420 ILCS 20/4 — Illinois Code / Chapter 420 / Act 20 / Section 4
Section 4
Status: in_force

(420 ILCS 20/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 241-4) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-148) Sec. 4. Generator and broker registration. (a) All generators and brokers of any amount of low-level radioactive waste in Illinois shall register with the Agency. Generators shall register within 60 days of the commencement of generating any low-level radioactive wastes. Brokers shall register within 60 days of taking possession of any low-level radioactive waste. Such registration shall be on a form developed by the Agency and shall contain the name, address and officers of the generator or broker, information on the types and amounts of wastes produced or possessed and any other information required by the Agency. (b) All registered generators and brokers of any amount of low-level radioactive waste in Illinois shall file an annual report with the Agency. The annual report for generators shall contain information on the types and quantities of low-level wastes produced in the previous year and expected to be produced in the future, the methods used to manage these wastes, the technological feasibility, economic reasonableness and environmental soundness of alternative treatment, storage and disposal methods and any other information required by the Agency. The annual report for brokers shall contain information on the types and quantities of low-level radioactive wastes received and shipped, identification of the generators from whom such wastes were received, and the destination of shipments of such wastes. (c) All registration forms and annual reports required to be filed with the Agency shall be made available to the public for inspection and copying. (Source: P.A. 95-777, eff. 8-4-08.) (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 104-148) Sec. 4. Generator and broker registration. (a)(1) Except as provided in subsection (b), all generators of any amount of low-level radioactive waste in Illinois shall register with the Agency within 60 days of the commencement of generating any low-level radioactive wastes. The registration shall be in a format prescribed by the Agency and shall contain all of the following: the name, address, and officers of the generator; information on the types of wastes produced or possessed; and any other information required by the Agency. (2) All registered generators of any amount of low-level radioactive waste in Illinois shall file an annual report with the Agency. The annual report shall contain information on the types and quantities of low-level wastes produced in the previous year and expected to be produced in the future; the methods used to manage these wastes; the technological feasibility, economic reasonableness, and environmental soundness of alternative treatment, storage and disposal methods; and any other information required by the Agency. (3) All brokers of any amount of low-level radioactive waste in Illinois shall register with the Agency within 60 days after the commencement of taking possession of any low-level radioactive waste. The registration shall be in a format prescribed by the Agency and shall contain the name, address, and officers of the broker and any other information required by the Agency. (4) All registered brokers of any amount of low-level radioactive waste in Illinois shall file an annual report with the Agency. The annual report shall contain information on the types and quantities of low-level radioactive wastes received and shipped, identification of the generators from whom such wastes were received, and the destination of shipments of such wastes. (5) All registration forms and annual reports required to be filed with the Agency may be made available to the public for inspection and copying pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act. (b) Generators who meet one of the following provisions are exempt from the registration requirements in paragraph (1) of subsection (a): (1) A generator who stores waste containing or composed of radioactive material with a