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Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
Filed: 4/26/2019
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1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 171
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2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 171 by replacing |
3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | | "Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by |
5 | | changing Section 22.57 as follows: |
6 | | (415 ILCS 5/22.57) |
7 | | Sec. 22.57. Perchloroethylene in drycleaning. |
8 | | (a) For the purposes of this Section: |
9 | | "Drycleaning" means the process of cleaning clothing, |
10 | | garments, textiles, fabrics, leather goods, or other like |
11 | | articles using a nonaqueous solvent. |
12 | | "Drycleaning machine" means any machine, device, or other |
13 | | equipment used in drycleaning. |
14 | | "Drycleaning solvents" means solvents used in drycleaning. |
15 | | "Perchloroethylene drycleaning machine" means a |
16 | | drycleaning machine that uses perchloroethylene. |
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1 | | "Primary control system" means a refrigerated condenser or |
2 | | an equivalent closed-loop vapor recovery system that reduces |
3 | | the concentration of perchloroethylene in the recirculating |
4 | | air of a perchloroethylene drycleaning machine. |
5 | | "Refrigerated condenser" means a closed-loop vapor |
6 | | recovery system into which perchloroethylene vapors are |
7 | | introduced and trapped by cooling below the dew point of the |
8 | | perchloroethylene. |
9 | | "Secondary control system" means a device or apparatus that |
10 | | reduces the concentration of perchloroethylene in the |
11 | | recirculating air of a perchloroethylene drycleaning machine |
12 | | at the end of the drying cycle beyond the level achievable with |
13 | | a refrigerated condenser alone. |
14 | | (b) Beginning January 1, 2013: |
15 | | (1) Perchloroethylene drycleaning machines in |
16 | | operation on the effective date of this Section that have a |
17 | | primary control system but not a secondary control system |
18 | | can continue to be used until the end of their useful life, |
19 | | provided that perchloroethylene drycleaning machines that |
20 | | do not have a secondary control system cannot be operated |
21 | | at a facility other than the facility at which they were |
22 | | located on the effective date of this Section. |
23 | | (2) Except as allowed under paragraph (1) of subsection |
24 | | (b) of this Section, no person shall install or operate a |
25 | | perchloroethylene drycleaning machine unless the machine |
26 | | has a primary control system and a secondary control |
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1 | | system. |
2 | | (c) No Beginning January 1, 2014, no person shall operate a |
3 | | drycleaning machine unless all of the following are met: |
4 | | (1) During the operation of any perchloroethylene |
5 | | drycleaning machine, a person who has successfully |
6 | | completed all continuing education requirements adopted by |
7 | | the Board pursuant to Section 12 of the Drycleaner |
8 | | Environmental Response Trust Fund Act with the following |
9 | | training is present at the facility where the machine is |
10 | | located . : |
11 | | (A) Successful completion of an initial |
12 | | environmental training course that is approved by the |
13 | | Dry Cleaner Environmental Response Trust Fund Council, |
14 | | in consultation with the Agency and representatives of |
15 | | the drycleaning industry, as providing appropriate |
16 | | training on drycleaning best management practices, |
17 | | including, but not limited to, reducing solvent air |
18 | | emissions, reducing solvent spills and leaks, |
19 | | protecting groundwater, and promoting the efficient |
20 | | use of solvents. |
21 | | (B) Once every 4 years after completion of the |
22 | | initial environmental training course, successful |
23 | | completion of a refresher environmental training |
24 | | course that is approved by the Dry Cleaner |
25 | | Environmental Response Trust Fund Council, in |
26 | | consultation with the Agency and representatives of |
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1 | | the drycleaning industry, as providing (i) appropriate |
2 | | review and updates on drycleaning best management |
3 | | practices, including, but not limited to, reducing |
4 | | solvent air emissions, reducing solvent spills and |
5 | | leaks, protecting groundwater, and promoting the |
6 | | efficient use of solvents, and (ii) information on |
7 | | drycleaning solvents, technologies, and alternatives |
8 | | that do not utilize perchloroethylene. |
9 | | (2) For drycleaning facilities where one or more |
10 | | perchloroethylene drycleaning machines are used, proof of |
11 | | successful completion of all the training required by the |
12 | | Board pursuant to Section 12 of the Drycleaner |
13 | | Environmental Response Trust Fund Act under paragraph (1) |
14 | | of subsection (c) of this Section is maintained at the |
15 | | drycleaning facility. Proof of successful completion of |
16 | | the training must be made available for inspection and |
17 | | copying by the Agency or units of local government during |
18 | | normal business hours. Training used to satisfy paragraph |
19 | | (3) (2) of subsection (b) (d) of Section 60 45 of the |
20 | | Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust Fund Act may also |
21 | | be used to satisfy training requirements under paragraph |
22 | | (1) of subsection (c) of this Section to the extent that |
23 | | the training it meets the requirements of the Board rules |
24 | | paragraph (1) of subsection (c) of this Section . |
25 | | (3) All of the following secondary containment |
26 | | measures are in place: |
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1 | | (A) There is a containment dike or other |
2 | | containment structure around each machine, item of |
3 | | equipment, drycleaning area, and portable waste |
4 | | container in which any drycleaning solvent is |
5 | | utilized, which shall be capable of containing leaks, |
6 | | spills, or releases of drycleaning solvent from that |
7 | | machine, item, area, or container. The containment |
8 | | dike or other containment structure shall be capable of |
9 | | at least the following: (i) containing a capacity of |
10 | | 110% of the drycleaning solvent in the largest tank or |
11 | | vessel within the machine; (ii) containing 100% of the |
12 | | drycleaning solvent of each item of equipment or |
13 | | drycleaning area; and (iii) containing 100% of the |
14 | | drycleaning solvent of the largest portable waste |
15 | | container or at least 10% of the total volume of the |
16 | | portable waste containers stored within the |
17 | | containment dike or structure, whichever is greater. |
18 | | Petroleum underground storage tank systems that are |
19 | | upgraded in accordance with USEPA upgrade standards |
20 | | pursuant to 40 CFR Part 280 for the tanks and related |
21 | | piping systems and use a leak detection system approved |
22 | | by the USEPA or the Agency are exempt from this |
23 | | subparagraph (A). |
24 | | (B) Those portions of diked floor surfaces on which |
25 | | a drycleaning solvent may leak, spill, or otherwise be |
26 | | released have been sealed or otherwise rendered |
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1 | | impervious. |
2 | | (C) All chlorine-based drycleaning solvent is |
3 | | delivered to the drycleaning facility by means of |
4 | | closed, direct-coupled delivery systems. The Dry |
5 | | Cleaner Environmental Response Trust Fund Council may |
6 | | adopt rules specifying methods of delivery of solvents |
7 | | other than chlorine-based solvents to drycleaning |
8 | | facilities. Solvents other than chlorine-based |
9 | | solvents must be delivered to drycleaning facilities |
10 | | in accordance with rules adopted by the Dry Cleaner |
11 | | Environmental Response Trust Fund Council. |
12 | | (d) (Blank). Manufacturers of drycleaning solvents or |
13 | | other cleaning agents used as alternatives to |
14 | | perchloroethylene drycleaning that are sold or offered for sale |
15 | | in Illinois must, in accordance with Agency rules, provide to |
16 | | the Agency sufficient information to allow the Agency to |
17 | | determine whether the drycleaning solvents or cleaning agents |
18 | | may pose negative impacts to human health or the environment. |
19 | | These alternatives shall include, but are not limited to, |
20 | | drycleaning solvents or other cleaning agents used in |
21 | | solvent-based cleaning, carbon-dioxide based cleaning, and |
22 | | professional wet cleaning methods. The information shall |
23 | | include, but is not limited to, information regarding the |
24 | | physical and chemical properties of the drycleaning solvents or |
25 | | cleaning agents and toxicity data. No later than July 1, 2015, |
26 | | the Agency shall adopt in accordance with the Illinois |
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1 | | Administrative Procedure Act rules specifying the information |
2 | | that manufacturers must submit under this subsection (d). The |
3 | | rules must include, but shall not be limited to, a deadline for |
4 | | submission of the information to the Agency. No later than July |
5 | | 1, 2018, the Agency shall post information resulting from its |
6 | | review of the drycleaning solvents and cleaning agents on the |
7 | | Agency's website. |
8 | | (e) (Blank). No later than January 1, 2016, the Agency |
9 | | shall submit to the General Assembly a report on the impact to |
10 | | groundwater from newly discovered releases of |
11 | | perchloroethylene from any source in this State. Depending on |
12 | | the nature and scope of any releases that have impacted |
13 | | groundwater, the report may include, but shall not be limited |
14 | | to, recommendations for reducing or eliminating impacts to |
15 | | groundwater from future releases.
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16 | | (Source: P.A. 97-1057, eff. 1-1-13.) |
17 | | Section 10. The Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust |
18 | | Fund Act is amended by changing Sections 5, 10, 25, 40, 50, 55, |
19 | | 60, 65, and 69, and by adding Sections 69.5 and 77 as follows:
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20 | | (415 ILCS 135/5)
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21 | | Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
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22 | | (a) "Active drycleaning facility" means a drycleaning |
23 | | facility actively
engaged in drycleaning operations and |
24 | | licensed under Section 60 of this
Act.
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1 | | (b) "Agency" means the Illinois Environmental Protection |
2 | | Agency.
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3 | | "Board" means the Illinois Pollution Control Board. |
4 | | (c) "Claimant" means an owner or operator of a drycleaning |
5 | | facility who has
applied for reimbursement from the remedial |
6 | | account or who has
submitted a claim under the insurance |
7 | | account with respect to a release.
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8 | | (d) "Council" means the Drycleaner Environmental Response |
9 | | Trust Fund
Council.
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10 | | (e) "Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust Fund" or |
11 | | "Fund" means the
fund created under Section 10 of this Act.
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12 | | (f) "Drycleaning facility" means a facility located in this |
13 | | State that is
or has been engaged in drycleaning operations for |
14 | | the general public, other
than a :
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15 | | (1) a facility located on a United States military |
16 | | base;
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17 | | (2) an industrial laundry, commercial laundry, or |
18 | | linen supply facility;
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19 | | (3) a prison
or other penal institution that engages in |
20 | | drycleaning only as part of
a Correctional Industries |
21 | | program to provide drycleaning to persons who are
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22 | | incarcerated in a prison or penal institution or to |
23 | | resident patients of a
State-operated
mental health |
24 | | facility;
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25 | | (4) a not-for-profit hospital or other health care |
26 | | facility; or a
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1 | | (5) a facility located or formerly located on federal |
2 | | or State property.
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3 | | (g) "Drycleaning operations" means drycleaning of apparel |
4 | | and household
fabrics for the general public, as described in |
5 | | Standard Industrial
Classification Industry No. 7215 and No. |
6 | | 7216 in the Standard Industrial
Classification Manual (SIC) by |
7 | | the Technical Committee on Industrial
Classification.
