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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB1229
Introduced 2/18/2005, by Sen. Don Harmon SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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415 ILCS 5/22.3 |
from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.3 |
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Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a
Section
concerning hazardous waste disposal sites.
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A BILL FOR
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SB1229 |
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LRB094 05672 RSP 35721 b |
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| AN ACT concerning safety.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by |
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| changing Section 22.3 as follows:
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| (415 ILCS 5/22.3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.3)
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| Sec. 22.3. The
The owner and operator of a hazardous waste |
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| disposal site
shall, without limitation, be responsible for the |
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| site for a period of 20
years after closure of the site, or |
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| such longer period of time as required by
the federal Resource |
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| Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, P.L. 94-580,
or |
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| regulations issued thereunder, or by Board regulation adopted |
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| pursuant
to subsection 22(a) or (f) of this Act. The owner and |
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| operator shall monitor
such site for gas migration, drainage |
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| problems, erosion, settling, ground
and surface water |
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| pollution and other environmental and safety problems
which |
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| occur, and shall take whatever remedial action is necessary to |
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| solve
any such problems which occur at the site during the |
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| period of
responsibility. Notwithstanding the provisions of |
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| this Section, nothing
contained herein shall be construed to |
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| limit any duties or liabilities
imposed on an owner or operator |
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| of a solid waste disposal site pursuant to
this Act or |
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| regulations thereunder or arising by operation of law. |
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| (Source: P.A. 81-856.)
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