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IL HB5283

IL HB5283
EPA-LANDFILL GAS MGMT


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Introduced
02/08/2024
In Committee
04/05/2024
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
01/08/2025

Introduced Session

103rd General Assembly

Bill Summary

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides gas collection and control system requirements for municipal solid waste landfills, including requirements for gas to be collected from each area in which solid waste has been in place for at least one year, for gas to be drawn toward the gas control devices, for a gas collection and control system to be installed within 12 months of reaching certain thresholds, for gas collection and control design plans to provide for alternative preliminary measures, and for the methane destruction efficiency of flared systems to reach 99%.

AI Summary

This bill amends the Environmental Protection Act to establish gas collection and control system requirements for municipal solid waste landfills. Key provisions include requiring landfill owners/operators to collect gas from areas where waste has been in place for at least one year, to estimate when the landfill will reach thresholds requiring a gas collection system, and to install and operate the system within 12 months of reaching those thresholds. The bill also mandates that the methane destruction efficiency of flared systems must reach 99%.

Committee Categories

Agriculture and Natural Resources

Sponsors (2)

Last Action

Session Sine Die (on 01/07/2025)

Bill Topics

Environment
  • ‐ Air Pollution, Global Warming, and Noise Pollution
  • ‐ Waste Disposal

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