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              December 2007
Nonhazardous Solid Waste
Management and Landfill
Capacity in Illinois: 2006
Nonhazardous
Solid Waste Management
And Landfill Capacity
In Illinois: 2006
Reporting period for waste disposal: Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2006
Reporting date for landfill capacity: Jan. 1, 2007
This report has been prepared for the Governor of the State of Illinois and the General Assembly
in accordance with Section 4 of the Illinois Solid Waste Management Act.
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Bureau of Land
Division of Land Pollution Control
Waste Reduction and Compliance Section
1021 North Grand Avenue East
P.O. Box 19276
Springfield, IL 62794-9276
December 2007
IEPA/BOL/07-013
Additional Information and Acknowledgements..........................................................................................vii
Photo Credits............................................................................................................................................ viii
Preface .......................................................................................................................................................ix
How to Use the Illinois EPA Landfill Capacity Report.................................................................................. x
Executive Summary ...................................................................................................................................xi
Introduction................................................................................................................................................. 1
Maps......................................................................................................................................................... 17
Region One: Northwestern Illinois..........................................................................................................R1.1
Region Two: Chicago Metropolitan ........................................................................................................R2.1
Region Three: Peoria/Quad Cities.........................................................................................................R3.1
Region Four: East Central Illinois...........................................................................................................R4.1
Region Five: West Central Illinois...........................................................................................................R5.1
Region Six: Metropolitan East St. Louis .................................................................................................R6.1
Region Seven: Southern Illinois .............................................................................................................R7.1
Appendix A: Solid Waste Landfill Owners and Operators: Alphabetic by Facility .....................................A1
Appendix B: Solid Waste Landfill Owners and Operators: Alphabetic by County .....................................B1
Appendix C: Solid Waste Landfills Ranked by Waste Received: 2006 .....................................................C1
Appendix D: Solid Waste Landfills Ranked by Remaining Capacities; as of Jan. 1, 2007........................D1
Appendix E: Solid Waste Transfer Station Owners and Operators: Alphabetic by Facility .......................E1
Appendix F: Solid Waste Transfer Station Owners and Operators: Alphabetic by County....................... F1
Appendix G: Solid Waste Transfer Stations Ranked by Waste Received: 2006 ...................................... G1
Appendix H: Landscape Waste Compost Facility Owners and Operators: Alphabetic by Facility ............H1
Appendix I: Landscape Waste Compost Facility Owners and Operators: Alphabetic by County ............. I1
Appendix J: Landscape Waste Compost Facilities Ranked by Waste Received: 2006 ........................... J1
Appendix K: Contact List for Solid Waste Planning and Recycling: Alphabetic by County .......................K1
Appendix L: Adoption Dates and Updates of Solid Waste Management Plans:
Alphabetic by County............................................................................................................ L1
Appendix M: Municipal Waste Generation and Recycling: Alphabetic by County .................................... M1
Contents
Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 2006 􀂙􉥩 iii
State Solid Waste Surcharge Fees ............................................................................................................. 2
Illinois EPA Permit Activity for New and Expansion Approvals ...................................................................4
State of Origin of Wastes Received at Illinois Landfills in 2006................................................................... 5
Illinois Landfills: Waste Accepted in 2006 Versus 2005 .............................................................................. 5
Illinois Landfills: Remaining Capacities Jan. 1, 2007 Versus Jan. 1, 2006.................................................. 6
Waste Disposed and Landfill Capacity Per Capita; Landfill Life Expectancy .............................................. 6
Statewide Landfill Capacity is Adequate Despite Same Number of Facilities ............................................. 7
National Solid Waste Management Figures for 2006 Reported by US EPA ............................................... 8
Municipal Waste Management in Illinois: 2006 ........................................................................................... 8
Municipal Waste Generated & Recycled..................................................................................................... 9
Compost Facilities: Waste Handled in 2006.............................................................................................. 10
Transfer Stations: Waste Handled in 2006................................................................................................ 11
Local Agencies Delegated to Inspect Pollution Control Facilities for the Illinois EPA (map) ..................... 15
Illinois Landfills, 2006 (map)...................................................................................................................... 17
Twenty-four Illinois Landfills Receiving Waste from Ten Other States in 2006 (map)............................... 19
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Administrative Regions (map) .................................................. 21
Region One: Landfills, Transfer Stations and Compost Facilities Active in 2006 (map) ........................R1.0
Region One: Landfills: Waste Accepted 2006; Remaining Capacities Jan. 1, 2007 ..............................R1.2
Region One: Transfer Stations: Waste Handled 2006 ...........................................................................R1.3
Region One: Compost Facilities: Waste Accepted 2006........................................................................R1.4
Region One: Municipal Waste Recycled ................................................................................................R1.4
Region Two: Chicago Metropolitan Area Landfills Active in 2006 (map)..............................................R2.0a
Region Two: Chicago Metropolitan Area Transfer Stations Active in 2006 (map) ...............................R2.0b
Region Two: Chicago Metropolitan Area Compost Facilities Active in 2006 (map) .............................R2.0c
Region Two: Landfills: Waste Accepted 2006; Remaining Capacities Jan. 1, 2007 ..............................R2.3
Region Two: Solid Waste Statistics........................................................................................................R2.3
Region Two: Transfer Stations: Waste Handled 2006 ...........................................................................R2.5
Region Two: Compost Facilities: Waste Accepted 2006........................................................................R2.6
Region Two: New Chicago Metro Area Transfer Stations 2004-2006....................................................R2.6
Region Two: Municipal Waste Recycled ................................................................................................R2.7
Region Three: Landfills, Transfer Stations and Compost Facilities Active and Closed in 2006 (map)...R3.0
Region Three: Landfills: Waste Accepted 2006; Remaining Capacities Jan. 1, 2007............................R3.2
Region Three: Transfer Stations: Waste Handled 2006.........................................................................R3.3
Region Three: Compost Facilities: Waste Accepted 2006 .....................................................................R3.4
Region Three: Municipal Waste Recycled..............................................................................................R3.4
Region Four: Landfills, Transfer Stations and Compost Facilities Active and Inactive in 2006 (map) ...R4.0
Region Four: Landfills: Waste Accepted 2006; Remaining Capacities Jan. 1, 2007..............................R4.2
Region Four: Transfer Stations: Waste Handled 2006...........................................................................R4.3
Region Four: Compost Facilities: Waste Accepted 2006 .......................................................................R4.3
Region Four: Municipal Waste Recycled................................................................................................R4.4
Maps and Tables
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Region Five: Landfills, Transfer Stations and Compost Facilities Active and Inactive in 2006 (map) ....R5.0
Region Five: Landfills: Waste Accepted 2006; Remaining Capacities Jan. 1, 2007 ..............................R5.2
Region Five: Transfer Stations: Waste Handled 2006 ...........................................................................R5.3
Region Five: Compost Facilities: Waste Accepted 2006........................................................................R5.3
Region Five: Municipal Waste Recycled ................................................................................................R5.4
Region Six: Landfills, Transfer Stations and Compost Facilities Active and Inactive in 2006 (map)......R6.0
Region Six: Landfills: Waste Accepted 2006; Remaining Capacities Jan. 1, 2007 ................................R6.2
Region Six: Transfer Stations: Waste Handled 2006 .............................................................................R6.3
Region Six: Compost Facilities: Waste Accepted 2006..........................................................................R6.4
Region Six: Municipal Waste Recycled..................................................................................................R6.4
Region Seven: Landfills, Transfer Stations and Compost Facilities Active and Inactive in 2006 (map) R7.0
Region Seven: Landfills: Waste Accepted 2006; Remaining Capacities Jan. 1, 2007...........................R7.2
Region Seven: Transfer Stations: Waste Handled 2006........................................................................R7.3
Region Seven: Compost Facilities: Waste Accepted 2006 ....................................................................R7.3
Region Seven: Municipal Waste Recycled.............................................................................................R7.4
Maps and Tables
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How to Obtain Additional Information
To learn more about municipal solid waste landfills, transfer
stations or compost facilities in Illinois, please call 217-785-
8604, or write to:
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Bureau of Land
Division of Land Pollution Control
Waste Reduction and Compliance Section
P.O. Box 19276
Springfield, IL 62794-9276
Our Internet address is http://www.epa.state.il.us/land
When using courier services (UPS, Airborne, etc.), please use
the following street address and zip code:
1021 North Grand Avenue East
Springfield, IL 62702
Acknowledgements
This document is produced and published by the Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency, Douglas P. Scott, Director.
Primary Editor was Ellen Robinson of the Waste Reduction and
Compliance Section, Bureau of Land.
The report is printed in the Agency’s print shop. Many thanks to
Tom Davis who provided publishing advice to the Primary
Editor. Nina Dugger and Sallie Springer provided editing.
Excellent typing and design was provided by Judy Brubaker, the
Section’s administrative support. Full length, fold-out State of
Illinois and Chicago Metropolitan area maps were designed by
Ted Prescott using GIS software.
Illinois EPA Bureau of Land personnel contributed their time and
expertise to the development of this publication. Computer data
calculation was provided by Darrel Watkins. Assistance with
technical matters regarding permitting and inspecting was
provided by Sallie Springer and Gary Cima. Photos were
chosen by Gary Steele and Ellen Robinson. Todd Marvel is our
expert on used tires.
The Agency also wishes to thank the staff of the 18 delegated
counties, plus Ambraw Valley Solid Waste Agency and the City
of Chicago who inspect and have first-hand knowledge of
approximately 50 percent of the landfills, transfer stations and
compost sites covered in this report. Staff from our seven
regional offices and delegated partners are responsible for
inspecting all Agency-permitted waste management facilities on
a regular basis.
Additional Information and Acknowledgements
Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 2006 􀂙􉤠 vii
Cover Photo: Closure activities at Settler's Hill Recycling and Disposal Facility, Batavia, include capping of the
landfill for final cover geomembrane placement. This landfill closed to the public on December 29, 2006, one of two
Illinois landfills that ceased accepting waste in 2006. Photo was taken by Ian C. Johnson, Environmental Engineer,
Waste Management, Batavia.
Page 1: A $3.8 million household chemicals and computer recycling facility on Goose Island, Chicago, may
be used on Tuesdays and Thursdays and the first Saturday of the month for residents to drop off
materials. Photo is published courtesy of City of Chicago’s Department of Environment.
Page 11: Photo was taken at Tazewell Transfer Station (under development), East Peoria, by Mike Judge,
Construction Manager, Waste Management, East Peoria.
Region 1: Photo was taken at Veolia ES Orchard Hills, Davis Junction, by Joy Bliton, Solid Waste Management
Specialist/Environmental Engineer, Ogle County Solid Waste Department, Oregon.
Region 2: Photo was taken at Veolia ES Zion, Zion, by Greg Giroux, Environmental Protection Specialist, Lake
County Health Department and Community Health Center, Waukegan.
Region 3: Photo was taken at Tazewell Recycling and Disposal Facility, East Peoria, by Russ Burcham,
Recycling Coordinator/Inspector, Tazewell County Health Department, Tremont.
Region 4: Poster: “This Land is Our Land” was drawn by Luke Brotherton, student, Kingsley Jr. High School,
Bloomington. This was one of the six winning posters for the Illinois EPA’s 20th Annual Poster,
Poetry and Prose Contest for 5th and 6th graders.
Region 5: Poem: “Our Land” was written by Carmen Savage, student, A-C Central Jr. High, Ashland. This was
one of six winning poems for the Illinois EPA’s 20th Annual Poster, Poetry and Prose Contest for 5th
and 6th graders.
Region 6: Photo was taken at Cottonwood Hills Recycling and Disposal Facility, Marissa, by Kristy Goto,
Environmental Protection Coordinator, St. Clair County Health Department, Belleville.
Region 7: Photo was taken at Veolia ES Wayne County Regional Landfill, Fairfield, by Clark Griffith,
Administrator, Wayne County Health Department, Fairfield.
Landfills
Appendices A-D: Photo was taken at Settler's Hill Recycling and Disposal Facility, Batavia, by Ian Johnson,
Environmental Engineer, Waste Management, Batavia.
Transfer Stations
Appendices E-G: Photo was taken at Tazewell Transfer Station (under development), East Peoria, by Mike
Judge, Construction Manager, Waste Management, East Peoria.
Compost Sites
Appendices H-J: Photo was taken at Land & Lakes/Willow Ranch Compost Facility, Romeoville, by Jason
Peppmuller, Environmental Enforcement Officer, Will County Land Use Department, Waste
Services Division, Joliet.
Solid Waste Planning & Recycling
Appendices K-M: Photo was taken during the Sangamon County’s Earth Stewardship Day event, held annually at
the Illinois State Fairgrounds, by Robert Wiatrolik, Photographer, Illinois EPA, Springfield.
Photo Credits
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O ne billion gate cubic yards was the capacity remaining at
48 Illinois landfills as of January 1, 2007. Overall 19 years
of space is remaining for waste disposal. In this, the
Agency’s 20th annual report on landfill disposal and available
landfill capacity in Illinois, we report to you not only the remaining
capacity, but many other useful facts about landfills and pollution
control facilities throughout the state.
One of the 48 landfills reporting capacity, Lee County Landfill Inc.,
Dixon recently received permission to expand. That capacity is
included in the Jan. 1, 2007 capacity figure because it was
permitted on June 8, 2006.
The more recent landfill expansion at ADS/McLean County
Landfill, Bloomington was not included in the capacity figure as of
Jan. 1, 2007, because it was not approved until Mar. 13, 2007.
Since its inception in 1970, the Illinois EPA has overseen the
development and operation of a productive system of modern
sanitary landfills. The Agency continues to ensure that these
facilities meet the strictest disposal standards in history, and that
they are engineered to be fully protective of human health and the
environment, especially where it concerns any possibility of
groundwater contamination.
In 2006, 49 was the number of active landfills in Illinois accepting
waste for disposal. Years of waste disposal remaining for these
landfills, however, varied tremendously from region to region;
ranging from eight years in the Chicago Metropolitan area to 47
years in Southern Illinois.
The big issue for local areas was the closure of two of the State’s
landfills: Settlers Hill, Batavia, which ceased accepting waste on
December 29, 2006 and Tazewell Recycling and Disposal Facility,
East Peoria, which closed on December 8, 2006. Landfill closures
have an unfortunate resultant effect on revenues available to
implement local programs related to recycling and environmental
education.
In addition, three landfills near Harrisburg, Jerseyville and Streator
remained inactive through most, if not all of the year 2006.
Besides 49 landfills, 107 active transfer stations and 39 active
compost facilities are also available to help manage waste
generated in Illinois.
Inspections of waste management facilities are conducted by
personnel from Illinois EPA’s seven regional field offices and our
delegated partners. Our delegated partners include 18 counties,
Ambraw Valley Solid Waste Agency and the City of Chicago. They
have the authority to inspect landfills, transfer stations and
compost sites in their jurisdictions, and investigate citizen
complaints about illegal dumping of waste.
The Illinois EPA hopes you will find this information useful and
instructive and welcomes your comments and suggestions as to
how it may be improved.
Douglas P. Scott
Director, Illinois EPA
Preface
Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 2006 􀂙􉥩 ix
Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in
Illinois is Illinois EPA’s annual report describing the management
of nonhazardous municipal solid waste by the State’s solid waste
landfills, transfer stations and compost facilities. The report is
divided into sections representing Illinois EPA’s administrative
regions. Region 1 includes Northwestern Illinois counties; Region
2 includes Chicago Metropolitan counties; Region 3 includes
Peoria/Quad Cities area counties; Region 4 includes East Central
Illinois counties; Region 5 includes West Central Illinois counties;
Region 6 includes Metropolitan East St. Louis area counties; and
Region 7 includes Southern Illinois counties.
Each regional section includes newly designed specification pages
describing location and hours of operation, tipping fee, quantities
of wastes received for the last three years, the landfill’s certified
remaining capacity (in gate cubic yards) for the last two reporting
dates, solid waste management fees paid in 2006, the Agency regional field office or delegated
local authority that inspects the facility, and the name, address and phone number of the landfill’s
owner and operator. Similar but scaled-down specification pages are included for each transfer
station. In all, this report includes details of 49 landfills, 107 transfer stations and 39 compost
facilities. Those sites included were permitted to and accepted some waste in 2004, 2005 and/or
2006.
