ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
December 2, 1993
IN THE MATTER OF:
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STEEL
AND
FOUNDRY INDUSTRY
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R90-26
AMENDMENTS TO THE LANDFILL
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(Rulemaking)
REGULATIONS (35 Ill. Adin.
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Code 807, 810 through 815
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and 817)
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PROPOSED RULE. SECOND FIRST NOTICE. CORRECTIONS ORDER FOR 35
ILL. ADM. CODE 810.103
AND
817.102 DEFINITIONS.
ORDER OF THE BOARD (by R. C. Flemal):
By order of September 23, 1993, the Board authorized
publication of a second first notice of these rules. The rules
appeared at 17 Ill Req. 17644 et seq. (October 15, 1993).
Certain definitions 1 added in Sections 810.103 and 817.102 were
followed by a Board note which states:
The Board has requested that the proponent
(steel and foundry) industries to provide a
definition of this term.
Definitions of these terms were submitted by the proponent at the
October 1 hearing; no challenge was made to the proposed language
at the November 19 hearing.
However, staff of the Joint Legislative Committee on
Administrative Rules has questioned the fact that no specific
language was published at first notice. To avoid delaying the
progress of this rulemaking which proponents would like to have
concluded as quickly as possible, the Board is today authorizing
publication of the definitions as submitted by the proponent. As
the post hearing comment period is not scheduled to close until
January 18, publication of the new language should not
appreciably delay Board decisionmaking.
1 These were definitions for foundry sand, iron slag, steel
slag, benefically usable waste, low risk waste, and potentially
usable waste. Proponents have suggested that the “iron slag” and
“steel slag” definitions be combined into one definition of “slag”.
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The language authorized for publication is as follows:
TITLE 35: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
SUBTITLE G: WASTE DISPOSAL
CHAPTER I: POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
SUBCHAPTER 1: SOLID WASTE
AND
SPECIAL WASTE HAULING
PART 810
SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL: GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section
810.101 Scope and Applicability
810. 102 Severability
810.103 Definitions
810.104 Incorporations by Reference
AUTHORITY: Implementing Sections 5, 21, 21.1, 22 and 22.17, and
authorized by Section 27 of the Environmental Protection Act
(Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 111½, pars. 1005, 1021, 1021.1, 1022,
1022.17 and 1027).
SOURCE: Adopted in R88-7 at 14 Ill. Reg. 15838, effective
September 18, 1990; amended in R90—26 at 18 Ill. Rec~.
effective
NOTE: Capitalization indicates statutory language.
Section 810.101
Scope and Applicability
This Part applies to all solid waste disposal facilities
regulated pursuant to 35 Ill. Adm. Code 811 through 815 and 817.
This Part does not apply to hazardous waste management facilities
regulated pursuant to 35 Ill. Adm. Code 700 through 750.
(Source: Amended at 18 Ill. Req.
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effective
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Section 810.103
Definitions
Except as stated in this Section, or unless a different meaning
of a word or term is clear from the context, the definition of
words or terms in this Part shall be the same as that applied to
the same words or terms in the Environmental Protection Act (Act)
(Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 111½, pars. 1001 et. seq.):
“Act” means the Environmental Protection Act, Ill. Rev.
Stat. 1989, ch. 111½, pars. 1001 et. seq.
“AGENCY” IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
ESTABLISHED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT.
(Section 3.08 of the Act.)
“Admixtures” are chemicals added to earth materials to
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improve for a specific application the physical or
chemical properties of the earth materials. Admixtures
include, but are not limited to: lime, cement,
bentonite and sodium silicate.
“Applicant” means the person, submitting an application
to the Agency for a permit for a solid waste disposal
facility.
“AQUIFER” MEANS SATURATED (WITH GROUNDWATER) SOILS AND
GEOLOGIC MATERIALS WHICH ARE SUFFICIENTLY~PERMEABLE TO
READILY YIELD ECONOMICALLY USEFUL QUANTITIES OF WATER
TO WELLS, SPRINGS, OR STREAMS UNDER ORDINARY HYDRAULIC
GRADIENTS and whose boundaries can be identified and
mapped from hydrogeologic data. (Section 3 of the
Illinois Groundwater Protection Act (Ill. Rev. Stat.
