(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to install or to construct or to operate any liquid waste handling facility, resource recovery facility, incinerator, sanitary landfill, transfer station or any facility that disposes, handles or treats any waste in the City of Chicago without having obtained a written permit from the commissioner. No changes, additions, expansions or extensions to any such facility shall be made without having obtained a written permit from the commissioner. For purposes of this section, an expansion or extension shall refer to an increase in the horizontal and/or vertical permitted limits of a facility or an increase in the handling or treating capacity of a facility; provided, however, the definition of expansion with respect to sanitary landfills shall be as set forth in Section 11-4-120.
Any operation at any such facility which exceeds or does not comply with the plans and specifications of the facility reviewed and approved by the commissioner pursuant to the permit application, or which violates any of the conditions imposed by the permit, or which violates any provisions of this chapter or rules or regulations promulgated hereunder shall be a violation of this section and will constitute grounds for revocation of the permit.
(b) Any person requiring a permit under this section shall submit to the commissioner of the department of streets and sanitation a written annual report summarizing all waste and recyclable material disposition, handling and treatment activities occurring at the facility during each calendar year. The annual report required under this subsection shall be submitted by such person to the department no later than February 28th following the calendar year to which the annual report relates. Such report shall contain the following data and information:
(1) the full name and business address of the permitted facility;
(2) the full name, business telephone number and e-mail address of a responsible person to contact regarding the content of any written report submitted under this section;
(3) if applicable, the tonnage of all recyclable material, per material type or category, collected by the permittee during the applicable reporting period; the name and location of the facility to which each type or category of recyclable material was delivered; and the approximate percentage of each type or category of recyclable material delivered to each named facility;
(4) if applicable, the tonnage of all municipal solid waste collected by the permittee during the applicable reporting period; the name and location to which the municipal solid waste was delivered; and the approximate percentage of municipal solid waste delivered to each named location;
(5) if applicable, the tonnage of all construction and demolition debris, per material type or category, collected by the permittee during the applicable reporting period; the name and location to which the construction and demolition debris was delivered; and the approximate percentage of construction and demolition debris delivered to each named location; and
(6) any other information that the commissioner of streets and sanitation may require to implement the requirements of this chapter and Chapter 11-5 of this Code.
(c) If a permittee under this section fails to submit in a timely manner the annual recycling report required under subsection (b) of this section or submits an incomplete annual recycling report, such permittee's permit under this section shall not be renewed by the department until such time that the annual recycling report required under subsection (b) of this section is submitted and is complete.
(d) Penalties imposed for violations of this section shall be as provided in Section 11-4-030 of this Code.
(Prior code § 17-1.22; Amend Coun. J. 3-8-89, p. 25433; Amend Coun. J. 1-12-95, p. 65073; Amended Coun. J. 9-27-07, p. 9208, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 2-9-11, p. 112149, § 3; Amend Coun. J. 7-20-16, p. 28694, § 4)