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1 | AN ACT concerning conservation.
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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 Department of Commerce and Economic | ||||||
5 | Opportunity Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | ||||||
6 | amended by changing Section 605-515 as follows:
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7 | (20 ILCS 605/605-515) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.13a)
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8 | Sec. 605-515. Environmental Regulatory Assistance Program.
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9 | (a) In this Section, except where the
context clearly | ||||||
10 | requires otherwise, "small business stationary source" means a
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11 | business that is owned
or operated by a person that employs 100 | ||||||
12 | or fewer individuals; is a small
business; is not a major | ||||||
13 | stationary source as defined in Titles I and III
of the federal | ||||||
14 | 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments; does not emit 50 tons or more
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15 | per year of any regulated pollutant (as defined under the | ||||||
16 | federal Clean Air
Act); and emits less than 75 tons per year of | ||||||
17 | all regulated pollutants.
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18 | (b) The Department may:
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19 | (1) Provide access to technical and compliance | ||||||
20 | information for
Illinois firms, including small and middle | ||||||
21 | market companies, to facilitate
local business compliance | ||||||
22 | with the federal, State, and local environmental
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23 | regulations.
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1 | (2) Coordinate and enter into cooperative agreements | ||||||
2 | with a State
ombudsman office, which shall be established | ||||||
3 | in accordance with the federal
1990 Clean Air Act | ||||||
4 | Amendments to provide direct oversight to the program
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5 | established under that Act.
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6 | (3) Enter into contracts, cooperative agreements, and | ||||||
7 | financing
agreements and establish and collect charges and | ||||||
8 | fees necessary or
incidental to the performance of duties | ||||||
9 | and the execution of powers
under this Section.
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10 | (4) Accept and expend, subject to appropriation, | ||||||
11 | gifts, grants,
awards, funds, contributions, charges, | ||||||
12 | fees, and other financial or
nonfinancial aid from federal, | ||||||
13 | State, and local governmental agencies,
businesses, | ||||||
14 | educational agencies, not-for-profit organizations, and | ||||||
15 | other
entities, for the purposes of this Section.
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16 | (5) Establish, staff, and administer programs and | ||||||
17 | services and adopt
such rules and regulations necessary to | ||||||
18 | carry out the intent of
this Section and Section 507, | ||||||
19 | "Small Business Stationary Source Technical
and | ||||||
20 | Environmental Compliance Assistance Program", of the | ||||||
21 | federal 1990
Clean Air Act Amendments.
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22 | (c) The Department's environmental compliance programs and | ||||||
23 | services for
businesses may include, but need not be limited | ||||||
24 | to, the following:
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25 | (1) Communication and outreach services to or on behalf | ||||||
26 | of individual
companies, including collection and |
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1 | compilation of appropriate information
on regulatory | ||||||
2 | compliance issues and control technologies, and | ||||||
3 | dissemination
of that information through publications, | ||||||
4 | direct mailings,
electronic
communications, conferences, | ||||||
5 | workshops, one-on-one counseling, and other
means of | ||||||
6 | technical assistance.
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7 | (2) Provision of referrals and access to technical
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8 | assistance, pollution prevention and facility audits, and | ||||||
9 | otherwise
serving as an information clearinghouse on | ||||||
10 | pollution prevention through the
coordination of the | ||||||
11 | Illinois Sustainable Technology Waste Management and | ||||||
12 | Research Center of the University of Illinois. In addition,
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13 | environmental and regulatory compliance issues and | ||||||
14 | techniques, which may
include business rights and | ||||||
15 | responsibilities, applicable permitting and
compliance | ||||||
16 | requirements, compliance methods and acceptable control
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17 | technologies, release detection, and other applicable | ||||||
18 | information may be
provided.
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19 | (3) Coordination with and provision of administrative | ||||||
20 | and logistical
support to the State
Compliance Advisory | ||||||
21 | Panel.
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22 | (d) There is hereby created a special fund in the State | ||||||
23 | Treasury to be
known as the Small Business Environmental | ||||||
24 | Assistance Fund. Monies received
under subdivision (b)(4) of | ||||||
25 | this Section shall be deposited into the Fund.
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26 | Monies in the Small Business Environmental Assistance Fund |
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1 | may be used,
subject to appropriation, only for the purposes | ||||||
2 | authorized by this Section.
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3 | (Source: P.A. 95-728, eff. 7-1-08 - See Sec. 999 .)
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4 | Section 10. The Business Assistance and Regulatory Reform | ||||||
5 | Act is amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
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6 | (20 ILCS 608/15)
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7 | Sec. 15. Providing Information and Expediting Permit | ||||||
8 | Reviews.
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9 | (a) The office shall provide an information system using a | ||||||
10 | toll-free
business assistance number. The number shall be | ||||||
11 | advertised throughout the
State. If requested, the caller will | ||||||
12 | be sent a basic business kit, describing
the basic requirements | ||||||
13 | and procedures for doing business in Illinois. If
requested, | ||||||
14 | the caller shall be directed to one or more of the additional
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15 | services provided by the office. All persons providing advice | ||||||
16 | to callers on
behalf of
the office and all persons responsible | ||||||
17 | for directly providing services to
persons visiting the office | ||||||
18 | or one of its branches shall be persons with small
business | ||||||
19 | experience in an administrative or managerial capacity.
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20 | (b) (Blank).
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21 | (c) Any applicant for permits required for a business | ||||||
22 | activity may confer
with the office to obtain assistance in the | ||||||
23 | prompt and efficient processing and
review of applications. The | ||||||
24 | office may designate an employee of the office to
act as a |
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1 | permit assistance manager to:
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2 | (1) facilitate contacts for the applicant with | ||||||
3 | responsible agencies;
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4 | (2) arrange conferences to clarify the requirements of | ||||||
5 | interested
agencies;
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6 | (3) consider with State agencies the feasibility of | ||||||
7 | consolidating
hearings and data required of the applicant;
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8 | (4) assist the applicant in resolution of outstanding | ||||||
9 | issues identified by
State agencies; and
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10 | (5) coordinate federal, State and local regulatory | ||||||
11 | procedures and permit
review actions to the extent | ||||||
12 | possible.
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13 | (d) The office shall publish a directory of State business | ||||||
14 | permits and State
programs to assist small businesses.
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15 | (e) The office shall attempt to establish
agreements with | ||||||
16 | local governments to
allow the office to provide assistance to | ||||||
17 | applicants for permits required by
these local governments.
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18 | (f) Interested
State agencies shall, to the maximum extent | ||||||
19 | feasible, establish procedures to
expedite applications for | ||||||
20 | infrastructure projects. Applications for permits
for | ||||||
21 | infrastructure projects shall be approved or disapproved | ||||||
22 | within 45 days of
submission, unless law or regulations specify | ||||||
23 | a different period. If the
interested agency is unable to act | ||||||
24 | within that period, the agency shall provide
a written | ||||||
25 | notification to the office specifying reasons for its inability | ||||||
26 | to
act and the date by which approval or disapproval shall be |
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1 | determined. The
office may require any interested State agency | ||||||
2 | to designate an employee who
will coordinate the handling of | ||||||
3 | permits in that area.
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4 | (g) In addition to its responsibilities in connection with | ||||||
5 | permit
assistance, the office shall provide general regulatory | ||||||
6 | information by
directing businesses to appropriate officers in | ||||||
7 | State agencies to supply the
information requested.
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8 | (h) The office shall help businesses to locate and apply to | ||||||
9 | training
programs available to train current employees in | ||||||
10 | particular skills, techniques
or areas of knowledge relevant to | ||||||
11 | the employees' present or anticipated job
duties. In pursuit of | ||||||
12 | this objective, the office shall provide businesses with
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13 | pertinent information about training programs offered by State | ||||||
14 | agencies, units
of local government, public universities and | ||||||
15 | colleges, community colleges, and
school districts in | ||||||
16 | Illinois.