1989, ch. 111½, par. 7453).)
“Bedrock” means the solid rock formation immediately
underlying any loose superficial material such as soil,
alluvium or glacial drift.
“BOARD” IS THE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD ESTABLISHED BY
THE ACT. (Section 3.04 of the Act.)
“Borrow area” means an area from which earthen material
is excavated for the purpose of constructing daily
cover, final cover, a liner, a gas venting system,
roadways or berms.
“Chemical waste” means a non—putrescible solid whose
characteristics are such that any contaminated leachate
is expected to be formed through chemical or physical
processes, rather than biological processes, and no gas
is expected to be formed as a result.
“Contaminated leachate” means any leachate whose
constituent violate the standards of 35 Ill. Adm. Code
811.202.
“Design Period” means that length of time determined by
the sum of the operating life of the solid waste
landfill facility plus the postclosure care period
necessary to stabilize the waste in the units.
“DISPOSAL” MEANS THE DISCHARGE, DEPOSIT, INJECTION,
DUMPING, SPILLING, LEAKING OR PLACING OF ANY SOLID
WASTE INTO OR ON ANY LAND OR WATER OR INTO ANY WELL
SUCH THAT SOLID WASTE OR ANY CONSTITUENT OF THE SOLID
WASTE MAY ENTER THE ENVIRONMENT BY BEING EMITTED INTO
THE AIR OR DISCHARGED INTO ANY WATERS, INCLUDING
GROUNDWATER. (Section 3.08 of the Act.) If the solid
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waste is accumulated and not confined or contained to
prevent its entry into the environment, or there is no
certain plan for its disposal elsewhere, such
accumulation shall constitute disposal.
“Disturbed areas” means those areas within a facility
that have been physically altered during waste disposal
operations or during the construction of any part of
the facility.
“Documentation” means items, in any tangible form,
whether directly legible or legible with the aid of any
machine or device, including but not limited to
affidavits, certificates, deeds, leases, contracts or
other binding agreements, licenses, permits,
photographs, audio or video recordings, maps,
geographic surveys, chemical and mathematical formulas
or equations, mathematical and statistical calculations
and assumptions, research papers, technical reports,
technical designs and design drawings, stocks, bonds
and financial records, that are used to support facts
or hypotheses.
“Earth liners” means structures constructed from
naturally occurring soil material that has been
compacted to achieve a low permeability.
“Existing facility” or “Existing unit” means a facility
or unit which is not defined in this Section as a new
facility or a new unit.
“Facility” means a site and all equipment and fixtures
on a site used to treat, store or dispose of solid or
special wastes. A facility consists of an entire solid
or special waste treatment, storage or disposal
operation. All structures used in connection with or
to facilitate the waste disposal operation shall be
considered a part of the facility. A facility may
include, but is not limited to, one or more solid waste
disposal units, buildings, treatment systems,
processing and storage operations, and monitoring sta-
tions.
“Field capacity” means that maximum moisture content of
a waste, under field conditions of temperature and
pressure, above which moisture is released by gravity
drainage.
“Foundry sand” means pure sand or a mixture of sand and
any additives necessary for use of the sand in the
foundry process, but does not include such foundry
process by—products as air pollution control dust or
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refractories.
“Gas collection system” means a system of wells,
trenches, pipes and other related ancillary structures
such as manholes, compressor housing, and monitoring
installations that collects and transports the gas
produced in a putrescible waste disposal unit to one or
more gas processing points. The flow of gas through
such a system may be produced by naturally occurring
gas pressure gradients or may be aided by an induced
draft generated by mechanical means.
“Gas condensate” means the liquid formed as a landfill
gas is cooled or compressed.
“Gas venting system” means a system of wells, trenches,
pipes and other related structures that vents the gas
produced in a putrescible waste disposal unit to the
atmosphere.
“Geomembranes” means manufactured membrane liners and
barriers of low permeability used to control the migra-
tion of fluids or gases.
“Geotextiles” are permeable manufactured materials used
for purposes which include, but are not limited to,
strengthening soil, providing a filter to prevent
clogging of drains, collecting and draining liquids and
gases beneath the ground surface.
