EPA-PERMITS-POLLUTION CONTROL

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that for (i) permits for the development or construction of new pollution control facilities and (ii) permits for local siting approval of pollution control facilities, the appropriate county board or governing body of the municipality for the facility shall be the county board of the county or the governing body of the municipality in which the facility is to be located as of the date when the application for siting approval is filed. Provides that facilities subject to provisions of the Act relating to garbage transfer stations must be in compliance with the location requirements of those provisions as of the date the application for siting approval is filed in order to obtain local siting approval for the pollution control facility. Repeals the Illinois Pollution Prevention Act. Provides that the changes made by this amendatory Act apply only to siting applications filed on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act. Effective immediately.