(A) A minimum of 15 complete copies of requests for site approval, including copies of all site plans, exhibits, and maps, shall be filed with the County Clerk. However, only three copies of large-scale engineering drawings are required to be filed with each request, provided the applicant files 15 copies of the engineering drawings that have been reduced onto 11-inch by 17-inch paper. Upon receipt of any such request for site approval, the application shall be date stamped. Copies of the request for site approval shall be distributed by the County Clerk to the Chairperson of the County Board, the Chairperson of the Solid Waste Committee of the County Board, the Chairperson of the Health and Welfare Committee of the County Board, the Administrator of the County Health Department, the state’s Attorney, the RICWMA, and members of the PCF Committee. Upon selection of a hearing officer and technical consultant, if any, as set forth below, a copy of the request for site approval shall be provided by the County Clerk to them.
(B) (1) One copy of the request for site approval shall be made available by the County Clerk for public inspection at the office of the County Clerk. Members of the public shall be allowed to obtain a copy of the request for site approval or any part thereof from the County Clerk upon payment of the actual cost of reproduction.
(2) All copying requests shall be fulfilled by the County Clerk within a reasonable time from the time of the request.
(C) Requests for site approval shall contain and be of the form as follows:
(1) A written petition on eight and one-half inch by 11 inch paper that sets forth:
(a) The identification of the applicant and owner, and if the proposed site is owned in a land trust, each beneficiary of such land trust by name, and address and his or her defined interest therein;
(b) The legal description of the proposed site and a street address, or some other reasonable description of where the proposed site is located;
(c) A description of the proposed facility, its operation, and the expected longevity thereof;
(d) The area to be served by the proposed facility and a statement of the need for such a facility in the area;
(e) A list of the existing pollution control facilities located within or serving or reasonably capable of serving the area proposed to be served and, with respect to each such facility, the following information shall be provided: location; size; owner and/or operator; type of pollution control facility; remaining capacity; probable life of the proposed facility; and types of wastes received;
(f) The expected types, amounts, and methods of treatment or storage of all wastes proposed for the site and the general origins of these wastes;
(g) A description of the landfill design, including the liner, the leachate collection system, the gas collection system, and the final cover; and
(h) Reasons supporting approval of the application.
(2) All documents, if any, submitted as of the date of the request for site approval to the Agency pertaining to the proposed facility, except trade secrets determined to be such pursuant to 415 ILCS 5/7.1. Note that the applicant need only provide one copy of such documents; at the applicant’s option, said copy may be provided in electronic “.pdf’ format on a CD-ROM.
(3) A site plan showing details of the proposed facility, including, but not limited to:
(a) Cross-sections;
(b) Fences, buildings, and other structures; and
(c) Roads, entrances, and driveways.
(4) A topographic survey of the subject site and the surrounding area within 500 feet which indicates land use and, if applicable, the boundary of the 100-year floodplain;
(5) A statement of the plan of operation for the proposed facility, including, but not limited to, the following:
(a) Methods of storage, treatment, consolidation, or transfer of waste or other processes;
(b) Hours of operation;
(c) Personnel;
(d) Litter, vector, dust, and odor control;
(e) Surface drainage;
(f) Landfill gas control;
(g) Leachate control;
(h) Fire control; and
(i) Corrective actions for spills and other operational accidents.
(6) A statement or report of traffic information regarding the proposed site including the anticipated number of vehicles and their size, weight, and direction of movement;
(7) All pertinent documentary support for the application or request including, but not limited to, studies, maps, reports, permits, or exhibits that the applicant desires the County Board to consider at the public hearing. It is intended that the applicant provide a full and complete disclosure of his or her case to facilitate early review and analysis by all parties, provided that the applicant shall not be required to include in the request all of the detailed information required by the agency to be included in an application for a landfill development permit. However, the applicant shall not be precluded from introducing at the public hearing documentary support for the request that was not included in the application for site location approval, provided said documents were not reasonably available at the time the application was filed;
(8) A statement describing the past operating experience of the applicant (and any subsidiary and parent corporation) in the field of solid waste management in the state within the preceding ten years;
(9) A statement citing the past record of all convictions or admissions of violations of the applicant (and any subsidiary and parent corporation) in the field of solid waste management in the state within the preceding ten years;
(10) All pre-filing notices required by § 39.2 of the Act;
(11) Any host agreement entered into between the county and the applicant; and
(12) The applicable application fee.
(D) An application for site approval may not be filed that is substantially the same as a request that was disapproved pursuant to a finding against an applicant by the county under any of the criteria of (i) through (ix) of § 39.2 of the Act, as amended, within the preceding two years.
(E) At any time prior to the completion by the applicant of the presentation of the applicant’s factual evidence and an opportunity for cross-questioning by the county and any participants, the applicant may file not more than one amended application upon payment of additional fees to cover the reasonable and necessary costs incurred by the county in the siting review process; in which case, time limitations for final action by the governing body of the county shall be extended for an additional period of 90 days.
(Prior Code, § 3-5B-2) (Ord. 2007-0327, passed 3-20-2007)