Landfill details are found in Appendices A through D; transfer station details are found in
Appendices E through G; landscape waste compost facility information is found in Appendices H
through J; the contact list for local (county) solid waste planning and recycling coordinators is
found in Appendix K; in Appendix L, information is found about updated local (county) solid waste
plans; and information about local municipal waste generation and recycling is found in Appendix
M.
Additionally, this 20th edition of the report contains a state map designed with GIS software
showing locations of Illinois landfills. A Chicago Metropolitan area map also shows the locations
of transfer stations in addition to the location of landfills.
How to Use the Illinois EPA Landfill Capacity Report
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THIS IS THE ILLINOIS EPA’S 20TH ANNUAL REPORT
describing the management of nonhazardous
municipal solid waste by the state’s solid waste
landfills, transfer stations and compost facilities.
The report is divided into sections representing Illinois
EPA administrative regions. Each regional section
includes specification pages describing the chief physical
characteristics of each landfill.
The list of active waste management facilities during 2006
includes 49 landfills, 107 transfer stations and 39 compost
sites.
Illinois municipal solid waste landfills are required to report
to the Illinois EPA the quantities of solid waste they
receive each year, and to calculate and report the amount
of remaining capacity on the first day of the following year.
During 2006, 49 landfills reported receiving a total of
almost 54.9 million gate cubic yards (more than 16.6
million gate tons) of waste. This volume was almost 2.6
million gate cubic yards less than the total received at 51
landfills during 2005, a five percent decline.
As of Jan. 1, 2007, 48 landfills reported having a
combined remaining capacity of more than one billion
gate cubic yards (almost 310.4 million gate tons), which is
44 million gate cubic yards more than 51 landfills reported
on Jan. 1, 2006, a 4.5 percent increase.
Dividing wastes disposed during 2006 by capacity
remaining on Jan. 1, 2007, indicates an overall landfill life
expectancy in Illinois of 19 years at 2006 disposal rates
and barring capacity adjustments.
Years of waste disposal remaining however, varied
tremendously from region to region; ranging from eight
years in the Chicago Metropolitan area to 47 years in
Southern Illinois.
Executive Summary
Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 2006 􀂙􉥸 xi
Nonhazardous
Solid Waste Management
And Landfill Capacity
2006
Introduction
MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE IS THE TERM USED TO DESCRIBE
the wastes discarded by America’s households, stores,
offices, factories, restaurants, schools and other
institutions. “Discarded” most often, in Illinois, means disposed in
Agency-permitted landfills. Waste is also handled through other
alternative means of solid waste management, such as recycling and
composting, after it is collected by municipal waste haulers.
In 2006, Illinois landfills accepted more than 54.9 million gate cubic
yards of solid waste. Of all solid waste landfilled in Illinois in 2006,
13 percent, equating to 7.1 million cubic yards (2.1 million tons)
accepted by 24 landfills came from 10 other states. We know this
because for 15 years (since 1992), Illinois landfill operators have
reported these quantities on a quarterly basis to the Illinois EPA.
Municipal waste haulers servicing Illinois are not required to report
to Illinois EPA how much waste they transport across the borders of
Illinois to landfills in other states.
Municipal waste haulers are not required to be licensed by the State
of Illinois. They may be licensed by a local government, if a hauler
licensing ordinance has been enacted in a government unit.
Almost 9.8 million tons of municipal waste is recycled
There is at present no mechanism in the State of Illinois law that
requires permitting of municipal waste recycling centers. However,
those facilities that transfer any municipal waste types for disposal
(including construction and demolition debris or landscape waste) to
landfills or compost sites are regulated as transfer stations.
Illinois EPA relies on local governments to collect information
concerning municipal waste generation and recycling. Municipal
waste haulers who are licensed locally can be more willing to
provide recycling and other waste generation data to local
governments who ask for it. Under State law, counties and the City
of Chicago municipal waste management plans must have a local
goal for 25 percent of the municipal waste stream to be recycled.
Local recycling coordinators in 2006 voluntarily reported to Illinois
EPA that almost 9.8 million tons of municipal waste were recycled.
Total municipal waste generated in Illinois was reported at 25.5
million tons. The City of Chicago recently opened its own
household chemical and computer recycling center.
Mayor Daley Opens New
Permanent Household
Chemical and Computer
Recycling Center
Mayor Richard M. Daley was at the
opening of the City of Chicago’s first
permanent Household Chemical and
Computer Recycling Center. The $3.8
million 24,000 square foot facility, located
at 1150 N. North Branch St. on Goose
Island, will accept computers for recycling
and will allow for the safe disposal or
recycling of household hazardous
chemicals.
The facility accepts the following materials
for recycling or safe disposal: antifreeze,
used motor oil, old gasoline, oil-based
paints, paint thinners, aerosol paints,
herbicides, insecticides, pesticides, lawn
chemicals, solvents, drain cleaners,
cleaning products, pool chemicals, hobby
chemicals, mercury, fluorescent lamps and
bulbs, computers and cell phones.
These materials are accepted during the
facility's hours of operation: Tuesdays from
7 a.m. to noon; Thursdays from 2 p.m. to 7
p.m., and the first Saturday of every month
from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
For more information about the Household
Chemical and Computer Recycling Center,
go to www.bluecartschicago.org/
2006 Annual
Report
Topics Covered
􀂄􈐠 Waste disposed in landfills,
2004-2006 (in gate cubic
yards and in gate tons)
􀂄􈐠 Remaining disposal capacity
as of Jan. 1, 2006, and Jan.
1, 2007 (in gate cubic yards)
􀂄􈐠 Specification pages for 51
landfills, 107 transfer stations
and 39 compost sites
􀂄􈐠 Waste generated and recycled,
2006 (in tons)
􀂄􈐠 Waste handled by transfer
stations, 2004-2006
(in tons)
􀂄􈐠 Waste composted, 2004-
2006 (in tons)
Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 2006 􀂙􉤱 1
Introduction
Burn Barrels Outreach
Campaign
Illinois EPA had a Burn Barrel Public
Education Campaign in September
2004 with funding from US EPA. The
goal of this 10-week initiative was to
educate the public about the
environmental hazards of burning
household waste and help them find
alternative disposal options. The
campaign consisted of newspaper
advertisements and radio spots
targeted in various parts of Illinois.
Local governments, including Solid
Waste & Recycling Coordinators and
delegated agencies, became a great
asset for us in promoting this public
education campaign. Federal
resources combined with State and
local partnerships could influence
some citizens to make better choices
for waste disposal.
Two newspaper ads may include local
contact information, and may be placed
in local newspapers. Our web site,
http://www.lllinoisburnbarrels.org
could link to yours. Newly revised
Illinois EPA brochures are also
available to distribute as needed. 􀂍􈵆
Federal goal for recycling of municipal waste is 35 percent
The federal government also had a solid waste management goal to
recycle 35 percent of the municipal waste stream by 2005.
National solid waste data published in November from US EPA
report called Municipal Solid Waste in the United States: 2006
Facts & Figures says that nationwide 55 percent of solid waste was
landfilled; 24.3 percent was recycled; 12.5 percent was incinerated;
and 8.2 percent was composted. The report is found on-line at
http://www.epa.gov/msw/msw99.htm. This report contains
information about waste generation. It categorizes the municipal
solid waste stream by waste type.
Urban and rural local recycling efforts
Much of Illinois is rural and located a distance from recycling
markets. However, in most of the heavily populated counties in the
Chicago Metropolitan and Metropolitan East St. Louis areas
markets for recyclable materials are readily available. The county-designated
recycling coordinators in these areas may be contacted
using phone numbers found in Appendix K of this report.
Cost to build landfills requires investments
Developing a landfill requires enormous investments in land and
equipment, plus engineering expenses, fees to state (see below) and
local governments, taxes, typical operating costs and additional
dollars set aside for post-closure care. Consideration will need to be
made of costs to design, build, permit, operate and conduct post-closure
care at a landfill.
