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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Private Sewage Disposal Licensing Act is | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by changing Sections 3 and 7 As follows:
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6 | (225 ILCS 225/3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 116.303)
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7 | Sec. 3. As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | requires: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | (1) "Domestic Sewage" means waste water derived | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | principally from
dwellings, business or office buildings, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | institutions, food service
establishments, and similar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | facilities.
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13 | (2) "Director" means Director of the Illinois Department of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Public Health.
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15 | (3) "Department" means the Illinois Department of Public | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Health.
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17 | (4) "Human Wastes" means undigested food and by-products of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | metabolism
which are passed out of the human body.
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19 | (5) "Person" means any individual, group of individuals, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | association,
trust, partnership, corporation, person doing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | business under an assumed
name, the State of Illinois or any | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Department thereof, or any other entity.
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23 | (6) "Population Equivalent" means an average waste loading |
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1 | equivalent to
that produced by one person which is defined as | ||||||
2 | 100 gallons per day.
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3 | (7) "Private Sewage Disposal System" means any sewage | ||||||
4 | handling or
treatment facility receiving domestic sewage from | ||||||
5 | less than 15 people or
population equivalent and having a | ||||||
6 | ground surface discharge or any sewage
handling or treatment | ||||||
7 | facility receiving domestic sewage and having no
ground surface | ||||||
8 | discharge.
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9 | (8) "Private Sewage Disposal System Installation | ||||||
10 | Contractor" means
any person constructing, installing, | ||||||
11 | repairing, modifying, or
maintaining private sewage disposal | ||||||
12 | systems.
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13 | (9) "Property Owner" means the person in whose name legal | ||||||
14 | title to the
real estate is recorded.
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15 | (10) "Waste" means either human waste or domestic sewage or | ||||||
16 | both.
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17 | (11) "Private Sewage Disposal System Pumping Contractor" | ||||||
18 | means any
person who cleans or pumps waste from a private | ||||||
19 | sewage disposal system or
hauls or disposes of wastes removed | ||||||
20 | therefrom.
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21 | (12) "Alternative private sewage disposal system" means | ||||||
22 | any system designed to address a unique circumstance where the | ||||||
23 | prescriptive requirements of the private sewage disposal code | ||||||
24 | does not apply, where the final treatment and discharge is free | ||||||
25 | flowing through native soil, and where (i) the projected | ||||||
26 | wastewater is likely to be atypical of residential or domestic |
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1 | wastewater in that flow may exceed 1500 gallons per day; (ii) | ||||||
2 | the 5-day biochemical oxygen demand of the wastewater may | ||||||
3 | exceed 300 milligrams per liter; (iii) any portion of the | ||||||
4 | system is to be shared by 2 or more owners; or (iv) any portion | ||||||
5 | of the treated wastewater is proposed for recycling or reuse.
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6 | (13) "NPDES" means the National Pollutant Discharge | ||||||
7 | Elimination System. | ||||||
8 | (14) "Surface Discharging Private Sewage Disposal System" | ||||||
9 | means a sewage disposal system that discharges to waters of the | ||||||
10 | State, as that term is used in subsection (f) of Section 12 of | ||||||
11 | the Environmental Protection Act. | ||||||
12 | (Source: P.A. 95-656, eff. 10-11-07.)
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13 | (225 ILCS 225/7) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 116.307)
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14 | Sec. 7. (a) The Department shall promulgate and publish and | ||||||
15 | may from time to time
amend a private sewage disposal code | ||||||
16 | which shall include minimum standards
for the design, | ||||||
17 | construction, materials, operation and maintenance of
private | ||||||
18 | sewage disposal systems, for the transportation and disposal of
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19 | wastes removed therefrom and for private sewage disposal system | ||||||
20 | servicing
equipment. In the preparation of the private sewage | ||||||
21 | disposal code, the
Department may consult with and request | ||||||
22 | technical assistance from other
state agencies, and shall | ||||||
23 | consult with other technically qualified
persons
and with | ||||||
24 | owners and operators of such services.
