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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB0268
Introduced 1/19/2007, by Rep. Thomas Holbrook SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change to a
Section concerning the intent and purpose of the Leaking Underground Storage
Tank Program.
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A BILL FOR
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HB0268 |
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LRB095 04518 CMK 24571 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 57 as follows:
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| (415 ILCS 5/57)
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| Sec. 57. Intent and purpose. This Title shall be
known and
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| and may be cited as the Leaking Underground Storage Tank |
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| Program
(LUST).
The purpose of this Title is, in accordance |
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| with the
requirements of the
Hazardous and Solid Waste |
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| Amendments of 1984 of the Resource Conservation and
Recovery |
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| Act of 1976 and in accordance with the State's interest in the
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| protection of Illinois' land and water resources: (1) to adopt
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| procedures for the
remediation of underground storage tank |
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| sites due to the release of petroleum
and other substances |
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| regulated under this Title from certain underground
storage |
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| tanks or related tank systems; (2) to establish and provide
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| procedures for
a Leaking Underground Storage Tank Program which |
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| will oversee and review any
remediation required for leaking |
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| underground storage tanks, and administer
the Underground |
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| Storage Tank Fund; (3) to establish an Underground Storage
Tank
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| Fund intended to be a State fund by which persons who qualify |
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| for access to the
Underground Storage Tank Fund may satisfy the |