Ownership of a landfill is big business and the five publicly owned
facilities remaining in Illinois after 2007 began are located in the
City of Salem; the City of Rochelle; Jointly City and County of
Peoria; Knox and Whiteside counties. Therefore the rest of the
active landfills accepting waste into 2007, besides these five, are
privately owned and operated. Kane County closed its county
owned facility on Dec. 29, 2006.
State solid waste fees were updated on July 1, 2003 and remain the
same through the present time. See chart below. Local solid waste
fees have not been updated.
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State Solid Waste Surcharge Fees
pay a solid and also
Landfills Receiving: waste fee of: Subtitle D Fees
Greater than 150,000 cu. yds./yr. $2.00/ton or $0.95/cy $0.22/ton or $0.101/cy
Between 100,000 and 150,000 cu. yds./yr. $52,630 $7,020
Between 50,000 and 100,000 cu. yds./yr. $23,790 $3,120
Between 10,000 and 50,000 cu. yds./yr. $7,260 $975
Less than 10,000 cu. yds./yr. $1,050 $210
US EPA’s Region 5 hotline in
Chicago: 800-621-8431
http://www.epa.gov/oswer
Landfills are developed cell by cell
Landfills are divided into sections called phases or cells, which are
developed as needed, filled systematically so that specific loads of
waste can be located weeks or months later, and covered with soil or
other materials to prevent the spread of odors and problems with
vermin.
Trucks arriving at a landfill are inspected for prohibited
nonhazardous wastes and for hazardous wastes that Illinois bans
from landfilling including: bulk liquids, landscape wastes, lead acid
batteries, potentially infectious medical waste, used motor oil, white
good components and whole used tires. Loads are weighed and
details about them are recorded. They are then taken to the exposed
portion of the active cell, which is known as the working face.
Trucks empty their loads at the working face where specially
designed bulldozers spread and compact the waste, crushing it to
eliminate air pockets and squeezing it into the smallest space
possible.
A ranking of these active facilities (Appendix C) finds the top two
landfills received 23 percent of waste landfilled in Illinois. This
unequal distribution of waste creates a difference between an
average landfill, which would have accepted almost 1.1 million gate
cubic yards (about 340 thousand gate tons) of waste, and a median
landfill, which would have received more than 587 thousand gate
cubic yards (about 178 thousand gate tons).
Permanent landfill closings affect local capacity
Four landfills reached their capacity limit and closed their gates
during 2004, 2005 and 2006. In Region 2: Kankakee Recycling and
Disposal Facility ceased accepting waste on Nov. 18, 2005, and its
certification of closure was obtained April 2, 2007. Settler’s Hill
RDF, Batavia, closed per local agreement on Dec. 29, 2006. In
Region 3, Tazewell RDF, East Peoria, closed to the public on Dec.
8, 2006. A transfer station is taking its place. In Region 6: South
Chain of Rocks RDF ceased accepting waste on July 23, 2004, and
closure certification was approved by the Agency’s Bureau of Land,
Permit Section on June 22, 2005.
Inactive landfills may “temporarily close”
Streator Area Landfill #3, Streator, has an application for a
horizontal expansion of 4.7 million cubic yards of airspace currently
under review. The operator chose to temporarily close on April 9,
2005. On April 28, 2006, the RCS Landfill Inc. Jerseyville, went
inactive, for business reasons. Saline County Landfill, Harrisburg,
also ceased accepting waste on June 7, 2006, and the operator
declared to Illinois EPA that it was “temporarily closed.”
Total number of Illinois landfill operators that reported available
capacity as of Jan. 1, 2007, then was 48.
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$5.5 million funding to crack
down on illegal dumps
Governor Rod Blagojevich recommended a
Fiscal Year 2006 Budget for the Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA)
that included $5.5 million for Project IRID
(Illinois Removes Illegal Dumps), a new
initiative that will shut down open dumps,
crack down on landfill violators and
regulate construction debris disposal sites.
The new initiative will be paid for by using a
portion of existing fees paid by landfills.
The new IRID funding allotted $1.5 million
for additional IEPA landfill inspection and
enforcement staff who will take on new
responsibilities for regulating an estimated
500 abandoned quarries and sand pits in
Illinois that are used for disposal of
construction and demolition waste.
An additional $1 million would be used for
increased grants to county governments
that help inspect landfills and open
dumping. The remaining $3 million would
go toward cleaning up the estimated 600 to
900 open dumps across the state where
responsible parties cannot be found, and to
assist communities in removing
construction and demolition debris from
brownfields sites needed for
re-development.
“We have also made it easier for citizens to
use the Internet to access IEPA’s
information on air and water quality,
cleanups and enforcement,” Director Scott
added. “They can also file environmental
complaints and make suggestions for
enforcement projects online and these
efforts will also continue and expand,”
Director Scott added. 􀂍􈵉
Inactive landfills temporarily
close, 2005-2006
IEPA Date of
Region Landfill* Closure
Region 4 Streator Area LF #3 4-9-05
Region 5 RCS Landfill Inc. 4-28-06
Region 7 Saline Co. LF 6-7-06
*Closed with capacity
Gate Cubic Yards and Tons
Illinois landfills are required to report to
the Illinois EPA the quantities of waste
received during each calendar year.
They must also calculate how much
capacity remains available for future
waste disposal as of Jan. 1st of the
following year.
These figures are submitted to the
Agency in “gate cubic yards,” or the
volume of waste entering the landfill’s
gate. Remaining capacities are
expressed as certified gate cubic
yards, meaning that calculations have
been certified as true and accurate by
a licensed professional engineer.
These numbers are found on landfill
specification pages in each of seven
regional sections in this report.
The term “in-place cubic yards” is used
to indicate wastes that have been
compressed to a half or a third or a
quarter of their original volume,
depending on the degree of
compaction achieved by the operator.
Gate cubic yards can be difficult to
visualize. To aid the reader, we have
divided gate cubic yards by an industry
standard of 3.3 to achieve approximate
tons. In other words, 3.3 gate cubic
yards = one gate ton.
Opening and re-opening of three Illinois landfills in 2004
Prairie View RDF, Wilmington, opened in January 2004. In March
2004, Perry Ridge Landfill opened in DuQuoin. In June 2004,
Indian Creek Landfill No. 2, Hopedale, was allowed to modify its
permit and re-open.
Four landfills still under development
Four landfills with developmental permits include Atkinson
Landfill, Atkinson; Clinton Landfill #3, Clinton; Kankakee
Regional Landfill, Kankakee and Marion Ridge Landfill, Marion.
Information about these landfills will be included in this report,
when they open.
A proposed landfill named Clinton Landfill #3 located near the
currently operating landfill Clinton Landfill #2 is preparing to open
when its current landfill closes. For more details, contact the Bureau
of Land permit reviewer on call at 217-524-3300.
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Acronyms Used in this Report
AKA Also known as
CS or CF Compost site or compost facility
CY or Cu.Yd. Cubic Yard (may be gate or in-place)
HDPE High density polyethylene
LF Landfill
LSW Landscape waste
MRRF Material Recycling and Recovery Facility
PPD/PCD Pounds per person per day/Pounds per capita per
day
RDF Recycling and Disposal Facility
SMO Significant modification to operate (permit)
TPD Tons per day
TPY Tons per year
TS Transfer station
Illinois EPA Permit Activity for New and Expansion Approvals
Region Landfill Municipality Status Details
Design Airspace
(cu. yds.)1
Two: Chicago Metro
Area
Kankakee Reg. LF
LLC
Kankakee Local siting
approval is
under appeal
Permit to develop new LF
issued 3-3-06
50,900,000
Three: Peoria/Quad
Cities
Atkinson Landfill Atkinson Under
Construction
Lateral (78.2 ac.) and vertical
expansions for 45.7 ac.