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8 | | (h) "Drycleaning solvent" means any and all nonaqueous |
9 | | solvents, including
but not limited to a chlorine-based or |
10 | | petroleum-based formulation or
product, including green |
11 | | solvents, that are used as a primary
cleaning agent in |
12 | | drycleaning operations.
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13 | | (i) "Emergency" or "emergency action" means a situation or |
14 | | an
immediate response to a situation to protect public health |
15 | | or safety.
"Emergency" or
"emergency action" does not mean |
16 | | removal of
contaminated soils, recovery of free product, or |
17 | | financial hardship. An
"emergency" or "emergency action" would |
18 | | normally be
expected to be directly related to a sudden event |
19 | | or discovery and would
last until the threat to public health |
20 | | is mitigated.
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21 | | (j) "Groundwater" means underground water that occurs |
22 | | within the saturated
zone and geologic materials where the |
23 | | fluid pressure in the pore space is equal
to or greater than |
24 | | the atmospheric pressure.
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25 | | (k) "Inactive drycleaning facility" means a drycleaning |
26 | | facility that is not
being used for drycleaning operations and |
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1 | | is not registered under this Act.
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2 | | (l) "Maintaining a place of business in this State" or any |
3 | | like term means
(1) having or maintaining within this State, |
4 | | directly or through a subsidiary,
an
office, distribution |
5 | | facility, distribution house, sales house, warehouse, or
other |
6 | | place of business or (2) operating within this State as an |
7 | | agent or
representative for a person or a person's subsidiary |
8 | | engaged in the business
of selling to persons within this |
9 | | State, irrespective of whether the place of
business or agent |
10 | | or other representative is located in this State permanently
or |
11 | | temporary, or whether the person or the person's subsidiary |
12 | | engages in the
business of selling in this State.
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13 | | (m) "No Further Remediation Letter" means a letter provided |
14 | | by the
Agency pursuant to Section 58.10 of Title XVII of the |
15 | | Environmental Protection
Act.
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16 | | (n) "Operator" means a person or entity holding a business |
17 | | license to
operate a licensed drycleaning facility or the |
18 | | business operation of
which the drycleaning facility is a part.
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19 | | (o) "Owner" means (1)
a person who owns or has possession |
20 | | or control of a drycleaning facility at
the time a release is |
21 | | discovered,
regardless of whether
the facility remains in |
22 | | operation or (2)
a parent corporation of the person under item |
23 | | (1) of this subdivision.
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24 | | (p) "Parent corporation" means a business entity or other |
25 | | business
arrangement that has elements of common ownership or |
26 | | control or that
uses a long-term contractual arrangement with a |
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1 | | person to avoid direct
responsibility for conditions at a |
2 | | drycleaning facility.
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3 | | (q) "Person" means an individual, trust, firm, joint stock |
4 | | company,
corporation, consortium, joint venture, or other |
5 | | commercial entity.
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6 | | (r) "Program year" means the period beginning on
July 1 and |
7 | | ending on the
following June 30.
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8 | | (s) "Release" means any spilling, leaking, emitting, |
9 | | discharging, escaping,
leaching, or dispersing of drycleaning |
10 | | solvents from a drycleaning facility
to groundwater, surface |
11 | | water, or subsurface soils.
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12 | | (t) "Remedial action" means activities taken to comply with |
13 | | Title XVII
Sections 58.6 and 58.7 of the Environmental |
14 | | Protection Act and
rules adopted by the Pollution Control Board |
15 | | to administer that Title under those Sections .
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16 | | (u) "Responsible party" means an owner, operator, or other |
17 | | person
financially responsible for costs of remediation of a |
18 | | release of drycleaning
solvents
from a drycleaning facility.
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19 | | (v) "Service provider" means a consultant, testing |
20 | | laboratory, monitoring
well installer, soil boring contractor, |
21 | | other contractor, lender, or any other
person who provides a |
22 | | product or service for which a claim for reimbursement
has been |
23 | | or will be filed against the Fund remedial account or insurance |
24 | | account , or
a subcontractor of such a person.
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25 | | (w) "Virgin facility" means a drycleaning facility that has |
26 | | never had
chlorine-based or petroleum-based drycleaning |
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1 | | solvents
stored or used at the property prior to it becoming a
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2 | | green solvent drycleaning facility.
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3 | | (Source: P.A. 93-201, eff. 1-1-04.)
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4 | | (415 ILCS 135/10)
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5 | | Sec. 10. Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust Fund.
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6 | | (a) The Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust Fund is |
7 | | created as a
special fund in the State Treasury.
Moneys |
8 | | deposited into the Fund shall be used by the Agency solely
for |
9 | | the purposes of
the Council and for other purposes
as provided |
10 | | in
this Act.
The Fund shall include moneys credited to the Fund |
11 | | under this Act
and other moneys that by law may be credited to |
12 | | the Fund.
The State Treasurer may invest moneys Funds deposited |
13 | | into
the Fund at the direction of the Council . Interest, income |
14 | | from the
investments, and other income earned by the Fund shall |
15 | | be credited to and
deposited into the Fund.
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16 | | Pursuant to appropriation, all moneys in the Drycleaner |
17 | | Environmental
Response Trust Fund shall be disbursed by the |
18 | | Agency to the Council
for the purpose of making disbursements,
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19 | | if any, in accordance with this Act and for the purpose of |
20 | | paying
the ordinary and
contingent
expenses of the Council. |
21 | | After June 30, 1999, pursuant to appropriation, all
moneys in |
22 | | the Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust Fund may be used by |
23 | | the
Council for the purpose of making disbursements, if any, in |
24 | | accordance with
this Act and for the purpose of paying the |
25 | | ordinary and contingent expenses of
the Council.
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1 | | The Fund may be divided into different accounts with |
2 | | different
depositories to fulfill the purposes of the Act as |
3 | | determined by the Council .
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4 | | Moneys in the Fund at the end of a State fiscal year
shall |
5 | | be carried forward to the next fiscal year and shall not revert |
6 | | to
the General Revenue Fund.
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7 | | (b) The specific purposes of the Fund include , but are not |
8 | | limited to ,
the following:
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9 | | (1) To establish an account to fund remedial action of |
10 | | drycleaning
solvent releases from drycleaning facilities |
11 | | as provided by
Section 40.
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12 | | (2) To establish an insurance account for insuring |
13 | | environmental risks
from releases from drycleaning |
14 | | facilities within this State as
provided by Section 45.
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15 | | (c) The State, the General Revenue Fund, and any other Fund |
16 | | of
the
State, other than the Drycleaner Environmental Response |
17 | | Trust Fund, shall not
be
liable for a claim or cause of action |
18 | | in connection with a drycleaning facility
not owned or operated |
19 | | by the State or an agency of the State. All expenses
incurred |
20 | | by the Fund shall be payable solely from the Fund and
no |
21 | | liability or obligation shall be imposed upon the State. The |
22 | | State is not
liable for a claim presented against the Fund.
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23 | | (d) The liability of the Fund is limited to the extent of |
24 | | coverage provided
by the account under which a claim is |
25 | | submitted, subject to the terms and
conditions of that |
26 | | coverage. The liability of the Fund is further limited by
the |
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1 | | moneys made available to the Fund, and no remedy shall be |
2 | | ordered
that would require the Fund to exceed its then current |
3 | | funding limitations
to satisfy an award or which would restrict |
4 | | the availability of moneys for
higher priority sites.
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5 | | (e) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit, |
6 | | restrict, or affect the
authority and powers of the Agency or |
7 | | another State agency or statute unless
the
State agency or |
8 | | statute is specifically referenced and the limitation is
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9 | | clearly set forth in this Act.
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10 | | (f) During each fiscal year, the Agency shall limit its |
11 | | administration of the Fund to no more $600,000 in |
12 | | administrative expenses. The limitation in this subsection (f) |
13 | | does not apply to costs incurred by the Agency in: |
14 | | (1) reviewing remedial action under Title XVII of the |
15 | | Environmental Protection Act; or |
16 | | (2) performing investigative or remedial actions. |
17 | | (Source: P.A. 90-502, eff. 8-19-97; 91-453, eff. 8-6-99.)
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18 | | (415 ILCS 135/25)
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19 | | Sec. 25. Powers and duties of the Agency Council .
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20 | | (a) The Agency Council shall have all of the general
powers |
21 | | reasonably necessary and convenient to carry out its purposes
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22 | | and may perform the following functions, subject to any express
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23 | | limitations contained
in
this Act , including, but not limited |
24 | | to, the power to :
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25 | | (1) Take actions and enter into agreements necessary |
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1 | | to : |
2 | | (A)
reimburse claimants for eligible remedial |
3 | | action expenses ; , assist
the Agency |
4 | | (B) to protect the environment from releases for |
5 | | which claimants are eligible for reimbursement under |
6 | | this Act by , among other things, performing |
7 | | investigative, remedial, or other appropriate actions |
8 | | in response to those releases; and |
9 | | (C) reduce costs
associated with remedial actions . |
10 | | , and establish and implement an
insurance program.
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11 | | (2) Acquire and hold personal property to be used for |
12 | | the purpose of
remedial action.
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13 | | (3) (Blank). Purchase, construct, improve, furnish, |
14 | | equip, lease, option, sell,
exchange, or otherwise dispose |
15 | | of one or more improvements
under the terms it determines.
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16 | | The Council may define "improvements" by rule for purposes |
17 | | of this Act.
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18 | | (4) (Blank). Grant a lien, pledge, assignment, or other |
19 | | encumbrance on one or
more revenues, assets of right, |
20 | | accounts, or funds established or
received in connection |
21 | | with the Fund, including revenues derived
from fees or |
22 | | taxes collected under this Act.
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23 | | (5) (Blank). Contract for the acquisition or |
24 | | construction of one or more
improvements or parts of one or |
25 | | more improvements or for the
leasing, subleasing, sale, or |
26 | | other disposition of one or more
improvements in a manner |
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1 | | the Council determines.
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2 | | (6) (Blank). Cooperate with the Agency in the |
3 | | implementation and administration of
this Act to minimize |
4 | | unnecessary duplication of effort,
reporting, or paperwork |
5 | | and to maximize environmental protection
within the |
6 | | funding limits of this Act.
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7 | | (7) Except as otherwise provided by law, inspect any |
8 | | document in the
possession of an owner, operator,
service |
9 | | provider, or any other person if the document is relevant |
10 | | to
a claim for reimbursement under this Section or may |
11 | | inspect a
drycleaning facility for which a claim for |
12 | | benefits under this Act
has been submitted.
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13 | | (b) (Blank). The Council shall pre-approve, and the |
14 | | contracting parties shall seek
pre-approval for, a contract |
15 | | entered into under
this Act if the cost of the contract exceeds |
16 | | $75,000.
