1. TITLE 35: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
    2. SUBTITLE M: BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
      1. CHAPTER II: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
        1. PART 1450
        2. PROCEDURES FOR OPERATION OF THE POTENTIALLY INFECTIOUS MEDICAL WASTE TRANSPORTER FEE SYSTEM
        3. SUBPART A: GENERAL PROVISIONS
          1. Section 1450.100 Definitions
          2. Section 1450.101 Applicability
          3. Section 1450.102 Exemptions from PIMW Transporter Fee System
          4. Section 1450.103 Retention of Records
          5. Section 1450.104 Certification of Documents
          6. Section 1450.105 Certification of Weight
          7. Section 1450.106 Severability
        4. SUBPART B: PROCEDURES FOR MAINTAINING REPORTS
          1. Section 1450.200 Daily PIMW Report
          2. Section 1450.201 Monthly PIMW Report
          3. Section 1450.202 Quarterly PIMW Report
          4. Section 1450.203 Supplemental PIMW Report
        5. SUBPART C: PROCEDURES FOR THE PAYMENT OF PIMW TRANSPORTER FEES
          1. Section 1450.300 Quarterly Submission of Payment of PIMW Transporter Fee
          2. Section 1450.301 Manner of Payment
 
TITLE 35: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
SUBTITLE M: BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
CHAPTER II: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
PART 1450
PROCEDURES FOR OPERATION OF THE POTENTIALLY INFECTIOUS
MEDICAL WASTE TRANSPORTER FEE SYSTEM
SUBPART A: GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section
1450.100
Definitions
1450.101
Applicability
1450.102
Exemptions from PIMW Transporter Fee System
1450.103
Retention of Records
1450.104
Certification of Documents
1450.105
Certification of Weight
1450.106
Severability
SUBPART B: PROCEDURES FOR MAINTAINING REPORTS
Section
1450.200
Daily PIMW Report
1450.201
Monthly PIMW Report
1450.202
Quarterly PIMW Report
1450.203
Supplemental PIMW Report
SUBPART C: PROCEDURES FOR THE PAYMENT OF PIMW TRANSPORTER
FEES
Section
1450.300
Quarterly Submission of Payment of PIMW Transporter Fee
1450.301
Manner of Payment
AUTHORITY: Implementing and authorized by Section 56.6 of the Environmental
Protection Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 111 1/2, par. 1056.6, including P.A. 87-1097,
effective January 1, 1993) [415 ILCS 5/56.6].
SOURCE: Adopted at 17 Ill. Reg. 20268, effective November 15, 1993; amended at 33
Ill. Reg. 6515, effective April 23, 2009.
 
SUBPART A: GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 1450.100 Definitions
Except as stated in this Section, the definition of words or terms in this Part shall be the
same as those used in the Act.
a)
"Act" means the Environmental Protection Act [415 ILCS 5].
b)
"Designated facility" means a facility that treats, stores, transfers or
disposes of PIMW.
c)
"Potentially infectious medical waste" or "PIMW" –
1)
means the following types of waste generated in connection with
the diagnosis, treatment (i.e., provision of medical services), or
immunization of human beings or animals; research pertaining to
the provision of medical services; or the production or testing of
biologicals:
A)
Cultures and stocks. This waste shall include but not be
limited to cultures and stocks of agents infectious to
humans, and associated biologicals; cultures from medical
or pathological laboratories; cultures and stocks of
infectious agents from research and industrial
laboratories; wastes from the production of biologicals;
discarded live or attenuated vaccines; or culture dishes and
devices used to transfer, inoculate, or mix cultures.
B)
Human pathological wastes. This waste shall include
tissue, organs, and body parts (except teeth and the
contiguous structures of bone and gum), body fluids that
are removed during surgery, autopsy, or other medical
procedures; or specimens of body fluids and their
containers.
C)
Human blood and blood products. This waste shall include
discarded human blood, blood components (e.g., serum and
plasma), or saturated material containing free flowing
blood or blood components.
D)
Used sharps. This waste shall include but not be limited to
discarded sharps used in animal or human patient care,
medical research, or clinical or pharmaceutical
laboratories; hypodermic, intravenous, or other medical
needles; hypodermic or intravenous syringes; Pasteur
pipettes; scalpel blades; or blood vials. This waste shall
also include but not be limited to other types of broken or
unbroken glass (including slides and cover slips) in contact
with infectious agents.
E)
Animal waste. Animal waste means discarded materials,
including carcasses, body parts, body fluids, blood, or
bedding originating from animals inoculated during
 