1-16-04
9,250,000
Four: East Central Illinois ADS/McLean Co. LF
#2
Bloomington Under
Construction
14.9 ac. Lateral expansion
3-13-07 SMO 9-24-07
1,500,000
Four: East Central Illinois Clinton Landfill #3 Clinton Under
Construction
Permit to develop new lLF
issued 3-2-07
32,000,000
Seven: Southern Illinois Marion Ridge LF Marion Under
Construction
Permit to develop new LF
issued 7-23-04
31,7000,000
Seven: Southern Illinois Saline County Landfill Harrisburg Under
Construction
Unit 2, Lateral Expansion
(28.9 ac.) approved 8-19-04
3,113,575
Total 47,963,575
1 Includes space for waste, intermediate or daily cover (in-place cubic yards)
Chicago’s waste affects other region’s capacity
Illinois regional waste disposal and landfill capacities are shown on a
per capita basis in the table on the bottom of page six. Chicago
Metropolitan Region has the lowest remaining capacity per capita.
There is a moratorium against landfills within Chicago’s city limits.
Land prices are high in Chicago. Waste generated by Chicago
Metropolitan region’s population may become problematic for other
Illinois counties and nearby states. Available capacity at landfills in
at least two adjacent states, Indiana and Wisconsin is also affected.
Solid waste disposal data for 2006 is now available from the
State of Indiana
Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM),
Indianapolis, reported in its 2006 Summary of Indiana Solid Waste
Facility Data that 85 percent of waste imports to 24 Indiana solid
waste facilities came from 65 Illinois counties. Almost 2.4 million
tons of Illinois waste were sent to Indiana in 2006. Of the amount of
Illinois waste disposed in Indiana facilities in 2006, 98 percent came
from Cook and Kankakee Counties.
Illinois waste in 2006 was sent for disposal to one or more of 11
different landfills, seven transfer stations, one incinerator, two
construction & demolition disposal sites or three processing facilities
in these 18 Indiana counties: Allen, Fulton, Johnson, Knox, Lake,
Marion, Newton, Pike, Porter, Putnam, Shelby, St. Joseph, Sullivan,
Vanderburgh, Vermillion, Vigo, Warren and White.
Cook County, Illinois, in 2006 sent to Indiana's landfills and transfer
stations 2,173,170 tons of waste. That amount is 78.4 percent of the
waste imports to Indiana. Kankakee County sent 140,316 tons of
municipal waste to Indiana facilities in 2006. This is due to the
closure of Kankakee County RDF, Chebanse, on Nov. 18, 2005.
Indiana's 2006 report is available on-line at http://www.in.gov/idem/
land. Contact Ms. Michelle Weddle, Project Coordinator, IDEM at
317-233-4624 for more information.
State of Origin of Wastes
Received at Illinois Landfills
in 20061
Thirteen percent of all solid waste
landfilled in Illinois in 2005, 7.1 million
gate cubic yards (almost 2.2 million
tons), comes to Illinois as imports from
out-of-state. Waste haulers are not
required by state law to report how
much Illinois waste they transported to
landfills in other states or from which
counties (in Illinois) waste is
transported.
Most states exporting waste to Illinois
are neighbors of Illinois and share its
borders.
State of Origin Cu. Yds. Percent
Missouri 5,402,421 75.7%
Iowa 1,376,213 19.3%
Indiana 176,528 2.4%
Wisconsin 152,417 2.1%
Other States 2 18,642 <0.3%
Kentucky 13,714 <0.2%
Total 7,139,935 100%
1 24 landfills accepted some waste
from other states in 2006.
2 Five other states include: Arkansas,
Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska and
Tennessee
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Illinois Landfills: Waste Accepted in 2006 Versus 2005
Landfills
Accepting 2006 Waste
Waste Waste Accepted, Gate Cu. Yds._ Yearly Change_____ Share of
Region 2006 1 2006 2 20053 Cu. Yds. Percent State Total
One: Northwestern Illinois 7 14,687,957 13,001,299 + 1,686,658 + 13.0 26.7
Two: Chicago Metropolitan 9 12,360,089 11,579,571 + 780,518 + 6.7 22.5
Three: Peoria/Quad Cities 9 4,986,985 4,364,835 + 622,150 + 14.3 9.1
Four: East Central Illinois 8 9,703,331 9,896,608 - 193,277 - 2.0 17.7
Five: West Central Illinois 5 1,902,370 2,177,606 - 275,236 - 12.6 3.5
Six: Metropolitan East St. Louis 5 8,840,077 9,026,017 - 185,940 - 2.1 16.1
Seven: Southern Illinois 6 2,454,853 2,290,601 + 164,252 + 7.2 4.5
Totals 49 54,935,662 52,336,537 + 2,599,125 + 5.0 100
1 Includes facilities that accepted municipal waste for less than one complete calendar year.
2 Includes 7,139,935 cubic yards of out-of-state waste (13% of state total) accepted by 24 Illinois landfills during 2006.
3 Includes 6,979,165 cubic yards of out-of-state waste (13% of state total) accepted by 25 Illinois landfills during 2005.
Capacity increase of 4.5 percent documented on Jan. 1, 2007
In a year that brought an increase in landfill capacity of 4.5 percent, two
of seven regions reported capacity increases matching 4.5 percent; yet
Region 1’s capacity rose the most at 25.6 percent. Part of that increase is
accounted for by Lee County Landfill, Dixon, receiving approval for
both a vertical and horizontal expansion on June 8, 2006.
The table below compares landfill remaining capacities in “snapshots”
taken on Jan. 1, 2006 and Jan. 1, 2007.
Capacity declined in the remaining four regions (Chicago Metropolitan,
East and West Central Illinois and Southern Illinois), ranging from 2.5
to 5.9 percent less capacity than the previous year.
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Two Landfills close in
Dec. 2006
Date of
Landfill Municipality Closure
Settler’s Hill Batavia 12-29-06
Tazewell RDF E. Peoria 12-8-06
Illinois Landfills: Remaining Capacities Jan. 1, 2007 Versus Jan. 1, 2006
Landfills
Reporting Capacity
Capacity Reported Capacity, Gate Cu. Yds.___ Yearly Change_____ Share of
Region 1-1-07 1-1-07 1-1-06 Gate Cu. Yds. Percent State Total
One: Northwestern Illinois 7 233,851,000 186,215,000 + 47,636,000 + 25.6 22.8
Two: Chicago Metropolitan 8 103,742,000 107,994,000 - 4,252,000 - 3.9 10.1
Three: Peoria/Quad Cities 8 211,140,000 202,066,000 + 9,074,000 + 4.5 20.6
Four: East Central Illinois 9 154,584,000 164,228,000 - 9,644,000 - 5.9 15.1
Five: West Central Illinois 5 48,527,000 51,087,000 - 2,560,000 - 5.0 4.7
Six: Metropolitan East St. Louis 5 157,699,000 150,965,000 + 6,734,000 + 4.5 15.4
Seven: Southern Illinois 6 114,909,000 117,847,000 - 2,938,000 - 2.5 11.2
Totals 48 1,024,452,000 980,402,000 44,050,000 4.5 100
Waste Disposed and Landfill Capacity Per Capita; Landfill Life Expectancy
Estimated Waste Disposed, Cu. Yds. 1 Remaining Capacity, Cu. Yds Landfill Life
Region Population 2006 Per Capita Jan. 1, 2007 Per Capita Years2
One: Northwestern Illinois 822,718 14,687,957 17.9 233,851,000 284.2 16
Two: Chicago Metropolitan 8,790,790 12,360,089 1.4 103,742,000 11.8 8
Three: Peoria/Quad Cities 760,204 4,986,985 6.6 211,140,000 277.7 42
Four: East Central Illinois 883,024 9,703,331 11.0 154,584,000 175.1 16
Five: West Central Illinois 563,081 1,902,370 3.4 48,527,000 86.2 26
Six: Metropolitan East St. Louis 717,833 8,840,077 12.3 157,699,000 219.7 18
Seven: Southern Illinois 437,777 2,454,853 5.6 114,909,000 262.5 47
Totals 12,975,427 54,935,662 4.2 1,024,452,000 79.0 19
1 Amounts reported in gate cu. yds.
2 Remaining capacity divided by waste disposed. Tells how long a region may be served by local landfills at current disposal rates,
barring capacity adjustments, until capacity is depleted.
