Illinois Code § 415 ILCS 5/22.19a

Floodplain.
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19a. 

Floodplain. 

 
(a) On and after January 1, 1998, no sanitary landfill or waste disposal
site that is a pollution control facility, or any part of a
sanitary landfill
or waste disposal site that is a pollution control facility, may be located
within the boundary of the 100-year floodplain.

 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to the following:

 
 
(1) a sanitary landfill or waste disposal site 
 
initially permitted for development or construction by the Agency before August 19, 1997;

 
 
(2) a sanitary landfill or waste disposal site for 
 
which local siting approval has been granted before August 19, 1997;

 
 
(3) the area of expansion beyond the boundary of a 
 
currently permitted sanitary landfill or waste disposal site, provided that the area of expansion is, on August 19, 1997, owned by the owner or operator of the currently sited or permitted sanitary landfill or waste site to which the area of expansion is adjacent; or

 
 
(4) a sanitary landfill or waste disposal site that 
 
is a pollution control facility that ceased accepting waste on or before August 19, 1997 or any part of a sanitary landfill or waste disposal site that is a pollution control facility that ceased accepting waste on or before August 19, 1997.

initially permitted for development or construction by the Agency before August 19, 1997;
which local siting approval has been granted before August 19, 1997;
currently permitted sanitary landfill or waste disposal site, provided that the area of expansion is, on August 19, 1997, owned by the owner or operator of the currently sited or permitted sanitary landfill or waste site to which the area of expansion is adjacent; or
is a pollution control facility that ceased accepting waste on or before August 19, 1997 or any part of a sanitary landfill or waste disposal site that is a pollution control facility that ceased accepting waste on or before August 19, 1997.

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