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The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has issued an Areawide Air Pollution Action Day for Sunday, July 19th. This is in addition to the ongoing Chicago Air Pollu tion Action Day in effect today July 18th. This alert includes all of Illinois’ Air Quality Index (AQI) forecast sectors, except Metro-East St. Louis. Visit www.AirNow.gov to stay up to date on current conditions. 

Special Waste

Generator, Hauling and Manifest Information

Special wastes can be any potentially infectious medical waste (PIMW), hazardous waste, pollution control waste or industrial process waste. The regulations which govern the proper generation, hauling and manifesting of these wastes can be found in 35 Ill. Adm. Code Subtitle G: Waste Disposal. Certain aspects of the Illinois Environmental Protection Act also regulate these activities. 

Guidance for Special Waste Generators: 

Guidance for Waste Transporters and the Use of Manifests: