Illinois Statutes Chapter 510. Animals § 77/55. Rules; Livestock Management Facilities Advisory Committee

(a) There is hereby established a Livestock Management Facilities Advisory Committee, which shall include the Directors of the Department of Agriculture, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Natural Resources, and the Department of Public Health, or their designees. The Director of Agriculture or his or her designee shall serve as the Chair of the Advisory Committee. Members of the Advisory Committee may organize themselves as they deem necessary and shall serve without compensation.

(b) The Advisory Committee shall review, evaluate, and make recommendations to the Department of Agriculture for rules necessary for the implementation of this Act. Based upon the recommendations of the Advisory Committee, the Department of Agriculture shall: (i) propose rules to the Pollution Control Board for the implementation of design and construction standards for livestock waste handling facilities as set forth in Sections 13 and 15(a-5) of this Act based upon the standards set forth in the American Society of Agricultural Engineers' Standards, Engineering Practices and Data (ASAE Standards) and future updates, Midwest Plan Service's Concrete Manure Storage Handbook (MWPS-36) and future updates and related supplemental technical documents, the Midwest Plan Service's Livestock Waste Facilities Handbook (MWPS-18) and future updates and related supplemental technical documents or similar standards used by the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the United States Department of Agriculture; and (ii) on and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1999, provide public notice in the State newspaper, the Illinois Register, and on the Department's Internet website; hold public hearings during the first notice period; and take public comments and adopt rules pursuant to the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act  1 for all Sections of this Act other than design and construction standards for livestock waste handling facility as set forth in Sections 13 and 15(a-5).

(c) The Pollution Control Board shall hold hearings on and adopt rules for the implementation of design and construction standards for livestock waste handling facilities as set forth in Sections 13 and 15(a-5) of this Act in the manner provided for in Sections 27 and 28 of the Environmental Protection Act.  2 Rules adopted pursuant to this Section shall take into account all available pollution control technologies and shall be technologically feasible and economically reasonable.

(d) The Advisory Committee shall meet once every 6 months after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997 to review, evaluate, and make recommendations to the Department of Agriculture concerning the Department's random inspection of livestock waste lagoons under Section 16 of this Act.