96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB6886


 
Introduced , by Rep. Careen M. Gordon
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		





 








415 ILCS 5/13.2
  from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1013.2








     Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that if, during the 2-year period prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act, tests of private wells located within 1/2 mile of  a sanitary landfill reveal high levels of harmful chemicals, then the Environmental Protection Agency must do the following: (1) sample annually all private wells located within 1/2  mile of the sanitary landfill, (2) test for potentially harmful chemicals in those samples, and (3) provide a written report of the results of the testing to the owner of each of the wells from which the samples are taken.  Effective immediately.
  















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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 13.2 as follows:
 



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    (415 ILCS 5/13.2)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1013.2)



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    Sec. 13.2. 
At the request of the owner or user of a
private 
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well, the Agency shall provide for annual testing of water from

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private wells located within 1/2 mile of any active or inactive 
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sanitary
landfill or hazardous waste disposal facility
at no 
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charge to the owner of the well.

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    If tests conducted by the Agency under this Section, within 
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the 2-year period prior to the effective date of this 
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amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, show or have shown 
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high levels of harmful chemicals in private wells located 
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within 1/2 mile of a sanitary landfill, then the Agency shall 
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sample annually all private wells located within 1/2  mile of 
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the sanitary landfill, test for potentially harmful chemicals 
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in those samples, and provide a written report of the results 
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of the testing to the owner of each private well located within 
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1/2 mile of the sanitary landfill. 
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    Before obtaining a sample for testing, the Agency shall, 
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not less than
5 business days prior to obtaining the sample, 
 


 






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notify the owner or operator
of the sanitary landfill or 
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hazardous waste disposal facility of the
opportunity to obtain 
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a split sample and specify the sampling procedure,
testing 
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procedure and analytical parameters to be evaluated.

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    Sample collection shall be conducted in cooperation with 
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the Illinois
Department of Public Health and the recognized 
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local health department,
where one exists, in whose 
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jurisdiction the well is located.  The Illinois
Department of 
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Public Health and the local health department shall be
provided 
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with a written report of results upon completion of sample 
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testing.

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(Source: P.A. 83-1528.)

 
 
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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.