IL HB3294

Defines "organic waste" in the Environmental Protection Act as food scrap, uncontaminated wood waste, livestock waste, crop residue, paper waste, or other non-hazardous carbonaceous waste collected separately from municipal waste, excluding landscape waste

Requires an Agency permit to conduct organic waste composting operations (other than landscape waste composting) unless the operation meets specific exemptions

Exempts small-scale organic waste composting operations with no more than 25 cubic yards on-site that are not engaging in commercial activity from permit requirements

Exempts organic waste composting operations with up to 1,000 cubic yards on-site from permit requirements if they meet specific conditions including: 200-foot setback from water wells, location outside 10-year floodplain, daily processing and covering of waste, 5-foot separation from water table, runoff control, dust/odor/noise prevention, and annual registration with the Agency by March 1

Requires the Illinois EPA to develop performance standards for organic waste compost facilities and testing procedures for end-product compost, with the Pollution Control Board required to adopt these standards within one year of receiving Agency recommendations