The
Council or its designee shall review and approve |
17 | | or disapprove
all contracts entered into under this Act. |
18 | | However, review by the Council or
its
designee shall not be |
19 | | required when an emergency situation exists.
All contracts |
20 | | entered into by the Council shall be awarded on a
competitive |
21 | | basis to the maximum extent practical. In those
situations |
22 | | where it is determined that bidding is not practical, the
basis |
23 | | for the determination of impracticability shall be documented
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24 | | by the Council or its designee.
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25 | | (c) The Agency shall, in accordance with Board rules, |
26 | | Council may prioritize the expenditure of funds from the
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1 | | remedial action account whenever it determines that there are |
2 | | not
sufficient funds to settle all current claims. In |
3 | | prioritizing, the Agency shall Council may
consider , among |
4 | | other things, the
following:
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5 | | (1) the degree to which human health is affected by the |
6 | | exposure
posed by the release;
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7 | | (2) the reduction of risk to human health derived from
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8 | | remedial action compared to the cost of the remedial |
9 | | action;
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10 | | (3) the present and planned uses of the impacted |
11 | | property; and |
12 | | (4) whether the claimant is currently licensed, |
13 | | insured, and has paid all fees and premiums due under this |
14 | | Act; and
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15 | | (5) (4) other factors as determined by the Board |
16 | | Council .
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17 | | (d) The Board may Council shall adopt rules allowing the |
18 | | direct payment from
the Fund to a contractor who performs |
19 | | remediation. The rules concerning the
direct payment shall |
20 | | include a provision that any applicable deductible must be
paid |
21 | | by the drycleaning facility prior to any direct payment from |
22 | | the Fund.
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23 | | (e) (Blank). The Council may purchase reinsurance coverage |
24 | | to reduce the
Fund's potential liability for reimbursement of |
25 | | remedial action costs.
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26 | | (f) The Agency may, in accordance with constitutional |
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1 | | limitations, enter at all reasonable times upon any private or |
2 | | public property for the purpose of inspecting and investigating |
3 | | to ascertain possible violations of this Act, any rule adopted |
4 | | under this Act, or any order entered pursuant to this Act. |
5 | | (g) If the Agency becomes aware of a violation of this Act |
6 | | or any rule adopted under this Act, it may refer the matter to |
7 | | the Attorney General for enforcement. |
8 | | (h) In calendar years 2021 and 2022 and as deemed necessary |
9 | | by the Director of the Agency thereafter, the Agency shall |
10 | | prepare a report on the status of the Fund and convene a public |
11 | | meeting for purposes of disseminating the information in the |
12 | | report and accepting questions from members of the public on |
13 | | its contents. The reports prepared by the Agency under this |
14 | | subsection shall, at a minimum, describe the current financial |
15 | | status of the Fund, identify administrative expenses incurred |
16 | | by the Agency in its administration of the Fund, identify |
17 | | amounts from the Fund that have been applied toward remedial |
18 | | action and insurance claims under the Act, and list the |
19 | | drycleaning facilities in the State eligible for reimbursement |
20 | | from the Fund that have completed remedial action. The Agency |
21 | | shall make available on its website an electronic copy of the |
22 | | reports required under this subsection. |
23 | | (Source: P.A. 93-201, eff. 1-1-04.)
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24 | | (415 ILCS 135/40)
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25 | | Sec. 40. Remedial action account.
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1 | | (a) The remedial action account is established to provide |
2 | | reimbursement to
eligible
claimants for
drycleaning solvent |
3 | | investigation, remedial action planning, and
remedial action |
4 | | activities for existing drycleaning solvent contamination
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5 | | discovered at their drycleaning facilities.
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6 | | (b) The following persons are eligible for reimbursement |
7 | | from the remedial
action account:
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8 | | (1) In the case of claimant who is the owner or |
9 | | operator of an active
drycleaning
facility licensed by the |
10 | | Council under this Act at the time of application for
|
11 | | remedial action benefits afforded under
the Fund, the
|
12 | | claimant is only eligible for reimbursement of remedial
|
13 | | action costs incurred in connection with a release
from |
14 | | that drycleaning facility,
subject to any other |
15 | | limitations under this Act.
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16 | | (2) In the case of a claimant who is the owner of an |
17 | | inactive drycleaning
facility and
was the owner or operator |
18 | | of the drycleaning facility when it was
an active |
19 | | drycleaning facility, the claimant is only eligible for
|
20 | | reimbursement of remedial action costs incurred in
|
21 | | connection with a release from the drycleaning facility,
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22 | | subject to any other limitations under
this Act.
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23 | | (c) An eligible claimant requesting reimbursement from the |
24 | | remedial action
account shall meet all of the following:
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25 | | (1) The claimant demonstrates that the source of the |
26 | | release is from
the claimant's drycleaning facility.
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1 | | (2) At the time the release was discovered by the |
2 | | claimant, the claimant
and the drycleaning facility were in |
3 | | compliance with the Agency reporting
and technical |
4 | | operating requirements.
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5 | | (3) The claimant reported the release in a timely |
6 | | manner to
the Agency in accordance with State law.
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7 | | (4) The drycleaning facility site is enrolled in the |
8 | | Site Remediation Program established under Title XVII of |
9 | | the Environmental Protection Act. (Blank).
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10 | | (5) If the claimant is the owner or operator of an |
11 | | active drycleaning
facility, the claimant must ensure that |
12 | | has provided to the Council proof of implementation and
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13 | | maintenance of the following pollution prevention |
14 | | measures :
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15 | | (A) All That all drycleaning solvent wastes |
16 | | generated at the a drycleaning
facility are be managed |
17 | | in accordance with applicable State
waste management |
18 | | laws and rules.
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19 | | (B) There is no A prohibition on the discharge of |
20 | | wastewater from drycleaning
machines , or of |
21 | | drycleaning solvent from drycleaning
operations , to a |
22 | | sanitary sewer or septic tank or to the
surface or in |
23 | | groundwater.
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24 | | (C) The That every drycleaning facility has :
(I) |
25 | | install a containment dike or other containment
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26 | | structure around each machine, item of equipment, |
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1 | | drycleaning area, and portable waste container in |
2 | | which
any
drycleaning solvent is utilized, which is |
3 | | shall be capable
of containing leaks, spills, or |
4 | | releases of
drycleaning
solvent from that machine, |
5 | | item, area, or container. The containment
dike or other |
6 | | containment structure shall be capable of at least the |
7 | | following:
(i) containing a capacity of 110% of the |
8 | | drycleaning solvent in the largest
tank or vessel |
9 | | within the machine; (ii) containing 100% of the |
10 | | drycleaning
solvent of each item of equipment or |
11 | | drycleaning area; and (iii) containing
100% of the |
12 | | drycleaning solvent of the largest portable waste |
13 | | container or at
least 10% of the total volume of the |
14 | | portable waste containers stored within
the |
15 | | containment dike or structure, whichever is greater.
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16 | | Petroleum underground storage tank systems that |
17 | | are upgraded in compliance
accordance with USEPA and |
18 | | State Fire Marshal rules, including, but not limited |
19 | | to, leak detection system rules, upgrade standards |
20 | | pursuant to 40 CFR Part 280 for the
tanks and
related |
21 | | piping systems and use a leak detection system approved |
22 | | by the USEPA or
IEPA are exempt from this secondary |
23 | | containment requirement . ; and
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24 | | (D) Those (II) seal or otherwise render impervious |
25 | | those portions of
diked floor surfaces on which a |
26 | | drycleaning
solvent may leak, spill, or otherwise be |
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1 | | released are sealed or otherwise impervious .
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2 | | (E) All (D) A requirement that all drycleaning |
3 | | solvent is shall be delivered
to drycleaning |
4 | | facilities by means of closed, direct-coupled
delivery |
5 | | systems.
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6 | | (6) An active drycleaning facility has maintained |
7 | | continuous financial
assurance for environmental liability |
8 | | coverage in the amount of at least
$500,000 at least since |
9 | | the date of award of benefits under this Section
or July 1, |
10 | | 2000, whichever is earlier.
An uninsured drycleaning |
11 | | facility that
has filed an application for insurance with |
12 | | the Fund by January 1, 2004,
obtained insurance through |
13 | | that application, and maintained that insurance
coverage |
14 | | continuously shall be considered to have conformed with the
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15 | | requirements of this subdivision (6). To conform with this |
16 | | requirement the
applicant must pay the equivalent of the |
17 | | total premiums due for the period
beginning June 30, 2000 |
18 | | through the date of application plus a 20% penalty of
the |
19 | | total premiums due for that period.
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20 | | (7) The release was discovered on or after July
1, 1997 |
21 | | and before July 1, 2006.
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22 | | (d) A claimant must have submitted shall submit a completed |
23 | | application form
provided by the Council. The application shall |
24 | | contain documentation of
activities, plans, and expenditures |
25 | | associated with the eligible costs
incurred in response to a |
26 | | release of drycleaning solvent from a
drycleaning facility. |
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1 | | Application for remedial action account benefits must have been |
2 | | be
submitted to the Council on or before June 30, 2005.
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3 | | (e) Claimants shall be subject to the following deductible |
4 | | requirements ,
unless modified pursuant to the Council's |
5 | | authority under
Section 75 :
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6 | | (1) If, by January 1, 2008, an eligible claimant |
7 | | submitting a claim for an active drycleaning facility |
8 | | completed site investigation and submitted to the Council a |
9 | | complete remedial action plan for the site, then the An |
10 | | eligible claimant submitting a claim
for an active |
11 | | drycleaning facility is responsible for the first $5,000 of
|
12 | | eligible investigation costs and for the first $10,000 of |
13 | | eligible remedial
action costs incurred in connection with |
14 | | the release from the drycleaning
facility and is only |
15 | | eligible for reimbursement for costs that exceed
those |
16 | | amounts, subject to any other limitations of this Act. Any |
17 | | eligible claimant submitting any other claim for an active |
18 | | drycleaning facility is responsible for the first $5,000 of |
19 | | eligible investigation costs and for the first $15,000 of |
20 | | eligible remedial action costs incurred in connection with |
21 | | the release from the drycleaning facility, and is only |
22 | | eligible for reimbursement for costs that exceed those |
23 | | amounts, subject to any other limitations of this Act.
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24 | | (2) If, by January 1, 2008, an eligible claimant |
25 | | submitting a claim for an inactive drycleaning facility |
26 | | completed site investigation and submitted to the Council a |
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1 | | complete remedial action plan for the site, then the An |
2 | | eligible claimant submitting a
claim for an inactive |
3 | | drycleaning facility is responsible for the first $10,000
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4 | | of eligible investigation costs and for the first $10,000 |
5 | | of eligible remedial
action costs incurred in connection |
6 | | with the release from that drycleaning
facility, and is |
7 | | only eligible for reimbursement for costs that exceed
those |
8 | | amounts, subject to any other limitations of this Act. Any |
9 | | eligible claimant submitting any other claim for an |
10 | | inactive drycleaning facility is responsible for the first |
11 | | $15,000 of eligible investigation costs and for the first |
12 | | $15,000 of eligible remedial action costs incurred in |
13 | | connection with the release from the drycleaning facility, |
14 | | and is only eligible for reimbursement for costs that |
15 | | exceed those amounts, subject to any other limitations of |
16 | | this Act.
