97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB5373

 

Introduced 2/15/2012, by Rep. Karen May

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
415 ILCS 5/22.57 new
415 ILCS 5/42  from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1042
415 ILCS 5/44  from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1044

    Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Prohibits the manufacture, distribution, and use of paper containing bisphenol A for the making of business or banking records. Requires paper manufacturers to, among other things, replace bisphenol A with an alternative chemical. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to gather and certify certain information about alternative chemicals. Requires the Agency to convene an Advisory Committee on Least Toxic Alternatives to Bisphenol A. Sets forth requirements that apply to members of the Committee. Delays the applicability of the prohibitions on the manufacture, distribution, and use of bisphenol-A-containing paper for the making of business or banking records if the United States Environmental Protection Agency has not identified a safe, commercially available alternative to bisphenol A prior to the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.


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1    AN ACT concerning safety.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
5adding Sections 22.57, 42, and 44 as follows:
 
6    (415 ILCS 5/22.57 new)
7    Sec. 22.57. Regulation of bisphenol A in business
8transaction paper.
9    (a) No person, firm, partnership, association, limited
10liability company, or corporation, including, but not limited
11to, a banking organization, shall distribute or use any paper
12containing bisphenol A for the making of business or banking
13records, including, but not limited to, records of receipts,
14credits, withdrawals, deposits, or credit or debit card
15transactions.
16    (b) No paper manufacturer shall produce or distribute a
17paper if its use or distribution is prohibited under subsection
18(a) of this Section.
19    (c) The manufacturer of a paper whose distribution or use
20is prohibited under subsection (a) of this Section shall:
21        (1) not replace bisphenol A with another chemical
22    compound that has been scientifically established to be a
23    known human carcinogen (as classified by the United States

 

 

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1    Environmental Protection Agency), a developmental toxin,
2    an endocrine disruptor, or a reproductive toxin;
3        (2) use the least toxic alternative chemical compound
4    to replace bisphenol A;
5        (3) provide the Agency with information on the chemical
6    compound used to replace bisphenol A; and
7        (4) not manufacture the paper until the Agency has
8    certified alternative chemical compounds to bisphenol A
9    based upon the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on
10    Least Toxic Alternatives to Bisphenol A.
11    (d) The Agency shall certify that any chemical compound
12used to replace bisphenol A in the manufacture of paper
13pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section is:
14        (1) the least toxic alternative available; and
15        (2) not a known human carcinogen, as classified by the
16    United States Environmental Protection Agency, a
17    developmental toxin, an endocrine disruptor, or a
18    reproductive toxin.
19    (e) Not less than once every calendar year, the Agency
20shall update the requirements for certification of least toxic
21alternatives to bisphenol A and provide that information to
22paper manufacturers subject to the provisions of subsection (c)
23of this Section. Furthermore, the Agency shall annually update
24its information on those chemical compounds that are known
25human carcinogens, developmental toxins, endocrine disrupters,
26or reproductive toxins, and it shall provide such information

 

 

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1to paper manufacturers subject to the provisions of subsection
2(c) of this Section. The Agency shall make all information
3compiled pursuant to subsections (d) and (e) available to the
4public on the Agency's website.
5    (f) The Agency shall investigate and determine acceptable
6methods of disposal and recycling of business transaction paper
7containing bisphenol A so as to eliminate or minimize exposure
8to bisphenol A. The Agency shall provide public notice of best
9practices for handling and disposing of that paper.
10    (g) Within 60 days after the effective date of this
11Section, the Agency shall convene an Advisory Committee on
12Least Toxic Alternatives to Bisphenol A composed of an advisory
13panel of experts for the purpose of advising the Agency on
14least toxic alternatives to bisphenol A. The names of the
15members of this committee shall be available on the Agency's
16website.
17    (h) The members of the Advisory Committee shall be
18appointed by the Director and shall be competent, independent
19scientists who have no current or past employment or financial
20conflicts of interest with manufacturers of bisphenol A or
21products containing bisphenol A.
22    (i) Advisory Committee members shall have substantial
23experience in evaluating toxicological and epidemiological
24data on toxic chemicals, including their potential
25carcinogenic, endocrine disruptive, reproductive,
26developmental, or neurological effects. Chemicals considered

 

 

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1to be toxic shall be those likely to cause or contribute to
2acute illness or chronic impacts negatively altering human
3biological functions or ability to respond to environmental
4threats.
5    (j) The Advisory Committee shall be convened within 60 days
6after the effective date of this Section and at such times as
7the Agency seeks further recommendations or clarifications of
8current data.
9    (k) If the United States Environmental Protection Agency
10has not identified a safe, commercially available alternative
11to the use of bisphenol A in business transaction paper on or
12before the effective date of this Section, then the
13prohibitions in subsections (a) and (b) of this Section shall
14not become applicable until 2 years after the effective date of
15this Section.
 
