Illinois Compiled Statutes

35 ILCS 200/11-10 (2026)

Definition of pollution control facilities

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(35 ILCS 200/11-10)
    Sec. 11-10. Definition of pollution control facilities. "Pollution control facilities" means any system, method, construction, device or appliance appurtenant thereto, or any portion of any building or equipment, that is designed, constructed, installed or operated for the primary purpose of:
    (a) eliminating, preventing, or reducing air or water pollution, as the terms "air pollution" and "water pollution" are defined in the Environmental Protection Act; or
    (b) treating, pretreating, modifying or disposing of any potential solid, liquid or gaseous pollutant which if released without treatment, pretreatment, modification or disposal might be harmful, detrimental or offensive to human, plant or animal life, or to property. "Pollution control facilities" shall not include, however,
        (1) any facility with the primary purpose of (i)
    
eliminating, containing, preventing or reducing radioactive contaminants or energy, or (ii) treating waste water produced by the nuclear generation of electric power,
        (2) any large diameter pipes or piping systems used
    
to remove and disperse heat from water involved in the nuclear generation of electric power,
        (3) any facility operated by any person other than a
    
unit of government, whether within or outside of the territorial boundaries of a unit of local government, for sewage disposal or treatment, or
        (4) land underlying a cooling pond.
(Source: P.A. 83-883; 88-455.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 2013–2013 · leading case: The Bd. of Educ. of Roxana Cmty. Unit Sch. Dist. No. 1 v. The Pollution Control Bd., 2013 IL 115473, 998 N.E.2d 1256.
The Bd. of Educ. of Roxana Cmty. Unit Sch. Dist. No. 1 v. The Pollution Control Bd., 2013 IL 115473, 998 N.E.2d 1256. · cites it 2× “lowing major renovations to the refinery, WRB submitted separate applications to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) pursuant to section 11-25 of the Property Tax Code (35 ILCS 200/11-25 (West 2010)) to have 28 of the refinery’s systems, methods, devices, and…”
Roxana Cmty. Unit Sch. Dist. No. 1 v. Env't Prot. Agency, 2013 IL App (4th) 120825, 998 N.E.2d 961. “(The term “pollution control facilities” is defined by the Property Tax Code (35 ILCS 200/1-1 to 32-20 (West 2010)) as “any system, method, construction, device or appliance appurtenant thereto, or any portion of any building or equipment” that eliminates, prevents, or reduces…”
The Bd. of Educ. of Roxana Cmty. Unit Sch. Dist. No. 1 v. The Pollution Control Bd., 2013 IL 115473. · cites it 2× “owing major renovations to the refinery, WRB submitted separate applications to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) pursuant to section 11- 25 of the Property Tax Code (35 ILCS 200/11-25 (West 2010)) to have 28 of the refinery’s systems, methods, devices, and…”
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