“GROUNDWATER” MEANS UNDERGROUND WATER WHICH OCCURS
WITHIN THE SATURATED ZONE
AND
WITHIN GEOLOGIC MATERIALS
WHERE THE
FLUID PRESSURE
IN THE PORE SPACE IS EQUAL TO
OR GREATER
THAN
ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE.
(Section 3 of
the Illinois
Groundwater Protection Act)
“Hydraulic barriers” means structures designed to
prevent or control the seepage of water. Hydraulic
barriers include, but are not limited to cutoff walls,
slurry walls, grout curtains and liners.
“Inert waste” means any solid waste that will not
decompose biologically, burn, serve as food for
vectors, form a gas, cause an odor, or form a
contaminated leachate, as determined in accordance with
Section 811.202(b). Such inert wastes shall include
only non-biodegradable and non—putrescible solid
wastes. Inert wastes may include, but are not limited
to, bricks, masonry and concrete (cured for 60 days or
more).
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“Land application unit” means an area where wastes are
agronomically spread over or disked into land or
otherwise applied so as to become incorporated into the
soil surface. For the purposes of this Part and 35
Ill. Adm. Code 811 through 815, a land application unit
is not a landfill; however, other Parts of 35 Ill. Ad~.
Code: Chapter I may apply, and may include the
permitting requirements of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 309.
“Landfill” means a unit or part of a facility in or on
which waste is placed and accumulated over time for
disposal, and which is not a land application unit, a
surface impoundment or an underground injection well.
For the purposes of this Part and 35 Ill. Adm. Code 811
through 815, landfills include waste piles, as defined
in this Section.
“Leachate” means liquid that has been or is in direct
contact with a solid waste.
“Lift” means an accumulation of waste which is
compacted into a unit and over which cover is placed.
“Malodor” means an odor caused by ONE OR MORE
CONTAMINANT EMISSIONS INTO THE ATMOSPHERE FROM A
FACILITY THAT IS IN SUFFICIENT QUANTITIES AND OF SUCH
CHARACTERISTICS AND DURATION AS TO BE described as
malodorous and which may be INJURIOUS TO HUMAN, PLANT,
OR ANIMAL LIFE, TO HEALTH, OR TO PROPERTY, OR TO
UNREASONABLY INTERFERE WITH THE ENJOYMENT OF LIFE OR
PROPERTY. (Section 3.02 of the Act (defining “air
pollution”).)
“National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System” or
“NPDES” means the program for issuing, modifying,
revoking and reissuing, terminating, monitoring and
enforcing permits and imposing and enforcing
pretreatment requirements under the Clean Water Act (33
U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), Section 12(f) of the
Environmental Protection Act and 35 Ill. Adm. Code
309.Subpart A and 310.
“NPDES permit” means a permit
issued under the NPDES program.
“New facility” or “New unit” means a solid waste
landfill facility or a unit at a facility, if one or
more of the following conditions apply:
It is a landfill or unit exempt from permit
requirements pursuant to Section 21(d) of the Act
that has not yet accepted any waste as of the
effective date of this Part;
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It is a landfill or unit not exempt from permit
requirements pursuant to Section 21(d) of the Act
that has no development or operating permit issued
by the Agency pursuant to 35 Ill. Adm. Code 807 as
of the effective date of this Part; or
It is a landfill with a unit whose maximum design
capacity or lateral extent is increased after the
effective date of this Part.
BOARD NOTE: A new unit located in an existing
facility shall be considered a unit subject to 35
Ill.
Adin. Code 814, which references applicable
requirements of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 811.
“One hundred (100) year flood plain” means any land
area which is subject to a one percent or greater
chance of flooding in a given year from any source.
“One hundred (100) year, 24 hour precipitation
event”
means a precipitation event of 24 hour duration with a
probable recurrence interval of once in 100 years.
“Operator” means the person responsible for the
operation and maintenance of a solid waste disposal
facility.
“Perched watertable” means an elevated watertable above
a discontinuous saturated lens, resting on a low
permeability (such as clay) layer within a high
permeability (such as sand) formation.
