Solid Waste Management Plan

In October 1993, the Kankakee County Board adopted its Solid Waste Management Plan pursuant to the Illinois Solid Waste Planning & Recycling Act (415 ILCS 15/1 et.seq.). After Illinois-EPA recommended changes were addressed, the Kankakee County Board readopted the Plan in August of 1995.

The Solid Waste Planning & Recycling Act also requires “each County Waste Management Plan shall be updated and reviewed every 5 years, and any necessary or appropriate revisions shall be submitted to the Agency for review and comment.” The “Agency” refers to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.

The 1st Kankakee County Solid Waste Management (SWM) Plan update was
submitted to the Illinois EPA in August of 2000. The 2nd 5-year update was due in August of 2005.

The Solid Waste Management Plan is mandated by the State of Illinois and provides for the planned and organized management of solid waste within the County in an environmentally and economically sound manner. Solid Waste Management encompasses the total life cycle of waste, from generation, storage, collection, transportation, hauling, processing, transfer, waste reduction, reuse, recycling, incineration with or without energy recovery, and landfilling. It also includes all administrative, financial, educational, environmental, legal, operational, marketing, and planning aspects of the management of solid wastes.

The Solid Waste Division of the Kankakee Planning Department published a Request For Qualifications, inviting interested firms to present their qualifications for this work to the County. Statements of Qualifications were due by 4:30 p.m., on Friday, August 6, 2004.

Interviews with the firms were conducted during the week of August 23, 2004. The Planning Department and Solid Waste Sub-Committee of the Kankakee Regional Planning Commission selected Patrick Engineering, Inc., utilizing the qualifications-based selection process prescribed by the Local Government Professional Services Selection Act (50 ILCS 510 et. seq.). Such recommendation was approved on September 20, 2004 by the Planning, Zoning, and Agriculture Committee of the County Board. A Professional Services Agreement with Patrick Engineering Inc. has been negotiated and was approved by the Planning, Zoning, and Agriculture Committee on December 1, 2004. The County Board subsequently approved the contract on December 14, 2004. A copy of the Professional Services Agreement with Patrick Engineering, Inc. is available for public inspection/copying through the FOIA process.

A public hearing was held on the recommended Plan Update on February 16, 2006 at the Quality Inn in Bradley, IL from 2:00 to 4:00 pm and from 6:00 to 8:00 pm.

A Staff-Recommended Draft of the Five-Year Update to the Solid Waste Management Plan was approved and recommended by the Solid Waste Subcommittee of the RPC on March 21, 2006. The full RPC was presented with the recommended Solid Waste Plan Update on March 28, 2006. The full RPC voted to send the proposed Update back to the Solid Waste Subcommittee for further review, thus giving the full RPC additional review time.

A revised staff-recommended Draft of the 5-year Update to the Solid Waste Plan has been completed and is being recommended to the Solid Waste Subcommittee on December 19, 2006, and the full RPC in January 2007. Click on the Link below to view a copy of the proposed Update. Written Public Comment will be accepted through January 31, 2007.

Thank you.

Draft Solid Waste Plan Update