415 ILCS 5/22.30
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 415 - ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY|415 ILCS 5/ - Environmental Protection Act.|Title V - Land Pollution and Refuse Disposal

 (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.30)Sec. 22.30.     Grease trap sludge.(a) As used in this Section: (i) "treatment works" has the meaning  provided in Section 19.2 of this Act and (ii) "grease trap sludge" means the  solid, lighter than water fraction of wastewaters from the handling,  processing, preparation, cooking, or consumption of food that are discharged to  a pretreatment unit or device commonly referred to as a grease trap.  The  principal components of grease trap sludge are fats, oils, and greases.(b) Beginning January 1, 1992, no person  may dispose of any untreated grease trap sludge by any method of land  application.(c) Beginning January 1, 1995, no person may cause or allow the discharge,  deposit, or disposal of any grease trap sludge into a treatment works or into  any sewer tributary to a treatment works, except pursuant to the express  authorization, by ordinance or license, of the owner of the treatment works and  the owner of the sewer.  Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to  require treatment works or sewer owners to establish any ordinances or programs  to provide such authorization.(d) Beginning January 1, 1995, no person may cause or allow the  transportation or acceptance of grease trap sludge for rendering, storage,  treatment,  or disposal away from the site where the sludge was generated, unless the  sludge is accompanied by a shipping paper containing, at a minimum, the  information prescribed in subsection (e).  No specific form of shipping paper  is required by this Section, but a form may be prescribed pursuant to  subsection (g).(e) Each shipping paper shall contain at a minimum the following  information:(1) The name and telephone number of the generator of     the sludge, the street address of the grease trap, the volume of grease trap sludge removed, the legible signature of an authorized representative of the generator, and the date of the sludge removal.(2) The name, address, and telephone number of the     sludge transporter, an acknowledgement of receipt of the sludge, the legible signature of an authorized representative of the transporter, and the date of sludge collection.(3) The name, street address, and telephone number of     the facility receiving the sludge, an acknowledgement of such receipt, the legible signature of an authorized representative of the receiving facility, and the date of sludge receipt.(f) The grease trap sludge generator, transporter, and management facility  operator shall each retain a copy of the shipping paper for a minimum of 2  years, and shall produce such documents upon request of  the Agency, or the owner of the affected treatment works.(g) The owner of a treatment works is authorized, but not required, to  establish a program to register or license the collection and transportation of  grease trap sludge from grease traps within the owner's jurisdiction, and to  charge a fee therefor.  Further, the owner of a treatment works is authorized,  but not required, to develop and require the use of a particular form of  shipping paper for use in effecting the requirement of subsection (d).(h) Violations of this Section shall be subject to the civil penalties  specified in subsection (a) of Section 42 of this Act.  However, if an action  to enforce this  Section is brought by or on behalf of the owner of a treatment works, the owner  shall be entitled to recover 75% of any penalty assessed.    (Source: P.A. 87-310; 87-895; 88-633, eff. 1-1-95.)