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17 | | (f) Claimants are subject to the following limitations on |
18 | | reimbursement:
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19 | | (1) Subsequent to meeting the deductible requirements |
20 | | of
subsection (e) , and pursuant to the requirements of |
21 | | Section 75 ,
reimbursement shall not exceed $300,000 per |
22 | | active drycleaning facility and
$50,000 per inactive |
23 | | drycleaning facility.
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24 | | (2) (Blank). A contract in which one of the parties to |
25 | | the contract is a claimant,
for goods or services that may |
26 | | be payable or reimbursable from
the Council, is void and |
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1 | | unenforceable unless and until the Council has found
that |
2 | | the
contract terms are within the range of usual and |
3 | | customary rates
for similar or equivalent goods or services |
4 | | within this State and
has found that the goods or services |
5 | | are necessary for the claimant to
comply with Council |
6 | | standards or other applicable regulatory standards.
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7 | | (3) (Blank). A claimant may appoint the Council as an |
8 | | agent for the purposes of
negotiating contracts with |
9 | | suppliers of goods or services
reimbursable by the Fund. |
10 | | The Council may select another
contractor for goods or |
11 | | services other than the one offered by the
claimant if the |
12 | | scope of the proposed work or actual work of the
claimant's |
13 | | offered contractor does not reflect the quality of |
14 | | workmanship
required or if the costs are determined to be |
15 | | excessive, as determined by the
Council.
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16 | | (4) The Agency Council may require a claimant to obtain |
17 | | and submit 3 bids
and may require specific terms and |
18 | | conditions in a
contract subject to approval.
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19 | | (5) The Agency Council may enter into a contract or an |
20 | | exclusive contract with
the supplier of goods or services |
21 | | required by a claimant or class of
claimants, in connection |
22 | | with an expense reimbursable from the
Fund, for a specified |
23 | | good or service at a gross maximum
price or fixed rate, and |
24 | | may limit reimbursement accordingly.
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25 | | (6) Unless emergency conditions exist, a service |
26 | | provider shall
obtain the Agency's Council's approval of |
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1 | | all remediation work to be reimbursed from the Fund and a |
2 | | the budget for the remediation work
before commencing the |
3 | | work. No expense incurred that is above the budgeted
amount |
4 | | shall be paid unless the Agency Council approves
the |
5 | | expense prior to its being incurred . All invoices and bills |
6 | | relating to
the remediation work shall be submitted with |
7 | | appropriate documentation, as
deemed
necessary by the |
8 | | Agency Council .
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9 | | (7) Neither the Council , nor the Agency, nor an |
10 | | eligible claimant is responsible for
payment for
costs |
11 | | incurred that have not been previously approved by the
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12 | | Council , or Agency , unless an emergency exists.
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13 | | (8) To be eligible for reimbursement from the Fund, |
14 | | costs must be within the range of usual and customary rates |
15 | | for similar or equivalent goods or services, incurred in |
16 | | performance of remediation work approved by the Agency, and |
17 | | necessary to respond to the release for which the claimant |
18 | | is seeking
reimbursement from the Fund. The Council may |
19 | | determine the usual and customary costs of each
item for |
20 | | which reimbursement may be awarded under this Section.
The |
21 | | Council may revise the usual and customary costs from time
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22 | | to time as necessary, but costs submitted for reimbursement |
23 | | shall
be subject to the rates in effect at the time the |
24 | | costs were
incurred.
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25 | | (9) If a claimant has pollution liability insurance |
26 | | coverage other than
coverage provided by the insurance |
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1 | | account under this Act,
that coverage shall be primary. |
2 | | Reimbursement from the remedial
account shall be limited to |
3 | | the deductible amounts under the primary
coverage and the
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4 | | amount that exceeds the policy limits of the primary |
5 | | coverage,
subject to the deductible amounts established |
6 | | pursuant to of this Act. If there is a
dispute between the |
7 | | claimant and the primary insurance provider,
reimbursement |
8 | | from the remedial action account may be made to the |
9 | | claimant
after the claimant
assigns all of his or her |
10 | | interests in the insurance coverage to the Council.
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11 | | (f-5) Costs of corrective action or indemnification |
12 | | incurred by a claimant which have been paid to a claimant under |
13 | | a policy of insurance other than the insurance provided under |
14 | | this Act, another written agreement, or a court order are not |
15 | | eligible for reimbursement. A claimant who receives payment |
16 | | under such a policy, written agreement, or court order shall |
17 | | reimburse the State to the extent such payment covers costs for |
18 | | which payment was received from the Fund. Any moneys received |
19 | | by the State under this subsection shall be deposited into the |
20 | | Fund. |
21 | | (g) The source of funds for the remedial action account |
22 | | shall be moneys
allocated to the account by the Agency Council |
23 | | according to the Fund budget
approved by the Council .
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24 | | (h) A drycleaning facility will be classified as active or |
25 | | inactive for
purposes of
determining benefits under this |
26 | | Section based on the status of the facility
on the date a claim |
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1 | | is filed.
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2 | | (i) Eligible claimants shall conduct remedial action in |
3 | | accordance with Title XVII of
the
Site Remediation Program |
4 | | under the Environmental Protection Act and rules adopted under |
5 | | that Act. Part 740 of
Title 35 of the Illinois Administrative |
6 | | Code and the Tiered Approach to Cleanup
Objectives under Part |
7 | | 742 of Title 35 of the Illinois Administrative Code.
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8 | | (j) Effective January 1, 2012, the owner or operator of an |
9 | | active drycleaning facility that has previously received or is |
10 | | currently receiving reimbursement for the costs of a remedial |
11 | | action, as defined in this Act, shall maintain continuous |
12 | | financial assurance for environmental liability coverage in |
13 | | the amount of at least $500,000 for that facility until the |
14 | | earlier of (i) January 1, 2030 2020 or (ii) the date the |
15 | | Council determines the drycleaning facility is an inactive |
16 | | drycleaning facility . Failure to comply with this requirement |
17 | | will result in the revocation of the drycleaning facility's |
18 | | existing license and in the inability of the drycleaning |
19 | | facility to obtain or renew a license under Section 60 of this |
20 | | Act. |
21 | | (k) Effective January 1, 2020, owners and operators of |
22 | | inactive drycleaning facilities that are eligible for |
23 | | reimbursement from the Fund on that date shall, until January |
24 | | 1, 2030, pay an annual $3,000 administrative assessment to the |
25 | | Agency for the facility. Administrative assessments collected |
26 | | by the Agency under this subsection (k) shall be deposited into |
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1 | | the Fund. |
2 | | (Source: P.A. 96-774, eff. 1-1-10; 97-377, eff. 1-1-12.)
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3 | | (415 ILCS 135/50)
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4 | | Sec. 50. Cost recovery; enforcement.
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5 | | (a) The Agency Council may seek recovery from a potentially |
6 | | responsible party
liable for a release that is the subject of a |
7 | | remedial action and for which
the Fund has expended moneys for |
8 | | remedial action.
The amount of recovery sought by the Agency |
9 | | Council shall be equal to all moneys
expended by the Fund for |
10 | | and in connection with the remediation,
including , but
not |
11 | | limited to , reasonable attorney's attorneys fees and costs of |
12 | | litigation expended by
the
Fund in connection with the release.
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13 | | (b) Except as provided in subsections
(c) and (d):
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14 | | (1) The Agency Council shall not seek recovery for |
15 | | expenses in connection with
remedial action for a release |
16 | | from a claimant eligible for
reimbursement except for any |
17 | | unpaid portion of the deductible.
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18 | | (2) A claimant's liability for a release for which |
19 | | coverage is admitted
under the insurance account shall not |
20 | | exceed the amount of the
deductible, subject to the limits |
21 | | of insurance coverage.
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22 | | (c) Notwithstanding subsection (b), the liability of a |
23 | | claimant
to the Fund shall be the
total costs of remedial |
24 | | action incurred by the Fund, as specified in subsection
(a), if |
25 | | the
claimant has not complied with the Environmental Protection |
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or
with this Act , or and its rules adopted |
2 | | under either Act .
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3 | | (d) Notwithstanding subsection (b), the liability of a
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4 | | claimant to the Fund shall be the total costs of remedial |
5 | | action incurred by
the Fund, as
specified in
subsection (a), if |
6 | | the claimant received reimbursement from the Fund through
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7 | | misrepresentation or fraud, and the claimant shall be liable |
8 | | for the amount of
the reimbursement.
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9 | | (e) Upon reimbursement by
the Fund for remedial action |
10 | | under this Act, the rights of the claimant to
recover payment |
11 | | from a potentially responsible party are assumed by
the Agency |
12 | | Council to the extent the remedial action was paid by the Fund. |
13 | | A claimant
is precluded from
receiving double compensation for |
14 | | the same injury. A claimant may elect
to permit the Agency |
15 | | Council to pursue the claimant's cause of action for
an injury
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16 | | not compensated by the Fund against a potentially responsible |
17 | | party,
provided the Attorney General or his or her designee |
18 | | determines the
representation would not be a conflict of |
19 | | interest.
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20 | | (f) This Section does not preclude, limit, or in any way |
21 | | affect any of the
provisions of or causes of action pursuant to |
22 | | Section 22.2 of the Environmental
Protection Act.
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23 | | (g) Any cost recovery action commenced before July 1, 2020, |
24 | | by the Council, pursuant to this Section, may be prosecuted or |
25 | | continued by the Attorney General on and after that date. |
26 | | (h) All costs recovered under this Section shall be |
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2 | | (Source: P.A. 90-502, eff. 8-19-97.)
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3 | | (415 ILCS 135/55)
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4 | | Sec. 55. Limitation on actions; admissions.
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5 | | (a) An award or reimbursement made from the Fund by the |
6 | | Council under this Act shall be
the claimant's
exclusive method |
7 | | for the recovery of the costs of drycleaning facility
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8 | | remediation.
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9 | | (b) If a person conducts a remedial action activity for a |
10 | | release at a
drycleaning facility site, whether or not the |
11 | | person files a claim
under this Act, the claim and remedial |
12 | | action activity conducted are
not evidence of liability or an |
13 | | admission of liability for any potential or
actual |
14 | | environmental pollution or damage.
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15 | | (Source: P.A. 90-502, eff. 8-19-97.)
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16 | | (415 ILCS 135/60)
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17 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020)
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18 | | Sec. 60. Drycleaning facility license.
