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90_HB2668

      415 ILCS 5/57.4
      415 ILCS 5/57.4a new
      415 ILCS 5/57.4b new
      415 ILCS 5/57.4c new
      415 ILCS 5/57.11
      430 ILCS 15/4             from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 156
          Amends the Petroleum Underground Storage  Tank  Title  of
      the  Environmental  Protection  Act to create the Underground
      Storage Tank Management  Board  to  oversee  the  payment  of
      claims under the Underground Storage Tank Fund.  Provides for
      the  competitive  selection  of  a  Program  Administrator to
      handle the processing of claims and other tasks  assigned  by
      the  Management  Board.   Amends  the Gasoline Storage Act to
      provide that the Office  of  the  State  Fire  Marshal  shall
      administer   the   Underground   Storage   Tank   Program  in
      cooperation with the Management Board,  in  addition  to  the
      Environmental Protection Agency.  Effective immediately.
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 1        AN  ACT  concerning  underground  storage tanks, amending
 2    named Acts.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.  The  Environmental Protection Act is amended
 6    by changing Sections  57.4  and  57.11  and  adding  Sections
 7    57.4a, 57.4b, and 57.4c as follows:
 8        (415 ILCS 5/57.4)
 9        Sec.  57.4.  State  Agencies.  Except  as  provided under
10    Sections 57.4a, 57.4b, and 57.4c, the  Office  of  the  State
11    Fire Marshal and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
12    shall administer the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Program
13    in accordance with the terms of this Title.
14    (Source: P.A. 88-496.)
15        (415 ILCS 5/57.4a new)
16        Sec.   57.4a.    Creation  of  Underground  Storage  Tank
17    Management Board.
18        (a)  It is hereby declared to be in the  public  interest
19    to  create a board to oversee  the administration of the LUST
20    Program by a private entity under contract with the  board.
21        (b)  There is created the Underground Storage Tank  (UST)
22    Management  Board    to  manage  the  LUST  Program.  The UST
23    Management Board is created as a  political  subdivision  and
24    body politic and corporate and is not a State agency.
25        (c)   The  UST  Management  Board  shall  consist  of  11
26    members,   including   the      Director   of   the  Illinois
27    Environmental  Protection  Agency,  the   Director   of   the
28    Department  of  Revenue,  the  Director  of the Department of
29    Insurance, and the State Fire Marshal,  or  their  designees,
30    and  2  representatives  each  from  the  Illinois  Petroleum
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 1    Marketers  Association,  the  Illinois Petroleum Council, and
 2    the Illinois Manufacturers Association.  The  Governor  shall
 3    designate one member to serve as Chairperson.
 4        (d)   Initial  UST  Management  Board  members  shall  be
 5    appointed  by  the  Governor  to serve as follows:  2 members
 6    shall serve one-year terms,  3  members  shall  serve  2-year
 7    terms,  and  3  members  shall  serve 3-year terms, and until
 8    their successors are  appointed.  As terms of initial members
 9    expire, their successors shall be  appointed  to    terms  to
10    expire  the  first  day  of  July  3  years  following  their
11    appointment.
12        (e)   A vacancy in the UST Management Board occurring for
13    any reason other  than the expiration  of  a  term  shall  be
14    filled  for  the  unexpired  term  in  the same manner as the
15    original appointment.
16        (f)  A member of the UST Management Board may be  removed
17    by   the   Governor     for  neglect  of  duty,  misfeasance,
18    malfeasance, or nonfeasance in office.
19        (415 ILCS 5/57.4b new)
20        Sec. 57.4b.  Powers and  duties  of  the  UST  Management
21    Board; immunity.
22        (a)   The  UST  Management  Board shall prepare an annual
23    report  summarizing  its  activities  during  the   preceding
24    calendar year, including but not limited to expenses incurred
25    in  the  administration  of the LUST Program, paid claims and
26    incurred losses,  and  other  information  requested  by  the
27    Majority  and  Minority Leaders of the General Assembly.  The
28    initial annual report shall be submitted to the Secretary  of
29    the Senate  and the Clerk of the House of Representatives one
30    year  following  the  awarding  of  a  contract  to a Program
31    Administrator under Section 57.4c, and on  the  same  day  of
32    every  year thereafter.
33        (b)  The  UST Management Board shall establish a plan for
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 1    administering the  LUST Program, including but not limited to
 2    the following components:
 3             (1)  procedures    for    selecting    a     Program
 4        Administrator  in  accordance with  Section 57.4c of this
 5        Act;
 6             (2)  procedures  for  the  operation  of   the   UST
 7        Management Board;
 8             (3)  procedures  for  the handling and accounting of
 9        assets and moneys of  the Lust Program;
10             (4)  an agenda for  publicizing  the  LUST  Program,
11        including   its   eligibility     requirements,  and  for
12        maintaining public awareness of the LUST  Program; and
13             (5)  procedures  for  handling  other   matters   as
14        necessary to fulfill its duties  under this Section.
15        (c)  The UST Management Board may enter into contracts as
16    necessary  to  carry  out the provisions and purposes of this
17    Act.
18        (d)  The UST Management Board may take legal action as it
19    deems necessary,  including but not limited to  avoiding  the
20    payment  of  improper  claims  against  the LUST  Program and
21    recovering amounts mistakenly or improperly  paid  under  the
22    LUST  Program.
23        (e)  The UST Management Board shall not be liable for any
24    obligation of the  LUST Program.  In addition, there shall be
25    no  liability  on  the part of any member or  employee of the
26    UST  Management  Board  or  their  represented  agencies   or
27    associations   and no cause of action of any nature may arise
28    against them for any action taken or  omission made  by  them
29    in  the  performance  of  their  duties, unless the action or
30    omission  constitutes willful or wanton misconduct.  The  UST
31    Management  Board  may  provide  for  the indemnification and
32    legal representation of its members and employees.
33        (f)  The  UST  Management  Board  may  adopt   rules   as
34    necessary to implement this Section and Section 57.4c.
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 1        (415 ILCS 5/57.4c new)
 2        Sec.   57.4c.    LUST  Program  Administrator  selection;
 3    duties.
 4        (a)  The UST Management Board shall  meet  on  or  before
 5    July  15,  1998 to  develop a Request for Proposal that shall
 6    be distributed for the purpose of selecting a   Lust  Program
 7    Administrator.  The Request for Proposal shall be prepared on
 8    or  before    September  1, 1998 and distributed on or before
 9    September 15, 1998.  Persons  or  entities  interested  shall
10    respond  to  the  UST Management Board's Request on or before
11    November 1, 1998.  The UST Management Board  shall  select  a
12    proposal  and  award a contract on or before January 1, 1999.
13    If a contract is not awarded  by  the  UST  Management  Board
14    before  February  1,  1999,  the  UST  Management Board shall
15    terminate on that date and all of  the changes made  by  this
16    amendatory Act of 1998 shall be rendered null and void.
17        (b)  The  UST  Management Board shall develop the Request
18    for Proposal based  on the following minimum criteria:
19             (1)  the respondent's ability  to  manage  the  LUST
20        Program;
21             (2)  the   efficiency   of  the  respondent's  claim
22        reimbursement procedures;
23             (3)  an  estimate   of   the   total   charges   for
24        administering the LUST Program;  and
25             (4)  the respondent's ability to administer the LUST
26        Program in a cost-effective manner.
27        (c)   The  LUST  Program  Administrator shall serve for a
28    period of 5 years subject to removal for cause, as determined
29    by majority vote of at least 5 members of the UST  Management
30    Board,  and subject to the terms, conditions, and limitations
31    of the contract between the UST  Management  Board  and  LUST
32    Program  Administrator.   At  least  one    year  before  the
33    expiration  of  each  5-year  period  of service by a Program
34    Administrator, the UST Management Board shall advertise  for,
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 1    and  accept  bids  to serve as, the Program Administrator for
 2    the succeeding 5-year period.
 3        (d)  The LUST Program Administrator shall:
 4             (1)  perform  all  necessary  functions  as  may  be
 5        assigned by the Board to  assure timely payment of claims
 6        to participants under the LUST Program;
 7             (2)  develop an efficient claim processing system to
 8        ensure accurate and  timely claims processing;
 9             (3)  comply  with  environmental  cleanup  standards
10        that adequately remedy  environmental contamination while
11        controlling costs to the greatest  extent possible;
12             (4)  develop statistically-based norms and standards
13        for use in reasonable  and  necessary  corrective  action
14        cost  decisions  to  determine  the  most  cost-effective
15        method to respond to incidents;
16             (5)  ensure that the LUST Program is  in  compliance
17        with State and federal laws and regulations; and
18             (6)  review claims for reimbursement and forward the
19        claims to the  Agency for final approval and payment.