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17 | (i) The office shall help businesses to locate and apply to | ||||||
18 | State programs
offering to businesses grants, loans, loan or | ||||||
19 | bond guarantees, investment
partnerships, technology or | ||||||
20 | productivity consultation, or other forms of
business | ||||||
21 | assistance.
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22 | (j) To the extent authorized by federal law, the office | ||||||
23 | shall assist
businesses in ascertaining and complying with the | ||||||
24 | requirements of the federal
Americans with Disabilities Act.
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25 | (k) The office shall provide confidential on-site | ||||||
26 | assistance in identifying
problems and solutions in compliance |
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1 | with requirements of State and federal
environmental | ||||||
2 | regulations. The office shall work through and contract with | ||||||
3 | the Illinois Sustainable Technology
Waste Management and | ||||||
4 | Research Center to provide confidential on-site
consultation | ||||||
5 | audits that (i) assist regulatory compliance and (ii) identify
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6 | pollution prevention opportunities.
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7 | (k-5) Until July 1, 2012, the office shall provide | ||||||
8 | confidential on-site assistance, including, but not limited | ||||||
9 | to, consultation audits, to identify
problems and solutions | ||||||
10 | regarding compliance with the requirements of the federal
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11 | Occupational Safety and Health Administration. On and after | ||||||
12 | July 1, 2012, the Department of Labor shall provide | ||||||
13 | confidential on-site assistance, including, but not limited | ||||||
14 | to, consultation audits, to identify
problems and solutions | ||||||
15 | regarding compliance with the requirements of the federal
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16 | Occupational Safety and Health Administration. | ||||||
17 | (l) The office shall provide information on existing loan | ||||||
18 | and business
assistance programs provided by the State.
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19 | (m) Each State agency having jurisdiction to approve or | ||||||
20 | deny a permit shall
have the continuing power heretofore or | ||||||
21 | hereafter vested in it to make such
determinations. The | ||||||
22 | provisions of this Act shall not lessen or reduce such
powers | ||||||
23 | and shall modify the procedures followed in carrying out such | ||||||
24 | powers
only to the extent provided in this Act.
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25 | (n) (1) Each State agency shall fully cooperate with the | ||||||
26 | office in
providing information, documentation, personnel or |
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1 | facilities requested by the
office.
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2 | (2) Each State agency having jurisdiction of any permit to | ||||||
3 | which the
master application procedure is applicable shall | ||||||
4 | designate an employee to act
as permit liaison office with the | ||||||
5 | office in carrying out the provisions of this
Act.
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6 | (o) (1) The office has authority, but is not required, to | ||||||
7 | keep and analyze
appropriate statistical data regarding the | ||||||
8 | number of permits issued by State
agencies, the amount of time | ||||||
9 | necessary for the permits to be issued, the cost
of obtaining | ||||||
10 | such permits, the types of projects for which specific permits | ||||||
11 | are
issued, a geographic distribution of permits, and other | ||||||
12 | pertinent data the
office deems appropriate.
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13 | The office shall make such data and any analysis of the | ||||||
14 | data available to
the public.
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15 | (2) The office has authority, but is not required, to | ||||||
16 | conduct or cause to be
conducted a thorough review of any | ||||||
17 | agency's permit requirements and the need
by the State to | ||||||
18 | require such permits. The office shall draw on the review, on
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19 | its direct experience, and on its statistical analyses to | ||||||
20 | prepare
recommendations regarding how to:
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21 | (i) eliminate unnecessary or antiquated permit | ||||||
22 | requirements;
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23 | (ii) consolidate duplicative or overlapping permit | ||||||
24 | requirements;
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25 | (iii) simplify overly complex or lengthy application | ||||||
26 | procedures;
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1 | (iv) expedite time-consuming agency review and | ||||||
2 | approval procedures; or
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3 | (v) otherwise improve the permitting processes in the | ||||||
4 | State.
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5 | The office shall submit copies of all recommendations | ||||||
6 | within 5 days of
issuance to the affected agency, the Governor, | ||||||
7 | the General Assembly, and the
Joint Committee on Administrative | ||||||
8 | Rules.
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9 | (p) The office has authority to review State forms on its | ||||||
10 | own initiative or
upon the request of another State agency to | ||||||
11 | ascertain the burden, if any, of
complying with those forms. If | ||||||
12 | the office determines that a form is unduly
burdensome to | ||||||
13 | business, it may recommend to the agency issuing the form | ||||||
14 | either
that the form be eliminated or that specific changes be | ||||||
15 | made in the form.
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16 | (q) Not later than March 1 of each year, beginning March 1, | ||||||
17 | 1995, the office
shall submit an annual
report of its | ||||||
18 | activities during the preceding year to the Governor and | ||||||
19 | General
Assembly. The report shall describe the activities of | ||||||
20 | the office during the
preceding year and shall contain | ||||||
21 | statistical information on the permit
assistance activities of | ||||||
22 | the office.
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23 | (Source: P.A. 97-787, eff. 7-13-12.)
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24 | Section 15. The Hazardous Waste Technology Exchange | ||||||
25 | Service Act is amended by changing Sections 3, 4, and 6 as |
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1 | follows:
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2 | (20 ILCS 1130/3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6803)
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3 | Sec. 3. For the purposes of this Act, unless the context | ||||||
4 | otherwise requires:
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5 | (a) "Board" means the Board of Trustees of the University | ||||||
6 | of Illinois.
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7 | (b) "Center" means the Illinois Sustainable Technology | ||||||
8 | Waste Management and Research Center
of the University of | ||||||
9 | Illinois.
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10 | (Source: P.A. 95-728, eff. 7-1-08 - See Sec. 999 .)
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11 | (20 ILCS 1130/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6804)
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12 | Sec. 4. Illinois Sustainable Technology Waste Management | ||||||
13 | and Research Center. The Illinois Sustainable Technology | ||||||
14 | Center (formerly known as the Waste Management and Research | ||||||
15 | Center ) is transferred to the University of Illinois.
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16 | (Source: P.A. 95-728, eff. 7-1-08 - See Sec. 999 .)
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17 | (20 ILCS 1130/6) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6806)
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18 | Sec. 6. Appropriations. For the purpose of maintaining the | ||||||
19 | Illinois Sustainable Technology Waste
Management and Research | ||||||
20 | Center, paying the expenses and providing the
facilities and | ||||||
21 | structures incident thereto, appropriations shall be made to
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22 | the University of Illinois, payable from the Hazardous Waste | ||||||
23 | Research Fund and other
funds in the State Treasury.
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1 | (Source: P.A. 95-728, eff. 7-1-08 - See Sec. 999 .)
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2 | Section 20. The Green Governments Illinois Act is amended | ||||||
3 | by changing Section 15 as follows: | ||||||
4 | (20 ILCS 3954/15)
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5 | Sec. 15. Composition of the Council membership and | ||||||
6 | administrative support . Representatives The Council shall be | ||||||
7 | composed of representatives from various State agencies and | ||||||
8 | State universities with specific fiscal, procurement, | ||||||
9 | educational, and environmental policy expertise shall comprise | ||||||
10 | the Council . Until the effective date of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
11 | the 97th General Assembly, the Lieutenant Governor is the chair | ||||||
12 | of the Council. On and after the effective date of this | ||||||
13 | amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, the Governor is | ||||||
14 | the chair of the Council, and the Lieutenant Governor, or his | ||||||
15 | or her designee, shall be a member of the council. The director | ||||||
16 | or President, respectively, of each of the following State | ||||||
17 | agencies and State universities, or his or her designee, is a | ||||||
18 | member of the Council: the Department of Commerce and Economic | ||||||
19 | Opportunity, the Environmental Protection Agency, the | ||||||
20 | University of Illinois, the Department of Natural Resources, | ||||||
21 | the Department of Central Management Services, the Governor's | ||||||
22 | Office of Management and Budget, the Department of Agriculture, | ||||||
23 | the Department of Transportation, the Department of | ||||||
24 | Corrections, the Department of Human Services, the Department |
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1 | of Public Health, the State Board of Education, the Board of | ||||||
2 | Higher Education, and the Capital Development Board. | ||||||
3 | The Office of the Governor shall provide administrative | ||||||
4 | support to the Council. A minimum of one staff position in the | ||||||
5 | Office of the Governor shall be dedicated to the Green | ||||||
6 | Governments Illinois program.