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19 | | (a) No On and after January 1, 1998, no person shall |
20 | | operate a drycleaning
facility in this State without a license |
21 | | issued by the Council or Agency . Until July 1, 2020, the |
22 | | license required under this subsection shall be issued by the |
23 | | Council. On and after July 1, 2020, the license required under |
24 | | this subsection shall be issued by the Agency.
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1 | | (b) Beginning July 1, 2020, The Council shall issue an |
2 | | initial or renewal license shall be issued to a drycleaning
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3 | | facility on submission by an applicant of a completed form |
4 | | prescribed by the Agency and
Council, proof of payment of the |
5 | | required fee to the Department of Revenue, and, if the |
6 | | drycleaning facility has previously received or is currently |
7 | | receiving reimbursement for the costs of a remedial action, as |
8 | | defined in this Act, proof of compliance with subsection (j) of |
9 | | Section 40. The Agency shall make available on its website an |
10 | | electronic copy of the required license and license renewal |
11 | | applications. License Beginning January 1, 2013, license |
12 | | renewal application forms must include a certification by the |
13 | | applicant : |
14 | | (1) that all hazardous waste stored at the drycleaning |
15 | | facility is stored in accordance with all applicable |
16 | | federal and state laws and regulations ; , and |
17 | | (2) that all hazardous waste transported from the |
18 | | drycleaning facility is transported in accordance with all |
19 | | applicable federal and state laws and regulations ; and |
20 | | (3) that the applicant has successfully completed all |
21 | | continuing education requirements adopted by the Board |
22 | | pursuant to Section 12 of the Drycleaner Environmental |
23 | | Response Trust Fund Act . Also, beginning January 1, 2013, |
24 | | license renewal applications must include copies of all |
25 | | manifests for hazardous waste transported from the |
26 | | drycleaning facility during the previous 12 months or since |
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1 | | the last submission of copies of manifests, whichever is |
2 | | longer. If the Council does not receive a copy of a |
3 | | manifest for a drycleaning facility within a 3-year period, |
4 | | or within a shorter period as determined by the Council, |
5 | | the Council shall make appropriate inquiry into the |
6 | | management of hazardous waste at the facility and may share |
7 | | the results of the inquiry with the Agency.
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8 | | (c) The On or after January 1, 2004, the annual fees for |
9 | | licensure are as
follows:
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10 | | (1) $1,500 $500 for a facility that uses (i) 50 gallons |
11 | | or
less of
chlorine-based or green drycleaning solvents |
12 | | annually, (ii) 250 or less
gallons annually of |
13 | | hydrocarbon-based drycleaning solvents in a drycleaning
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14 | | machine equipped with a solvent reclaimer, or (iii) 500 |
15 | | gallons
or less annually of hydrocarbon-based drycleaning |
16 | | solvents in a
drycleaning machine without a solvent |
17 | | reclaimer.
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18 | | (2) $2,250 $500 for a facility that uses (i)
more than |
19 | | 50 gallons but not more than 100
gallons of chlorine-based |
20 | | or green drycleaning solvents annually, (ii)
more than 250 |
21 | | gallons but not more 500 gallons annually of |
22 | | hydrocarbon-based
solvents in
a drycleaning machine |
23 | | equipped with a solvent reclaimer, or (iii) more
than 500 |
24 | | gallons but not more than 1,000 gallons
annually of |
25 | | hydrocarbon-based drycleaning solvents in a drycleaning
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26 | | machine without a solvent reclaimer.
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1 | | (3) $3,000 $500 for a facility that uses (i) more than |
2 | | 100 gallons but not more than 150 gallons of chlorine-based
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3 | | or green drycleaning solvents annually, (ii) more than 500 |
4 | | gallons but
not more than 750 gallons annually of |
5 | | hydrocarbon-based solvents in a
drycleaning machine |
6 | | equipped with a solvent reclaimer, or (iii) more than
1,000
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7 | | gallons but not more than 1,500 gallons annually of
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8 | | hydrocarbon-based drycleaning solvents in a drycleaning |
9 | | machine without a
solvent reclaimer.
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10 | | (4) $3,750 $1,000 for a facility that uses (i) more |
11 | | than 150 gallons but not
more than 200 gallons of |
12 | | chlorine-based or green drycleaning solvents annually,
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13 | | (ii) more than 750 gallons but not more than 1,000 gallons |
14 | | annually of
hydrocarbon-based solvents in a drycleaning |
15 | | machine equipped with a solvent
reclaimer, or (iii) more |
16 | | than
1,500 gallons but not more than 2,000 gallons annually |
17 | | of hydrocarbon-based
drycleaning solvents in a drycleaning |
18 | | machine without a solvent
reclaimer.
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19 | | (5) $4,500 $1,000 for a facility that uses (i) more |
20 | | than 200 gallons but not more
than 250 gallons of |
21 | | chlorine-based or green drycleaning solvents annually, |
22 | | (ii)
more than 1,000 gallons but not more than 1,250 |
23 | | gallons annually of
hydrocarbon-based solvents in a |
24 | | drycleaning machine equipped with a solvent
reclaimer, or |
25 | | (iii) more than
2,000 gallons but not more than 2,500 |
26 | | gallons annually of hydrocarbon-based
drycleaning solvents |
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reclaimer.
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2 | | (6) $5,000 $1,000 for a facility that uses (i) more |
3 | | than 250 gallons but not
more than
300 gallons of |
4 | | chlorine-based or green drycleaning solvents annually, |
5 | | (ii) more
than 1,250 gallons but not more than 1,500 |
6 | | gallons annually of
hydrocarbon-based solvents in a |
7 | | drycleaning machine equipped with a solvent
reclaimer, or |
8 | | (iii) more than 2,500 gallons but not more than 3,000 |
9 | | gallons
annually of hydrocarbon-based drycleaning solvents |
10 | | in a drycleaning machine
without
a solvent reclaimer.
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11 | | (7) $5,000 $1,000 for a facility that uses (i) more |
12 | | than 300 gallons but not more
than
350 gallons of |
13 | | chlorine-based or green drycleaning solvents annually, |
14 | | (ii) more
than 1,500 gallons but not more than 1,750 |
15 | | gallons annually of
hydrocarbon-based
solvents in a |
16 | | drycleaning machine equipped with a solvent reclaimer, or |
17 | | (iii)
more than 3,000 gallons but not more than 3,500 |
18 | | gallons annually of
hydrocarbon-based
drycleaning solvents |
19 | | in a drycleaning machine without a solvent
reclaimer.
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20 | | (8) $5,000 $1,500 for a facility that uses (i) more |
21 | | than 350 gallons but not more
than
400 gallons of |
22 | | chlorine-based or green drycleaning solvents annually, |
23 | | (ii) more
than 1,750 gallons but not more than 2,000 |
24 | | gallons annually of
hydrocarbon-based
solvents in a |
25 | | drycleaning machine equipped with a solvent reclaimer, or |
26 | | (iii)
more than 3,500 gallons but not more than 4,000 |
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hydrocarbon-based
drycleaning solvents |
2 | | in a drycleaning machine without a solvent
reclaimer.
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3 | | (9) $5,000 $1,500 for a facility that uses (i) more |
4 | | than 400 gallons but not more
than 450 gallons of |
5 | | chlorine-based or green drycleaning solvents annually, |
6 | | (ii)
more than 2,000 gallons but not more than 2,250 |
7 | | gallons annually of
hydrocarbon-based
solvents in a |
8 | | drycleaning machine equipped with a solvent reclaimer, or |
9 | | (iii)
more
than
4,000 gallons but not more than 4,500 |
10 | | gallons annually of hydrocarbon-based
drycleaning solvents |
11 | | in a drycleaning machine without a solvent
reclaimer.
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12 | | (10) $5,000 $1,500 for a facility that uses (i) more |
13 | | than 450 gallons but not
more than 500
gallons of |
14 | | chlorine-based or green drycleaning solvents annually, |
15 | | (ii) more
than
2,250 gallons but not more than 2,500 |
16 | | gallons annually of hydrocarbon-based
solvents used in a |
17 | | drycleaning machine equipped with a solvent reclaimer, or
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18 | | (iii) more
than 4,500 gallons but not more than 5,000 |
19 | | gallons annually of
hydrocarbon-based
drycleaning solvents |
20 | | in a drycleaning machine without a solvent reclaimer.
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21 | | (11) $5,000 $1,500 for a facility that uses (i) more |
22 | | than 500 gallons but not
more than 550
gallons of |
23 | | chlorine-based or green drycleaning solvents annually, |
24 | | (ii) more
than
2,500 gallons but not more than 2,750 |
25 | | gallons annually of hydrocarbon-based
solvents in a |
26 | | drycleaning machine equipped with a solvent reclaimer, or |
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more than
5,000 gallons but not more than 5,500 |
2 | | gallons annually of hydrocarbon-based
drycleaning solvents |
3 | | in a drycleaning machine without a solvent
reclaimer.
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4 | | (12) $5,000 $1,500 for a facility that uses (i) more |
5 | | than 550 gallons but not
more than 600
gallons of |
6 | | chlorine-based or green drycleaning solvents annually, |
7 | | (ii) more
than 2,750 gallons but not more than 3,000 |
8 | | gallons annually of
hydrocarbon-based
solvents in a |
9 | | drycleaning machine equipped with a solvent reclaimer, or |
10 | | (iii)
more than
5,500 gallons but not more than 6,000 |
11 | | gallons annually of hydrocarbon-based
drycleaning solvents |
12 | | in a drycleaning machine without a solvent
reclaimer.
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13 | | (13) $5,000 $1,500 for a facility that uses (i) more |
14 | | than 600 gallons of
chlorine-based or green drycleaning |
15 | | solvents annually, (ii) more than 3,000
gallons but not |
16 | | more than 3,250 gallons annually of hydrocarbon-based |
17 | | solvents
in a drycleaning
machine equipped with a solvent |
18 | | reclaimer, or (iii) more than 6,000 gallons of
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19 | | hydrocarbon-based drycleaning solvents annually in a |
20 | | drycleaning machine
equipped without a solvent reclaimer.
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21 | | (14) $5,000 $1,500 for a facility that uses more than |
22 | | 3,250 gallons but not more
than 3,500 gallons annually of |
23 | | hydrocarbon-based solvents in a drycleaning
machine |
24 | | equipped with a solvent reclaimer.
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25 | | (15) $5,000 $1,500 for a facility that uses more than |
26 | | 3,500 gallons but not more
than 3,750 gallons annually of |
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1 | | hydrocarbon-based solvents used in a drycleaning
machine |
2 | | equipped with a solvent reclaimer.
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3 | | (16) $5,000 $1,500 for a facility that uses more than |
4 | | 3,750 gallons but not more
than 4,000 gallons annually of |
5 | | hydrocarbon-based solvents in a drycleaning
machine |
6 | | equipped with a solvent reclaimer.
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7 | | (17) $5,000 $1,500 for a facility that uses more than |
8 | | 4,000 gallons annually of
hydrocarbon-based solvents in a |
9 | | drycleaning machine equipped with a solvent
reclaimer.
