File #: 20-4356    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Amendment Status: Approved
File created: 9/18/2020 In control: Environment and Sustainability Committee
On agenda: 9/24/2020 Final action: 10/22/2020
Title: PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT TEMPORARY EQUIPMENT FOR REPROCESSING OF CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION MATERIAL BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 30, ENVIRONMENT, ARTICLE III. - AIR DIVISION II. - AIR POLLUTION, SUBDIVISION II. - SMOKE AND PARTICULATE MATTER of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as Follows: Sec. 30-388. Temporary equipment for reprocessing of construction and demolition material Sec. 30-389. Definitions. Reprocessable construction/demolition material or material shall mean broken concrete, bricks, rock, stone or paving asphalt generated from construction and/or demolition activities. The material shall not contain lead, asbestos or any other hazardous material of the type that renders recycling of such material illegal or impossible. Reprocessable construction/demolition material site or site shall mean a site used for purposes of the temporary reprocessing, storage, transport and final usage of reproce...
Sponsors: TONI PRECKWINKLE (President)
Attachments: 1. 20-4356 Fiscal Note
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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT

TEMPORARY EQUIPMENT FOR REPROCESSING OF CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION MATERIAL

BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 30, ENVIRONMENT, ARTICLE III. - AIR DIVISION II. - AIR POLLUTION, SUBDIVISION II. - SMOKE AND PARTICULATE MATTER of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as Follows:

Sec. 30-388. Temporary equipment for reprocessing of construction and demolition material

Sec. 30-389. Definitions.

Reprocessable construction/demolition material or material shall mean broken concrete, bricks, rock, stone or paving asphalt generated from construction and/or demolition activities. The material shall not contain lead, asbestos or any other hazardous material of the type that renders recycling of such material illegal or impossible.

Reprocessable construction/demolition material site or site shall mean a site used for purposes of the temporary reprocessing, storage, transport and final usage of reprocessable construction/demolition material.

Reprocessing equipment or equipment shall mean equipment designed to crush or break reprocessable material into smaller constituent parts for the purpose of reprocessing such material and for use on site.

Reprocessing activities or reprocessed or reprocessing means the crushing or breaking of construction/demolition material into smaller constituent parts by reprocessing equipment.

Temporary reprocessing activities permit or temporary reprocessing permit shall mean a permit issued for a limited number of days for reprocessing activities pursuant to this article.

Sec. 30-390. Purpose and scope.

The purpose and intent of this article is to regulate temporary reprocessing activities and to prevent the improper reprocessing, storage, transport and/or final usage of construction/demolition material. This article shall apply within Cook County, outside the limits of the City of Chicago.

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