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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Surface Coal Mining Land Conservation and | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Reclamation Act is amended by changing Section 2.11 as follows:
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6 | (225 ILCS 720/2.11) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7902.11)
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7 | Sec. 2.11. Procedures for Approval.
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8 | (a) If a hearing has been held under Section 2.04, the | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | Department shall
within 60 days after the last such hearing | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | make its decision on the application
and shall promptly furnish | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | the applicant, local government officials in the
area of the | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | affected land, and persons who are parties to the | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | administrative
proceedings, with the written findings of the | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | Department and stating the
specific reasons for its decision.
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15 | (b) If no hearing has been held under Section 2.04, the | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | Department shall
make its decision on the application within | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | 120 days after receipt by the
Department of a complete | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | application and shall promptly notify the applicant,
local | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | government officials in the area of the affected land, and | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | persons
who have submitted written comments on the application | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | of the Department's
decision with the written findings of the | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | Department and stating the
specific reasons for its decision.
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23 | (c) Within 30 days after the applicant is notified of the |
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1 | final decision
of the Department on the permit application, the | ||||||
2 | applicant or any person
with an interest that is or may be | ||||||
3 | adversely affected may request a hearing on
the reasons for the | ||||||
4 | final determination on the permit application . The Department | ||||||
5 | shall hold a hearing
within 30 days after this request unless a | ||||||
6 | prehearing conference is requested and notify all interested | ||||||
7 | parties at the time
that the applicant is notified. The notice | ||||||
8 | shall be published in a newspaper of
general circulation | ||||||
9 | published in each county in which any part of the area of
the | ||||||
10 | affected land is located. The notice shall appear no more than | ||||||
11 | 14 days nor
less than 7 days prior to the date of the hearing. | ||||||
12 | The notice shall be no less
than one eighth page in size, and | ||||||
13 | the smallest type used shall be twelve point
and shall be | ||||||
14 | enclosed in a black border no less than 1/4 inch wide. The | ||||||
15 | notice
shall not be placed in that portion of the newspaper | ||||||
16 | where legal notices and
classified advertisements appear. The | ||||||
17 | hearing shall be of record
and adjudicatory in nature. No | ||||||
18 | person who presided at a public comment hearing under Section
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19 | 2.04 shall either preside at the hearing or participate in the | ||||||
20 | decision on
the hearing. Within 30 days after the hearing, the | ||||||
21 | hearing officer Department shall issue,
and furnish the | ||||||
22 | applicant, local government officials in the area of the
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23 | affected land, and all persons who participated in the hearing, | ||||||
24 | the hearing officer's its written
decision granting or denying | ||||||
25 | the permit in whole or in part and stating
the reasons for the | ||||||
26 | its decision , which shall constitute the final administrative |
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1 | decision on the permit . No party to a formal adjudicatory | ||||||
2 | hearing under
this subsection may seek judicial review of the | ||||||
3 | Department's final decision on
the permit application until | ||||||
4 | after the issuance of the hearing officer's
written decision | ||||||
5 | granting or denying the permit.
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6 | (d) If the application is approved under either subsection | ||||||
7 | (a) or (b)
of this Section, the permit shall be issued.
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8 | (e) If a hearing is requested under subsection (c) of this | ||||||
9 | Section, the
Department may, under such conditions as it may | ||||||
10 | prescribe, grant such temporary
relief as it deems appropriate | ||||||
11 | pending final determination of the proceedings
if all parties | ||||||
12 | to the proceedings have been notified and given an opportunity
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13 | to be heard on a request for temporary relief, the person | ||||||
14 | requesting such
relief shows that there is a substantial | ||||||
15 | likelihood that he will prevail
on the merits of the final | ||||||
16 | determination of the proceeding, and such relief
will not | ||||||
17 | adversely affect the public health or safety or cause | ||||||
18 | significant
imminent environmental harm to land, air, or water | ||||||
19 | resources.
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20 | (f) If final action on an application does not occur within | ||||||
21 | the times
prescribed in subsections (a) or (b) of this Section, | ||||||
22 | whichever applies,
the applicant may deem the application | ||||||
23 | denied, and such denial shall constitute
final action. The | ||||||
24 | applicant may waive these time limits.
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25 | (g) For the purpose of hearings under this Section, the | ||||||
26 | Department may
administer oaths, subpoena witnesses or written |
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1 | or printed materials, compel
attendance of the witnesses or | ||||||
2 | production of the materials, and take evidence
including but | ||||||
3 | not limited to site inspections of the land to be affected
and | ||||||
4 | other mining operations carried on by the applicant in the | ||||||
5 | general vicinity
of the proposed operation. A verbatim record | ||||||
6 | of each hearing under this
Section shall be made, and a | ||||||
7 | transcript shall be made available on the
motion of any party | ||||||
8 | or by order of the Department.
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9 | (Source: P.A. 88-63; 88-185; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
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10 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
11 | becoming law.
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