Statewide Landfill Capacity is Adequate Despite Same Number of Facilities
At the end of each year, Illinois landfill operators calculate how much waste they will be able to accept in
the future. This volume is known as remaining or available capacity, and is expressed in gate cubic yards,
meaning waste received at the landfill’s gate before it is compacted. One industry rule of thumb says 10
gate cubic yards of waste can be compressed into five compacted cubic yards. Obviously, the greater the
compaction, the more waste can be buried.
In 2006, 49 landfills reported accepting 54.9 million gate cubic yards of waste from Illinois counties and 10
other states, besides Illinois. The 1.0 billion gate cubic yards of available capacity allows for 19 years of
landfill life statewide, though the range varies from eight years in Chicago Metropolitan area to 47 years in
Southern Illinois.
Tight Regulations Force Closures Pushing Survivors to Build Capacity
56 58
53 53 52 51 50 52 51 49
0
50
100
'97 '98 '99 '00 '01 '02 '03 '04 '05 '06
Average Landfill Capacity Increases While Disposal Rates Remained Constant
7.2
11.1
13.3
14.7 14 13.8 13.7 13.8
19.3 19.2
21.3
0
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6
9
12
15
18
21
24
'97 '98 '99 '00 '01 '02 '03 '04 '05 '06 '07
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'97 '98 '99 '00 '01 '02 '03 '04 '05 '06
Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 2006 􀂙􉤷 7
Active landfills accepting waste each year Total available landfill space, millions of gate cubic yards
Millions of gate cubic yards Wastes landfilled, millions of gate cubic yards
623
750
793
743
717 700 675
987 980 1000
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
1100
'98 '99 '00 '01 '02 '03 '04 '05 '06 '07
51%
increase
20%
increase
46.2%
increase
40.5%
increase
Municipal Waste
Management Plans
and Plan Updates
The Solid Waste Planning and
Recycling Act requires all Illinois
counties and the City of Chicago to
develop, adopt and implement 20-year
municipal waste management plans.
Every five, 10 and 15 years, each plan
must identify changes in planning
areas, evaluate progress in the plan
implementation and, if necessary,
revise plan recommendations and
goals. A county also has the option of
updating its solid waste generation
data. The plan is then submitted to
Illinois EPA for review and comment.
Questions concerning these plans
should be directed to the appropriate
local administrators listed in Appendix
K of this report. Due dates for
submitting plan updates to Illinois EPA
are found in Appendix L.
Contact Ellen Robinson for more
information about this requirement of
state law at 217-785-8604. 􀂍􈵍
Municipal waste management in Illinois: 2006
Landfilling continues to play the largest role in the handling of
municipal waste in Illinois. It is estimated that 61.2 percent of the
waste stream was landfilled in 2006. Waste data collected from
landfill operators (more than 16.6 million tons), and compost site
operators (477,250 tons), and the amount reported as recycled by
local recycling coordinators (about 9.8 million tons) were added
together and percentages for each were calculated.
Waste generation, as calculated by recycling coordinators, does not
include the amounts of landscape waste land applied on-farm at
agronomic rates on eight farms and any household management of
municipal waste. No waste was burned in commercial municipal
waste incinerators in Illinois during 2006.
Municipal waste management in Illinois then computes to the
following rates: landfilling: 61.2 percent; recycling: 36.3 percent
and composting: 1.7 percent. These figures are outlined below in a
pie chart.
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National Solid Waste Management Figures for 2006 Reported by US EPA 1
Number of municipal solid waste landfills in the US (2002) 1,754
Average number of landfills per state 35
Million Tons Percent PPD 2
Waste generated 251.3 100% 4.6
Waste recycled and composted 81.8 32.5% 1.5
Waste recycled 61.0 24.3% 1.12
Waste composted 20.8 8.2% 0.38
Waste landfilled and combusted 169.6 67.5% 3.1
Waste landfilled 138.2 55% 2.53
Waste combusted 31.4 12.5% 0.57
1 Source: Municipal Solid Waste in the United States: 2006 Facts & Figures, US EPA Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, Nov. 2007
2 PPD = Pounds Per Person Per Day
Municipal Waste Management in Illinois: 2006
Compost
1.7%
Recycling
36.3%
Landfill
61.2%
In Illinois, recycling information is county-based
County-designated solid waste coordinators are asked to voluntarily
answer an Illinois EPA survey and to provide a checklist of items
that can be recycled in their county.
Contact information for recycling coordinators from the counties is
available on-line at http://www.illinoisrecycles.com. In Illinois, all
102 counties and the City of Chicago are required under the Solid
Waste Planning and Recycling Act to be responsible for solid waste
management issues within their jurisdiction to set local goals.
Recycling Related Links
Links available for the following at
http://www.illinoisrecycles.com
Illinois EPA’s Household Hazardous
Waste Collection Information
Illinois EPA’s Partners for Waste Paint
Solutions
Illinois EPA’s Waste Tire Collection
Information
Industrial Material Exchange Service
Illinois Counties Solid Waste Management
Association
http://www.ilcswma.org
Illinois Department of Agriculture’s
Agrichemical Container Recycling
Information
http://www.agr.state.il.us/
environment/recycle.html
Illinois Recycling Association
http://www.illinoisrecycles.org
State Solid Waste and Recycling Grants
The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
(DCEO), Bureau of Energy and Recycling, issues a number of state
grants to governments, not-for-profit organizations and businesses.
For information about state grant programs promoting recycling,
view their program information at www.illinoisrecycles.com.
Division and Contact Person Phone
Division of Recycling & Waste Reduction
David Ross, Division Manager 217-782-7887
􀂍􈵉 Illinois Recycling Grants Program
David Ross (Traditional) 217-782-7887
Sam Al-Basha (Electronic) 217-557-5662
􀂍􈵒 Recycling & Expansion Modernization Program
Mike Motor, Section Manager 217-524-0933
􀂍􈵉 Illinois Zero Waste Schools Grant Program
Brett Ivers 217-524-5859
The web site www.illinoisrecycles.com also has information
about companies within Illinois who recycle computers and other
electronics and links to other recycling resources.
Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 2006 􀂙􉤹 9
Municipal Waste Generated & Recycled
Estimated Waste Generated Waste Recycled_
Region Population Tons PCD 1 Tons Percent
One: Northwestern Illinois 822,718 886,715 5.9 234,394 26.4
Two: Chicago Metropolitan 8,790,790 20,720,160 12.9 8,505,588 41.0
Three: Peoria/Quad Cities 760,204 1,063,222 7.7 307,101 28.9
Four: East Central Illinois 883,024 1,053,490 6.5 240,149 22.8
Five: West Central Illinois 563,081 727,676 7.1 229,879 31.6
Six: Metropolitan East St. Louis 717,833 678,215 5.2 200,048 29.5
Seven: Southern Illinois 437,777 401,071 5.0 60,976 15.2
Total 12,975,427 25,530,549 10.8 9,778,135 38.3
1 PCD = Pounds per capita per day.
On-Farm Composting
Facilities
In rural areas, farming provides an outlet to
manage landscape waste through the
(Illinois) Environmental Protection Act’s
provisions for on-farm composting and its
exemption from permitting, provided the
site meets all Section 830.106 a) and b)
requirements including:
• The site where composting is done
must be located on property farmed by
the person operating the composting
facility. The farm acreage used for the
composting process cannot be more
than two percent of the property’s
acreage.
• The compost site, and the land where
the compost is to be used, shall be
“principally and diligently devoted to
the production of agricultural crops.”
• The land used and the farmer shall not
be associated with a waste hauling
company, or a generator of non-agricultural
compost materials (a tree
trimming business, nursery, cemetery
or utility company). If the farmer is paid
to haul the landscape waste to the site,
he would not be qualified for the
exemption.
• The compost needs to be used on the
farm within 18 months after completion
of composting.
• The compost site must meet required
setbacks from wells (200 feet), nearest
residence (one-fourth mile) and
groundwater (five feet). The site cannot
be within the 10-year flood plain, or
have more than 10 occupied non-farm
homes within one-half mile.
• The farmer needs to register the site
with the Illinois EPA, and submit an
annual report. Fourteen sites in Illinois
have done so.
• The standards of 35 Ill. Adm. Code,
Section 830.106 and minimum
performance standards of 830.202
apply, that includes controlling odors,
processing waste within five days, run-off
and run-on control and windrow
construction.
For more information, call 217-524-3300,
Bureau of Land, Permit Section.
Composting in 2006 increased by 21.3 percent
Landscape wastes have been banned from disposal in Illinois
landfills since July 1, 1990. Thirty-four percent of the landscape
waste collected in 2006 was managed at the top two compost sites:
1) BFI Modern Landfill Compost Facility Site #2, Belleville, and 2)
Thelan Sand & Gravel Site #1, Antioch.
In 2006, all of the State’s 39 compost facilities processed 477,250
tons of landscape waste, a 21.3 percent increase from 2005’s total of
393,568 tons handled at 40 sites.
Sixteen (41 percent) of the State’s compost sites are located in the
Chicago Metropolitan area. Six compost sites are located in the
Metropolitan East St. Louis area.
Compost Facilities: Waste Handled in 2006
Active
Region Facilities Tons
One: Northwestern Illinois 5 50,790
Two: Chicago Metropolitan 16 242,430
Three: Peoria/Quad Cities 5 19,247
Four: East Central Illinois 4 25,113
Five: West Central Illinois 1 127
Six: Metropolitan East St. Louis 6 138,184
Seven: Southern Illinois 2 1,359
Total 39 477,250
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Land application of landscape waste at eight farms
An increasing amount of landscape waste may also be managed by
land application in Illinois in accordance with Section 21(q)(2) of
the (Illinois) Environmental Protection Act. Application must not
exceed 20 tons per acre per year. The Agency has knowledge of
eight farms throughout Illinois that accepted landscape waste for
land application in 2006. Reporting of data to the Agency is not
required.
Six facilities in Illinois were permitted to accept organic
materials for composting:
Region Site Name City
1 Rare Earth Diversified Services Walnut
2 Thelen Sand & Gravel #3 Antioch
4 Eldon Steidinger Farm Strawn
ISU Farm Compost Lexington
5 Cargill Meat Solutions Beardstown
Resource Conservation
Challenge (RCC) has Multi-faceted
Goals
This federal initiative has three primary objectives:
1) to prevent pollution and promote recycling and
reuse of materials;
2) to reduce the use of toxic chemicals; and
3) to conserve energy and materials.
The Scrap Tire Workgroup of the RCC works on
issues related to scrap tire management, clean-up
and market development. There are several
committees that consist of representatives from
various State environmental agencies, industry,
U.S. EPA and those academics having expertise in
scrap tire management, market development and
application technologies. These committees
discuss goals, tire-derived fuel, civil engineering,
rubberized asphalt and ground rubber issues.
Action plans were developed to:
• divert 85 percent of newly generated scrap
tires to reuse, recycling or energy recovery by
2008 and
• reduce by 55 percent the number of tires in
existing stockpiles by 2008.
Diversion of scrap tires to reuse, recycling or
energy recovery
The best solution to divert scrap tires from tire piles
and landfills consists of finding strong and diverse
markets. About 290 million scrap tires are
generated in the United States each year, so any
major market disruption will cause a significant
increase in tire piles. More diverse recycling and
re-use markets are needed to adapt to market
fluctuations.
Reduction of tire piles/stockpiles
Tire pile cleanup is principally achieved by
supporting state tire pile clean-up programs
already in place and encouraging states without a
tire pile cleanup program to develop and effective,
comprehensive program with a dedicated funding
source. In addition, the topics of ground rubber,
civil engineering applications, rubberized asphalt
and Tire Derived Fuel will be thoroughly explored.
Market development (ground rubber, civil
engineering applications and tire-derived fuel) is
also an important issue to ensure that scrap tires
can be reused, recycled and burned for energy
recovery.
Future Projects
Sixteen distinct projects are planned that will
collectively achieve the overall goals for diversion
of scrap tires to reuse, recycling or energy
recovery and stockpile reduction. Some steps will
need to be modified in order to react to developing
situations before and after 2008.
For more information about our Agency’s used tire
management, contact Todd Marvel, Bureau of
Land, Used Tire Program, at 217-785-8604. 􀂍􈵔
The list of transfer stations above includes those that accept waste
for less than a complete year and those that only accept landscape
waste for transfer, all of which are inspected regularly.
Over the next decade, the number of transfer stations can be
expected to increase, as will the amount of waste they will handle.
The picture below shows the construction of the Tazewell Transfer
Station, being built at a closed landfill in East Peoria.
Transfer Stations: Waste Handled in 2006
Region 1 Facilities Tons
One: Northwestern Illinois 8 66,421
Two: Chicago Metropolitan 74 7,706,546
Three: Peoria/Quad Cities 4 17,734
Four: East Central Illinois 9 128,101
Five: West Central Illinois 3 108,334
Six: Metropolitan East St. Louis 5 23,969
Seven: Southern Illinois 4 62,998
Total 107 8,114,103
1 Each region contains active sites that did not voluntarily report amounts of
waste accepted.
Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois: 2006 􀂙􉤱 11
Transfer station regulations proposed
The Agency has proposed developing specific regulations for
transfer stations. The Illinois Pollution Control Board web site
http://www.ipcb.state.il.us will have more details about the status
of the rule-making process.
In 2006, 66 of the 107 active transfer stations (62 percent)
voluntarily reported handling more than 8.1 million tons of
municipal waste, or 48.9 percent of waste landfilled statewide.
Permitting requirements of Illinois EPA’s Bureau of Land
New landfills or landfill expansions can only be built after the
Bureau of Land issues a permit. A Bureau of Air permit for a
landfill identified as a potential new source of air pollution must
also be obtained. The Bureau of Water may regulate the surface
water management plans for the facility.
An initial completeness review of a permit application normally
takes 30 days. If omissions are found, the application is rejected as
incomplete. The applicant then has 35 days to provide additional
information to make an application complete. Once an application is
found to be complete, technical reviews are conducted.
Approval or denial of Bureau of Land permit applications
During the review period, comments are solicited from Bureau of
Land’s Regional Office, Groundwater Assistance Unit and the Solid
Waste Unit. After review of the application, the addenda, and
comments from public officials, the general public and the regional
office, final action is ready to be taken.
If the reviewers have found the application to completely adhere to
applicable environmental regulations, the permit is approved
outright or with special conditions. If the application is deficient, the
Permit Section denies the permit.
Rather than sending out a formal denial letter, the reviewer prepares
a draft denial letter which explains the areas in the application that
are deficient. The applicant has a choice of either providing some
additional information in the form of an addenda to the original
application or asking the reviewer for a formal denial that could be
appealed to the Illinois Pollution Control Board. Additional
information is usually provided. Approval or denial of a permit
application for a new facility or expansion takes 180 days, unless an
extension is granted.
If the application is denied, an owner/operator could submit a new
application, appeal the Agency’s denial of the permit through the
Illinois Pollution Control Board or they could abandon the project.
Most applicants choose to submit a new application, starting the
180-day process over again.
Permits for landfills contain detailed requirements for the design,
construction, capacity and operation of the landfills. They also
contain stringent requirements for monitoring the groundwater
beneath and around the landfill to detect releases from the landfill
that would adversely impact the quality of the groundwater. Finally,
the permit contains detailed requirements to properly “close” the
landfill once it has been filled to permitted capacity and to provide
for proper care of the landfill after it has been closed.
Periodically, the owner/operator of a landfill must modify the
facility’s permit prior to changing facility plans or procedures.
These modifications may address many things, including changes in
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CCDD regulations adopted
for operations in mines,
quarries or other excavations
Public Act PA-272, effective July 19,
2005, required a permit to use Clean
Construction or Demolition Debris
(CCDD) as fill in a current mine, quarry
or other excavation. It also required the
Pollution Control Board to adopt
regulations for these operations by
September 1, 2006. This was completed
on August 17, 2006 with the adoption of
Part 1100 of the Illinois Administrative
Code.
These regulations were adopted after
input from several stakeholders,
including the Illinois Association of
Aggregate Producers. Part 1100
replaces the interim operating standards
contained in Section 22.51 (c) (2) of the
Act. The remainder of the Section 22.51
requirements do not change.