research, production of biologicals, or pharmaceutical
testing with agents infectious to humans.
F)
Isolation waste. This waste shall include discarded
materials contaminated with blood, excretions, exudates,
and secretions from humans that are isolated to protect
others from highly communicable diseases. "Highly
communicable diseases" means those diseases identified by
the Board in rules adopted under Section 56.2(e) of
the
Act.
G)
Unused sharps. This waste shall include but not be limited
to the following unused, discarded sharps: hypodermic,
intravenous, or other needles; hypodermic or intravenous
syringes; or scalpel blades.
2)
does not include:
A)
Waste generated as general household waste;
B)
Waste (except for sharps) for which the infectious potential
has been eliminated by treatment; or
C)
Sharps that meet both of the following conditions:
i)
The infectious potential has been eliminated from
the sharps by treatment; and
ii)
The sharps are rendered unrecognizable by
treatment.
[415 ILCS 5/3.360]
d)
"Tare weight" means the weight of a reusable shipping container that is not
permanently disposed of with the PIMW.
e)
"Transporter" means a person engaged in the off-site transportation of
PIMW by highway or water.
a)
(Source: Amended at 33 Ill. Reg. 6515, effective April 23, 2009)
Section 1450.101 Applicability
This Part applies to:
a)
Transporters of PIMW required to have a permit under Section 56.1(f) of
the Act and transporters of PIMW not required to have a permit under
Section 56.1(f)(1)(A) of the Act if the PIMW is transported to a site or
facility not owned, controlled, or operated by the transporter
; and
b)
PIMW storage sites or treatment facilities receiving PIMW if the fee has
not been previously paid by a transporter
. [415 ILCS 5/56.6(a)]
(Source: Amended at 33 Ill. Reg. 6515, effective April 23, 2009)
Section 1450.102 Exemptions from PIMW Transporter Fee System
The PIMW transporter fee payment provisions in this Part shall not apply to:
 
a)
transporters of PIMW not required to have a permit under Section
56.1(f)(1)(A) of the Act if the PIMW is transported to a site or facility
owned, controlled, or operated by the transporter; or
b)
noncommercial transportation of less than 50 pounds of PIMW at any one
time; or
c)
transporters when the fee has been paid by another transporter who
previously transported the PIMW; or
d)
the U.S. Postal Service; or
e)
a person transporting PIMW to a hospital when the person is a member of
the hospital's medical staff.
Section 1450.103 Retention of Records
Copies of all records required to be kept under this Part shall be retained by the
transporter for three years and shall be made available at the transporter's principal place
of business in Illinois or corporate headquarters during normal business hours for
inspection and photocopying by the Agency.
Section 1450.104 Certification of Documents
a)
All records and reports retained by or submitted to the Agency as required
by this Part shall be signed by a person responsible for preparing and
reviewing such documents as part of his or her duties in the regular course
of business.
b)
Any person signing a report submitted to the Agency as required by this
Part shall make the following certification:
I certify under penalty of law that this report and all attachments were
prepared under my direction or supervision in accordance with a system
designed to assure that qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate
the information submitted. Based on my inquiry of the person or persons
who manage the system, or those persons directly responsible for gathering
the information, the information submitted is, to the best of my knowledge
and belief, true, accurate and complete. I am aware that there are
significant penalties for submitting false information, including the
possibility of fine and imprisonment for knowing violations.
Section 1450.105 Certification of Weight
a)
Although PIMW may be measured in other units, the transporter is
responsible for accurately weighing any load of PIMW in pounds.
b)
The PIMW shall be weighed with a device for which certification has been
obtained under the Weights and Measures Act [225 ILCS 470] or by
another acceptable method as specified in the Agency permit.
 
