Permit requirements for the storage, treatment, and disposal of waste at a disposal facility

Permit requirements for the storage, treatment, and disposal of waste at a disposal facility. (a) Upon adoption of regulations under subsection (c) of this Section, no person shall deposit any low-level radioactive waste at a storage, treatment, or disposal facility in Illinois licensed under Section 8 of the Illinois Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Act without a permit granted by the Agency. (b) Upon adoption of regulations under subsection (c) of this Section, no person shall operate a storage, treatment, or disposal facility licensed under Section 8 of the Illinois Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Act without a permit granted by the Agency. (c) The Agency shall adopt regulations providing for the issuance, suspension, and revocation of permits required under subsections (a) and (b) of this Section. The regulations may provide a system for tracking low-level radioactive waste to ensure that waste that other states are responsible for disposing of under federal law does not become the responsibility of the State of Illinois. The regulations shall be consistent with the Federal Hazardous Materials Transportation Act. (d) The Agency may enter into a contract or contracts for operation of the system for tracking low-level radioactive waste as provided in subsection (c) of this Section. (e) A person who violates this Section or any regulation promulgated under this Section shall be subject to a civil penalty, not to exceed $10,000, for each violation. Each day a violation continues shall constitute a separate offense. A person who fails to pay a civil penalty imposed by a regulation adopted under this Section, or any portion of the penalty, is liable in a civil action in an amount not to exceed 4 times the amount imposed and not paid. At the request of the Agency, the Attorney General shall, on behalf of the State, bring an action for the recovery of any civil penalty provided for by this Section. Any civil penalties so recovered shall be deposited into the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Facility Operation Fund.(Source: P.A. 103-569, eff. 6-1-24; 104-2, eff. 6-16-25; 104-458, eff. 6-1-26.)