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TITLE IS: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
. SUBTITLE 8: AIR POLLUTION
chapter i: poiurrloa control board
SUBCHAPTER 1: OPEN 8URNIRG
PART 237 ; OPEN BURNING
SU8PART A: GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section v 237.TO I 237.102 237.103 237.110
237.120, 237.130
Definitions Prohibitions Explosive Haste .. local Enforcement
CNempjtlons. Frteport Air Curtain Destructor
.SUBPART 8: PERMITS
-Section 237.201 237.202 237.203 237.204 237.205 237.206
237.207
Available Permits Permit Application PenaIt Conditions Standards of Issuance Ouratlon and Renewal Revision
Revocation
Appendix A: Rule into Section Table Appendix B:' Section into Rule Table
AUTHORITY: Implementing Section 10 and authorized by Section 27 or the. Environmental Protection Act (ill.? Rev. slat. 1981. ch. ill
1/2. pars. 1010 and 3027).
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SOURCE: Adopted as Rii^es 401 through 406. R70-1I. 2 PCS 373. Tiled and efTecttve September 7. 1971; Renumbered as Chapter 2: Air Pollution. Part V': Open Burning. R72-11. 6 PCS
1.99. Tiled and efTecttve November- 10. 1972: amended it 3 1)1. Reg. SI. p. 117.- effective Oecember 7, 1979: amended at 6 111. Reg. 14S21.
effective November 8. 1982: codified at 7 111. Reg. 13626.
SUBPART A: GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 217:101' Definitions
ATI terms.which appear in. this Pari have the definitions specif,led in .this Part .and 3S 111. Ado. Code 201.and 211,
"Agricultural Wastes": any refuse, except garbage and dead animals,'generated on a farm or ' ranch by Crop'and livestock production practices Including such Items as t|ags, cartons, dry bedding, structural materials and crop residues but excluding .landscape wastes, -
"Clean woo'd Building,Debris": the wooden remains of a building. The term excludes rubber, asphalt and nonwooden materials.
-Disaster-; a major disaster declared by the
' 'President of the United States or the Governor .of Illinois,
-Disaster Area": area in mid) a major disaster
has been*declared by the President or the United - States or the Governor- of Illinois:
-Oouictle Waste-: any refuse generated on slngle-famUy-domlclllary property as a result of domiciliary activities. The tern excludes
landscape waste, garbage and trade waste.
"Garbage":- refuse resulting fro* the handling. - processing^preparation...cooking and consumption
of food or-food products; ,
"Landscape Waste": any vegetable or plant refuse..except. g*rbaa$-and agricultural waste..
The term Includes trees., tree trlmsfngs. branches, stumps, brush, weeds, leaves, grass. . shrubbery and yard trimmings.
POpen Burning": - the combustion1 of any natter In sodi a way that the products of the contention aft emitted To the open air without Originating In or passing-through equipment for which a
permit could be Issued under'Section' 9(b) 0f the ' Act (EnvironmentaT Protection 'ActvTTTvRev;"
Stat. 1981. Ch. Ill 1/2. par. 1009(b)).
Refused -any-discarded natter;--oc.any maXLec which.is to be -reduced In-volume, or otherwise changed In chemical or physical properties. In order to-fecTHtate tts-dtxcard? removal-or
-.disposal. *-
"Restrlcted Areas":. the acea-wtthtn the
boundaries-of any ^municipality" as defined In the Illinois Municipal Code (111. Rev. Stat. : 1981. Oh. -24, par. 1-1-2), plus a zone extending
.one -mite beyond-the boundaries-uf any such untclpaltty having a population of 1,000 or
more according to the latest federal census.
'."Trade-Waste": any refuse resulting from the prosecution of any trade, business. Industry,
comncrclal.venture. ot-H-lty- or service activity and. any government or Institutional activity, whether or not for profit: The term Includes landscape, waste but excludes agricultural waste.
(Source: -Amended at-'3~I11. Reg.''SI. p. 117.
effective December 7. 1979)
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Section 237.102' Prohibitions --`
a) No person shall cause or allow open burning. , except as provided In.this Part.
b) No person shall cause or allow the burning of ' any j-efuse In. any chamber or apparatus.
unless such chamber or apparatus Is designed for-the 'punwTe'or"dTspwstng^of~the class-of-refuse being burned.
Section 217.103 Explosive Waste
Open burning of wastes creating a hazard of explosion, fire-or other serious harm, unless