Date	Chamber	Action
1/11/2011	House	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

415 ILCS 5/12

from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1012

415 ILCS 5/18

from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1018

415 ILCS 5/31.1

from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1031.1

415 ILCS 5/42

from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1042

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes it a violation of the Act to fail to (1) submit to the Agency a discharge monitoring report as required under an NPDES permit, (2) perform monitoring as required under an NPDES permit, (3) obtain a stormwater NPDES permit for a construction site, (4) renew an NPDES permit, and (5) maintain at a construction site a stormwater pollution prevention plan as required under an NPDES permit. Authorizes certain violations of the Act and rules adopted under its authority to be enforced by administrative citation. Effective immediately.

House Committee Amendment No. 1
Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the bill as introduced, with the following changes: (1) requires the Environmental Protection Agency to issue written notification before it may treat the failure to perform certain duties as violations of the Environmental Protection Act, (2) makes it a violation of the Act to fail (A) to perform effluent monitoring as required under an NPDES permit (rather than to perform monitoring as required under an NPDES permit) and (B) to keep a copy of the stormwater pollution prevention plan at a construction site as required under an NPDES permit (rather than to maintain at a construction site a stormwater pollution prevention plan as required under an NPDES permit), and (3) makes changes to the penalties that apply in the case of certain violations of the Act. Effective immediately.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/11/2010	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Elaine Nekritz
2/11/2010	House	First Reading
2/11/2010	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/22/2010	House	Assigned to Environment & Energy Committee
3/10/2010	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Environment & Energy Committee
3/10/2010	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Environment & Energy Committee; by Voice Vote
3/10/2010	House	Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Environment & Energy Committee; 019-000-000
3/10/2010	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
3/25/2010	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
3/25/2010	House	Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
3/26/2010	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
1/11/2011	House	Session Sine Die

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