20        (415 ILCS 5/57.11)
21        Sec. 57.11. Underground Storage Tank Fund; creation.
22        (a)  There  is  hereby  created  in  the State Treasury a
23    special fund to be known  as  the  Underground  Storage  Tank
24    Fund.   There shall be deposited into the Underground Storage
25    Tank Fund all monies received by the Office of the State Fire
26    Marshal as fees for underground storage tanks under  Sections
27    4  and  5 of the Gasoline Storage Act and as fees pursuant to
28    the Motor Fuel Tax Law.  All amounts held in the  Underground
29    Storage  Tank Fund shall be invested at interest by the State
30    Treasurer.  All income earned from the investments  shall  be
31    deposited  into  the  Underground  Storage  Tank Fund no less
32    frequently than quarterly.  Moneys in the Underground Storage
33    Tank Fund, pursuant to appropriation,  may  be  used  by  the
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 1    Agency  and  the  Office  of  the  State Fire Marshal for the
 2    following purposes:
 3             (1)  To take action authorized under  Section  57.12
 4        to recover costs under Section 57.12.
 5             (2)  To  assist  in  the reduction and mitigation of
 6        damage caused by leaks from  underground  storage  tanks,
 7        including but not limited to, providing alternative water
 8        supplies  to  persons  whose  drinking  water  has become
 9        contaminated as a result of those leaks.
10             (3)  To be used as a matching amount towards federal
11        assistance relative to  the  release  of  petroleum  from
12        underground storage tanks.
13             (4)  For  the  costs  of administering activities of
14        the Agency, and the Office of the State Fire Marshal, and
15        the UST Management  Board  relative  to  the  Underground
16        Storage Tank Fund.
17             (5)  For  payment  of  costs  of  corrective  action
18        incurred   by   and   indemnification   to  operators  of
19        underground storage tanks as provided in this Title.
20             (6)  For a total  of  2  demonstration  projects  in
21        amounts in excess of a $10,000 deductible charge designed
22        to  assess the viability of corrective action projects at
23        sites which have experienced contamination from petroleum
24        releases. Such demonstration projects shall be  conducted
25        in accordance with the provision of this Title.
26             (7)  Subject   to   appropriation,   moneys  in  the
27        Underground Storage Tank Fund may also  be  used  by  the
28        Department  of Revenue for the costs of administering its
29        activities relative to the Fund and for refunds  provided
30        for in Section 13a.8 of the Motor Fuel Tax Act.
31        (b)  Moneys  in  the  Underground  Storage Tank Fund may,
32    pursuant to appropriation, be used by the Office of the State
33    Fire Marshal or the Agency to take whatever emergency  action
34    is  necessary or appropriate to assure that the public health
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 1    or safety is not threatened whenever there is  a  release  or
 2    substantial   threat  of  a  release  of  petroleum  from  an
 3    underground storage tank and for the costs  of  administering
 4    its activities relative to the Underground Storage Tank Fund.
 5        (c)  Beginning  July  1, 1993, the Governor shall certify
 6    to the State Comptroller  and  State  Treasurer  the  monthly
 7    amount  necessary  to  pay  debt service on State obligations
 8    issued pursuant to Section 6 of the General  Obligation  Bond
 9    Act.  On  the  last  day of each month, the Comptroller shall
10    order transferred and the Treasurer shall transfer  from  the
11    Underground  Storage Tank Fund to the General Obligation Bond
12    Retirement and Interest Fund  the  amount  certified  by  the
13    Governor,  plus  any cumulative deficiency in those transfers
14    for prior months.
15    (Source: P.A. 90-491, eff. 1-1-98.)
16        Section 10.  The  Gasoline  Storage  Act  is  amended  by
17    changing Section 4 as follows:
18        (430 ILCS 15/4) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 156)
19        Sec.     4.  Underground     Storage     Tank    Program;
20    administration.