Such technically | ||||||
25 | qualified persons shall include representatives of the real
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1 | estate, development, and building industries.
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2 | (b) The Department is expressly prohibited from amending | ||||||
3 | the private sewage
disposal code by rule if there are increases | ||||||
4 | in the land density requirements.
Amendments that increase the | ||||||
5 | land density requirements must be approved by the
Illinois | ||||||
6 | General Assembly.
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7 | (c) Beginning January 1, 2010, a surface discharging | ||||||
8 | private sewage disposal system with a discharge that enters | ||||||
9 | waters of the State, as that term is used in subsection (f) of | ||||||
10 | Section 12 of the Environmental Protection Act, shall not be | ||||||
11 | installed by any person without the issuance of a coverage | ||||||
12 | letter under a NPDES permit issued by the Illinois | ||||||
13 | Environmental Protection Agency, and the private sewage | ||||||
14 | disposal code must be so amended.
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15 | (d) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this Section, | ||||||
16 | before
Before the adoption or amendment of the private sewage | ||||||
17 | disposal code,
the Department shall hold a public hearing with | ||||||
18 | respect thereto. At least
20 days' notice for such public | ||||||
19 | hearing shall be given by the Department in
such manner as the | ||||||
20 | Department considers adequate to bring such hearing to
the | ||||||
21 | attention of persons interested in such code. Notice of such | ||||||
22 | public
hearing shall be given by the Department to those who | ||||||
23 | file a request for a
notice of any such hearings.
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24 | (Source: P.A. 88-690, eff. 1-24-95.)
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25 | Section 10. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by |
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1 | adding Section 3.487 and by changing Section 11 as follows: | ||||||
2 | (415 ILCS 5/3.487 new)
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3 | Sec. 3.487. Surface discharging private sewage disposal | ||||||
4 | system. "Surface discharging private sewage disposal system" | ||||||
5 | means a sewage disposal system that discharges to waters of the | ||||||
6 | State, as that term is used in subsection (f) of Section 12 of | ||||||
7 | this Act.
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8 | (415 ILCS 5/11) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1011)
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9 | Sec. 11. (a) The General Assembly finds:
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10 | (1) that pollution of the waters of this State constitutes | ||||||
11 | a menace
to public health and welfare, creates public | ||||||
12 | nuisances, is harmful to
wildlife, fish, and aquatic life, | ||||||
13 | impairs domestic, agricultural,
industrial, recreational, and | ||||||
14 | other legitimate beneficial uses of water,
depresses property | ||||||
15 | values, and offends the senses;
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16 | (2) that the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as now or | ||||||
17 | hereafter amended,
provides for a National Pollutant Discharge | ||||||
18 | Elimination System (NPDES)
to regulate the discharge of | ||||||
19 | contaminants to the waters of the United States;
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20 | (3) that the Safe Drinking Water Act (P.L. 93-523), as | ||||||
21 | amended, provides
for an Underground Injection Control (UIC) | ||||||
22 | program to regulate the underground
injection of contaminants;
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23 | (4) that it would be inappropriate and misleading for the | ||||||
24 | State of Illinois
to issue permits to contaminant sources |
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1 | subject to such federal law, as
well as State law, which do not | ||||||
2 | contain such terms and conditions as are
required by federal | ||||||
3 | law, or the issuance of which is contrary to federal law;
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4 | (5) that the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as now or | ||||||
5 | hereafter amended,
provides that NPDES permits shall be issued | ||||||
6 | by the United States
Environmental Protection Agency unless (a) | ||||||
7 | the State is authorized by and
under its law to establish and | ||||||
8 | administer its own permit program for discharges
into waters | ||||||
9 | within its jurisdiction, and (b) pursuant to such federal Act,
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10 | the Administrator of the United States Environmental | ||||||
11 | Protection Agency approves
such State program to issue permits | ||||||