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10 | | For purpose of this subsection, the quantity of drycleaning |
11 | | solvents
used annually shall be determined as follows:
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12 | | (1) in the case of an initial applicant, the quantity |
13 | | of drycleaning
solvents that the applicant estimates will |
14 | | be used during his or her initial
license year. A fee |
15 | | assessed under this subdivision is subject to audited
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16 | | adjustment for that year; or
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17 | | (2) in the case of a renewal applicant, the quantity of |
18 | | drycleaning
solvents actually purchased in the preceding |
19 | | license year.
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20 | | The Council may adjust licensing fees annually based on the |
21 | | published
Consumer Price Index - All Urban Consumers ("CPI-U") |
22 | | or as otherwise determined
by the Council.
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23 | | (d) A license issued under this Section shall expire one |
24 | | year after the date
of issuance and may be renewed on |
25 | | reapplication to the Council and submission
of proof of payment |
26 | | of the appropriate fee to the Department of Revenue in
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1 | | accordance with subsections (c) and (e). At least 30 days |
2 | | before payment of a
renewal licensing fee is due, the Council |
3 | | shall attempt to:
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4 | | (1) notify the operator of each licensed drycleaning
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5 | | facility concerning the requirements of this Section;
and
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6 | | (2) submit a license fee payment form to the licensed
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7 | | operator of each drycleaning facility.
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8 | | (e) An operator of a drycleaning facility shall submit the |
9 | | appropriate
application form provided by the Agency Council |
10 | | with the license fee in the form of
cash, credit card, business |
11 | | check, or guaranteed remittance to the Department of Revenue.
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12 | | The Department may accept payment of the license fee under this |
13 | | Section by credit card only if the Department is not required |
14 | | to pay a discount fee charged by the credit card issuer. The |
15 | | license fee payment form and the actual license fee payment |
16 | | shall be
administered by the Department of Revenue under rules |
17 | | adopted by that
Department.
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18 | | (f) The Department of Revenue shall issue a proof of |
19 | | payment receipt to
each operator of a drycleaning facility who |
20 | | has paid the appropriate fee in
cash or by guaranteed |
21 | | remittance, credit card, or business check. However, the |
22 | | Department of Revenue shall not
issue a proof of payment |
23 | | receipt to a drycleaning facility that is liable to
the |
24 | | Department of Revenue for a tax imposed under this Act. The |
25 | | original
receipt shall be presented to the Council by the |
26 | | operator of a drycleaning
facility.
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1 | | (g) (Blank).
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2 | | (h) The Board Council and the Department of Revenue may |
3 | | adopt rules as necessary
to administer the licensing
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4 | | requirements of this Act.
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5 | | (Source: P.A. 96-774, eff. 1-1-10; 97-332, eff. 8-12-11; |
6 | | 97-377, eff. 1-1-12; 97-663, eff. 1-13-12; 97-813, eff. |
7 | | 7-13-12; 97-1057, eff. 1-1-13.)
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8 | | (415 ILCS 135/65)
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9 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020)
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10 | | Sec. 65. Drycleaning solvent tax.
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11 | | (a) A On and after January 1, 1998, a tax is imposed upon
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12 | | the use of drycleaning solvent by a person engaged in the |
13 | | business of operating
a drycleaning facility in this State at |
14 | | the rate of $10 $3.50 per gallon of
perchloroethylene or other |
15 | | chlorinated drycleaning solvents used in
drycleaning |
16 | | operations, $2 $0.35 per gallon of
petroleum-based drycleaning |
17 | | solvent, and $1.75 per gallon of green solvents,
unless the |
18 | | green solvent is used at a virgin facility, in which case the |
19 | | rate
is $0.35 per gallon. The Board may Council
shall determine |
20 | | by rule which products are
chlorine-based solvents, which |
21 | | products are petroleum-based
solvents, and which products are |
22 | | green solvents. All drycleaning solvents
shall be considered
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23 | | chlorinated solvents unless the Board Council determines
that |
24 | | the solvents are petroleum-based drycleaning solvents or green
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25 | | solvents.
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1 | | (b) The tax imposed by this Act shall be collected from the |
2 | | purchaser at
the time of sale by a seller of drycleaning |
3 | | solvents maintaining a place of
business in this State and |
4 | | shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue under
the
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5 | | provisions of this Act.
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6 | | (c) The tax imposed by this Act that is not collected by a |
7 | | seller of
drycleaning solvents shall be paid directly to the |
8 | | Department of Revenue by the
purchaser or end user who is |
9 | | subject to the tax imposed by this Act.
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10 | | (d) No tax shall be imposed upon the use of drycleaning |
11 | | solvent if the
drycleaning solvent will not be used in a |
12 | | drycleaning facility or if a floor
stock
tax has been imposed |
13 | | and paid on the drycleaning solvent. Prior to the
purchase of |
14 | | the solvent, the purchaser shall provide a written and signed
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15 | | certificate to the drycleaning solvent seller stating:
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16 | | (1) the name and address of the purchaser;
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17 | | (2) the purchaser's signature and date of signing; and
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18 | | (3) one of the following:
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19 | | (A) that the drycleaning solvent will not be used |
20 | | in a drycleaning
facility; or
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21 | | (B) that a floor stock tax has been imposed and |
22 | | paid on the drycleaning
solvent.
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23 | | (e) On January 1, 1998, there is imposed on each operator |
24 | | of a
drycleaning facility a tax on drycleaning
solvent held by |
25 | | the operator on that date for use in
a drycleaning facility.
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26 | | The tax imposed shall be
the tax that would have been imposed |
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1 | | under
subsection (a)
if the drycleaning solvent held by the |
2 | | operator on that date had been
purchased
by the operator during
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3 | | the first year of this Act.
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4 | | (f) On or before the 25th day of the 1st month following |
5 | | the end of the
calendar quarter, a seller of drycleaning |
6 | | solvents who has collected a tax
pursuant to this Section |
7 | | during the previous calendar quarter, or a purchaser
or end |
8 | | user of
drycleaning solvents required under subsection (c) to |
9 | | submit the tax directly
to the Department, shall file a return
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10 | | with the Department of Revenue. The return shall be filed on a |
11 | | form prescribed
by the Department of Revenue and shall contain |
12 | | information that the Department
of
Revenue reasonably |
13 | | requires, but at a minimum will require the reporting of
the |
14 | | volume of
drycleaning solvent sold to each licensed drycleaner. |
15 | | The Department of Revenue
shall report quarterly to the Agency |
16 | | Council the volume of drycleaning solvent
purchased for the |
17 | | quarter by each licensed drycleaner. Each seller of
drycleaning |
18 | | solvent maintaining a
place of business in this State who is |
19 | | required or authorized to collect the
tax imposed by this Act |
20 | | shall pay to the Department the amount of the tax at
the time |
21 | | when he or she is required to file his or her return for the |
22 | | period
during which the tax was collected. Purchasers or end |
23 | | users remitting the tax
directly to
the Department under |
24 | | subsection (c) shall file a return with
the Department of |
25 | | Revenue and pay the tax so incurred by the purchaser or end
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26 | | user during
the preceding calendar quarter. |
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1 | | Except as provided in this Section, the seller of |
2 | | drycleaning solvents filing the return under this Section |
3 | | shall, at the time of filing the return, pay to the Department |
4 | | the amount of tax imposed by this Act less a discount of 1.75%, |
5 | | or $5 per calendar year, whichever is greater. Failure to |
6 | | timely file the returns and provide to the Department the data |
7 | | requested under this Act will result in disallowance of the |
8 | | reimbursement discount.
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9 | | (g) The tax on drycleaning solvents
used in drycleaning |
10 | | facilities and the floor stock tax shall be administered by
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11 | | Department of Revenue
under rules adopted by that Department.
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12 | | (h) No On and after January 1, 1998, no person shall |
13 | | knowingly sell or transfer
drycleaning solvent to an operator |
14 | | of a drycleaning facility that is not
licensed by the Agency |
15 | | Council under Section 60.
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16 | | (i) The Department of Revenue may adopt rules
as necessary |
17 | | to implement this Section.
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18 | | (j) If any payment provided for in this Section exceeds the |
19 | | seller's liabilities under this Act, as shown on an original |
20 | | return, the seller may credit such excess payment against |
21 | | liability subsequently to be remitted to the Department under |
22 | | this Act, in accordance with reasonable rules adopted by the |
23 | | Department. If the Department subsequently determines that all |
24 | | or any part of the credit taken was not actually due to the |
25 | | seller, the seller's discount shall be reduced by an amount |
26 | | equal to the difference between the discount as applied to the |
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1 | | credit taken and that actually due, and the seller shall be |
2 | | liable for penalties and interest on such difference. |
3 | | (Source: P.A. 100-1171, eff. 1-4-19.)