“Permit area” means the entire horizontal and vertical
region occupied by a permitted solid waste disposal
facility.
“PERSON” IS ANY INDIVIDUAL, PARTNERSHIP, CO-
PARTNERSHIP, FIRM, COMPANY, CORPORATION, ASSOCIATION,
JOINT STOCK COMPANY,
TRUST, ESTATE, POLITICAL
SUBDIVISION, STATE AGENCY, OR
ANY OTHER LEGAL ENTITY,
OR THEIR LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ASSIGNS.
(Section 3.26 of the Act.)
“Professional engineer” means a person who has
registered and obtained a seal pursuant to “The
Illinois Professional Engineering Act” (Ill. Rev. Stat
1989, ch. 111, par. 5101 et seq.).
“Professional land surveyor” means a person who has
received a certificate of registration and a seal
pursuant to “The Land Surveyors Act” (Ill. Rev. Stat.
1989, ch. 111, par. 3201 et seq.).
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“Putrescible waste” means a solid waste that contains
organic matter capable of being decomposed by
microorganisms so as to cause a malodor, gases, or
other offensive conditions, or which is capable of
providing food for birds and vectors. Putrescible
wastes may form a contaminated leachate from
microbiological degradation, chemical processes, and
physical processes. Putrescible waste includes, but is
not limited to, garbage, offal, dead animals, general
household waste, and commercial waste.
All solid
wastes which do not meet the definitions of inert or
chemical wastes shall be considered putrescible wastes.
“Publicly owned treatment works” or
“POTW” means a
treatment works that is owned by the State of Illinois
or a unit of local government.
This definition
includes any devices and systems used in the storage,
treatment, recycling and reclamation of municipal
sewage or industrial wastewater. It also includes
sewers, pipes and other conveyances only if they convey
wastewater to a POTW treatment plant. The term also
means the unit of local government which has
jurisdiction over the indirect discharges to and the
discharges from such a treatment works.
“Recharge zone” means an area through which water can
enter an aquifer.
“Responsible charge,” when used to refer to a person,
means that the person is normally present at a waste
disposal site; directs the day-to—day overall operation
at the site; and either is the owner or operator or is
employed by or under contract with the owner or
operator to assure that the day—to—day operations at
the site are carried out in compliance with any Part of
35 Ill. Adm. Code: Chapter I governing operations at
waste disposal sites.
“Runoff” means water resulting from precipitation
that
flows overland before it enters a defined stream chan-
nel, any portion of such overland flow that infiltrates
into the ground before it reaches the stream channel,
and any precipitation that falls directly into a stream
channel.
“Salvaging” means the return of waste materials to use,
under the supervision of the landfill operator, so long
as the activity is confined to an area remote from the
operating face of the landfill, it does not interfere
with or otherwise delay the operations of the landfill,
and it results in the removal of all materials for
salvaging from the landfill site daily or separates
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them by type and stores them in a manner that does not
create a nuisance, harbor vectors or cause an unsightly
appearance.
“Scavenging” means the removal of materials from a
solid waste management facility or unit which is not
salvaging.
“Seismic Slope Safety Factor” means the ratio between
the resisting forces or moments in a slope and the
driving forces or moments that may cause a massive
slope failure during an earthquake or other seismic
event such as an explosion.
“Settlement” means ~ubsidence caused by waste loading,
changes in groundwater level, chemical changes within
the soil and adjacent operations involving excavation.
“Shredding” means the mechanical reduction in particle
sizes of solid waste. Putrescible waste is considered
shredded if 90 percent of the waste by dry weight
passes a 3 inch sieve.
