Illinois Compiled Statutes

415 ILCS 5/3.220 (2026)

Hazardous waste

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(415 ILCS 5/3.220) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.15)
    Sec. 3.220. Hazardous waste. "Hazardous waste" means a waste, or combination of wastes, which because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics may cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious, irreversible, or incapacitating reversible, illness; or pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, or disposed of, or otherwise managed, and which has been identified, by characteristics or listing, as hazardous pursuant to Section 3001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, P.L. 94-580, or pursuant to Board regulations. Potentially infectious medical waste is not a hazardous waste, except for those potentially infectious medical wastes identified by characteristics or listing as hazardous under Section 3001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, P.L. 94-580, or pursuant to Board regulations.
(Source: P.A. 92-574, eff. 6-26-02.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 2015–2017 · leading case: E.O.R. Energy, LLC v. Pollution Control Bd., 2015 IL App (4th) 130443 (Ill. App. Ct. 2015).
E.O.R. Energy, LLC v. Pollution Control Bd., 2015 IL App (4th) 130443 (Ill. App. Ct. 2015). “" 415 ILCS 5/3.220 (West 2004). ¶ 74 Section 12(g) of the Environmental Act provides, in pertinent part, that no person shall: "Cause, threaten or allow the underground injection of contami- nants without a UIC permit issued by the [EPA] under Section 39(d) of this Act, or in…”
E.O.R. Energy, LLC v. Pollution Control Bd., 2015 IL App (4th) 130443 (Ill. App. Ct. 2015). “” 415 ILCS 5/3.220 (West 2004). ¶ 74 Section 12(g) of the Environmental Act provides, in pertinent part, that no person shall: “Cause, threaten or allow the underground injection of contaminants without a UIC permit issued by the [EPA] under Section 39(d) of this Act, or in…”
E.O.R. Energy L.L.C. v. Messina, 274 F. Supp. 3d 828 (C.D. Ill. 2017). “Specifically, the appellate court agreed with the Pollution Control Board that the acid material at issue constituted waste or hazardous waste within the' meaning of the Environmental Protection Act (415 ILCS 5/3.220). Id. ¶ 80. In addition, the court rejected Plaintiffs’…”
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