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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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adding Section 17.10 as follows:
 
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    (415 ILCS 5/17.10 new)
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    Sec. 17.10. Carcinogenic volatile organic compounds in 
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community water systems.
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    (a) (1) Findings. The General Assembly finds that 
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    carcinogenic volatile organic compounds have been detected 
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    in a number of community water systems in this State.  The 
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    General Assembly further finds that it is in the best 
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    interest of the people of the State of Illinois to require 
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    owners and operators of community water systems to remove 
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    carcinogenic volatile organic compounds from finished 
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    water before their maximum contaminant levels are 
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    exceeded.
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        (2) Purpose. The purpose of this Section is to prevent 
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    carcinogenic volatile organic compounds from exceeding 
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    their maximum contaminant levels in the finished water of 
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    community water systems by requiring owners and operators 
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    of community water systems to take appropriate action when 
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    carcinogenic volatile organic compounds are detected in 
 


 






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    finished water.
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    (b) For purposes of this Section:
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        (1) "Carcinogen" means carcinogen as defined in 
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    Section 58.2 of this Act.
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        (2) "Community water system", "finished water", 
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    "maximum contaminant level", "method detection limit", and 
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    "volatile organic compound" shall have the meanings 
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    ascribed to them in rules adopted by the Board at Part 611 
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    of Title 35 of the Illinois Administrative Code.
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    (c) If a carcinogenic volatile organic compound is detected 
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in the finished water of a community water system at a 
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concentration that equals or exceeds 50 percent of the 
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carcinogenic volatile organic compound's maximum contaminant 
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level, the owner or operator of the community water system 
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must, within 45 days, submit to the Agency a response plan 
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designed to (i) prevent an exceedence of the maximum 
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contaminant level in the finished water and (ii) reduce the 
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concentration of the carcinogenic volatile organic compound so 
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that it does not exceed the applicable method detection limit 
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in the finished water.
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        (1) Upon Agency approval of the plan, with or without 
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    modifications, the owner or operator of the community water 
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    system must implement the plan.  The owner or operator must 
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    submit status reports on the plan's implementation in 
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    accordance with a schedule approved by the Agency.  Upon 
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    completion of the plan the owner or operator must submit to 
 


 






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    the Agency for review and approval a response completion 
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    report.
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        (2) Any action by the Agency to disapprove or modify a 
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    plan or report required under this Section shall be subject 
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    to appeal to the Board in accordance with the procedures of 
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    Section 40 of this Act.
 
 
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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.