Section 415 ILCS 205/50 - Reporting requirements(a) By June 1, 2027, and each June 1st thereafter, each battery stewardship organization must submit an annual report to the Agency covering the preceding calendar year of battery stewardship plan implementation. The report must include the following:(1) The report must include an independent financial assessment of a program implemented by the battery stewardship organization, including a breakdown of the program's expenses, such as collection expenses, recycling expenses, education expenses, and overhead expenses.(2) The report must include a summary financial statement documenting the financing of a battery stewardship organization's program and an analysis of program costs and expenditures, including an analysis of the program's expenses, such as collection, transportation, recycling, education, and administrative overhead. The summary financial statement must be sufficiently detailed to provide transparency that funds collected from producers as a result of their activities in Illinois are spent on program implementation in Illinois. Battery stewardship organizations implementing similar battery stewardship programs in multiple states may submit a financial statement including all covered states, as long as the statement breaks out financial information pertinent to Illinois.(3) The report must include the weight, by chemistry, of covered batteries collected under the program.(4) The report must include the weight of materials recycled from covered batteries collected under the program, in total, and by method of battery recycling.(5) The report must include a calculation of the recycling efficiency rates, as measured consistent with subsection (b) of this Section.(6) The report must include a list of all facilities used in the processing or disposition of batteries, including identification of the facilities' location and whether the facility is located domestically, in an organization for economic cooperation and development country, or in a country that meets organization for economic cooperation and development operating standards, and for domestic facilities provide a summary of any violations of environmental laws and regulations over the previous 3 years at each facility.(7) The report must include, for each facility used for the final disposition of batteries, a description of how the facility recycled or otherwise managed batteries and battery components.(8) The report must include the weight and chemistry of batteries sent to each facility used for the final disposition of batteries. The information in this subdivision (a)(8) may be approximated for program operations in Illinois based on extrapolations of national or regional data for programs in operation in multiple states.(9) The report must include the collection rate achieved under the program, including a description of how this collection rate was calculated and how it compares to the collection rate goals under Section 30.(10) The report must include the estimated aggregate sales, by weight and chemistry, of batteries and batteries contained in or with battery-containing products sold in Illinois by participating producers for each of the previous 3 calendar years.(11) The report must include a description of the manner in which the collected batteries were managed and recycled, including a discussion of best available technologies and the recycling efficiency rate.(12) The report must include a description of education and outreach efforts supporting plan implementation including, but not limited to, a summary of education and outreach provided to consumers, collection sites, manufacturers, distributors, and retailers by the program operator for the purpose of promoting the collection and recycling of covered batteries, a description of how that education and outreach met the requirements of Section 45, samples of education and outreach materials, a summary of coordinated education and outreach efforts with any other battery stewardship organizations implementing a plan approved by the Agency, and a summary of any changes made during the previous calendar year to education and outreach activities.(13) The report must include a list of all collection sites and an address for each listed site, and an up-to-date map indicating the location of all collection sites used to implement the program, with links to appropriate websites where there are existing websites associated with a site.(14) The report must include a description of methods used to collect, transport, and recycle covered batteries by the battery stewardship organization.(15) The report must include a summary of progress made toward the program performance goals established under Section 30, and an explanation of why performance goals were not met, if applicable.(16) The report must include an evaluation of the effectiveness of education and outreach activities.(b) The weight of batteries or recovered resources from those batteries must only be counted once and may not be counted by more than one battery stewardship organization.(c) If a battery stewardship organization has disposed of covered batteries through energy recovery, incineration, or landfilling during the preceding calendar year of program implementation, the annual report must specify the steps that the battery stewardship organization will take to make the recycling of covered batteries cost-effective, where possible, or to otherwise increase battery recycling rates achieved by the battery stewardship organization.(d) Proprietary information submitted to the Agency under this Act is exempted from disclosure as provided under paragraphs (g) and (mm) of subsection (1) of Section 7 of the Freedom of Information Act.Added by P.A. 103-1033,§ 50, eff. 8/9/2024.