(30 ILCS 750/3-4) (from Ch. 127, par. 2703-4)
Sec. 3-4. Program. The Department of Natural Resources shall administer the Illinois Hazardous and Solid Waste Recycling and Treatment Program. The purpose of the program shall be to increase the environmentally sound management of hazardous and solid waste in Illinois. To this end, the Department shall operate a research grant and operating loan program to partially finance projects to develop and commercialize new and developing methods of recycling and treating hazardous and solid wastes.
The Department shall make grants available to universities, research centers and businesses located in Illinois to fund projects to develop new methods for the recycling, reclamation, reuse and treatment of hazardous wastes that are not currently widely in commercial use.
The Department shall make below market rate loans available to Illinois businesses to fund a portion of projects to institute the use of new and developing hazardous waste recycling and treatment technologies on a commercial scale.
The Department shall make below market rate loans available to Illinois businesses to fund a portion of projects to directly increase the market capacity for recycled solid wastes by industrial facilities.
(Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
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