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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
§ 3.535. Waste. “Waste” means any garbage, sludge from a waste treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility or other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semi-solid, or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, commercial, mining and agricultural operations, and from community activities, but does not include solid or dissolved material in domestic sewage, or solid or dissolved materials in irrigation return flows, or coal combustion by-products as defined in Section 3.135, or industrial discharges which are point sources subject to permits under Section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as now or hereafter amended, 1 or source, special nuclear, or by-product materials as defined by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended 2 (68 Stat. 921) or any solid or dissolved material from any facility subject to the Federal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (P.L. 95-87) 3 or the rules and regulations thereunder or any law or rule or regulation adopted by the State of Illinois pursuant thereto.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Illinois Statutes Chapter 415. Environmental Safety § 5/3.535. Waste - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/il/chapter-415-environmental-safety/il-st-sect-415-5-3-535/
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