Illinois Administrative Code › Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part 181 - TOXIC POLLUTION PREVENTION INNOVATION PLANS › Subpart A - INTRODUCTION › Section 181.102 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
"Act" means the Toxic Pollution Prevention Act.
"Agency" means the Illinois Environmental Protection
				  Agency.
"EP Act" means the Environmental Protection Act (Ill. Rev.
				  Stat. 1989, ch. 1111/2, pars. 1001 et seq.).
"Innovation Plan" means any toxic pollution prevention
				  innovation plan provided for under Section 6 of the Act.
"Person" means any individual, partnership, co-partnership,
				  firm, company, corporation, association, joint stock company, trust, political
				  subdivision, state agency, or any other legal entity, or its legal
				  representative, agent or assigns.
"Release" means emission to the air, discharge to surface
				  waters or off-site wastewater treatment facilities, or on-site release to the
				  land, including but not limited to landfills, surface impoundments and
				  injection wells.
"Toxic Pollution Prevention" means in-plant practices that
				  reduce, avoid or eliminate:
the use of toxic substances,
the generation of toxic constituents in wastes,
the disposal or release of toxic substances into the
				  environment, or
the development or manufacture of products with toxic
				  constituents, through the application of any of the following
				  techniques:
input substitution, which refers to replacing a toxic
				  substance or raw material used in a production process with a nontoxic or less
				  toxic substance;
product reformulation, which refers to substituting for an
				  existing end product which is nontoxic or less toxic upon use, release or
				  disposal;
production process redesign or modification, which refers to
				  developing and using production processes of a different design than those
				  currently used;
production process modernization, which refers to upgrading
				  or replacing existing production process equipment or methods with other
				  equipment or methods based on the same production process;
improved operation and maintenance of existing production
				  process equipment and methods, which refers to modifying or adding to existing
				  equipment or methods, including but not limited to such techniques as improved
				  housekeeping practices, system adjustments, product and process inspections,
				  and production process control equipment or methods;
recycling, reuse or extended use of toxic substances by using
				  equipment or methods which become an integral part of the production process,
				  including but not limited to filtration and other closed loop methods.
However, "toxic pollution prevention" shall not include or in
				  any way be inferred to promote or require incineration, transfer from one
				  medium of release to another, off-site or out of process waste recycling, or
				  end of pipe treatment of toxic substances. (Section 3 of the Act)
"Toxic Substance" means any substance listed by the Agency
				  pursuant to Section 4 of the Act.
"Trade Secret" means any information concerning production
				  processes employed or substances manufactured, processed or otherwise used
				  within a facility which the Agency determines to satisfy the criteria
				  established under Section 3.48 of the Environmental Protection Act, and to
				  which specific trade secret status has been granted by the Agency in accordance
				  with 2 Ill. Adm. Code 1827.