(415 ILCS 98/20)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2021)
Sec. 20. Reporting on collection efforts.
(a) No later than September 1, 2011, and no later than September 1 of each year thereafter, each thermostat manufacturer shall, individually or collectively with other thermostat manufacturers, submit a mid-term report on its collection program to the Agency covering the six-month period beginning on January 1st of the year in which the report is due. The mid-term report shall identify the number of out-of-service mercury thermostats collected under the program and a listing of all collection sites in the State.
(b) No later than April 1, 2012, and no later than April 1 of each year thereafter, each thermostat manufacturer shall, individually or collectively with other thermostat manufacturers, submit an annual report on its collection program to the Agency covering the one-year period ending December 31st of the previous year. Each report shall be posted on the manufacturer's or program operator's respective internet website. The annual report shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) the number of out-of-service mercury thermostats
collected and managed under this Act during the previous calendar year;
(2) the estimated total amount of mercury contained
in the out-of-service mercury thermostats collected under this Act during the previous calendar year;
(3) an evaluation of the effectiveness of the
collection program;
(4) a list of all thermostat wholesalers,
contractors, qualified local government authorities, and thermostat retailers participating in the program as mercury thermostat collection sites and the number of out-of-service mercury thermostats returned by each;
(5) an accounting of the program's administrative
costs;
(6) a description of outreach strategies employed
under item (5) of subsection (b) of Section 15 of this Act;
(7) examples of outreach and educational materials
used under item (6) of subsection (b) of Section 15 of this Act;
(8) the Internet website address or addresses where
the annual report may be viewed online;
(9) a description of how the out-of-service mercury
thermostats were managed;
(10) any modifications that the thermostat
manufacturer has made or is planning to make in its collection program; and
(11) the identification of a collection program
contact and the business phone number, mailing address, and e-mail address for the contact.
(Source: P.A. 96-1295, eff. 7-26-10.)
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