(A) There is hereby assessed and imposed upon the operators of all solid waste disposal facilities permitted or required to be permitted by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency within the county, a tax in the amount of:
(1) $0.3175 per ton/$0.15 per cubic yard, if more than 150,000 cubic yards of non-hazardous waste is permanently disposed of at the site in a calendar year of solid waste permanently disposed of;
(2) $8,337.50 if more than 100,000 cubic yards, but not more than 150,000 cubic yards, of non-hazardous waste is permanently disposed of at the site in a calendar year;
(3) $3,875.00 if more than 50,000 cubic yards, but not more than 100,000 cubic yards, of non-hazardous waste is permanently disposed of at the site in a calendar year;
(4) $1,162.50 if more than 10,000 cubic yards, but not more than 50,000 cubic yards, of non-hazardous waste is permanently disposed of at the site in a calendar year;
(5) $162.50 if not more than 10,000 cubic yards of non-hazardous waste is permanently disposed of at the site in a calendar year; and
(6) Upon inclusion of clean construction and demolition debris fill operations in the inspection and enforcement program, $0.07 per ton/$0.10 per cubic yard of clean construction or demolition debris or uncontaminated soil accepted at a clean construction or demolition debris fill operation in a calendar year.
(B) The tax set forth herein shall not apply to:
(1) Waste which is hazardous waste;
(2) Waste which is pollution control waste;
(3) Waste from recycling, reclamation, or reuse processes which have been approved by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency as being designed to remove any contaminant from wastes so as to render the wastes reusable, provided that the process renders at least 50% of the waste reusable;
(4) Non-hazardous solid waste that is received at a sanitary landfill and composted or recycled through a process permitted by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency; or
(5) Any landfill which is permitted by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to receive only demolition or construction debris or landscape waste.
(1977 Code, § 1:4-8B) (Res./Ord. 10-0596, passed 7-13-2010)