The use of an instrument to screen in-coming
loads, and the record-keeping
requirements were retained. The Part
1100 standards address the additional
issues of surface water control, more
formalized load checking, salvaging and
boundary control. An annual report and
an annual map showing the extent of
filling are now needed. Subpart C and D
of the 1100 regulations describe what
will be needed in a permit application
and the procedural requirements. The
Bureau of Land’s Permit Section will
contact registered operations regarding
the required submittal of permit
applications.
The conditions contained in the Illinois
Environmental Protection Act, Section
3.160, must be met at other sites utilizing
clean construction or demolition debris.
The new regulations may be obtained
from the Illinois Pollution Control Board’s
Web page at
http://www.ipcb.state.il.us. 􀂋􈬀
Financial Assurance
Requirements
Funding for landfill closure, post-closure
maintenance and corrective
action must be provided by the landfill
owners and operators, ensuring costs
are not borne by taxpayers. Many
different mechanisms are available to
help landfill owners prove now that
they will be able to pay later.
Financial assurance mechanisms for
landfill closure and long-term care fall
into three broad categories: cash-in-hand,
trust funds or escrow accounts;
third-party insurance, including letters
of credit and surety bonds; and various
types of self-insurance. Self-insurance
can include a financial test, a
guarantee by a parent corporation or
government entity, or deferred funding
in the form of pledge of revenues. The
state can further determine which
mechanisms are allowable for publicly
and privately owned landfills and how
landfill owners and operators must
provide accounting.
Closure and long-term cost estimates
are revisited annually for active
landfills. For those which closed under
Part 807 regulations, review takes
place every two years. Costs are
updated based upon the remaining
post-closure care period and adjusted
for inflation. The funds available must
be adequate to cover the projected
costs.
For more information about Illinois
regulations regarding financial
assurance for landfills, contact Brian
White, Bureau of Land, at 217-785-
8604. 􀂋􈭣
construction and/or operational practices; construction of cells
within the permitted landfill boundaries; and groundwater
monitoring issues. (These applications have a 90-day review
period.)
This report documents significant permit actions. However, only
those permit actions which change the items mentioned in the
“Facility Facts” section of the landfill specification pages are
acknowledged. Footnotes on each facility specification page show
permit actions made during 2004, 2005 and 2006. On page four,
there is a chart entitled “Illinois EPA Permit Activity for New and
Expansion Approvals,” that presents more details on vertical or
horizontal (lateral) expansions and new facilities.
Closure and post-closure care period
Once a landfill has received its permitted volume of waste, it must
be “closed” in accordance with an approved plan and with Illinois
landfill regulations. Proper closure of a landfill includes establishing
a proper grading plan to allow for precipitation to run off the
landfill; constructing a final cover over the waste to minimize the
amount of precipitation that can infiltrate the landfill; establishing a
vegetative cover system over the final cover system to minimize
erosion; and finalizing the gas and leachate management systems to
ensure that gas and leachate generated in the landfill after the
landfill is closed are properly managed. Closure activities,
depending on the site, may include: capping the landfill; installing
monitoring devices if they are not already in place; providing
topsoil, seeding, and mulching as necessary; and possibly
converting the land for follow-up use.
After a landfill has been properly closed and approved by the
Illinois EPA, the minimum post-closure care period is 30 years.
Proper post-closure care includes maintaining the vegetative cover
to ensure it does not erode; monitoring the groundwater to ensure
there have been no releases due to the landfill; and removing the gas
and leachate generated in the landfill to ensure that they do not have
adverse impacts on the area surrounding the landfill.
Routine post-closure care continues for at least 30 years after the
landfill closure certification is approved and includes maintaining
the surface cover; monitoring gas produced; flaring or collecting
any gas; monitoring, pumping and transporting any leachate; and
monitoring groundwater. Cost estimates for both closure and
post-closure care must be based on an engineering estimate of the
cost for a third party to perform the necessary work and
maintenance. Financial assurance is also required for corrective
action measures, such as remediation of groundwater contamination.
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Freedom of Information Act requests take time
For more information about items discussed in this report, submit a
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request on-line. Please be very
specific in your request for information and include the site’s
identification number, if possible. Go to http://www.epa.state.il.us
to make a FOIA request.
Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill
Capacity in Illinois: 20th Annual Report (2006)
Section 4 of the Illinois Solid Waste Management Act requires the
Agency to “publish a report regarding the projected disposal
capacity available for solid waste in sanitary landfills. . . . Such
reports shall present the data on an appropriate regional basis. . .
[and] shall include an assessment of the life expectancy of each
site.”
This legislative mandate explains why the main body of this report
is organized by seven Illinois EPA administrative regions, and why
landfill capacity and life expectancy are emphasized in nearby
tables and charts, and in text, tables, map symbology and landfill
specification pages in the regional sections.
Other states which write a report similar to this are Florida, Indiana,
Washington and Virginia. For more information contact Peter
Gorer, Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection at 850-487-9532;
Michelle Weddle, Indiana Dept. of Environmental Management at
317-233-4624; Ellen Caywood, Washington Dept. of Ecology at
206-459-6259; and John Ely, Virginia Dept. of Environmental
Quality at 804-698-4249.
Conclusion
Our state-wide analysis of solid waste management is now
concluded.
For more details about solid waste management throughout the
seven Illinois EPA administrative regions of Illinois, see the body of
the document on pages R1.1 through R7.17.
The seven administrative regions are Region 1: Northwestern
Illinois; Region 2: Chicago Metropolitan; Region 3: Peoria/Quad
Cities; Region 4: East Central Illinois; Region 5: West Central
Illinois; Region 6: Metropolitan East St. Louis and Region 7:
Southern Illinois.
The Appendices also contain supporting documentation that will
prove to be very useful to those interested in these facilities.
Appendices A-D: Solid Waste Landfills; Appendices E, F and G:
Solid Waste Transfer Stations; Appendices H, I and J: Landscape
Waste Compost Facilities and Appendices K, L and M: Solid Waste
Planning and Recycling. 􀂋􈬀􀂋􈬱
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How to Check Status of
Bureau of Land Permit
Applications on the Internet
Permit application forms are found on-line
at http://www.epa.state.il.us/land/forms.
Once the Agency receives a permit
application, the Bureau of Land, Permit
Section (Section), proceeds with a
technical review. One of the databases
available to everyone on the Internet is the
Solid Waste Unit’s web database search.
With this database, one can determine the
status of permit applications that have
been submitted, and who the permit
reviewer is.
A Solid Waste Unit web database search
located at http://epadata.epa.state.il.us/
land/solidwaste is designed to inform the
public about applications submitted, or
permits obtained from the Bureau of Land
(BOL). The Section issues permits for the
management of non-hazardous waste at
landfills, transfer stations, compost, and
waste storage, treatment, processing, and
recovery facilities. On the search results
page, the log number is linked to a brief
description of the application. The main
identifiers for applications are:
1. the official BOL name of the site
2. the closest city to the site
3. the county where the facility is located
4. the application’s log number and
5. the site number: a 10-digit number that
is unique to each specific facility
Choose search method from “Active” or
“Inactive” applications:
"Active" means an application is pending
for the site. "Inactive" means that there are
no applications currently pending, but there
may be applications for which the Section
has taken final action (issued, denied or
withdrawn).
Further searches may be made by City,
County, Log number or Site number.
For more help in using this database
search, contact the BOL Permit Reviewer
on call at 217-524-3300. 􀂋􈬀
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Local Agencies Delegated to Inspect Pollution Control Facilities for the Illinois EPA
Eighteen counties, Chicago,
and Ambraw Valley Solid
Waste Agency inspect
pollution control facilities for
the Illinois EPA.
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Twenty-four Illinois Landfills Receiving Waste from Ten Other States in 2006
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The State of Origin for the twenty-four (24) landfills accepting waste are: Arkansas, Iowa, Indiana, Kansas,
Kentucky, Missouri, Minnesota, Nebraska, Tennessee and Wisconsin
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Administrative Regions
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Regional offices are located in Rockford, Des Plaines, Peoria, Champaign, Springfield, Collinsville and Marion