16    (415 ILCS 5/42)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1042)
17    Sec. 42. Civil penalties.
18    (a) Except as provided in this Section, any person that
19violates any provision of this Act or any regulation adopted by
20the Board, or any permit or term or condition thereof, or that
21violates any order of the Board pursuant to this Act, shall be
22liable for a civil penalty of not to exceed $50,000 for the
23violation and an additional civil penalty of not to exceed
24$10,000 for each day during which the violation continues; such
25penalties may, upon order of the Board or a court of competent

 

 

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1jurisdiction, be made payable to the Environmental Protection
2Trust Fund, to be used in accordance with the provisions of the
3Environmental Protection Trust Fund Act.
4    (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of
5this Section:
6        (1) Any person that violates Section 12(f) of this Act
7    or any NPDES permit or term or condition thereof, or any
8    filing requirement, regulation or order relating to the
9    NPDES permit program, shall be liable to a civil penalty of
10    not to exceed $10,000 per day of violation.
11        (2) Any person that violates Section 12(g) of this Act
12    or any UIC permit or term or condition thereof, or any
13    filing requirement, regulation or order relating to the
14    State UIC program for all wells, except Class II wells as
15    defined by the Board under this Act, shall be liable to a
16    civil penalty not to exceed $2,500 per day of violation;
17    provided, however, that any person who commits such
18    violations relating to the State UIC program for Class II
19    wells, as defined by the Board under this Act, shall be
20    liable to a civil penalty of not to exceed $10,000 for the
21    violation and an additional civil penalty of not to exceed
22    $1,000 for each day during which the violation continues.
23        (3) Any person that violates Sections 21(f), 21(g),
24    21(h) or 21(i) of this Act, or any RCRA permit or term or
25    condition thereof, or any filing requirement, regulation
26    or order relating to the State RCRA program, shall be

 

 

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1    liable to a civil penalty of not to exceed $25,000 per day
2    of violation.
3        (4) In an administrative citation action under Section
4    31.1 of this Act, any person found to have violated any
5    provision of subsection (o) of Section 21 of this Act shall
6    pay a civil penalty of $500 for each violation of each such
7    provision, plus any hearing costs incurred by the Board and
8    the Agency. Such penalties shall be made payable to the
9    Environmental Protection Trust Fund, to be used in
10    accordance with the provisions of the Environmental
11    Protection Trust Fund Act; except that if a unit of local
12    government issued the administrative citation, 50% of the
13    civil penalty shall be payable to the unit of local
14    government.
15        (4-5) In an administrative citation action under
16    Section 31.1 of this Act, any person found to have violated
17    any provision of subsection (p) of Section 21, Section
18    22.51, Section 22.51a, or subsection (k) of Section 55 of
19    this Act shall pay a civil penalty of $1,500 for each
20    violation of each such provision, plus any hearing costs
21    incurred by the Board and the Agency, except that the civil
22    penalty amount shall be $3,000 for each violation of any
23    provision of subsection (p) of Section 21, Section 22.51,
24    Section 22.51a, or subsection (k) of Section 55 that is the
25    person's second or subsequent adjudication violation of
26    that provision. The penalties shall be deposited into the

 

 

