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Institutional Water Treatment Services Joins Illinois Sustainable Technology Center's Technical Assistance Program
The Institutional Water Treatment (IWT) services group provides unbiased, professional water treatment advice to facilities equipped with institutional water systems including cooling towers, chillers, boilers, etc. The program results in assuring public health and safety along with substantial annual savings in costs of chemicals, energy, water, and maintenance in industrial and potable water systems. Since 1949, IWT services have ranged from on-site training and seminars to providing chemical specifications and making recommendations concerning a comprehensive water treatment program for control of corrosion, mineral scale formation, and biological growth. Facilities receive detailed written recommendations and specifications for recommended system design and equipment, treatment equipment, chemicals, and corrosion-resistant materials for use in existing institutional water systems and new construction. IWT is part of the Technical Assistance Program at the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, a unit of the Prairie Research Institute at the University of Illinois. The Technical Assistance Program (TAP) makes companies and communities more competitive and resilient with sustainable business practices, technologies, and solutions. TAP works at the intersection of industry, science and government to help clients achieve profitable, sustainable results.
IWT, Technical Assistance Program
Illinois Sustainable Technology Center
2204 Griffith Drive
Champaign, IL 61820-7463
Are You Getting All Your Regulatory Notices & Information?
SBEAP TIP: As more and more official correspondence relies upon electronic communications, it may be helpful for your company to create a dedicated e-mail address for these types of reports and notifications from regulatory agencies or other important contacts. Topical or dedicated e-mail addresses eliminates the need for updating with multiple agencies when staff changes occur, reduces the chances of the communications being overlooked, and could allow multiple users to have access to important email communications without interfering with individual staff members' accounts. Example e-mail addresses could be: [email protected] or [email protected].
Summer 2017 One-Day Household Hazardous Waste Collections
The Illinois EPA coordinates one-day household hazardous waste collections each year in the spring and fall. The first of these collections began in November 1989. Since then, 401,350 households have participated in 449 events, with more than 78,100 drums of material collected.
Collections are scheduled on Saturdays, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., for the greatest convenience of working families. Citizens are asked to bring harsh chemical cleaners, paints, thinners, antifreeze, weed killers, insecticides and pesticides, and similar hazardous household products. Explosives, propane tanks, fire extinguishers, smoke detectors, agricultural chemicals and business wastes are not accepted. View a complete list of household hazardous wastes that are and are not accepted at one-day collections
Household hazardous-waste collections, funded by statewide fees on landfilled nonhazardous solid wastes, are free to the public. An Agency contractor assures that all wastes are properly containerized, manifested and safely transported to their ultimate destination.No business, commercial or institutional wastes are accepted.
The Illinois EPA seeks and encourages communities or organizations to cosponsor household hazardous collection events. Information about cosponsoring in your community can be found on Illinois EPA's website.
Spring 2017 One-Day Collection Schedule
The following one-day collections are scheduled from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Saturdays for:
- June 10, 2017 Oak Forest Public Works, 158th & Lorel Ave., Oak Forest (Cook County)
- June 17, 2017 Macomb High School, 1525 S. Johnson St., Macomb (McDonough County)
- June 17, 2017 Melvin Price Park, 1500 Caseville Ave., Swansea (St. Clair County)
- June 24, 2017 Location TBD, Schaumburg (Cook County)
Long-Term Collection Facilities
In addition, the following long-term facilities are available for disposal of household hazardous waste.
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Naperville
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(630) 420 - 6095
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Sat: 9 am - 2 pm
Sun: 9 am - 2 pm
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City of Chicago
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(312) 744-7672
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Tues: 7 am - noon
Thursday: 2 pm - 7 pm
First Saturday of each month: 8 am - 3 pm
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Rockford
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Rock River Reclamation District
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(815) 987-5570
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Lake County
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The Solid Waste Agency of Lake County (SWALCO) currently operates a long-term household chemical waste collection program. Information and a collection schedule can be found on the SWALCO Web site, or by calling 847-336-9340.
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For questions concerning the IEPA's one-day or long-term collections, please call the Waste Reduction Unit at 217-524-3300.
Forget Something?
The Annual Emissions Reports (AER's) were due May 1st
Companies that may have missed the May 1st deadline should file their AER as soon as possible. If you need assistance with calculating your facilities' emissions, the Illinois EPA Bureau of Air has some helpful emission calculators online at:
www.epa.state.il.us/air/aer
for some of the common types of equipment including: Asphalt Plants, Boilers, Grain Elevators, Concrete Batch Plants and Quarries/Rock Crushing.
If you have questions about your report or need assistance, contact the Illinois EPA Bureau of Air at 217-524-0940 or the Illinois Small Business Environmental Assistance Program at 800-252-3998 or
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Formaldehyde Emission Standards for Composite Wood
Products Compliance Dates Extended
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a
direct final rule to extend the compliance dates in the final Formaldehyde Emission Standards for Composite Wood Products, published in the
Federal Register December 12, 2016. Compliance dates would be extended for: (1) formaldehyde emission standards, recordkeeping, and labeling provisions until March 22, 2018; (2) import certification provisions until March 22, 2019; and (3) laminated product producer provisions until March 22, 2024. Note that laminated product producers would still be required to comply with applicable fabricator provisions beginning March 22, 2018. Additionally, the direct final rule would extend the California Air Resources Board Third-Party Certifiers transitional period until March 22, 2019.
To save time in the event that the EPA receives an adverse comment on the direct final rule and must publish a proposal, the EPA is also publishing a companion
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the action to extend the compliance dates. If the EPA receives no adverse comment on the direct final rule or proposed rule, then the agency will take no further action on the proposed rule and the direct final rule will become effective. If the EPA receives relevant, adverse comment, then the agency will withdraw the direct final rule and proceed with the proposed rule through the normal rulemaking process. Both direct final and proposed rules were publish in the
Federal Register on May 24, 2017.
In the near future, the agency plans to issue a direct final rule to remove 40 CFR 770.45(f) to allow early labeling of compliant composite wood products as soon as compliance can be achieved. This will reduce the unnecessary burden for panel producers, fabricators, distributors and retailers who want to roll out compliant inventory prior to the rule's compliance date. Another direct final rule will update several voluntary consensus standards referenced in the final rule.
Visit the EPA's
formaldehyde website for additional information on TSCA Title VI final rule. Please use the "Contact us" link
here to send USEPA questions regarding this rule.
OSHA Delays Enforcement of the Crystalline Silica Standard
On April 6, 2017, OSHA announced that they will be delaying enforcement of the
crystalline silica standard that applies to the construction industry in order to conduct additional outreach and provide educational materials and guidance for employers. The dangers of silica to workers have been known for many years and to better protect workers OSHA has been working on two new silica standards: one for the general industry and maritime and one for the construction industry. OSHA determined that additional guidance is necessary for the construction industry standard and therefore delayed enforcement from the originally scheduled date of June 23, 2017 until September 23, 2017. The rule helps small businesses in the construction industry by providing flexibility via staggered compliance dates and gives employers from one to five years to put adequate protections in place. OSHA's rule explains how to best protect workers from exposure to silica dust when specifications in the rule are followed. Employers also have the option to use other methods of protection as long as they can ensure they are providing the required level of protection. In the meantime OSHA expects employers in the construction industry to continue to take steps either to come into compliance with the new permissible exposure limit, or to implement specific dust controls for certain operations as provided in the standard. Construction employers should also continue to prepare to implement the standard's other requirements, including exposure assessment, medical surveillance and employee training.
OSHA Update: Electronic Submission of Records
OSHA has received questions from employers about the upcoming July 1 compliance date for electronically reporting their injury and illness summaries. OSHA is not accepting electronic submissions of injury and illness logs at this time, and intends to propose extending the July 1, 2017, date by which certain employers are required to submit the information from their completed 2016 Form 300A electronically. Updates will be posted to the OSHA recordkeeping webpage when they are available.
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SBEAP HELPLINE
800-252-3998
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The Illinois Small Business Environmental Assistance Program (SBEAP) is a federally mandated program to assist small businesses with their environmental requirements. SBEAP is a free, confidential, and non-regulatory resource for small business owners to help them understand and comply with state and federal air pollution regulations.
We offer a range of services to assist small businesses, including training seminars and workshops, current permit forms and instructions, links to various Illinois state agency environmental regulations, a quarterly newsletter with regular updates and information on pending and recently amended rulemakings, fact sheets, brochures and guides related to a wide range of small businesses, and links to a directory of environmental consultants.
The SBEAP program is located within the Office of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology at the Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity. For more information please
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