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7 | (Source: P.A. 96-74, eff. 7-24-09; 97-573, eff. 8-25-11.) | ||||||
8 | Section 25. The University of Illinois Exercise of | ||||||
9 | Functions and Duties Law
of the Civil Administrative Code of | ||||||
10 | Illinois is amended by changing Section 3000-5 as follows:
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11 | (110 ILCS 355/3000-5) (was 110 ILCS 355/62)
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12 | Sec. 3000-5. Retention of duties by University of Illinois. | ||||||
13 | Unless
otherwise
provided by law, the functions and duties
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14 | formerly exercised by the State entomologist, the Illinois | ||||||
15 | Natural History Survey State laboratory of
natural history , the | ||||||
16 | Illinois State Water Survey water survey , and the Illinois | ||||||
17 | State Geological Survey geological survey
and the functions and | ||||||
18 | duties of the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (formerly | ||||||
19 | known as the Waste Management and
Research Center ) and its | ||||||
20 | Hazardous Materials Laboratory as authorized by
the Hazardous | ||||||
21 | Waste Technology Exchange Service Act shall continue to be | ||||||
22 | exercised at the
University of Illinois in buildings and places | ||||||
23 | provided by the trustees
of the University.
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24 | (Source: P.A. 95-728, eff. 7-1-08 - See Sec. 999 .)
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1 | Section 30. The University of Illinois Scientific Surveys | ||||||
2 | Act is amended by changing Sections 5, 10, 15, 20, and 55 as | ||||||
3 | follows: | ||||||
4 | (110 ILCS 425/5)
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5 | Sec. 5. Purposes. The purposes of this Act are to establish | ||||||
6 | at the University of Illinois the Prairie Research Institute an | ||||||
7 | institute for natural resources sustainability and to transfer | ||||||
8 | to it all rights, powers, duties, property, and functions | ||||||
9 | currently vested in the Department of Natural Resources | ||||||
10 | pertaining to its Illinois Natural History Survey division , | ||||||
11 | Illinois State Water Survey division , Illinois State | ||||||
12 | Geological Survey division , and Illinois Sustainable | ||||||
13 | Technology Center (formerly known as the Waste Management and | ||||||
14 | Research Center ) division (which may also be referred to as the | ||||||
15 | Illinois Sustainable Technology Center) .
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16 | (Source: P.A. 95-728, eff. 7-1-08 - See Sec. 999 .) | ||||||
17 | (110 ILCS 425/10)
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18 | Sec. 10. Definitions. For the purposes of this Act, unless | ||||||
19 | the context otherwise requires: | ||||||
20 | "Board of Trustees" means the Board of Trustees of the | ||||||
21 | University of Illinois. | ||||||
22 | "Scientific Surveys" means, collectively, the Illinois | ||||||
23 | State Natural History Survey division , the Illinois State Water |
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1 | Survey division , the Illinois State Geological Survey | ||||||
2 | division , and the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center | ||||||
3 | (formerly known as the Waste Management and Research Center ) | ||||||
4 | division transferred by this Act from the Department of Natural | ||||||
5 | Resources to the Board of Trustees.
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6 | (Source: P.A. 95-728, eff. 7-1-08 - See Sec. 999 .) | ||||||
7 | (110 ILCS 425/15)
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8 | Sec. 15. Organization. The Board of Trustees shall | ||||||
9 | establish and operate the Prairie Research Institute an | ||||||
10 | institute for natural sciences and sustainability . The | ||||||
11 | Institute institute shall contain within it the Illinois State | ||||||
12 | Natural History Survey division , the Illinois State Water | ||||||
13 | Survey division , the Illinois State Geological Survey | ||||||
14 | division , the Illinois Sustainable Technology Waste Management | ||||||
15 | and Research Center division , the Illinois State | ||||||
16 | Archaeological Survey, and such other related entities, | ||||||
17 | research functions, and responsibilities as may be | ||||||
18 | appropriate. The Institute institute shall be under the | ||||||
19 | governance and control of the Board of Trustees.