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1    Environmental Protection Trust Fund, to be used in
2    accordance with the provisions of the Environmental
3    Protection Trust Fund Act; except that if a unit of local
4    government issued the administrative citation, 50% of the
5    civil penalty shall be payable to the unit of local
6    government.
7        (5) Any person who violates subsection 6 of Section
8    39.5 of this Act or any CAAPP permit, or term or condition
9    thereof, or any fee or filing requirement, or any duty to
10    allow or carry out inspection, entry or monitoring
11    activities, or any regulation or order relating to the
12    CAAPP shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed
13    $10,000 per day of violation.
14        (6) Any owner or operator of a community water system
15    that violates subsection (b) of Section 18.1 or subsection
16    (a) of Section 25d-3 of this Act shall, for each day of
17    violation, be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $5
18    for each of the premises connected to the affected
19    community water system.
20        (7) Any person, firm, partnership, association,
21    limited liability company, or corporation that violates
22    subsection (a) of Section 22.57 shall, for each day of
23    violation, be liable for a civil penalty of not less than
24    $50 and not more than $200.
25        (8) Any paper manufacturer who violates subsection (b)
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1    be liable for a civil penalty of not less than $50 and not
2    more than $200.
3    (b.5) In lieu of the penalties set forth in subsections (a)
4and (b) of this Section, any person who fails to file, in a
5timely manner, toxic chemical release forms with the Agency
6pursuant to Section 25b-2 of this Act shall be liable for a
7civil penalty of $100 per day for each day the forms are late,
8not to exceed a maximum total penalty of $6,000. This daily
9penalty shall begin accruing on the thirty-first day after the
10date that the person receives the warning notice issued by the
11Agency pursuant to Section 25b-6 of this Act; and the penalty
12shall be paid to the Agency. The daily accrual of penalties
13shall cease as of January 1 of the following year. All
14penalties collected by the Agency pursuant to this subsection
15shall be deposited into the Environmental Protection Permit and
16Inspection Fund.
17    (c) Any person that violates this Act, any rule or
18regulation adopted under this Act, any permit or term or
19condition of a permit, or any Board order and causes the death
20of fish or aquatic life shall, in addition to the other
21penalties provided by this Act, be liable to pay to the State
22an additional sum for the reasonable value of the fish or
23aquatic life destroyed. Any money so recovered shall be placed
24in the Wildlife and Fish Fund in the State Treasury.
25    (d) The penalties provided for in this Section may be
26recovered in a civil action.

 

 

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1    (e) The State's Attorney of the county in which the
2violation occurred, or the Attorney General, may, at the
3request of the Agency or on his own motion, institute a civil
4action for an injunction, prohibitory or mandatory, to restrain
5violations of this Act, any rule or regulation adopted under
6this Act, any permit or term or condition of a permit, or any
7Board order, or to require such other actions as may be
8necessary to address violations of this Act, any rule or
9regulation adopted under this Act, any permit or term or
10condition of a permit, or any Board order.
11    (f) The State's Attorney of the county in which the
12violation occurred, or the Attorney General, shall bring such
13actions in the name of the people of the State of Illinois.
14Without limiting any other authority which may exist for the
15awarding of attorney's fees and costs, the Board or a court of
16competent jurisdiction may award costs and reasonable
17attorney's fees, including the reasonable costs of expert
18witnesses and consultants, to the State's Attorney or the
19Attorney General in a case where he has prevailed against a
20person who has committed a wilful, knowing or repeated
21violation of this Act, any rule or regulation adopted under
22this Act, any permit or term or condition of a permit, or any
23Board order.
24    Any funds collected under this subsection (f) in which the
25Attorney General has prevailed shall be deposited in the
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1funds collected under this subsection (f) in which a State's
2Attorney has prevailed shall be retained by the county in which
3he serves.
4    (g) All final orders imposing civil penalties pursuant to
5this Section shall prescribe the time for payment of such
6penalties. If any such penalty is not paid within the time
7prescribed, interest on such penalty at the rate set forth in
8subsection (a) of Section 1003 of the Illinois Income Tax Act,
9shall be paid for the period from the date payment is due until
10the date payment is received. However, if the time for payment
11is stayed during the pendency of an appeal, interest shall not
12accrue during such stay.
13    (h) In determining the appropriate civil penalty to be
14imposed under subdivisions (a), (b)(1), (b)(2), (b)(3), or
15(b)(5) of this Section, the Board is authorized to consider any
16matters of record in mitigation or aggravation of penalty,
17including but not limited to the following factors:
18        (1) the duration and gravity of the violation;
19        (2) the presence or absence of due diligence on the
20    part of the respondent in attempting to comply with
21    requirements of this Act and regulations thereunder or to
22    secure relief therefrom as provided by this Act;
23        (3) any economic benefits accrued by the respondent
24    because of delay in compliance with requirements, in which
25    case the economic benefits shall be determined by the
26    lowest cost alternative for achieving compliance;

 

 

