(415 ILCS 115/1) Sec. 1. Short title. This Act shall be known as the Illinois Pollution Prevention Act. (Source: P.A. 87‑1213.)
(415 ILCS 115/5) Sec. 5. Findings. (a) The General Assembly finds: (1) that significant opportunities may exist for
industry to eliminate or reduce pollution resulting from the use of toxic or hazardous materials;
(2) that such pollution prevention opportunities may
offer significant savings through reduced raw materials, insurance and pollution control costs and are likely to improve worker health and safety;
(3) that pollution prevention opportunities may not
be fully realized because (i) existing regulations focus on treatment and disposal of wastes that have already been generated, rather than reducing the use of toxic or hazardous materials at the source; (ii) existing regulations do not emphasize multimedia management of waste; and (iii) the current regulatory structure does not encourage the use of lower cost pollution prevention alternatives;
(4) that the State should actively look for lower
cost pollution prevention alternatives that provide equal or greater protection to human health and the environment and promote the use of such options as viable alternatives to current federal and State regulatory structures;
(5) that State environmental agencies can help
promote pollution prevention by disseminating information about such strategies to a range of industries, both large and small; and
(6) that some industries may require on‑site
technical assistance from the State for pollution prevention.
(b) The General Assembly declares it to be the policy of the State of
Illinois that (i) pollution should be prevented or reduced at the source
whenever feasible; (ii) when source reduction is not feasible, recycling in
an environmentally safe manner should be utilized; (iii) when neither source
reduction nor recycling are feasible, treatment in an environmentally safe
manner should be utilized; and (iv) when treatment is not feasible, only as
a last resort should disposal or other releases into the environment in an
environmentally safe manner be utilized. (c) It is the purpose of this Act (i) to reduce the
disposal and release of
toxic or hazardous materials,
(ii) to promote pollution prevention as the preferred means for
achieving compliance with environmental laws and regulations, (iii) to establish
State programs that provide high‑level attention to pollution prevention
policy initiatives, (iv) to integrate existing regulatory programs to promote
pollution prevention, and (v) to stimulate pollution prevention
strategies by industry. (Source: P.A. 87‑1213.)
(415 ILCS 115/10) Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act: "Agency" means the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. "Center" means the Waste Management and Research Center. "Person" means any individual, partnership, co‑partnership, firm,
company, corporation, association, joint stock company, trust, political
subdivision, State agency, or any other legal entity, or its legal
representative, agent or assigns. "Release" means emission to the air, discharge to surface waters or
off‑site wastewater treatment facilities, or on‑site release to the land,
including but not limited to landfills, surface impoundments and injection
wells. "Toxic or hazardous materials" means (i) any materials that are reported to
the Agency as released in Illinois under Section 313 of the federal
Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act of 1986; and (ii)
those wastes that are reported as
hazardous wastes by hazardous waste generators in Illinois. (Source: P.A. 90‑490, eff. 8‑17‑97.)
(415 ILCS 115/15) Sec. 15. Pollution Prevention Report. With regard to any voluntary
pollution prevention planning program, the
Agency shall utilize
the source reduction and recycling information required to be reported for
toxic or hazardous materials to assess and report the progress of pollution
prevention, on an annual basis. This reporting shall compare the source
reduction and recycling activities with respect to toxic or hazardous materials
for those facilities which voluntarily conduct pollution prevention to
the reporting by all facilities in Illinois for toxic or hazardous materials. (Source: P.A. 87‑1213.)
(415 ILCS 115/20) Sec. 20. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 87‑1213. Repealed by P.A. 91‑798, eff. 7‑9‑00.)
(415 ILCS 115/65) Sec. 65. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 87‑1213.)
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