EPA-WASTE DISPOSAL OPERATIONS Senate SponsorsSen. Ira I. Silverstein House Sponsors(Rep. Ann Williams, Karen May, Cynthia Soto, Elizabeth Hernandez, Edward J. Acevedo and Maria Antonia Berrios) 8/2/2012SenatePublic Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0887 415 ILCS 5/21.1from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1021.1Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that, except as otherwise provided in the Act, no person other than the State of Illinois, its agencies and institutions, or a unit of local government shall own or operate (rather than conduct) any waste disposal operation on or after March 1, 1985, which requires a specified permit, unless that person has posted with the Agency a performance bond or other security. Provides that, on and after the effective date established by the USEPA for MSWLF units to provide financial assurance under Subtitle D of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, no person, other than the State of Illinois, its agencies and institutions, shall own or operate (rather than conduct) any disposal operation at a MSWLF unit that requires a specified permit, unless that person has posted with the Agency a performance bond or other security. Effective immediately.Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: (1) adds an express reference to "MSWLF units" in order to specify that municipal solid waste landfill units are covered by the provisions of the introduced bill and (2) prohibits any person, other than the State of Illinois, its agencies and institutions, from owning or operating a MSWLF unit without a performance bond (rather than prohibiting a person, other than the State of Illinois, its agencies and institutions, from owning or operating a disposal operation at a MSWLF unit without a performance bond, as was case in the introduced bill). Effective immediately. 2/1/2012SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein 2/1/2012SenateFirst Reading 2/1/2012SenateReferred to Assignments 2/7/2012SenateAssigned to Environment 2/27/2012SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein 2/27/2012SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments 2/28/2012SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Environment 2/29/2012SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted 2/29/2012SenateDo Pass as Amended Environment; 006-000-000 2/29/2012SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 1, 2012 3/21/2012SenateSecond Reading 3/21/2012SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 22, 2012 3/22/2012SenateThird Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 3/22/2012HouseArrived in House 3/22/2012HousePlaced on Calendar Order of First Reading 3/22/2012HouseChief House Sponsor Rep. Ann Williams 3/23/2012HouseFirst Reading 3/23/2012HouseReferred to Rules Committee 4/10/2012HouseAssigned to Environment & Energy Committee 4/18/2012HouseDo Pass / Short Debate Environment & Energy Committee; 013-000-000 4/18/2012HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May 4/19/2012HousePlaced on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate 5/2/2012HouseSecond Reading - Short Debate 5/2/2012HousePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate 5/10/2012HouseThird Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-001 5/10/2012HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto 5/10/2012HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez 5/10/2012HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo 5/10/2012HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios 5/10/2012SenatePassed Both Houses 6/8/2012SenateSent to the Governor 8/2/2012SenateGovernor Approved 8/2/2012SenateEffective Date August 2, 2012 8/2/2012SenatePublic Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0887