ACT in relation to environmental 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
5 by changing Section 22.23a as follows:
6 (415 ILCS 5/22.23a)
7 Sec. 22.23a. Fluorescent and high intensity discharge
8 lamps.
9 (a) As used in this Section, "fluorescent or high
10 intensity discharge lamp" means a lighting device that
11 contains mercury and generates light through the discharge of
12 electricity either directly or indirectly through a
13 fluorescent coating, including a mercury vapor, high pressure
14 sodium, or metal halide lamp containing mercury, lead, or
15 cadmium.
16 (b) No person may knowingly cause or allow the disposal
17 of any fluorescent or high intensity discharge lamp in any
18 municipal waste incinerator beginning July 1, 1997. This
19 Section does not apply to lamps generated by households.
20 (c) (1) Hazardous fluorescent and high intensity
21 discharge lamps are hereby designated as a category of
22 universal waste subject to the streamlined hazardous
23 waste rules set forth in Title 35 of the Illinois
24 Administrative Code, Subtitle G, Chapter I, Subchapter c,
25 Part 733 ("Part 733"). Within 60 days of August 19, 1997
26 the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997 the
27 Agency shall propose, and within 180 days of receipt of
28 the Agency's proposal the Board shall adopt, rules that
29 reflect this designation and that prescribe procedures
30 and standards for the management of hazardous fluorescent
31 and high intensity discharge lamps as universal waste.
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1 (2) If the United States Environmental Protection
2 Agency adopts streamlined hazardous waste regulations
3 pertaining to the management of fluorescent and high
4 intensity discharge lamps, or otherwise exempts those
5 lamps from regulation as hazardous waste, the Board
6 shall adopt an equivalent rule in accordance with Section
7 7.2 of this Act within 180 days of adoption of the
8 federal regulation. The equivalent Board rule may serve
9 as an alternative to the rules adopted under subdivision
10 (1) of this subsection.
11 (d) Until the Board adopts rules pursuant to subsection
12 (c), fluorescent and high intensity discharge lamps shall be
13 managed in accordance with existing laws and regulations or
14 under the following conditions:
15 (1) after being removed from service, the generator
16 stores the lamps in a safe manner that minimizes the
17 chance of breakage;
18 (2) no lamps are stored longer than 6 months from
19 the time they are removed from service;
20 (3) the generator delivers the lamps to a licensed
21 hauler that will deliver the lamps to a recycler; and
22 (4) the lamps are transported in a safe manner that
23 minimizes the chance of breakage.
24 (e) The Agency shall study the problem associated with
25 used fluorescent and high intensity discharge lamps that are
26 processed or disposed of as part of mixed solid waste, and
27 shall identify possible collection and recycling systems for
28 used fluorescent and high intensity discharge lamps. The
29 Agency shall report its findings to the General Assembly and
30 the Governor by January 1, 1998.
31 (Source: P.A. 89-619, eff. 1-1-97; 90-502, eff. 8-19-97.)