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1        (4) the amount of monetary penalty which will serve to
2    deter further violations by the respondent and to otherwise
3    aid in enhancing voluntary compliance with this Act by the
4    respondent and other persons similarly subject to the Act;
5        (5) the number, proximity in time, and gravity of
6    previously adjudicated violations of this Act by the
7    respondent;
8        (6) whether the respondent voluntarily self-disclosed,
9    in accordance with subsection (i) of this Section, the
10    non-compliance to the Agency;
11        (7) whether the respondent has agreed to undertake a
12    "supplemental environmental project," which means an
13    environmentally beneficial project that a respondent
14    agrees to undertake in settlement of an enforcement action
15    brought under this Act, but which the respondent is not
16    otherwise legally required to perform; and
17        (8) whether the respondent has successfully completed
18    a Compliance Commitment Agreement under subsection (a) of
19    Section 31 of this Act to remedy the violations that are
20    the subject of the complaint.
21    In determining the appropriate civil penalty to be imposed
22under subsection (a) or paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (5) of
23subsection (b) of this Section, the Board shall ensure, in all
24cases, that the penalty is at least as great as the economic
25benefits, if any, accrued by the respondent as a result of the
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1penalty would result in an arbitrary or unreasonable financial
2hardship. However, such civil penalty may be off-set in whole
3or in part pursuant to a supplemental environmental project
4agreed to by the complainant and the respondent.
5    (i) A person who voluntarily self-discloses non-compliance
6to the Agency, of which the Agency had been unaware, is
7entitled to a 100% reduction in the portion of the penalty that
8is not based on the economic benefit of non-compliance if the
9person can establish the following:
10        (1) that the non-compliance was discovered through an
11    environmental audit or a compliance management system
12    documented by the regulated entity as reflecting the
13    regulated entity's due diligence in preventing, detecting,
14    and correcting violations;
15        (2) that the non-compliance was disclosed in writing
16    within 30 days of the date on which the person discovered
17    it;
18        (3) that the non-compliance was discovered and
19    disclosed prior to:
20            (i) the commencement of an Agency inspection,
21        investigation, or request for information;
22            (ii) notice of a citizen suit;
23            (iii) the filing of a complaint by a citizen, the
24        Illinois Attorney General, or the State's Attorney of
25        the county in which the violation occurred;
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1        employee of the person without that person's
2        knowledge; or
3            (v) imminent discovery of the non-compliance by
4        the Agency;
5        (4) that the non-compliance is being corrected and any
6    environmental harm is being remediated in a timely fashion;
7        (5) that the person agrees to prevent a recurrence of
8    the non-compliance;
9        (6) that no related non-compliance events have
10    occurred in the past 3 years at the same facility or in the
11    past 5 years as part of a pattern at multiple facilities
12    owned or operated by the person;
13        (7) that the non-compliance did not result in serious
14    actual harm or present an imminent and substantial
15    endangerment to human health or the environment or violate
16    the specific terms of any judicial or administrative order
17    or consent agreement;
18        (8) that the person cooperates as reasonably requested
19    by the Agency after the disclosure; and
20        (9) that the non-compliance was identified voluntarily
21    and not through a monitoring, sampling, or auditing
22    procedure that is required by statute, rule, permit,
23    judicial or administrative order, or consent agreement.
24    If a person can establish all of the elements under this
25subsection except the element set forth in paragraph (1) of
26this subsection, the person is entitled to a 75% reduction in

 

 

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1the portion of the penalty that is not based upon the economic
2benefit of non-compliance.
3    (j) In addition to any other remedy or penalty that may
4apply, whether civil or criminal, any person who violates
5Section 22.52 of this Act shall be liable for an additional
6civil penalty of up to 3 times the gross amount of any
7pecuniary gain resulting from the violation.
8    (k) In addition to any other remedy or penalty that may
9apply, whether civil or criminal, any person who violates
10subdivision (a)(7.6) of Section 31 of this Act shall be liable
11for an additional civil penalty of $2,000.
12(Source: P.A. 96-603, eff. 8-24-09; 96-737, eff. 8-25-09;
1396-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 96-1416, eff. 7-30-10; 97-519, eff.
148-23-11.)
 
15    (415 ILCS 5/44)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1044)
16    Sec. 44. Criminal acts; penalties.
17    (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, it shall
18be a Class A misdemeanor to violate this Act or regulations
19thereunder, or any permit or term or condition thereof, or
20knowingly to submit any false information under this Act or
21regulations adopted thereunder, or under any permit or term or
22condition thereof. A court may, in addition to any other
23penalty herein imposed, order a person convicted of any
24violation of this Act to perform community service for not less
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1is available in the jurisdiction. It shall be the duty of all
2State and local law-enforcement officers to enforce such Act
3and regulations, and all such officers shall have authority to
4issue citations for such violations.
 
5    (b) Calculated Criminal Disposal of Hazardous Waste.
6        (1) A person commits the offense of Calculated Criminal
7    Disposal of Hazardous Waste when, without lawful
8    justification, he knowingly disposes of hazardous waste
9    while knowing that he thereby places another person in
10    danger of great bodily harm or creates an immediate or
11    long-term danger to the public health or the environment.
12        (2) Calculated Criminal Disposal of Hazardous Waste is
13    a Class 2 felony. In addition to any other penalties
14    prescribed by law, a person convicted of the offense of
15    Calculated Criminal Disposal of Hazardous Waste is subject
16    to a fine not to exceed $500,000 for each day of such
17    offense.
 
18    (c) Criminal Disposal of Hazardous Waste.
19        (1) A person commits the offense of Criminal Disposal
20    of Hazardous Waste when, without lawful justification, he
21    knowingly disposes of hazardous waste.
22        (2) Criminal Disposal of Hazardous Waste is a Class 3
23    felony. In addition to any other penalties prescribed by
24    law, a person convicted of the offense of Criminal Disposal

 

 

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1    of Hazardous Waste is subject to a fine not to exceed
2    $250,000 for each day of such offense.
 
3    (d) Unauthorized Use of Hazardous Waste.
4        (1) A person commits the offense of Unauthorized Use of
5    Hazardous Waste when he, being required to have a permit,
6    registration, or license under this Act or any other law
7    regulating the treatment, transportation, or storage of
8    hazardous waste, knowingly:
9            (A) treats, transports, or stores any hazardous
10        waste without such permit, registration, or license;
11            (B) treats, transports, or stores any hazardous
12        waste in violation of the terms and conditions of such
13        permit or license;
14            (C) transports any hazardous waste to a facility
15        which does not have a permit or license required under
16        this Act; or
17            (D) transports by vehicle any hazardous waste
18        without having in each vehicle credentials issued to
19        the transporter by the transporter's base state
20        pursuant to procedures established under the Uniform
21        Program.
22        (2) A person who is convicted of a violation of
23    subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (1) of this
24    subsection is guilty of a Class 4 felony. A person who is
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1    (1) of this subsection is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
2    In addition to any other penalties prescribed by law, a
3    person convicted of violating subparagraph (A), (B), or (C)
4    of paragraph (1) of this subsection is subject to a fine
5    not to exceed $100,000 for each day of such violation, and
6    a person who is convicted of violating subparagraph (D) of
7    paragraph (1) of this subsection is subject to a fine not
8    to exceed $1,000.
 
9    (e) Unlawful Delivery of Hazardous Waste.
10        (1) Except as authorized by this Act or the federal
11    Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, and the
12    regulations promulgated thereunder, it is unlawful for any
13    person to knowingly deliver hazardous waste.
14        (2) Unlawful Delivery of Hazardous Waste is a Class 3
15    felony. In addition to any other penalties prescribed by
16    law, a person convicted of the offense of Unlawful Delivery
17    of Hazardous Waste is subject to a fine not to exceed
18    $250,000 for each such violation.
19        (3) For purposes of this Section, "deliver" or
20    "delivery" means the actual, constructive, or attempted
21    transfer of possession of hazardous waste, with or without
22    consideration, whether or not there is an agency
23    relationship.
 
24    (f) Reckless Disposal of Hazardous Waste.

 

 

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1        (1) A person commits Reckless Disposal of Hazardous
2    Waste if he disposes of hazardous waste, and his acts which
3    cause the hazardous waste to be disposed of, whether or not
4    those acts are undertaken pursuant to or under color of any
5    permit or license, are performed with a conscious disregard
6    of a substantial and unjustifiable risk that such disposing
7    of hazardous waste is a gross deviation from the standard
8    of care which a reasonable person would exercise in the
9    situation.
10        (2) Reckless Disposal of Hazardous Waste is a Class 4
11    felony. In addition to any other penalties prescribed by
12    law, a person convicted of the offense of Reckless Disposal
13    of Hazardous Waste is subject to a fine not to exceed
14    $50,000 for each day of such offense.
 
15    (g) Concealment of Criminal Disposal of Hazardous Waste.
16        (1) A person commits the offense of Concealment of
17    Criminal Disposal of Hazardous Waste when he conceals,
18    without lawful justification, the disposal of hazardous
19    waste with the knowledge that such hazardous waste has been
20    disposed of in violation of this Act.
21        (2) Concealment of Criminal Disposal of a Hazardous
22    Waste is a Class 4 felony. In addition to any other
23    penalties prescribed by law, a person convicted of the
24    offense of Concealment of Criminal Disposal of Hazardous
25    Waste is subject to a fine not to exceed $50,000 for each

 

 

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1    day of such offense.
 
2    (h) Violations; False Statements.
3        (1) Any person who knowingly makes a false material
4    statement in an application for a permit or license
5    required by this Act to treat, transport, store, or dispose
6    of hazardous waste commits the offense of perjury and shall
7    be subject to the penalties set forth in Section 32-2 of
8    the Criminal Code of 1961.
9        (2) Any person who knowingly makes a false material
10    statement or representation in any label, manifest,
11    record, report, permit or license, or other document filed,
12    maintained, or used for the purpose of compliance with this
13    Act in connection with the generation, disposal,
14    treatment, storage, or transportation of hazardous waste
15    commits a Class 4 felony. A second or any subsequent
16    offense after conviction hereunder is a Class 3 felony.
17        (3) Any person who knowingly destroys, alters, or
18    conceals any record required to be made by this Act in
19    connection with the disposal, treatment, storage, or
20    transportation of hazardous waste commits a Class 4 felony.
21    A second or any subsequent offense after a conviction
22    hereunder is a Class 3 felony.
23        (4) Any person who knowingly makes a false material
24    statement or representation in any application, bill,
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1    the purpose of receiving money from the Underground Storage
2    Tank Fund commits a Class 4 felony. A second or any
3    subsequent offense after conviction hereunder is a Class 3
4    felony.
5        (5) Any person who knowingly destroys, alters, or
6    conceals any record required to be made or maintained by
7    this Act or required to be made or maintained by Board or
8    Agency rules for the purpose of receiving money from the
9    Underground Storage Tank Fund commits a Class 4 felony. A
10    second or any subsequent offense after a conviction
11    hereunder is a Class 3 felony.
12        (6) A person who knowingly and falsely certifies under
13    Section 22.48 that an industrial process waste or pollution
14    control waste is not special waste commits a Class 4 felony
15    for a first offense and commits a Class 3 felony for a
16    second or subsequent offense.
17        (7) In addition to any other penalties prescribed by
18    law, a person convicted of violating this subsection (h) is
19    subject to a fine not to exceed $50,000 for each day of
20    such violation.
21        (8) Any person who knowingly makes a false, fictitious,
22    or fraudulent material statement, orally or in writing, to
23    the Agency, or to a unit of local government to which the
24    Agency has delegated authority under subsection (r) of
25    Section 4 of this Act, related to or required by this Act,
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1    regulation for which the Agency has responsibility, or any
2    permit, term, or condition thereof, commits a Class 4
3    felony, and each such statement or writing shall be
4    considered a separate Class 4 felony. A person who, after
5    being convicted under this paragraph (8), violates this
6    paragraph (8) a second or subsequent time, commits a Class
7    3 felony.
 
8    (i) Verification.
9        (1) Each application for a permit or license to dispose
10    of, transport, treat, store, or generate hazardous waste
11    under this Act shall contain an affirmation that the facts
12    are true and are made under penalty of perjury as defined
13    in Section 32-2 of the Criminal Code of 1961. It is perjury
14    for a person to sign any such application for a permit or
15    license which contains a false material statement, which he
16    does not believe to be true.
17        (2) Each request for money from the Underground Storage
18    Tank Fund shall contain an affirmation that the facts are
19    true and are made under penalty of perjury as defined in
20    Section 32-2 of the Criminal Code of 1961. It is perjury
21    for a person to sign any request that contains a false
22    material statement that he does not believe to be true.
 
23    (j) Violations of Other Provisions.
24        (1) It is unlawful for a person knowingly to violate:

 

 

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1            (A) subsection (f) of Section 12 of this Act;
2            (B) subsection (g) of Section 12 of this Act;
3            (C) any term or condition of any Underground
4        Injection Control (UIC) permit;
5            (D) any filing requirement, regulation, or order
6        relating to the State Underground Injection Control
7        (UIC) program;
8            (E) any provision of any regulation, standard, or
9        filing requirement under subsection (b) of Section 13
10        of this Act;
11            (F) any provision of any regulation, standard, or
12        filing requirement under subsection (b) of Section 39
13        of this Act;
14            (G) any National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
15        System (NPDES) permit issued under this Act or any term
16        or condition of such permit;
17            (H) subsection (h) of Section 12 of this Act;
18            (I) subsection 6 of Section 39.5 of this Act;
19            (J) any provision of any regulation, standard or
20        filing requirement under Section 39.5 of this Act;
21            (K) a provision of the Procedures for Asbestos
22        Emission Control in subsection (c) of Section 61.145 of
23        Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations; or
24            (L) the standard for waste disposal for
25        manufacturing, fabricating, demolition, renovation,
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1        of the Code of Federal Regulations.
2        (2) A person convicted of a violation of subdivision
3    (1) of this subsection commits a Class 4 felony, and in
4    addition to any other penalty prescribed by law is subject
5    to a fine not to exceed $25,000 for each day of such
6    violation.
7        (3) A person who negligently violates the following
8    shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $10,000 for each
9    day of such violation:
10            (A) subsection (f) of Section 12 of this Act;
11            (B) subsection (g) of Section 12 of this Act;
12            (C) any provision of any regulation, standard, or
13        filing requirement under subsection (b) of Section 13
14        of this Act;
15            (D) any provision of any regulation, standard, or
16        filing requirement under subsection (b) of Section 39
17        of this Act;
18            (E) any National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
19        System (NPDES) permit issued under this Act;
20            (F) subsection 6 of Section 39.5 of this Act; or
21            (G) any provision of any regulation, standard, or
22        filing requirement under Section 39.5 of this Act.
23        (4) It is unlawful for a person knowingly to:
24            (A) make any false statement, representation, or
25        certification in an application form, or form
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1        Elimination System (NPDES) permit;
2            (B) render inaccurate any monitoring device or
3        record required by the Agency or Board in connection
4        with any such permit or with any discharge which is
5        subject to the provisions of subsection (f) of Section
6        12 of this Act;
7            (C) make any false statement, representation, or
8        certification in any form, notice, or report
9        pertaining to a CAAPP permit under Section 39.5 of this
10        Act;
11            (D) render inaccurate any monitoring device or
12        record required by the Agency or Board in connection
13        with any CAAPP permit or with any emission which is
14        subject to the provisions of Section 39.5 of this Act;
15        or
16            (E) violate subsection 6 of Section 39.5 of this
17        Act or any CAAPP permit, or term or condition thereof,
18        or any fee or filing requirement.
19        (5) A person convicted of a violation of paragraph (4)
20    of this subsection commits a Class A misdemeanor, and in
21    addition to any other penalties provided by law is subject
22    to a fine not to exceed $10,000 for each day of violation.
 
23    (k) Criminal operation of a hazardous waste or PCB
24incinerator.
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1    of a hazardous waste or PCB incinerator when, in the course
2    of operating a hazardous waste or PCB incinerator, he
3    knowingly and without justification operates the
4    incinerator (i) without an Agency permit, or in knowing
5    violation of the terms of an Agency permit, and (ii) as a
6    result of such violation, knowingly places any person in
7    danger of great bodily harm or knowingly creates an
8    immediate or long term material danger to the public health
9    or the environment.
10        (2) Any person who commits the offense of criminal
11    operation of a hazardous waste or PCB incinerator for the
12    first time commits a Class 4 felony and, in addition to any
13    other penalties prescribed by law, shall be subject to a
14    fine not to exceed $100,000 for each day of the offense.
15        Any person who commits the offense of criminal
16    operation of a hazardous waste or PCB incinerator for a
17    second or subsequent time commits a Class 3 felony and, in
18    addition to any other penalties prescribed by law, shall be
19    subject to a fine not to exceed $250,000 for each day of
20    the offense.
21        (3) For the purpose of this subsection (k), the term
22    "hazardous waste or PCB incinerator" means a pollution
23    control facility at which either hazardous waste or PCBs,
24    or both, are incinerated. "PCBs" means any substance or
25    mixture of substances that contains one or more
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1    (l) It shall be the duty of all State and local law
2enforcement officers to enforce this Act and the regulations
3adopted hereunder, and all such officers shall have authority
4to issue citations for such violations.
 
5    (m) Any action brought under this Section shall be brought
6by the State's Attorney of the county in which the violation
7occurred, or by the Attorney General, and shall be conducted in
8accordance with the applicable provisions of the Code of
9Criminal Procedure of 1963.
 
10    (n) For an offense described in this Section, the period
11for commencing prosecution prescribed by the statute of
12limitations shall not begin to run until the offense is
13discovered by or reported to a State or local agency having the
14authority to investigate violations of this Act.
 
15    (o) In addition to any other penalties provided under this
16Act, if a person is convicted of (or agrees to a settlement in
17an enforcement action over) illegal dumping of waste on the
18person's own property, the Attorney General, the Agency, or
19local prosecuting authority shall file notice of the
20conviction, finding, or agreement in the office of the Recorder
21in the county in which the landowner lives.
 

 

 

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1    (p) Criminal Disposal of Waste.
2        (1) A person commits the offense of Criminal Disposal
3    of Waste when he or she:
4            (A) if required to have a permit under subsection
5        (d) of Section 21 of this Act, knowingly conducts a
6        waste-storage, waste-treatment, or waste-disposal
7        operation in a quantity that exceeds 250 cubic feet of
8        waste without a permit; or
9            (B) knowingly conducts open dumping of waste in
10        violation of subsection (a) of Section 21 of this Act.
11        (2) (A) A person who is convicted of a violation of
12    subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of this subsection is
13    guilty of a Class 4 felony for a first offense and, in
14    addition to any other penalties provided by law, is subject
15    to a fine not to exceed $25,000 for each day of violation.
16    A person who is convicted of a violation of subparagraph
17    (A) of paragraph (1) of this subsection is guilty of a
18    Class 3 felony for a second or subsequent offense and, in
19    addition to any other penalties provided by law, is subject
20    to a fine not to exceed $50,000 for each day of violation.
21            (B) A person who is convicted of a violation of
22        subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of this subsection is
23        guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. However, a person who
24        is convicted of a violation of subparagraph (B) of
25        paragraph (1) of this subsection for the open dumping
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1        that exceeds 50 waste tires is guilty of a Class 4
2        felony and, in addition to any other penalties provided
3        by law, is subject to a fine not to exceed $25,000 for
4        each day of violation.
 
5    (q) Criminal Damage to a Public Water Supply.
6        (1) A person commits the offense of Criminal Damage to
7    a Public Water Supply when, without lawful justification,
8    he knowingly alters, damages, or otherwise tampers with the
9    equipment or property of a public water supply, or
10    knowingly introduces a contaminant into the distribution
11    system of a public water supply so as to cause, threaten,
12    or allow the distribution of water from any public water
13    supply of such quality or quantity as to be injurious to
14    human health or the environment.
15        (2) Criminal Damage to a Public Water Supply is a Class
16    4 felony. In addition to any other penalties prescribed by
17    law, a person convicted of the offense of Criminal Damage
18    to a Public Water Supply is subject to a fine not to exceed
19    $250,000 for each day of such offense.
 
20    (r) Aggravated Criminal Damage to a Public Water Supply.
21        (1) A person commits the offense of Aggravated Criminal
22    Damage to a Public Water Supply when, without lawful
23    justification, he commits Criminal Damage to a Public Water
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1    in danger of serious illness or great bodily harm, or
2    creates an immediate or long-term danger to public health
3    or the environment.
4        (2) Aggravated Criminal Damage to a Public Water Supply
5    is a Class 2 felony. In addition to any other penalties
6    prescribed by law, a person convicted of the offense of
7    Aggravated Criminal Damage to a Public Water Supply is
8    subject to a fine not to exceed $500,000 for each day of
9    such offense.
 
10    (s) The provisions of this Section do not apply to
11violations of Section 22.57 of this Act.
12(Source: P.A. 96-603, eff. 8-24-09; 97-220, eff. 7-28-11;
1397-286, eff. 8-10-11; revised 9-2-11.)
 
14    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
15becoming law.