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Clean Construction or Demolition Debris (CCDD) fill operations

Agency Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

Clean construction or demolition debris (CCDD) is, in the description of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA), uncontaminated rubble from building and demolition: broken concrete with no metal bars sticking out, brick, rock, stone and reclaimed asphalt pavement. Uncontaminated soil mixed with those materials counts as CCDD too; soil on its own does not. A current or former quarry, mine or other excavation filled with CCDD or uncontaminated soil is a CCDD fill operation, and one filled with uncontaminated soil only is an uncontaminated soil fill operation. Both are regulated under 35 Ill. Adm. Code 1100, which defines uncontaminated soil. Illinois EPA's CCDD page, last modified April 17, 2026, says the Pollution Control Board last amended the Part in an order dated August 23, 2012, effective August 27, 2012.

In a Phase I ESA

ASTM E1527-21 does not name fill operation records among its standard record sources. They matter in Illinois for two reasons.

  • A filled excavation on or near the property. A current or former quarry, mine or other excavation dug to extract resources counts as a fill operation under the rule once CCDD or uncontaminated soil is placed in it as fill. Illinois EPA says CCDD used as fill below grade is not considered a waste as long as the filled area is outside the setback zone of a drinking water well and is covered with uncontaminated soil, pavement or a structure within 30 days after filling ends. Illinois EPA posts lists of the fill operations currently registered with it.
  • Soil leaving a site. Soil taken to a fill operation must be certified. If it comes from a potentially impacted property, a licensed professional engineer or geologist must evaluate, sample and certify it on form LPC-663 before it is placed; otherwise the source site's owner or operator certifies it on form LPC-662. In Illinois EPA's account of the rule, a property is potentially impacted when its past or present use, or contamination moving from a nearby or adjoining site, raises the chance that contamination is present. The rule incorporates six documents that may, optionally, help decide this, among them ASTM E 1527-05, the 2005 edition of the Phase I practice, and ASTM E 1528-06, along with manuals of the Illinois Department of Transportation and the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority. All soil taken to these fill operations must also have been pH tested and certified within the range of 6.25 to 9.0.

Sampled soil is compared with Illinois EPA's Maximum Allowable Concentrations (MAC) Table for chemical constituents in uncontaminated soil. CCDD fill operations pay fees on the material they accept, measured by weight or by volume, and file quarterly reports under 35 Ill. Adm. Code 1150.

Where to look a site up

Getting the file

Illinois EPA takes requests under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act through its online FOIA Request Web Form, which needs an account, or by fax, U.S. mail or special carrier. Give the facility name, address and LPC number. Fees, reply times and the options for large files are on the FOIA requests page.

Sources

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency pages, read October 13, 2026:

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