“Significant Modification” means a modification to an
approved permit issued by the Agency in accordance with
Section 39 of the Act and 35 Ill. Adm. Code 813 that is
required when one or more of the following changes,
considered significant when that change measured by one
or more parameters whose values lie outside the
expected operating range of values as specified in the
permit, are planned, occur or will occur:
An increase in the capacity of the waste disposal
unit over the permitted capacity;
Any change in the placement of daily, intermediate
or final cover;
A decrease in performance, efficiency or longevity
of the liner system;
A decrease in efficiency or performance of the
leachate collection system;
A change in configuration, performance, or
efficiency of the leachate management system;
A change in the final disposition of treated
effluent or in the quality of the discharge from
the leachate treatment or pretreatment system;
Installation of a gas management system, or a
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decrease in the efficiency or performance of an
existing gas management system;
A change in the performance or operation of the
surface water control system;
A decrease in the quality or quantity of data from
any environmental monitoring system;
A change in the applicable background concentra-
tions or the maximum allowable predicted
concentrations;
A change in the design or configuration of the
regraded area after development or after final
closure;
A change in the amount or type of postclosure
financial assurance;
Any change in the permit boundary;
A change in the postclosure land use of the
property;
A remedial action necessary to protect
groundwater;
Transfer of the permit to a new operator;
Operating authorization is being sought to place
into service a structure constructed pursuant to a
construction quality assurance program; or
A change in any requirement set forth as a special
condition in the permit.
“Slag” means the fused agglomerate which separates in
iron and steel production and floats on the surface of
the molten metal.
“Sole source aquifer” means those aquifers designated
pursuant to Section 1424(e) of the Safe Drinking Water
Act of 1974, (42 U.S.C 300h—3).
“Solid Waste” means a waste that is defined in this
Section as an inert waste, as a putrescible waste, as a
chemical waste or as a special waste, and which is not
also defined as a hazardous waste pursuant to 35 Ill.
Adm. Code 721.
“SPECIAL WASTE” MEANS ANY INDUSTRIAL PROCESS WASTE,
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POLLUTION CONTROL WASTE OR HAZARDOUS WASTE, EXCEPT AS
DETERMINED PURSUANT
TO SECTION 22.9 OF THE ACT and 35
Ill. Adm. Code 808.
(Section 3.45 of the Act.)
“Static Safety Factor” means the ratio between
resisting forces or moments in a slope and the driving
forces or moments that may cause a massive slope
failure.
“Ctccl 3lcig” mcan~ slag.
“Surface impoundment” means a natural topographic
depression, a man—made excavation, or a diked area in~Eo
which flowing wastes, such as liquid wastes or wastes
containing free liquids, are placed. For the purposes
of this Part and 35 Ill.
Adxn. Code 811 through 815, a
surface impoundment is not a landfill.
Other Parts of
35 Ill. Adm. Code: Chapter I may apply, including the
permitting requirements of 35 Ill. Adrn. Code 309.
“Twenty-five (25) year, 24 hour precipitation
event”
means a precipitation event of 24 hour duration with a
probable recurrence interval of once in 25 years.
“Uppermost aquifer” means the first geologic formation
above or below the bottom elevation of a constructed
liner or wastes, where no liner is present, which is an
aquifer, and includes any lower aquifer that is
hydraulically connected with this aquifer within the
facility’s permit area.
“Unit” means a contiguous area used for solid waste
disposal.
“Unit of local government” means a unit of local
government, as defined by Article 7, Section 1 of the
Illinois Constitution.
A unit of local government may
include, but is not limited to, a municipality, a
county, or a sanitary district.
“Waste pile” means an area on which non—containerized
masses of solid, non flowing wastes are placed for
disposal.
For the purposes of this Part and 35 Ill.
Adm. Code 811 through 815, a waste pile is a landfill,
unless the operator can demonstrate that the wastes are
not accumulated over time for disposal. At a minimum,
such demonstration shall include photographs, records
or other observable or discernable information,
maintained on a yearly basis, that show that within the
preceding year the waste has been removed for
utilization or disposed elsewhere.
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“Waste stabilization” means any chemical, physical or
thermal treatment of waste, either alone or in
combination with biological processes, which results in
a reduction of microorganisms, including viruses, and
the potential for putrefaction.
“Working face” means any part of a landfill where waste
is being disposed.
“Zone of attenuation” is the three dimensional region
formed by excluding the volume occupied by the waste
placement from the smaller of the volumes resulting
from vertical planes drawn to the bottom of the
uppermost aquifer at the property boundary or 100 feet
from the edge of one or more adjacent units.