21        (a)  In  cooperation  with  the  Illinois   Environmental
22    Protection Agency and the Underground Storage Tank Management
23    Board  created  under  Section  57.4a  of  the  Environmental
24    Protection  Act,  the  Office of the State Fire Marshal shall
25    administer the Illinois Underground Storage Tank  Program  in
26    accordance  with  this  Section  and  Section  22.12  of  the
27    Environmental Protection Act.
28        (b)  (1)(A) The owner of an underground storage tank that
29    was  not  taken  out of operation before January 2, 1974, and
30    that at any time between January 1, 1974, and  September  24,
31    1987,  contained petroleum or petroleum products or hazardous
32    substances, with the exception  of  hazardous  wastes,  shall
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 1    register  the tank with the Office of the State Fire Marshal.
 2    No underground storage tank taken  out  of  operation  before
 3    January  2,  1974,  may  be  registered  under  this Act.  No
 4    underground storage tank otherwise required to be  registered
 5    under  this subparagraph (A) may be registered under this Act
 6    if that tank was removed before September 24, 1987.
 7        (B)  The owner of a heating oil underground storage  tank
 8    having  a  capacity of greater than 1100 gallons that was not
 9    taken out of operation before January 2, 1974,  and  that  at
10    any  time  between  January  1,  1974,  and  July  11,  1990,
11    contained heating oil shall register the tank with the Office
12    of the State Fire Marshal. No heating oil underground storage
13    tank  taken  out  of operation before January 2, 1974, may be
14    registered  under  this  Act.   No  heating  oil  underground
15    storage tank otherwise required to be registered  under  this
16    subparagraph  (B)  may  be  registered under this Act if that
17    tank was removed before July 11, 1990.
18        (C)  The owner of a heating oil underground storage  tank
19    having a capacity of 1,100 gallons or less that was not taken
20    out  of  operation  before January 2, 1974, and that any time
21    between January 1, 1974, and  September  6,  1991,  contained
22    heating  oil shall register the tank with the Office of State
23    Fire Marshal.  No heating oil underground storage tank  taken
24    out  of  operation  before January 2, 1974, may be registered
25    under this Act.  No  heating  oil  underground  storage  tank
26    otherwise  required  to be registered under this subparagraph
27    (C) may be registered under this Act if that tank was removed
28    before September 6, 1991.
29        (D)  "Operation", as used in this subsection  (b),  means
30    that  the  tank  must  have had input or output of petroleum,
31    petroleum  products,  or  hazardous  substances,   with   the
32    exception  of  hazardous wastes, during the regular course of
33    its usage. "Operation" does not include (i)  compliance  with
34    leak  detection  requirements  as  prescribed  by  rules  and
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 1    regulations  of  the Office of State Fire Marshal or (ii) the
 2    mere containment or storage of petroleum, petroleum products,
 3    or hazardous substances,  with  the  exception  of  hazardous
 4    wastes.
 5        (2)  The   owner  of  an  underground  storage  tank  who
 6    registered the tank with the Office of the State Fire Marshal
 7    under Section 4 of  the  State  Fire  Marshal  Act  prior  to
 8    September  24,  1987  shall  be deemed to have registered the
 9    tank under paragraph (1).
10        (3)(A)  Each person required to register  an  underground
11    storage  tank,  other  than a heating oil underground storage
12    tank, under paragraph (1) shall pay the Office of  the  State
13    Fire  Marshal  a  registration  fee  of  $500  for  each tank
14    registered, to be deposited in the Underground  Storage  Tank
15    Fund.
16        (B)  Each  person  required  to  register  a  heating oil
17    underground storage tank shall pay to the Office of the State
18    Fire Marshal  a  registration  fee  of  $100  for  each  tank
19    registered  before  July  2,  1992,  and  $500  for each tank
20    registered after July 1,  1992,  to  be  deposited  into  the
21    Underground Storage Tank Fund.
22        (C)  No   registration   fee  shall  be  due  under  this
23    paragraph (3) for underground storage tanks deemed registered
24    pursuant to paragraph (2).
25        (4)  The Office of the State Fire Marshal shall establish
26    procedures relating to the collection of the fees  authorized
27    by  this subsection.  Such procedures shall include, but need
28    not be limited to, the time and  manner  of  payment  to  the
29    Office of the State Fire Marshal.
30        (5)  The  State  Fire Marshal is authorized to enter into
31    such contracts and agreements as may  be  necessary,  and  as
32    expeditiously  as  necessary,  to carry out the Office of the
33    State Fire Marshal's duties under this subsection.
34        (6)(A)  The owner of an underground storage  tank,  other
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 1    than  a  heating  oil  underground  storage  tank,  which  is
 2    installed  or  replaced  after  September 24, 1987, and which
 3    contained, contains or may  contain  petroleum  or  petroleum
 4    products  or  hazardous  substances,  with  the  exception of
 5    hazardous wastes, shall register the tank with the Office  of
 6    the   State   Fire  Marshal  prior  to  the  installation  or
 7    replacement.