12 | which will implement the provisions
of such federal Act;
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13 | (6) that Part C of the Safe Drinking Water Act (P.L. | ||||||
14 | 93-523), as amended,
provides that the United States | ||||||
15 | Environmental Protection Agency shall implement
the UIC | ||||||
16 | program authorized therein unless (a) the State is authorized | ||||||
17 | by
and under its law to establish and administer its own UIC | ||||||
18 | program, and (b)
pursuant to such federal Act, the | ||||||
19 | Administrator of the United States
Environmental Protection | ||||||
20 | Agency approves such State program which will
implement the | ||||||
21 | provisions of such federal Act;
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22 | (7) that it is in the interest of the People of the State | ||||||
23 | of Illinois
for the State to authorize such NPDES and UIC | ||||||
24 | programs and secure federal
approval thereof, and thereby to | ||||||
25 | avoid the existence of duplicative,
overlapping or conflicting | ||||||
26 | state and federal statutory permit systems;
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1 | (8) that the federal requirements for the securing of such
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2 | NPDES and UIC permit program approval, as set forth in the | ||||||
3 | Federal Water
Pollution Control Act, as now or hereafter | ||||||
4 | amended,
and in the Safe
Drinking Water Act (P.L. 93-523), as | ||||||
5 | amended, respectively, and in regulations
promulgated by the | ||||||
6 | Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection
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7 | Agency pursuant thereto are complex and detailed, and the | ||||||
8 | General Assembly
cannot conveniently or advantageously set | ||||||
9 | forth in this Act all the
requirements of such federal Act or | ||||||
10 | all regulations which may be
established thereunder ; and | ||||||
11 | (9) compliance with the federal Clean Water Act dictates | ||||||
12 | that the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency require | ||||||
13 | NPDES permits for surface discharging private sewage disposal | ||||||
14 | systems that discharge into waters of the State, as that term | ||||||
15 | is used in subsection (f) of Section 12 of this Act .
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16 | (b) It is the purpose of this Title to restore, maintain | ||||||
17 | and enhance the
purity of the waters of this State in order to | ||||||
18 | protect health, welfare,
property, and the quality of life, and | ||||||
19 | to assure that no contaminants are
discharged into the waters | ||||||
20 | of the State, as defined herein, including, but not
limited to, | ||||||
21 | waters to any sewage works, or into any well, or from any | ||||||
22 | source
within the State of Illinois, without being given the | ||||||
23 | degree of treatment
or control necessary to prevent pollution, | ||||||
24 | or without being made subject
to such conditions as are | ||||||
25 | required to achieve and maintain compliance with
State and | ||||||
26 | federal law; and to authorize, empower, and direct the Board to
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1 | adopt such regulations and the Agency to adopt such procedures | ||||||
2 | as will enable
the State to secure federal approval to issue | ||||||
3 | NPDES permits pursuant to
the provisions of the Federal Water | ||||||
4 | Pollution Control Act, as now or
hereafter amended, and federal | ||||||
5 | regulations pursuant thereto and to
authorize, empower, and | ||||||
6 | direct the Board to adopt such regulations and the
Agency to | ||||||
7 | adopt such procedures as will enable the State to secure | ||||||
8 | federal
approval of the State UIC program pursuant to the | ||||||
9 | provisions of Part C of
the Safe Drinking Water Act (P.L. | ||||||
10 | 93-523), as amended, and federal
regulations pursuant thereto.
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11 | (c) The provisions of this Act authorizing implementation | ||||||
12 | of the regulations
pursuant to an NPDES program shall not be | ||||||
13 | construed to limit, affect, impair,
or diminish the authority, | ||||||
14 | duties and responsibilities of the Board, Agency,
Department or | ||||||
15 | any other governmental agency or officer, or of any unit of | ||||||
16 | local
government, to regulate and control pollution of any | ||||||
17 | kind, to restore, to
protect or to enhance the quality of the | ||||||
18 | environment, or to achieve all
other purposes, or to enforce | ||||||
19 | provisions, set forth in this Act or other
State law or | ||||||
20 | regulation.
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21 | (Source: P.A. 86-671.)
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22 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect June 30, | ||||||
23 | 2009.
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