On March 3, 2016, the Board adopted proposed amendments to the Illinois hazardous waste regulations for public comment. The proposed amendments are “identical in substance” to amendments adopted by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) to the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Subtitle C (hazardous waste) regulations. The update includes several USEPA actions that occurred during the first half of 2015, as well as two subsequent USEPA actions (both occurring July 2, 2015). During that period, USEPA significantly amended the Definition of Solid Waste Rule as it relates to recycling and reclamation of hazardous secondary materials; removed the Syngas and Comparable Fuels exclusions, which a federal court vacated in 2014; expanded the Fossil Fuels exclusion from the definition of “hazardous waste” to include waste materials called “associated waste” from handling and combusting fossil fuels; and made various technical corrections.
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