- ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD SENDS PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS TO STANDARDS FOR UNIVERSAL WASTE MANAGEMENT
TO FIRST NOTICE
On November 4, 2004, without commenting on the merits of the proposal, the
Illinois Pollution Control Board sent to first notice a proposed rulemaking to
amend the Board’s rules governing the standards for universal waste
management found at 35 Ill.
- Specifically, the proposed rule would designate mercury switches, mercury
relays, and scientific instruments and instructional equipment containing mercury
added during their manufacture as universal waste.
- The Board is required to adopt the rules within 180 days after receipt of the
proposal; therefore the Board must ado...