 8        (B)  The owner of a heating oil underground storage  tank
 9    installed   or  replaced  after  July  11,  1990,  and  which
10    contained or may contain heating oil shall register the  tank
11    with  the  Office  of  the  State  Fire  Marshal  before  the
12    installation or replacement.
13        (7)  Any  person  required  to  register  an  underground
14    storage  tank  under  paragraph  (1) or paragraph (6) of this
15    subsection shall register the tank on forms provided  by  the
16    Office of the State Fire Marshal.
17        (c)  Except  as  otherwise  provided in subsection (d), a
18    person who is  the  owner  of  an  underground  storage  tank
19    containing  petroleum  or  petroleum  products  or  hazardous
20    substances,   except   hazardous   waste,   registered  under
21    subsection (b) shall notify the  Office  of  the  State  Fire
22    Marshal  of any change in the information required under this
23    Section or of the removal of an underground storage tank from
24    service.
25        (d)  A person who is the owner of an underground  storage
26    tank  containing petroleum or petroleum products or hazardous
27    substances, except hazardous waste, the contents of which are
28    changed routinely, shall indicate all the materials which are
29    stored in the  tank  on  the  registration  form.   A  person
30    providing the information described in this subsection is not
31    required  to  notify  the Office of the State Fire Marshal of
32    changes in the contents of the tank unless the material to be
33    stored in the tank differs from the information  provided  on
34    the registration form.
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 1        (e)  For purposes of this Act:
 2        The  terms  "petroleum"  and  "underground  storage tank"
 3    shall have the meanings ascribed to them in Subtitle I of the
 4    Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 (P.L. 98-616) of
 5    the Resource Conservation and  Recovery  Act  of  1976  (P.L.
 6    94-580), except that "underground storage tank" shall include
 7    heating  oil  underground  storage  tanks; however no release
 8    detection  shall  be  required  of  heating  oil  tanks,   in
 9    existence  as  of  July 11, 1990, prior to December 22, 1998.
10    The Office of the State Fire Marshal shall have the authority
11    to  determine  the  criteria   for   classification   of   an
12    underground   storage   tank  as  being  either  a  petroleum
13    underground storage tank or a hazardous substance underground
14    storage tank.
15         When used in connection with, or when otherwise relating
16    to underground storage tanks, the terms "operator",  "owner",
17    and  "facility"  shall  have the meanings ascribed to them in
18    Subtitle I of the Hazardous and  Solid  Waste  Amendments  of
19    1984  (P.L. 98-616) of the Resource Conservation and Recovery
20    Act of 1976 (P.L. 94-580).
21        "Bodily injury" means bodily injury, sickness, or disease
22    sustained by a person, including death at any time, resulting
23    from a release of petroleum from an underground storage tank.
24        "Property damage" means physical injury  to,  destruction
25    of,  or  contamination  of  tangible  property, including all
26    resulting loss of use of that property; or  loss  of  use  of
27    tangible  property that is not physically injured, destroyed,
28    or contaminated, but has been evacuated, withdrawn from  use,
29    or rendered inaccessible because of an occurrence.
30        "Occurrence"  means  an accident, including continuous or
31    repeated exposure to conditions, which results in  a  release
32    of petroleum into the environment from an underground storage
33    tank.
34        "Heating oil" means petroleum that is No. 1, No. 2, No. 4
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 1    light,  No.  4  heavy,  No.  5  light,  No. 5 heavy, or No. 6
 2    technical grades of fuel oil; or  other  residual  fuel  oils
 3    including Navy Special Fuel Oil and Bunker C.
 4        "Heating   oil   underground   storage   tank"  means  an
 5    underground  storage  tank  serving  other  than   farms   or
 6    residential  units  that is used exclusively to store heating
 7    oil for consumptive use on the premises where stored.
 8    (Source: P.A. 87-323; 87-1088; 88-496.)
 9        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
10    becoming law.

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