Illinois Compiled Statutes 415 Environmental Safety: Article XIV - Used Tires

• Illinois Environmental Protection Act. - 415 ILCS 5, Section 53
  (a) The General Assembly finds: (1) that used and waste tires constitute a growing solid waste problem of considerable magnitude that is exacerbated by...
• Illinois Environmental Protection Act. - 415 ILCS 5, Section 54
  For the purposes of this Title, except as the context otherwise clearly requires, the words and terms defined in the Sections which follow this...
• Illinois Environmental Protection Act. - 415 ILCS 5, Section 54.01
  "Altered tire" means a used tire which has been altered so that it is no longer capable of holding accumulations of water, including, but...
• Illinois Environmental Protection Act. - 415 ILCS 5, Section 54.02
  "Converted tire" means a used tire which has been manufactured into a usable commodity other than a tire. "Conversion" or "converting" means action which...
• Illinois Environmental Protection Act. - 415 ILCS 5, Section 54.03
  "Covered tire" means a used tire located in a building, vehicle or facility with a roof extending over the tire, or securely located under...
• Illinois Environmental Protection Act. - 415 ILCS 5, Section 54.04
  "Disposal" means the placement of used tires into or on any land or water except as an integral part of systematic reuse or conversion...
• Illinois Environmental Protection Act. - 415 ILCS 5, Section 54.05
  "New tire" means a tire which has never been placed on a vehicle wheel rim. (Source: P.A. 86-452.)
• Illinois Environmental Protection Act. - 415 ILCS 5, Section 54.06
  "Processing" means the altering, converting or reprocessing of used or waste tires. (Source: P.A. 86-452.)
• Illinois Environmental Protection Act. - 415 ILCS 5, Section 54.06a
  "Recyclable tire" means a used tire which is free of permanent physical damage and maintains sufficient tread depth to allow its use through resale...
• Illinois Environmental Protection Act. - 415 ILCS 5, Section 54.07
  "Reprocessed tire" means a used tire which has been recapped, retreaded or regrooved and which has not been placed on a vehicle wheel rim....
• Illinois Environmental Protection Act. - 415 ILCS 5, Section 54.08
  "Reused tire" means a used tire that is used again, in part or as a whole, by being employed in a particular function or...
• Illinois Environmental Protection Act. - 415 ILCS 5, Section 54.09
  "Storage" means any accumulation of used tires that does not constitute disposal. At a minimum, such an accumulation must be an integral part of...
• Illinois Environmental Protection Act. - 415 ILCS 5, Section 54.10
  "Tire" means a hollow ring, made of rubber or similar materials, which was manufactured for the purpose of being placed on the wheel rim...
• Illinois Environmental Protection Act. - 415 ILCS 5, Section 54.10a
  "Tire carcass" means the internal part of a used tire containing the plies, beads, and belts suitable for retread or remanufacture. (Source: P.A. 89-200,...
• Illinois Environmental Protection Act. - 415 ILCS 5, Section 54.10b
  "Tire derived fuel" means a product made from used tires to exact specifications of a system designed to accept a tire derived fuel as...
• Illinois Environmental Protection Act. - 415 ILCS 5, Section 54.11
  "Tire disposal site" means a site where used tires have been disposed of other than a sanitary landfill permitted by the Agency. (Source: P.A.
• Illinois Environmental Protection Act. - 415 ILCS 5, Section 54.11a
  "Tire retreader" means a person or firm that retreads or remanufactures tires. (Source: P.A. 89-200, eff. 1-1-96.)
• Illinois Environmental Protection Act. - 415 ILCS 5, Section 54.12
  "Tire storage site" means a site where used tires are stored or processed, other than (1) the site at which the tires were separated...
• Illinois Environmental Protection Act. - 415 ILCS 5, Section 54.12a
  "Tire storage unit" means a pile of tires or a group of piles of tires at a storage site. (Source: P.A. 89-200, eff. 1-1-96.)
• Illinois Environmental Protection Act. - 415 ILCS 5, Section 54.12b
  "Tire transporter" means a person who transports used or waste tires in a vehicle. (Source: P.A. 89-200, eff. 1-1-96.)
• Illinois Environmental Protection Act. - 415 ILCS 5, Section 54.13
  "Used tire" means a worn, damaged, or defective tire that is not mounted on a vehicle. (Source: P.A. 92-24, eff. 7-1-01.)