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20 | (Source: P.A. 95-728, eff. 7-1-08 - See Sec. 999 .) | ||||||
21 | (110 ILCS 425/20)
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22 | Sec. 20. General powers and duties. In addition to its | ||||||
23 | other powers and duties, the Board of Trustees shall have the | ||||||
24 | power to provide for the management and operation of the |
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1 | Prairie Research Institute Scientific Surveys including, but | ||||||
2 | not limited to, the following powers and duties which shall be | ||||||
3 | performed by the Scientific Surveys: | ||||||
4 | (1) To investigate and study the natural and cultural | ||||||
5 | resources of the State and to prepare reports and furnish | ||||||
6 | information fundamental to the conservation and | ||||||
7 | development of natural and cultural resources , and, for | ||||||
8 | that purpose, the officers and employees thereof shall have | ||||||
9 | the authority to enter and cross all lands in this State, | ||||||
10 | doing no damage to private property. | ||||||
11 | (2) To collaborate with and advise departments having | ||||||
12 | administrative powers and duties relating to the natural | ||||||
13 | resources of the State, and to collaborate with similar | ||||||
14 | departments in other states and with the United States | ||||||
15 | Government. | ||||||
16 | (3) To conduct a natural history survey of the State, | ||||||
17 | giving preference to subjects of educational and | ||||||
18 | economical importance. The Illinois State Biologist shall | ||||||
19 | be an employee of the Illinois Natural History Survey. | ||||||
20 | (4) To investigate the entomology of the State. The | ||||||
21 | Illinois State Entomologist shall be an employee of the | ||||||
22 | Illinois Natural History Survey. | ||||||
23 | (5) To investigate all insects dangerous or injurious | ||||||
24 | to agricultural or horticultural plants and crops, to | ||||||
25 | livestock, to nursery trees and plants, to the products of | ||||||
26 | the truck farm and vegetable garden, to shade trees and |
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1 | other ornamental vegetation of cities and villages, and to | ||||||
2 | the products of the mills and the contents of warehouses, | ||||||
3 | and all insects injurious or dangerous to the public | ||||||
4 | health. | ||||||
5 | (6) To study the geological formation of the State with | ||||||
6 | reference to its resources of coal, ores, clays, building | ||||||
7 | stones, cement, materials suitable for use in the | ||||||
8 | construction of the roads, gas, oil, mineral and artesian | ||||||
9 | water, aquifers and aquitards, and other resources and | ||||||
10 | products. The Illinois State Geologist shall be an employee | ||||||
11 | of the Illinois State Geological Survey. | ||||||
12 | (7) To cooperate with United States federal agencies in | ||||||
13 | the preparation of geological and land surface maps and | ||||||
14 | completion of a contour topographic map and the collection, | ||||||
15 | recording, and printing of water and atmospheric resource | ||||||
16 | data , including stream flow measurements ; and to collect | ||||||
17 | facts and data concerning the volumes and flow of | ||||||
18 | underground, surface, and atmospheric waters of the State ; | ||||||
19 | and to determine the mineral and chemical qualities of | ||||||
20 | water from different geological formations and surface and | ||||||
21 | atmospheric waters for the various sections of the State. | ||||||
22 | (8) To act as the central data repository and research | ||||||
23 | coordinator for the State in matters related to water and | ||||||
24 | atmospheric resources. The Illinois State Water Survey of | ||||||
25 | the University of Illinois may monitor and evaluate all | ||||||
26 | weather modification operations in Illinois. The Illinois |
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1 | State Climatologist and the Illinois State Hydrologist | ||||||
2 | shall be employees of the Illinois State Water Survey. | ||||||
3 | (9) To provide To collaborate with the Illinois State | ||||||
4 | Academy of Science and to publish the results of the | ||||||
