Illinois Statutes Chapter 415. Environmental Safety § 110/2008. Comparable quality standards

(a) For the purposes of implementing and enforcing this Act, the Agency shall set comparable quality standards for each of the grades of newsprint available from all suppliers of newsprint to determine the comparable quality of recycled content newsprint to virgin material. The standards shall be based on the average numerical standards of printing opacity, brightness level, and cross machine tear strength.

(b) The Agency shall review its standards at least once every 2 years and determine whether they should be adjusted to reflect changes in industry standards and practices, and if so, the Agency shall set new standards.