• Illinois Environmental Protection Act. - 415 ILCS 5, Section 54.14
  "Vector" means arthropods, rats, mice, birds or other animals capable of carrying disease-producing organisms to a human or animal host. "Vector" does not include...
• Illinois Environmental Protection Act. - 415 ILCS 5, Section 54.15
  "Vehicle" means every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn, except devices moved by...
• Illinois Environmental Protection Act. - 415 ILCS 5, Section 54.16
  "Waste tire" means a used tire that has been disposed of. (Source: P.A. 86-452.)
• Illinois Environmental Protection Act. - 415 ILCS 5, Section 55
  Prohibited activities. (a) No person shall: (1) Cause or allow the open dumping of any used or waste tire. (2) Cause or allow the open...
• Illinois Environmental Protection Act. - 415 ILCS 5, Section 55.1
  (a) The prohibitions set forth in subdivision (a)(3) of Section 55 of this Act shall not apply to used tires: (1) generated and located at...
• Illinois Environmental Protection Act. - 415 ILCS 5, Section 55.2
  (a) Not later than July 1, 1990, the Agency shall propose regulations which prescribe standards for the storage, disposal, processing and transportation of used and...
• Illinois Environmental Protection Act. - 415 ILCS 5, Section 55.3
  (a) Upon finding that an accumulation of used or waste tires creates an immediate danger to health, the Agency may take action pursuant to Section...
• Illinois Environmental Protection Act. - 415 ILCS 5, Section 55.4
  (a) The owner or operator of a tire disposal site required to file and receive approval of a tire removal agreement under subsection (d)...
• Illinois Environmental Protection Act. - 415 ILCS 5, Section 55.5
  (a) The Agency shall investigate alleged violations of this Title XIV, or of any regulation promulgated hereunder, or of any approval granted by the...
• Illinois Environmental Protection Act. - 415 ILCS 5, Section 55.6
  Used Tire Management Fund. (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the Used Tire Management Fund....
• Illinois Environmental Protection Act. - 415 ILCS 5, Section 55.6a
  Emergency Public Health Fund. (a) Beginning on July 1, 2003, moneys in the Emergency Public Health Fund, subject to appropriation, shall be allocated annually...
• Illinois Environmental Protection Act. - 415 ILCS 5, Section 55.7
  The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may adopt regulations as necessary for the administration of the grant and loan programs funded from the Used...
• Illinois Environmental Protection Act. - 415 ILCS 5, Section 55.7a
  Large Scrap Tire Disposal Pilot Program. The Agency shall develop a Large Scrap Tire Disposal Pilot Program. The program shall be targeted towards scrap...
• Illinois Environmental Protection Act. - 415 ILCS 5, Section 55.8
  Tire retailers. (a) Any person selling new or used tires at retail or offering new or used tires for retail sale in this State shall:...
• Illinois Environmental Protection Act. - 415 ILCS 5, Section 55.9
  Collection of fee. Retailers shall collect the fee from the purchaser by adding the fee to the selling price of the tire. The fee...
• Illinois Environmental Protection Act. - 415 ILCS 5, Section 55.10
  Tax returns by retailer. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, for returns due on or before January 31, 2010, each retailer of tires...
• Illinois Environmental Protection Act. - 415 ILCS 5, Section 55.11
  Application of Retailers' Occupation Tax provisions. All the provisions of Sections 4, 5, 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e, 5f, 5g, 5i, 5j, 6, 6a,...
• Illinois Environmental Protection Act. - 415 ILCS 5, Section 55.12
  Review under Administrative Review Law. The circuit court of any county wherein a hearing is held shall have the power to review all final...
• Illinois Environmental Protection Act. - 415 ILCS 5, Section 55.13
  Rules, etc. The Department of Revenue may adopt and enforce such reasonable rules and regulations relating to the administration and enforcement of the fee...
• Illinois Environmental Protection Act. - 415 ILCS 5, Section 55.14
  Administrative procedures. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is hereby expressly adopted and shall apply to all administrative rules and procedures of the Department of...
• Illinois Environmental Protection Act. - 415 ILCS 5, Section 55.15
  Violations. (a) Any retailer who fails to make a return, or who makes a fraudulent return, or who willfully violates any rule or regulation...

Last modified: February 18, 2015