Hot News That Benefits Illinois Body Shops

Congratulations to the Illinois government and the Illinois EPA for taking a step that considerably eases the compliance headache and financial burden of Illinois body shop owners. Below is contained the most pertinent portions of HB 2164. Please click on the link to review the House Bill in its entirely.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: we encourage all Illinois body shop owners to remember that TCLP test certificates are still the best way to demonstrate the non-hazardous nature of their waste stream products.

House Bill 2164 has been signed into law, amending the Illinois Environmental Protection Act to exclude most non-hazardous and non-liquid industrial-process and pollution-control wastes from the definition of special waste. Effective immediately, businesses that certify they are following the new law's requirements may dispose of these wastes as ordinary municipal wastes under the following conditions:

Generators must determine that qualifying wastes have never exhibited characteristics of or been listed by the EPA as hazardous wastes; that they are not liquid wastes; and that they do not contain asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), or auto fluff (contaminated materials resulting from the recycling and shredding of vehicles).

Generators must describe the process that produced the waste, and include relevant material safety data sheets and results from analytical testing (or an explanation why testing was not needed). Certifications must be signed, dated and retained for three years following termination of the process that produced the waste. New certifications are required for each change in process or raw materials. Certifications must be provided when requested by the Illinois EPA, the waste hauler, or the facility receiving the waste.

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