Illinois Administrative Code › Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part 182 - PROCEDURES FOR REVIEW OF PETITIONS FOR MERCURY PRODUCT EXEMPTIONS › Subpart B - PETITIONS FOR EXEMPTIONS › Section 182.204 - Requirements for Petitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Two
				copies of the petition must be submitted on forms prescribed by the Agency and
				must be mailed or delivered to the address designated by the Agency on the
				forms. The Agency's record of the date of filing shall be deemed conclusive
				unless a contrary date is proven by a dated, signed receipt.
b) Petitions for exemptions from Section
				22.23 b of the Environmental Protection Act must include, but shall not be
				limited to, the following information:
1) The
				petitioner's name, address, telephone number, and North American Industry
				Classification System (NAICS) code. The petitioner's web address must also be
				included if the petitioner has a web address;
2) The name, address, and telephone number of
				a contact person for the petitioner. The contact person's e-mail address must
				also be included;
3) Identification
				of the product for which the exemption is sought and a description of the
				specific uses of the product for which the exemption is sought;
4) A description of the location of the
				mercury or mercury-containing component in the product and a description of how
				to remove the mercury or mercury-containing component;
5) A description of the purpose of the
				mercury in the product;
6)
				Identification of all available nonmercury alternatives to the product or
				mercury-containing component of the product;
7) Documentation demonstrating that use of
				the product provides a net benefit to the environment, public health, or public
				safety when compared to each of the available nonmercury alternatives
				identified under subsection (b)(6) of this Section;
8) Documentation demonstrating that a
				convenient and widely available system exists for the proper end of life
				collection, transportation, and processing of the product for which the
				exemption is sought. The documentation must include, but shall not be limited
				to, a written plan for the proper collection, transportation, and processing of
				the product. The plan must include, but shall not be limited to, the following:
A) A description of the system that will be
				used for the proper end of life collection, transportation, and processing of
				the product by the manufacturer, by an industry or trade group, or via another
				similar system that ensures the product is properly collected, transported, and
				processed;
B) Documentation
				demonstrating the readiness and willingness of all necessary parties to perform
				as intended in the collection, transportation, and processing system;
C) A description of the financing for the
				collection, transportation, and processing system;
D) A description of an education program that
				will inform the relevant portions of the public and private sectors about the
				product, the purpose of the collection, transportation, and processing system,
				and how consumers of the product may participate;
E) Identification of the annual collection
				goal for the product;
F) A
				description of the performance measures to be used to determine whether the
				collection, transportation, and processing system is meeting the annual
				collection goal for the product;
G)
				A description of the record keeping protocol to assure conformance with the
				plan; and
H) A description of
				additional or alternative actions that will be implemented to improve the
				collection, transportation, and processing of the product in the event the
				annual collection goal for the product is not met.