95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB2167

 

Introduced 2/26/2007, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Thomas Holbrook

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
415 ILCS 5/15   from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1015

    Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change to a Section concerning public water supplies.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning safety.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
5 changing Section 15 as follows:
 
6     (415 ILCS 5/15)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1015)
7     Sec. 15. Plans and specifications; demonstration of
8 capability.
9     (a) Owners of public water supplies, their authorized
10 representative, or legal custodians, shall submit plans and and
11 specifications to the Agency and obtain written approval before
12 construction of any proposed public water supply
13 installations, changes, or additions is started. Plans and
14 specifications shall be complete and of sufficient detail to
15 show all proposed construction, changes, or additions that may
16 affect sanitary quality, mineral quality, or adequacy of the
17 public water supply; and, where necessary, said plans and
18 specifications shall be accompanied by supplemental data as may
19 be required by the Agency to permit a complete review thereof.
20     (b) All new public water supplies established after October
21 1, 1999 shall demonstrate technical, financial, and managerial
22 capacity as a condition for issuance of a construction or
23 operation permit by the Agency or its designee. The

 

 

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1 demonstration shall be consistent with the technical,
2 financial, and managerial provisions of the federal Safe
3 Drinking Water Act (P.L. 93-523), as now or hereafter amended.
4 The Agency is authorized to adopt rules in accordance with the
5 Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to implement the
6 purposes of this subsection. Such rules must take into account
7 the need for the facility, facility size, sophistication of
8 treatment of the water supply, and financial requirements
9 needed for operation of the facility.
10 (Source: P.A. 92-651, eff. 7-11-02.)