Abstract |
The annual report requirement became effective in 1983 (i.e., reports were due March 1, 1983 describing hazardous waste management activities during 1982). It has been an important development in the State's hazardous waste regulatory program, in that the reports provide much-needed information about the quantities and kinds of wastes handled in Illinois. The 1982 annual report data, together with the IEPA supplemental permit and manifest systems, provided the first reliable means of identifying and cross-checking the sources and methods of handling hazardous wastes in Illinois. The 1983 and 1984 annual report information is a further improvement on the data regarding hazardous wastes in Illinois. |