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| 1 | AN ACT concerning safety. | ||||||
| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly: | ||||||
| 4 | Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | changing Section 15 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (415 ILCS 5/15) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1015) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 15. Plans and specifications; demonstration of | ||||||
| 8 | capability; record retention. | ||||||
| 9 | (a) Owners of public water supplies, their authorized | ||||||
| 10 | representative, or legal custodians, shall submit plans and | ||||||
| 11 | specifications to the Agency and obtain written approval | ||||||
| 12 | before construction of any proposed public water supply | ||||||
| 13 | installations, changes, or additions is started. Plans and | ||||||
| 14 | specifications shall be complete and of sufficient detail to | ||||||
| 15 | show all proposed construction, changes, or additions that may | ||||||
| 16 | affect sanitary quality, mineral quality, or adequacy of the | ||||||
| 17 | public water supply; and, where necessary, said plans and | ||||||
| 18 | specifications shall be accompanied by supplemental data as | ||||||
| 19 | may be required by the Agency to permit a complete review | ||||||
| 20 | thereof. In the case of water main installation projects, all | ||||||
| 21 | water mains and appurtenances, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
| 22 | fire hydrants and valves that are under the ownership and | ||||||
| 23 | control of a public water supply and located in a public right | ||||||
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| 1 | of way or utility access easement, shall be included in the | ||||||
| 2 | Agency's written approval. Design review and permitting of | ||||||
| 3 | water mains and fire hydrants is the sole responsibility of | ||||||
| 4 | the Agency, and water mains and fire hydrants shall be | ||||||
| 5 | installed in accordance with the written Agency permit. Fire | ||||||
| 6 | hydrants connected to a plumbing system shall be installed in | ||||||
| 7 | accordance with the Illinois Plumbing License Law and the | ||||||
| 8 | rules and ordinances issued thereunder. | ||||||
| 9 | (b) All new public water supplies established after | ||||||
| 10 | October 1, 1999 shall demonstrate technical, financial, and | ||||||
| 11 | managerial capacity as a condition for issuance of a | ||||||
| 12 | construction or operation permit by the Agency or its | ||||||
| 13 | designee. The demonstration shall be consistent with the | ||||||
| 14 | technical, financial, and managerial provisions of the federal | ||||||
| 15 | Safe Drinking Water Act (P.L. 93-523), as now or hereafter | ||||||
| 16 | amended. The Agency is authorized to adopt rules in accordance | ||||||
| 17 | with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to implement | ||||||
| 18 | the purposes of this subsection. Such rules must take into | ||||||
| 19 | account the need for the facility, facility size, | ||||||
| 20 | sophistication of treatment of the water supply, and financial | ||||||
| 21 | requirements needed for operation of the facility. | ||||||
| 22 | (c) Except as otherwise provided under Board rules, owners | ||||||
| 23 | and operators of community water systems must maintain all | ||||||
| 24 | records, reports, and other documents related to the operation | ||||||
| 25 | of the community water system for a minimum of 10 years. | ||||||
| 26 | Documents required to be maintained under this subsection (c) | ||||||
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| 1 | include, but are not limited to, all billing records and other | ||||||
| 2 | documents related to the purchase of water from other | ||||||
| 3 | community water systems. Documents required to be maintained | ||||||
| 4 | under this subsection (c) must be maintained on the premises | ||||||
| 5 | of the community water system, or at a convenient location | ||||||
| 6 | near its premises, and must be made available to the Agency for | ||||||
| 7 | inspection and copying during normal business hours. | ||||||
| 8 | (Source: P.A. 96-603, eff. 8-24-09.) | ||||||