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4 | | (415 ILCS 135/69) |
5 | | Sec. 69. Civil penalties. |
6 | | (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, any |
7 | | person who violates any provision
of this Act , or any rule
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8 | | adopted under this Act regulation adopted by the Council , or |
9 | | any license or registration or term or condition thereof, or |
10 | | that violates any Council, Board, or court order entered of the |
11 | | Council under this Act, shall be liable for a civil penalty as |
12 | | provided in this Section. The penalties may, upon order of the |
13 | | Board the Council or a court of competent jurisdiction, be made |
14 | | payable to the Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust Fund, to |
15 | | be used in accordance with the provisions of this the |
16 | | Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust Fund Act. |
17 | | (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of |
18 | | this Section: |
19 | | (1) Any person who violates subsection (a) of Section |
20 | | 60 of this Act by failing to pay the license fee when due |
21 | | may be assessed a civil penalty of $5 per day for each day |
22 | | after the license fee is due until the license fee is paid. |
23 | | The penalty shall be effective for license fees due on or |
24 | | after July 1, 1999 and before June 30, 2011. For license |
25 | | fees due on or after July 1, 2011, any person who violates |
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1 | | subsection (a) of Section 60 of this Act by failing to pay |
2 | | the license fee when due may be assessed a civil penalty, |
3 | | beginning on the 31st day after the license fee is due, in |
4 | | the following amounts: (i) beginning on the 31st day after |
5 | | the license fee is due and until the 60th day after the |
6 | | license fee is due, $3 for each day during which the |
7 | | license fee is not paid and (ii) beginning on the 61st day |
8 | | after the license fee is due and until the license fee is |
9 | | paid, $5 for each day during which the license fee is not |
10 | | paid. |
11 | | (2) Any person who violates subsection (d) or (h) of |
12 | | Section 65 of this Act shall be liable for a civil penalty |
13 | | not to exceed $500 for the first violation and a civil |
14 | | penalty not to exceed $5,000 for a second or subsequent |
15 | | violation. |
16 | | (3) Any person who violates Section 67 of this Act |
17 | | shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $100 per |
18 | | day for each day the person is not registered to sell |
19 | | drycleaning solvents. |
20 | | (4) Any person that violates subsection (k) of Section |
21 | | 40 of this Act may be assessed a civil penalty in an amount |
22 | | equal to 3 times the total in administrative assessments |
23 | | owed by that person under that subsection. |
24 | | (c) (Blank). The Council shall issue an administrative |
25 | | assessment setting forth any penalties it imposes under |
26 | | subsection (b) of this Section and shall serve notice of the |
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1 | | assessment upon the party assessed. The Council's |
2 | | determination shall be
deemed correct and shall serve as |
3 | | evidence of the correctness of the Council's determination that |
4 | | a penalty is due. Proof of a determination by the Council may |
5 | | be made at any administrative hearing or in any legal |
6 | | proceeding by a reproduced copy or computer print-out of the |
7 | | Council's record relating thereto in the name of the Council |
8 | | under the certificate of the Council. |
9 | | If reproduced copies of the Council's records are offered |
10 | | as proof of a penalty assessment, the Council must certify that |
11 | | those copies are true and exact copies of records on file with |
12 | | the Council. If computer print-outs of the Council's records |
13 | | are offered as proof of a determination, the Council Chairman |
14 | | must certify that those computer print-outs are true and exact |
15 | | representations of records properly entered into standard |
16 | | electronic computing equipment, in the regular course of the |
17 | | Council's business, at or reasonably near the time of the |
18 | | occurrence of the facts recorded, from trustworthy and reliable |
19 | | information. A certified reproduced copy or certified computer |
20 | | print-out shall, without further proof, be admitted into |
21 | | evidence in any administrative or legal proceeding and is prima |
22 | | facie proof of the correctness of the Council's determination. |
23 | | Whenever notice is required by this Section, the notice may |
24 | | be given by United States registered or certified mail, |
25 | | addressed to the person concerned at his last known address, |
26 | | and proof of mailing shall be sufficient for the purposes of |
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1 | | this Act. Notice of any hearing provided for by this Act shall |
2 | | be given not less than 7 days before the day fixed for the |
3 | | hearing. Following the initial contact of a person represented |
4 | | by an attorney, the Council shall not contact that person but |
5 | | shall only contact the attorney representing that person. |
6 | | (d) The penalties provided for in this Section may be |
7 | | recovered in a civil action instituted by the Attorney General |
8 | | in the name of the people of the State of Illinois. |
9 | | (e) The Attorney General may also, at the request of the |
10 | | Agency or the Department of Revenue, Council or on his or her |
11 | | own motion, institute a civil action for an injunction, |
12 | | prohibitory or mandatory, to restrain violations of this Act, |
13 | | any rule or regulation adopted under this Act, any license or |
14 | | registration or term or condition of a license or registration, |
15 | | or any Council , Board, or court order entered pursuant to this |
16 | | Act , or to require other actions as may be necessary to address |
17 | | violations thereof. |
18 | | (f) Without limiting any other authority which may exist |
19 | | for the awarding of attorney's fees and costs, the Board the |
20 | | Council, or a court of competent jurisdiction , may award costs |
21 | | and reasonable attorney's fees, including the reasonable costs |
22 | | of expert witnesses and consultants, to the Attorney General in |
23 | | a case where the Attorney General has prevailed against a |
24 | | person who has committed a willful, knowing, or repeated |
25 | | violation of this Act, any rule or regulation adopted under
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26 | | this Act, or any license or registration or term or condition |
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1 | | of a license or registration, or any Council , Board, or court |
2 | | order entered pursuant to this Act . Any funds collected under |
3 | | this subsection (f) in which the Attorney General has prevailed |
4 | | shall be deposited in the Drycleaner Environmental Response |
5 | | Trust Fund created in Section 10 of this Act. |
6 | | (g) All final orders imposing civil penalties under this |
7 | | Section shall prescribe the time for payment of the penalties. |
8 | | If any penalty is not paid within the time prescribed, interest |
9 | | on the penalty shall be paid, at the rate set forth in Section |
10 | | 3-2 of the Illinois Uniform Penalty and Interest Act, for the |
11 | | period from the date payment is due until the date payment is |
12 | | received. However, if the time for payment is stayed during the |
13 | | pendency of an appeal, interest shall not accrue during the |
14 | | stay.
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15 | | (Source: P.A. 96-774, eff. 1-1-10; 97-332, eff. 8-12-11.) |
16 | | (415 ILCS 135/69.5 new) |
17 | | Sec. 69.5. Criminal penalties. In addition to all other |
18 | | civil and criminal penalties provided by law, any person who |
19 | | knowingly makes to the Agency or Department of Revenue an oral |
20 | | or written statement that is false, fictitious, or fraudulent |
21 | | and that is materially related to or required by this Act or a |
22 | | rule adopted under this Act commits a Class 4 felony, and each |
23 | | such statement or writing shall be considered a separate Class |
24 | | 4 felony. A person who, after being convicted under this |
25 | | Section, violates this Section a second or subsequent time |
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1 | | commits a Class 3 felony. |
2 | | (415 ILCS 135/77 new) |
3 | | Sec. 77. Review of final decisions. |
4 | | (a) All final Agency decisions made pursuant to this Act |
5 | | shall be subject to review in the manner provided for the |
6 | | review of permit decisions under Section 40 of the |
7 | | Environmental Protection Act. |
8 | | (b) Final administrative decisions made under this Act on |
9 | | or before the effective date of this Section by the Council, |
10 | | the Administrator of the Fund, or an administrative law judge |
11 | | of the Council are subject to review in accordance with the law |
12 | | in effect at the time of the decision, except that (i) the |
13 | | Director of the Agency shall conduct reviews to be performed by |
14 | | the Administrator of the Fund and (ii) the review of decisions |
15 | | of the Council and decisions of administrative law judges of |
16 | | the Council shall be conducted in accordance with the |
17 | | Administrative Review Law. |
18 | | Section 15. The Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust |
19 | | Fund Act is amended by adding Sections 12 and 31 and changing |
20 | | Sections 45 and 85 as follows: |
21 | | (415 ILCS 135/12 new) |
22 | | Sec. 12. Transfer of Council functions to the Agency. |
23 | | (a) On July 1, 2020, the Council is abolished, and, except |
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1 | | as otherwise provided in this Section, all powers, duties, |
2 | | rights, and responsibilities of the Council are transferred to |
3 | | the Agency. On and after that date, all of the general powers |
4 | | necessary and convenient to implement and administer this Act |
5 | | are, except as otherwise provided in this Section, hereby |
6 | | vested in and may be exercised by the Agency, including, but |
7 | | not limited to, the powers described in Section 25 of this Act. |
8 | | (b) No later than June 30, 2020, the Administrator of the |
9 | | Fund shall prepare on behalf of the Council and deliver to the
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10 | | Agency a report that lists: |
11 | | (1) the name, address, and telephone number of each |
12 | | claimant who timely filed an application for remedial |
13 | | action account benefits by June 30, 2005, and is eligible |
14 | | for reimbursement from the Fund under Section 40 of this |
15 | | Act for costs of remediation of a release of drycleaning |
16 | | solvents from a drycleaning facility; |
17 | | (2) the address of the drycleaning facility where the |
18 | | release occurred and the names, addresses, and telephone |
19 | | numbers of the owners and operators of the facility, as |
20 | | well as whether the drycleaning facility was an active or |
21 | | inactive drycleaning facility at the time that person |
22 | | applied for remedial action benefits under Section 40 of |
23 | | this Act; |
24 | | (3) the deductible that applies with respect to the |
25 | | release at the facility and the amount of the deductible |
26 | | that has been satisfied; |
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1 | | (4) the total amount that has been reimbursed from the |
2 | | Fund for the release at the facility; |
3 | | (5) costs approved for reimbursement from the Fund on |
4 | | or before June 30, 2020, but which have not been reimbursed |
5 | | from the Fund, for the release at the facility; |
6 | | (6) for each year during which insurance coverage was |
7 | | provided under this Act, the name, address, and telephone |
8 | | number of each person who obtained coverage and the names |
9 | | and addresses of the drycleaning facilities for which that |
10 | | person obtained coverage; |
11 | | (7) the sites for which site investigations required |
12 | | under subsection (d) of Section 45 have been deemed |
13 | | adequate by the Council; |
14 | | (8) the insurance claims under Section 45 of this Act |
15 | | that are pending; and |
16 | | (9) the appeals under this Act that are pending. |
17 | | (c) No later than June 30, 2020, all books, records, |
18 | | papers, documents, property (real and personal), contracts, |
19 | | causes of action, and pending business pertaining to the |
20 | | powers, duties, rights, and responsibilities transferred by |
21 | | this amendatory Act, including, but not limited to, material in |
22 | | electronic or magnetic format and necessary computer hardware |
23 | | and software, shall be transferred to the Agency, regardless of |
24 | | whether they are in the possession of the Council, an |
25 | | independent contractor who serves as Administrator of the Fund, |
26 | | or any other person. |
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1 | | (d) At the direction of the Governor or on July 1, 2020, |
2 | | whichever is earlier, all unexpended appropriations and |
3 | | balances and other funds available for use by the Council, as |
4 | | determined by the Director of the Governor's Office of |
5 | | Management and Budget, shall be transferred for use by the |
6 | | Agency in accordance with this Act, regardless of whether they |
7 | | are in the possession of the Council, an independent contractor |
8 | | who serves as Administrator of the Fund, or any other person. |
9 | | Unexpended balances so transferred shall be expended by the |
10 | | Agency only for the purpose for which the appropriations were |
11 | | originally made. |
12 | | (e) The transfer of powers, duties, rights, and |
13 | | responsibilities pursuant to this amendatory Act of the 101st |
14 | | General Assembly does not affect any act done, ratified, or |
15 | | canceled or any right
accruing or established or any action or |
16 | | proceeding had or commenced by the Council or the Administrator |
17 | | of the Fund before July 1, 2020; such actions may be prosecuted |
18 | | and continued by the Attorney General. |
19 | | (f) Whenever reports or notices are required to be made or |
20 | | given or papers or documents furnished or served by any person |
21 | | to or upon the Council or the Administrator of the Fund in |
22 | | connection with any of the powers, duties, rights, or |
23 | | responsibilities transferred by this amendatory Act of the |
24 | | 101st General Assembly to the Agency, the same shall be made, |
25 | | given, furnished, or served in the same manner to or upon the |
26 | | Agency. |
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1 | | (g) All rules duly adopted by the Council before July 1, |
2 | | 2020 shall become rules of the Board on July 1, 2020, and |
3 | | beginning on that date, the Agency is authorized to propose to |
4 | | the Board for adoption, and the Board may adopt, amendments to |
5 | | the transferred rules, as well as new rules, for carrying out, |
6 | | administering, and enforcing the provisions of this Act. |
7 | | (h) In addition to the rules described above, the Board is |
8 | | hereby authorized to adopt rules establishing minimum |
9 | | continuing education and compliance program requirements for |
10 | | owners and operators of active drycleaning facilities. Board |
11 | | rules establishing minimum continuing education requirements |
12 | | shall, among other things, identify the minimum number of |
13 | | continuing education credits that must be obtained and describe |
14 | | the specific subjects to be covered in continuing education |
15 | | programs. Board rules establishing minimum compliance program |
16 | | requirements shall, among other things, identify the type of |
17 | | inspections that must be conducted. The rules adopted by the |
18 | | Board under this subsection (h) may also provide an exemption |
19 | | from continuing education requirements for persons who have, |
20 | | for at least 10 consecutive years on or after January 1, 2009, |
21 | | owned or operated a drying facility licensed under this Act. |
22 | | (i) For the purposes of the Successor Agency Act and |
23 | | Section 9b of the State Finance Act, the Agency is the |
24 | | successor to the Council beginning July 1, 2020. |
25 | | (415 ILCS 135/31 new) |
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1 | | Sec. 31. Prohibition on renewal of contract with Fund |
2 | | Administrator. On and after the effective date of this |
3 | | amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly, the Council shall |
4 | | not enter into or renew any contract or agreement with a person |
5 | | to act as the Administrator of the Fund for a term that extends |
6 | | beyond June 30, 2020.
