Lake County Illinois - File #: 11-0510

• File #: 11-0510
• Version: 1
• Name: Joint resolution authorizing a five year renewal of a delegation agreement between the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and Lake County for the inspection of local solid waste landfills.
• Type: resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 5/20/2011
• In control: Health and Community Services Committee
• Final action: 6/14/2011
• Title: Joint resolution authorizing a five year renewal of a delegation agreement between the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and Lake County for the inspection of local solid waste landfills.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/14/2011	1	Lake County Board	adopted	Pass
6/8/2011	1	Financial & Administrative Committee	recommended for adoption to the consent agenda	Pass
6/8/2011	1	Public Works and Transportation Committee	approved and referred on to the Financial and Administrative Committee	Pass
5/31/2011	1	Health and Community Services Committee	approved and referred on to the Financial and Administrative Committee	Pass

Title
Joint resolution authorizing a five year renewal of a delegation agreement between the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and Lake County for the inspection of local solid waste landfills.
Staff Summary
· On February 9, 1993 the County Board authorized the execution of a delegation agreement with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) for a landfill inspection and enforcement program.
· There are 24 operating solid waste facilities and 22 closed landfills regulated under this agreement, with inspections and enforcement carried out by the Health Department pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement with the County.
· The current delegation agreement is set to expire June 30, 2011.
· IEPA has provided a renewal of the delegation agreement for a five year period, through June 30, 2016.
· Funding for the inspection and enforcement program comes from the Solid Waste Management Tax Fund and an IEPA Enforcement Grant.

Body
WHEREAS, Illinois Public Act 85-1195 states, in part that if proceeds from a fee, tax or surcharge imposed by a local government on local landfills are to be used to conduct a local landfill inspection and enforcement program, then the unit of local government must enter into a delegation agreement with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to 415 ILCS 5/4(r) (1992); and

WHEREAS, the Lake County Board passed the Lake County Solid Waste Management Tax Ordinance in April 1989, amended July 13, 2010, pursuant to PA 85-1195;

WHEREAS, the Ordinance sets forth a priority protocol to be followed in expending the proceeds from the Tax, with one of the activities pursuant to that protocol being the funding of an inspection program for solid waste disposal facilities within Lake County; and

WHEREAS, on February 9, 1993, the County Board authorized the execution of a Delegation Agreement with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency for the purpose of implementing a local landfill inspection and enforcement p...