ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD

January

12,

1984

IN THE MATTER OF:

LANDFILL OPERATOR

)

R84—3

CERTIFICATION

(Training

and Experience)

)

ORDER OF

THE BOARD

(by J.

Anderson):

P.~. 83—0425, effective September

17,

1983,

modifies the

Environmental Protection

Pact by deleting former Section 22(h).

It adds a new Section 22.1,

providing that:

By July

1,

1984,

the Board

shall adopt standards

for

the certification of personnel

to operate refuse

disposal facilities or sites.

Such standards

shall

provide

for,

hut shall not be limited

to, an evalu-

ation of the prospective operator’s prior experience

in waste management operations.

The Board may provide

for denial

of certification if

the

prospective operator

or any employee or officer of

the

prospective operator

has a history

of:

1.

repeated violations

of

federal, State or local

laws,

regulations,

standards,

or ordinances

in

the operation of refuse disposal facilities

or sites;

or

2.

conviction

in this or another State of any crime

which

is a felony under the

law

of this State

or conviction of a felony

in

a federal court; or

3.

proof of gross carelessness or incompetence

in

handling, storing, processing,

transporting or

disposal

of any hazardous waste.

The Board had previously initiated rulemaking concerning the

“history” or “good conduct” portion of this mandate,

in Docket

R81—18.

56-53

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The purpose of this Order

is

to establish a docket concerning

the “prior experience” portion of this

legislation.

The Board is

presently in the process of researching rules promulaged by

other states concerning this sublect.

The Board anticipates

initiation of inquiry hearings,

as well

as development of draft

regulations

in this matter, shortly after

its receipt of the

Agency’s proposal

for updating of

35 Ill.

Adm. Code Part 807 and

809

formerly

Chapters

7 and

J.

Submittal of that proposal

logically should precede action in this docket,

as development

of operator training and experience requirements is dependant on

the landfill classification plan to be proposed

in that docket.

The Board has been advised that the Agency proposal concerning

updating of Parts 807 and 809 will

he filed within the next month.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

I,

Christan L.

Moffett, Clerk of the

Illinois Pollution

Control Board, hereby certifiy that the above Order was adopted

on

the

J,~

day

of

~

1984 by a vote

of

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Christan

L. Moffet~,/~1erk~

Illinois Pollution ~dnk~rolBoard

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