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1 AN ACT concerning safety.


2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3represented in the General Assembly:



4 Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by 
5adding Sections 3.560 and 22.56a as follows:

6 (415 ILCS 5/3.560 new)
7 Sec. 3.560. Exceptional Quality biosolids. "Exceptional 
8Quality biosolids" means solids that:
9  (1) are generated from the advanced processing of 
10 publicly-owned sewage treatment plant sludge;
11  (2) do not exceed the ceiling concentration limits in 
12 Table 1 of 40 CFR 503.13 and the pollutant concentration 
13 limits in Table 3 of 40 CFR 503.13;
14  (3) meet the requirements for classification as Class A 
15 with respect to pathogens in 40 CFR 503.32(a); and
16  (4) meet one of the vector attraction reduction 
17 requirements in 40 CFR 503.33(b)(1) through (b)(8).

18 (415 ILCS 5/22.56a new)
19 Sec. 22.56a. Land application of Exceptional Quality 
20biosolids.
21 (a) The General Assembly finds that:
22  (1) technological advances in wastewater treatment 
 
 
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1 have allowed for the production of Exceptional Quality 
2 biosolids that can be used on land as a beneficial 
3 recyclable material that improves soil tilth, fertility, 
4 and stability and their use enhances the growth of 
5 agricultural, silvicultural, and horticultural crops;
6  (2) Exceptional Quality biosolids are a resource to be 
7 recovered; and
8  (3) the beneficial use of Exceptional Quality 
9 biosolids and their recycling to the land as a soil 
10 amendment is encouraged.
11 (b) To encourage and promote the use of Exceptional Quality 
12biosolids in productive and beneficial applications, to the 
13extent allowed by federal law, Exceptional Quality biosolids 
14shall not be subject to regulation as a sludge or other waste 
15if all of the following requirements are met:
16  (1) The sewage treatment plant generating the 
17 Exceptional Quality biosolids maintains the following 
18 information with respect to the biosolids:
19   (A) Documentation demonstrating that the 
20 Exceptional Quality biosolids do not exceed the 
21 ceiling concentration limits in Table 1 of 40 CFR 
22 503.13 and the pollutant concentration limits in Table 
23 3 of 40 CFR 503.13;
24   (B) Documentation demonstrating that the Class A 
25 pathogen requirements in 40 CFR 503.32(a) are met, 
26 including but not limited to a description of how they 
 
 
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1 were met;
2   (C) Documentation demonstrating that the vector 
3 attraction requirements in 40 CFR 503.33(b)(1) through 
4 (b)(8) are met, including but not limited to a 
5 description of how they were met;
6   (D) A certification statement regarding the Class 
7 A pathogen requirements in 40 CFR 503.32(a) and the 
8 vector attraction reduction requirements in 40 CFR 
9 503.33(b)(1) through (b)(8), as required in 40 CFR 
10 503.17(a)(1)(ii); and
11   (E) The quantity of Exceptional Quality biosolids 
12 sold or given away by the sewage treatment plant each 
13 year.
The information must be maintained for a minimum 
14 of 5 years after the biosolids are generated, and upon 
15 request must be made available to the Agency for 
16 inspection and copying during normal business hours.
17  (2) For Exceptional Quality biosolids that have not 
18 been bagged:
19   (A) They are not applied to snow-covered or frozen 
20 ground; and
21   (B) They are used on agricultural land in a manner 
22 that follows recommended agronomic rates and are used 
23 on all land in a manner that follows best management 
24 practices to protect water quality.
25  (3) If Exceptional Quality biosolids that have not been 
26 bagged are generated in another state and imported into 
 
 
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1 this State, the person importing the biosolids must 
2 maintain the information set forth in subparagraph (A) of 
3 paragraph (1) of subsection (a) through subparagraph (D) of 
4 paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this Section and the 
5 amount of Exceptional Quality biosolids imported each 
6 year. The information must be maintained for a minimum of 5 
7 years after the biosolids are imported, and upon request 
8 must be made available to the Agency for inspection and 
9 copying during normal business hours.
10 (c) For purposes of this Section, Exceptional Quality 
11biosolids are considered "bagged" if they are in a bag or in an 
12open or closed receptacle that has a capacity of one metric ton 
13or less, including, but not limited to, a bucket, box, carton, 
14vehicle, or trailer.


15 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
16becoming law.