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7 | | (415 ILCS 135/45)
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8 | | Sec. 45. Insurance account.
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9 | | (a) The insurance account shall offer financial assurance |
10 | | for a qualified
owner
or operator of a drycleaning facility |
11 | | under the terms and conditions provided
for under this Section. |
12 | | Coverage may be provided to either the owner or the
operator of |
13 | | a drycleaning facility. Neither the Agency nor the The
Council |
14 | | is not required to resolve whether the owner or operator, or |
15 | | both,
are responsible for a release under the terms of an |
16 | | agreement between
the owner and operator.
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17 | | (b) The source of funds for the insurance account shall be |
18 | | as follows:
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19 | | (1) Moneys appropriated to the Council or moneys |
20 | | allocated to the
insurance
account ; by the Council |
21 | | according to the Fund budget approved by the
Council.
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22 | | (2) moneys Moneys collected as an insurance premium, |
23 | | including service fees, if
any ; and .
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24 | | (3) investment Investment income attributed to the |
25 | | insurance account by the Council .
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1 | | (c) An owner or operator may purchase
coverage of up to |
2 | | $500,000 per drycleaning facility subject to the terms and
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3 | | conditions under this Section and those adopted by the Council |
4 | | before July 1, 2020 or by the Board on or after that date . |
5 | | Coverage
shall be limited to remedial action costs associated |
6 | | with soil and
groundwater contamination resulting from a |
7 | | release of drycleaning solvent
at an insured drycleaning |
8 | | facility, including third-party liability for soil
and |
9 | | groundwater contamination. Coverage is not provided for a |
10 | | release
that occurred before the date of coverage.
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11 | | (d) An
owner or operator, subject to underwriting |
12 | | requirements and terms
and conditions deemed necessary and |
13 | | convenient by the Council for periods before July 1, 2020 and |
14 | | subject to terms and conditions deemed necessary and convenient |
15 | | by the Board for periods on or after that date , may
purchase |
16 | | insurance coverage from the insurance account provided that
the |
17 | | drycleaning facility to be insured meets the following |
18 | | conditions :
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19 | | (1) a site investigation designed to identify soil and
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20 | | groundwater contamination resulting from the release
of a |
21 | | drycleaning solvent has been completed for the drycleaning |
22 | | facility to be insured and the site investigation has been |
23 | | found adequate by the Council before July 1, 2020 or by the |
24 | | Agency on or after that date . The Council shall determine |
25 | | if the
site
investigation is adequate. This investigation |
26 | | must be completed by
June 30, 2006. For drycleaning |
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1 | | facilities that
apply for insurance coverage after
June 30, |
2 | | 2006, the site investigation must be
completed prior to
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3 | | issuance of insurance coverage ; and
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4 | | (2) the drycleaning facility
is participating in and |
5 | | meets all requirements of a
drycleaning compliance program |
6 | | requirements adopted by the Board pursuant Section 12 of |
7 | | the Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust Fund Act |
8 | | approved by the Council .
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9 | | (3) the drycleaning facility to be insured is licensed |
10 | | under Section 60 of this Act and all fees due under that |
11 | | Section have been paid; |
12 | | (4) the owner or operator of the drycleaning facility |
13 | | to be insured provides proof to the Agency or Council that: |
14 | | (A) all drycleaning solvent wastes generated at |
15 | | the facility are managed in accordance with applicable |
16 | | State waste management laws and rules; |
17 | | (B) there is no discharge of wastewater from |
18 | | drycleaning machines, or of drycleaning solvent from |
19 | | drycleaning operations, to a sanitary sewer or septic |
20 | | tank, to the surface, or in groundwater; |
21 | | (C) the facility has a containment dike or other |
22 | | containment structure around each machine, item of |
23 | | equipment, drycleaning area, and portable waste |
24 | | container in which any drycleaning solvent is |
25 | | utilized, that is capable of containing leaks, spills, |
26 | | or releases of drycleaning solvent from that machine, |
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1 | | item, area, or container, including: (i) 100% of the |
2 | | drycleaning solvent in the largest tank or vessel; (ii) |
3 | | 100% of the drycleaning solvent of each item of |
4 | | drycleaning equipment; and (iii) 100% of the |
5 | | drycleaning solvent of the largest portable waste |
6 | | container or at least 10% of the total volume of the |
7 | | portable waste containers stored within the |
8 | | containment dike or structure, whichever is greater; |
9 | | (D) those portions of diked floor surfaces at the |
10 | | facility on which a drycleaning solvent may leak, |
11 | | spill, or otherwise be released are sealed or otherwise |
12 | | rendered impervious; |
13 | | (E) all drycleaning solvent is delivered to the |
14 | | facility by means of closed, direct-coupled delivery |
15 | | systems; and |
16 | | (F) the drycleaning facility is in compliance with |
17 | | paragraph (2) of subsection (d) of this Section; and |
18 | | (5) the owner or operator of the drycleaning facility |
19 | | to be insured has paid all insurance premiums for insurance |
20 | | coverage provided under this Section. |
21 | | Petroleum underground storage tank systems that are in |
22 | | compliance with applicable USEPA and State Fire Marshal |
23 | | rules, including, but not limited to, leak detection system |
24 | | rules, are exempt from the secondary containment |
25 | | requirement in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (3) of this |
26 | | subsection (d). |
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1 | | (e) The annual premium for insurance coverage shall be:
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2 | | (1) For the year July 1, 1999 through June 30,
2000, |
3 | | $250
per drycleaning facility.
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4 | | (2) For the year July 1, 2000 through
June 30, 2001, |
5 | | $375
per drycleaning facility.
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6 | | (3) For the year July 1, 2001 through
June 30, 2002, |
7 | | $500
per drycleaning facility.
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8 | | (4) For the year July 1, 2002 through
June 30, 2003, |
9 | | $625
per drycleaning facility.
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10 | | (5) For subsequent years, an owner or operator applying |
11 | | for
coverage shall pay an annual actuarially-sound |
12 | | insurance premium
for coverage by the insurance account. |
13 | | The Council may approve
Fund coverage through the payment |
14 | | of a premium established on
an actuarially-sound basis, |
15 | | taking into consideration the risk to the
insurance account |
16 | | presented by the insured.
Risk factor adjustments utilized |
17 | | to determine actuarially-sound
insurance premiums should |
18 | | reflect the range of risk presented by
the variety of |
19 | | drycleaning systems, monitoring systems, drycleaning
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20 | | volume, risk management practices, and other factors as
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21 | | determined by the Council. As used in this item, |
22 | | "actuarially sound" is not
limited to Fund premium revenue |
23 | | equaling or exceeding Fund
expenditures for the general |
24 | | drycleaning facility population.
Actuarially-determined |
25 | | premiums shall be published at least 180
days prior to the |
26 | | premiums becoming effective.
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1 | | (6) For the year July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021, |
2 | | and for subsequent years through June 30, 2029, $1,500 per |
3 | | drycleaning facility per year. |
4 | | (7) For July 1, 2029 through January 1, 2030, $750 per |
5 | | drycleaning facility. |
6 | | (e-5) (Blank). If an insurer sends a second notice to an |
7 | | owner or operator demanding immediate payment of a past-due |
8 | | premium for insurance services provided pursuant to this Act, |
9 | | the demand for payment must offer a grace period of not less |
10 | | than 30 days during which the owner or operator shall be |
11 | | allowed to pay any premiums due. If payment is made during that |
12 | | period, coverage under this Act shall not be terminated for |
13 | | non-payment by the insurer. |
14 | | (e-6) (Blank). If an insurer terminates an owner or |
15 | | operator's coverage under this Act, the insurer must send a |
16 | | written notice to the owner or operator to inform him or her of |
17 | | the termination of that coverage, and that notice must include |
18 | | instructions on how to seek reinstatement of coverage, as well |
19 | | as information concerning any premiums or penalties that might |
20 | | be due. |
21 | | (f) If coverage is purchased for any part of a year, the |
22 | | purchaser shall pay
the full annual premium. The insurance |
23 | | premium is fully earned upon issuance
of the insurance policy.
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24 | | (g) Any The insurance coverage provided under this Section |
25 | | shall be subject to provided with a
$10,000 deductible policy .
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26 | | (h) A future repeal of this Section shall not terminate
the
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1 | | obligations under this Section or authority necessary to |
2 | | administer the
obligations until the obligations are |
3 | | satisfied, including but not limited to
the payment of claims |
4 | | filed prior
to the effective date of any future repeal against |
5 | | the insurance account until
moneys in the account are |
6 | | exhausted. Upon exhaustion of the
moneys in the account, any |
7 | | remaining claims shall be invalid. If moneys remain
in the |
8 | | account following
satisfaction of the obligations under this |
9 | | Section,
the remaining moneys and moneys due the account shall |
10 | | be deposited in the remedial action account
used to assist |
11 | | current insureds to obtain a viable insuring mechanism as
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12 | | determined by the Council after public notice and opportunity |
13 | | for
comment .
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14 | | (Source: P.A. 98-327, eff. 8-13-13.)
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15 | | (415 ILCS 135/85)
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16 | | Sec. 85. Repeal of fee and tax provisions. Sections 60 and |
17 | | 65 of this Act
are repealed on January 1, 2030 2020 .
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18 | | (Source: P.A. 93-201, eff. 1-1-04.)
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19 | | (415 ILCS 135/15 rep.)
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20 | | (415 ILCS 135/20 rep.)
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21 | | (415 ILCS 135/30 rep.)
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22 | | (415 ILCS 135/75 rep.)
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23 | | (415 ILCS 135/80 rep.)
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24 | | Section 20. The Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust |