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Introduced
01/24/2025
01/24/2025
In Committee
04/11/2025
04/11/2025
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
Introduced Session
Potential new amendment
104th General Assembly
Bill Summary
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Defines the terms "anaerobic digester", "anaerobic digestion", and "food". Deletes provisions that exempted certain composting facilities from regulation as a pollution control facility. Creates exemptions from the definition of "pollution control facility" for (i) the portion of a site or facility that is used for anaerobic digestion and (ii) the portion of a site or facility that is used to process food scrap at a food scrap processing facility. Provides for moneys that are appropriated from the Solid Waste Management Fund to the Agency in certain years for solid waste management activities to be segregated into a separate account for use by the Prairie Research Institute of the University of Illinois for the costs of implementing the Illinois Solid Waste Management Act. Amends the Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act. Updates requirements for each county waste management plan's recycling program with respect to food scrap collection programs. Amends the Illinois Solid Waste Management Act. Provides that a person that generates more than the applicable regulatory threshold of food and food scrap and that is located within 20 miles, prior to July 1, 2035, or 25 miles, on and after July 1, 2035, of an Agency-permitted composting facility or anaerobic digester that accepts food scrap and that has the permitted capacity to accept food scrap shall, among other things, source separate food and food scrap from other solid waste and either arrange for the transfer of the food or food scrap to a location that manages food and food scrap in a manner consistent with the food and food scrap management hierarchy set forth in the Act or manage the food and food scrap on site in accordance with other applicable State and local laws and rules. Grants the Agency rulemaking powers. Contains other provisions. Effective immediately.
AI Summary
This bill amends the Environmental Protection Act to establish new requirements for gas collection and control systems at municipal solid waste landfills. Specifically, the bill mandates that landfill owners or operators must collect gas from areas where solid waste has been in place for at least one year, and they must estimate when their landfill will reach federal thresholds requiring a gas collection system. Once those thresholds are projected to be reached, they must install a gas collection and control system within 12 months. The bill references federal regulations (40 CFR 60.33c) which provide specific technical criteria for these systems. While not explicitly stated in the provided text, the government summary suggests the bill aims to reduce methane emissions from landfills by requiring highly efficient gas collection and destruction, with a targeted methane destruction efficiency of 99% for flared systems. This type of regulation is important for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and mitigating potential environmental and health impacts from landfill gas.
Committee Categories
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Sponsors (4)
Last Action
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee (on 04/11/2025)
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