(Source: Amended at 33 Ill. Reg. 6515, effective April 23, 2009)
Section 1450.106 Severability
If any Section, subsection, sentence or clause of this Part shall be adjudged
unconstitutional, void, invalid or otherwise unlawful, such adjudication shall not affect
the validity of this Part as a whole or any Section, subsection, sentence or clause thereof
not adjudged unconstitutional, void, invalid or otherwise unlawful.
SUBPART B: PROCEDURES FOR MAINTAINING REPORTS
Section 1450.200 Daily PIMW Report
a)
The Daily PIMW Report shall be maintained at the transporter's principal
place of business in Illinois or corporate headquarters.
b)
The Daily PIMW Report shall be either on a form provided by the Agency
or on another form that records the same information.
c)
The Daily PIMW Report shall include, but not be limited to, the following
information for each load of PIMW transported:
1)
the date received;
2)
the PIMW transport company name;
3)
the permitted medical waste hauler number;
4)
the PIMW manifest number;
5)
the generator name and location (city/state);
6)
the designated facility name and location (city/state);
7)
the gross weight in pounds of PIMW subject to the PIMW
transporter fee;
8)
the gross weight in pounds of PIMW exempt from the PIMW
transporter fee and the reason for the exemption;
9)
the tare weight in pounds;
10)
the net weight in pounds of PIMW subject to the PIMW transporter
fee;
11)
the net weight in pounds of PIMW exempt from the PIMW
transporter fee;
12)
the grand totals of gross and net weight of PIMW and the grand
total of tare weight;
13)
the page subtotal, if applicable; and
14)
the authorized name, signature and date.
d)
Upon written or oral request of the Agency, the transporter will submit
copies of the Daily PIMW Reports covered by the quarter to the Agency
with the Quarterly PIMW Report.
e)
Entries on a Daily PIMW Report shall be made contemporaneously with
the receipt of each load unless the transporter uses a different method of
recording the required information which assures that required information
can be entered on the Daily PIMW Report by the end of each business day,
 
in which case the information must be entered in the Daily PIMW Report
by the end of each business day. When an alternative method of
contemporaneous recording is used, that record must be maintained in
accordance with the records retention provisions of Section 1450.103 of
this Part.
Section 1450.201 Monthly PIMW Report
a)
The Monthly PIMW Report shall be submitted to the Agency on a form
provided by the Agency.
b)
Entries on the Monthly PIMW Report shall be completed within 10
calendar days after the end of each month.
c)
The Monthly PIMW Reports covered by the quarter shall be submitted
with the Quarterly PIMW Report to the Agency.
d)
The Monthly PIMW Report shall include, but not be limited to, the
following information on a daily basis:
1)
the month and year received;
2)
the PIMW transport company name;
3)
the permitted medical waste hauler number;
4)
the designated facility name and location (city/state);
5)
the date PIMW was received;
6)
the total number of PIMW manifests used;
7)
the net weight in pounds of PIMW subject to the PIMW transporter
fee;
8)
the grand totals of subsections (d)(6) and (7) of this Section;
9)
the certification according to Section 1450.104; and
10)
the authorized name, signature, date and telephone number.
Section 1450.202 Quarterly PIMW Report
The Quarterly PIMW Report shall be submitted to the Agency on a form provided
by the Agency.
b)
The Quarterly PIMW Report shall include, but not be limited to, the
following information:
1)
the quarter and year received;
2)
the PIMW transport company name and address;
3)
the permitted medical waste hauler number;
4)
the designated facility name and location (city/state);
5)
the total number of PIMW manifests used for each of the three
months;
6)
the net weight in pounds of PIMW subject to the PIMW transporter
fee for each of the three months;
7)
the total PIMW transporter fee due for each of the three months;
 
