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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 39


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    AMENDMENT NO. ___. Amend House Joint Resolution 39 as 
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follows:
 
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on page 1, line 21, immediately after "has", by inserting 
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"twice"; and
 


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on page 2, by replacing line 1 with the following:
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"funding shortages, the current shortage requiring applicants 
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for"; and
 


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on page 2, by replacing lines 15 through 17 with the following:
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    "WHEREAS, The cost of an average leaking underground 
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storage tank site where costs are reimbursed from the Fund is"; 
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and


 
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on page 2, immediately below  line 18 by inserting the 
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following:


 


 






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    "WHEREAS, Current law does not contain adequate methods for 
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monitoring and controlling costs at leaking underground 
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storage tank sites where costs are reimbursed from the Fund; 
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and"; and
 


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on page 3, by replacing line 10 with the following:  
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"costs of clean-up of leaking underground storage tank sites; 
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and be it further"; and
 


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on page 4, lines 3, 5, 8, and 10, by inserting "of the Illinois 
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Environmental Protection Agency" immediately after "Director" 
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each time it appears; and
 


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on page 4, by inserting the following after line 12:


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    "RESOLVED, That the approaches studied by the Task Force 
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shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following:


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        (1) In order to prevent the recurrence of a backlog of 
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    unpaid claims, requiring that the total costs approved for 
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    reimbursement from the Fund not exceed the monies in the 
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    Fund available to pay the costs;


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        (2) Requiring that costs reimbursed from the Fund be 
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    minimized to the greatest extent practicable, including, 
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    but not limited to, utilization of the Illinois Pollution 
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    Control Board's risk-based corrective action rules to the 
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    greatest extent practicable;


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        (3) Requiring that costs that will be reimbursed from 
 


 






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    the Fund be pre-approved by the State before they are 
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    incurred;


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        (4) Prioritizing approvals of costs that will be 
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    reimbursed from the Fund so that (1) sites posing a greater 
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    threat to human health and the environment receive higher 
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    priority than sites posing a lesser threat to human health 
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    and the environment, and (2) sites with operating 
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    underground storage tanks at the time of the release 
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    receive higher priority than sites without operating 
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    underground storage tanks at the time of the release;


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        (5) Competitive bidding of costs that will be 
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    reimbursed from the Fund, with such bidding including, but 
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    not being limited to, public notice of bid proposals; and 
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    be it further".