(A) In order to request siting approval for a PCF in the county, an applicant must file an application with the County Clerk, with a minimum of 15 copies of the entire application.
(B) The application shall be submitted on paper, and/or such other methods as the Committee may approve from time to time. Any documents prepared or generated by an applicant shall be submitted in such electronic format as the County Clerk may specify from time to time.
(C) The application shall:
(1) Conform with all statutory requirements;
(2) Contain sufficient details describing the proposed facility to demonstrate compliance with all federal, state, and local requirements, including statutes, regulations, and ordinances, and shall be accompanied by all such items as required by this chapter;
(3) Contain all information in the applicant’s possession or reasonably available to the applicant relating to or relevant to the siting criteria set forth in § 39.2 of the Act, being 415 ILCS 5/39.2, if not otherwise provided pursuant to § 98.05;
(4) Include all documents submitted to IEPA pursuant to § 39.2(c) of the Act, being 415 ILCS 5/39.2(c);
(5) Contain a sworn statement by the applicant that all information being submitted is truthful and accurate, and that all statutory requirements for application have been met by the applicant, setting forth the actions taken by the applicant to comply with such requirements;
(6) Contain an agreement by the applicant to reimburse the county for any and all costs reasonably incurred by the county to review and act upon the application;
(7) Be accompanied by a filing fee in the amount set forth in the table below.
PCF Category | Filing Fee |
Incinerator | $250,000 |
Landfill | $250,000 |
Transfer station | $100,000 |
Vertical expansion of landfill | $250,000 |
(a) Said filing fee shall be paid to the County Clerk for delivery to the County Treasurer for deposit in a special fund.
(b) The fee paid hereunder and held by the Treasurer in the special fund shall be used by the county to pay for any and all costs, expenses, and/or fees incurred by the county in reviewing and acting upon the application including, but not limited to, costs of site inspection, clerical processing of the application, copying costs, space rental, Hearing Officer compensation, court reporter expenses, transcription expenses, public notice expenses, staff review time, Committee per diems, attorneys’ fees (including special counsel fees), consultants (such as qualified professional engineers, planners, appraisers, environmental consultants, experts, environmental counsel, and the like, including testing, exhibits, testimony (if any provided by consultants and experts), and other reasonable and relevant costs incident to the review, consideration of, and action upon the application, the costs incident to preparing the record for appeal, if any, and the costs of representing the county on any appeal in the event of an appeal of the County Board decision.
(c) The balance of the fund, if any, remaining after all action on the application is final, including any appeals of the county’s decision to any agency or courts, shall be refunded to the applicant.
(d) The filing fee shall not be a limit on applicant’s liability under division (C)(6) above for payment of the county’s costs, expenses, and/or fees, and should the county incur any additional costs in excess of the applicable filing fee for any PCF, the applicant shall bear any and all additional costs and shall promptly pay such amounts to the county upon written request or demand.
(8) Include a copy of the host community agreement; and
(9) Include a statement that the applicant has not filed an application for local siting approval which is substantially the same as that contained in the application and which was disapproved pursuant to a finding against the applicant under any of the siting criteria set forth in § 39.2 of the Act within the preceding two years.
(Prior Code, 6 TCC 8-4)