8)
the summation of net weight in pounds of PIMW subject to the
PIMW transporter fee for the current quarter and for the calendar
year;
9)
the total PIMW transporter fee due for the current quarter and for
the calendar year;
10)
the supplemental PIMW transporter fee due or credited for the
previous reporting periods;
11)
the PIMW transporter fee due or credited from the previous
quarter;
12)
the total PIMW transporter fee paid for the quarter;
13)
the certification according to Section 1450.104; and
14)
the authorized name, signature, date and telephone number.
c)
The Quarterly PIMW Report shall be received by the Agency on or before
April 15, July 15, October 15 and January 15 of each calendar year and
shall cover the three calendar months preceding the receipt date.
d)
The PIMW transporter fee required to be paid under Subpart C of this Part
shall be included with the submission of the Quarterly PIMW Report. The
weight in pounds of PIMW subject to the PIMW transporter fee is required
to be listed on each PIMW manifest.
e)
The PIMW Quarterly Report, including the payment of the PIMW
transporter fee and the applicable Monthly PIMW Reports, shall be sent to
the following address:
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Division of Administration, Fiscal Services
1021 North Grand Avenue East
P.O. Box 19276
Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276
(Source: Amended at 33 Ill. Reg. 6515, effective April 23, 2009)
Section 1450.203 Supplemental PIMW Report
a)
When errors in the amount of PIMW or the amount of the PIMW
transporter fee due by month or quarter under this Part are discovered in
any of the records required to be kept under this Part, a Supplemental
PIMW Report showing the relevant corrections shall be completed by the
transporter and submitted to the Agency. The transporter shall show the
adjustment on the next Quarterly PIMW Report.
b)
The Supplemental PIMW Report shall be submitted to the Agency on a
form provided by the Agency.
c)
The Supplemental PIMW Report shall include, but not be limited to, the
following information:
1)
the PIMW transport company name and address;
2)
the permitted medical waste hauler number;
3)
the PIMW manifest number;
 
4)
the date PIMW was received;
5)
the generator name and location (city/state);
6)
the designated facility name and location (city/state);
7)
the correct net weight in pounds of PIMW;
8)
the incorrect net weight in pounds of PIMW previously reported;
9)
the difference in weight in pounds of PIMW;
10)
the total PIMW transporter fee due or for credit;
11)
the grand totals for subsections (c)(7) through (11) of this Section;
12)
the page subtotal, if applicable;
13)
the certification according to Section 1450.104; and
14)
the authorized name, signature, date and telephone number.
SUBPART C: PROCEDURES FOR THE PAYMENT OF PIMW TRANSPORTER
FEES
Section 1450.300 Quarterly Submission of Payment of PIMW Transporter Fee
a)
Payment of the PIMW transporter fee required by Section 56.6(a) of the
Act shall be made on a quarterly basis with the submission of the
Quarterly PIMW Report. The payment shall be received by the Agency on
or before April 15, July 15, October 15 and January 15 of each year and
shall cover the three preceding calendar months.
b)
If the calculation of fees under this Section results in an overpayment, the
Agency shall credit this overpayment against the PIMW transporter fees
due during the next quarter. The Agency shall issue no refunds.
c)
If the calculation of fees under this Section results in an underpayment of
greater than $10, the amount is due to the Agency within 10 calendar days
after receipt of an underpayment notice from the Agency.
d)
Each transporter shall notify the Agency if it intends to permanently cease
transportation of PIMW. This notification shall be received by the Agency
within 30 calendar days after ceasing the transportation of PIMW and
include:
1)
the name and address of the transporter;
2)
the date by which PIMW will cease to be transported; and
3)
a fee payment schedule to assure submission of fees in accordance
with this Part.
e)
In the event that a transporter does not transport any PIMW for any
quarter, the transporter shall submit the Quarterly PIMW Report to the
Agency at the times indicated in subsection (a) of this Section and shall
indicate "none" in the appropriate spaces on the Quarterly PIMW Report
(Source: Amended at 33 Ill. Reg. 6515, effective April 23, 2009)
 
Section 1450.301 Manner of Payment
Payment shall be made by money order, cashier's check or certified check payable to the
Treasurer, State of Illinois. Payment shall be mailed to the Agency at the following
address:
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Division of Administration, Fiscal Services
1021 North Grand Avenue East
P.O. Box 19276
Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276
(Source: Amended at 33 Ill. Reg. 6515, effective April 23, 2009)

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