(Source: Amended at 18 Ill. Reg.
effective
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TITLE 35: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
SUBTITLE G: WASTE DISPOSAL
CHAPTER I: POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
SUBCHAPTER i: SOLID WASTE AND SPECIAL WASTE HAULING
PART 817
REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW STEEL AND FOUNDRY INDUSTRY WASTES LANDFILLS
SUBPART A: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Section
817.101 Scope and Applicability
817.102 Definitions
817.103 Determination of Waste Status
817.104 Sampling Frequency
817.105 Waste Classification
817.106 Waste Classification Limits
817.107 Waste Mining
SUBPART B: STANDARDS FOR MANAGEMENT OF BENEFICIALLY USABLE
STEEL AND FOUNDRY INDUSTRY WASTES
Section
817.201 Scope and Applicability
817.202 Limitations on Use
817.203 Notification
817.204 Long-Term Storage
SUBPART C: STEEL AND FOUNDRY INDUSTRY POTENTIALLY
USABLE WASTE LANDFILLS
Section
817.301 Scope and Applicability
817.302 Design Period
817.303 Final Cover
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Final Slope and Stabilization
Leachate Sampling
Load Checking
Closure
Nuisance Precautions
Section
817.401
817.402
817.403
817.404
817.405
817.406
817.407
817
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408
817.409
817.410
817.411
817.412
817. 413
817.414
817.415
817.416
817.417
817.418
817.419
817.420
817.421
Scope and Applicability
Facility Location
Design Period
Foundation and Mass Stability Analysis
Foundation Construction
Liner Systems
Leachate Drainage System
Leachate Collection System
Leachate Treatment and Disposal System
Final Cover System
Hydrogeologic Site Investigations
Plugging and Sealing of Drill Holes
Groundwater Impact Assessment
Design, Construction and Operation of Groundwater
Monitoring Systems
Groundwater Monitoring Programs
Groundwater Quality Standards
Waste Placement
Final Slope and Stabilization
Load Checking
Closure and Written Closure Plan
Postclosure Maintenance
Section
817.501
SUBPART E: CONSTRUCTION QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAMS
Scope and Applicability
Section
817.Appendix A Organic Chemical Constituents List
AUTHORITY: Implementing Sections 5, 21, 21.1, 22, 22.17, 28.1,
and authorized by Section 27 of the Environmental Protection Act
(Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 111½, pars. 1005, 1021, 1021.1, 1022,
1022.17, 1028.1 and 1027 415 ILCS 5/5, 5/21, 5/21.1, 5/22,
5/22.17, 5/28.1, and 5/27)).
SOURCE: Adopted in R90-26 at 18 Ill. Reg.
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effective
Section 817.102
Definitions
In addition to the definitions of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 810.103, the
following terms shall have the following meanings for the
817. 304
817.305
817.306
817.307
817.308
SUBPART D: NEW STEEL AND FOUNDRY INDUSTRY LOW RISK WASTE
LANDFILLS
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purposes of this Part only:
“Beneficially usable waste” means any solid waste from
the iron and steel or foundry industries that will not
decompose biologically, burn, serve as food for
vectors, form a gas, cause an odor, or form a lechate
that contains chemical constituents that exceed the
limits for this type of waste as specified at 35 Ill.
Adm. Code 817.106.
“Low risk waste” means any solid waste from the iron
and steel or foundry industries that will not decompose
biologically, burn, serve as food for vectors, form a
gas, cause an odor, or form a leachate that contains
chemical constituents that exceed the limits for this
type of waste as specified at 35 Ill. Adm. Code
817.106.
“Potentially usable waste” means any solid waste from
the iron and steel or foundry industries that will not
decompose biologically, burn, serve as food for
vectors, form a gas, cause an odor, or form a leachate
that contains chemical constituents that exceed the
limits for this type of waste as specified at 35 Ill.
Adm. Code 817.106.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
I, Dorothy M. Gunn, Clerk of the Illinois Pollution Control
Boa~, hereby certi that the above order was adopted on the
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day of _______________________, 1993, by a vote of
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Dorothy M. G~x~i’i,Clerk
Illinois PolIj~tionControl Board