5 | investigations and research in the field of natural science | ||||||
6 | to the end that the same may be distributed to the | ||||||
7 | interested public. | ||||||
8 | (10) To perform all other duties and assume all | ||||||
9 | obligations of the Department of Natural Resources | ||||||
10 | pertaining to the Illinois State Water Survey, the Illinois | ||||||
11 | State Geological Survey, the Illinois State Natural | ||||||
12 | History Survey, and the Illinois Sustainable Technology | ||||||
13 | Waste Management and Research Center , and the Illinois | ||||||
14 | State Archaeological Survey . | ||||||
15 | (11) To maintain all previously existing relationships | ||||||
16 | between the Illinois State Water Survey, the Illinois State | ||||||
17 | Geological Survey, the Illinois State Natural History | ||||||
18 | Survey, and the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center , | ||||||
19 | and the Illinois State Archaeological Survey and the public | ||||||
20 | and private colleges and universities in Illinois. | ||||||
21 | (12) To participate in federal and State geologic | ||||||
22 | mapping programs. | ||||||
23 | (13) To conduct educational programs to further the | ||||||
24 | exchange of information
to reduce the generation of | ||||||
25 | hazardous wastes or to treat or dispose of
such wastes so | ||||||
26 | as to make them nonhazardous.
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1 | (14) To provide a technical information service for | ||||||
2 | industries involved in
the generation, treatment, or | ||||||
3 | disposal of hazardous wastes.
| ||||||
4 | (15) To disseminate information regarding advances in | ||||||
5 | hazardous waste
management technology and sustainability | ||||||
6 | practices that could both protect the environment and | ||||||
7 | further
industrial productivity.
| ||||||
8 | (16) To provide research in areas related to reduction | ||||||
9 | of the generation of
hazardous wastes; treatment, | ||||||
10 | recycling and reuse; toxic pollution prevention; and other | ||||||
11 | issues that
the Board may suggest. The Illinois Pollution | ||||||
12 | Prevention Scientist shall be an employee of the Illinois | ||||||
13 | Sustainable Technology Center.
| ||||||
14 | (17) To investigate, preserve, and interpret the | ||||||
15 | archaeological heritage of this State within the contexts | ||||||
16 | of public needs and sustainable economic development | ||||||
17 | through scientific research, public service, education, | ||||||
18 | and outreach activities. The Illinois State Archaeologist | ||||||
19 | shall be an employee of the Illinois State Archeological | ||||||
20 | Survey. | ||||||
21 | (Source: P.A. 95-728, eff. 7-1-08 - See Sec. 999 .) | ||||||
22 | (110 ILCS 425/55)
| ||||||
23 | Sec. 55. Successor agency. For purposes of the Successor | ||||||
24 | Agency Act and Section 9b of the State Finance Act, the Board | ||||||
25 | of Trustees is the successor to the Department of Natural |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Resources and the Illinois Board of Natural Resources and | ||||||
2 | Conservation with respect to the rights, powers, duties, | ||||||
3 | property, functions, and other matters transferred by this Act.
| ||||||
4 | (Source: P.A. 95-728, eff. 7-1-08 - See Sec. 999 .) | ||||||
5 | Section 35. The Well Abandonment Act is amended by changing | ||||||
6 | Section 1 as follows:
| ||||||
7 | (225 ILCS 730/1) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 5201)
| ||||||
8 | Sec. 1. It is the duty of the permittee of any well drilled | ||||||
9 | or deepened
for oil or gas, to file all geophysical logs and a | ||||||
10 | well drilling report of
said well in the office of the State | ||||||
11 | Geological Survey of the University of Illinois within 90 days
| ||||||
12 | after drilling ceases.
| ||||||
13 | The well drilling report: (1) shall show the character
and | ||||||
14 | depth of the formations passed through or encountered in the | ||||||
15 | drilling
of the well, particularly showing the depth and | ||||||
16 | thickness of oil-bearing
strata, and gas-bearing strata, (2) | ||||||
17 | shall show the position and thickness
of coal beds and deposits | ||||||
18 | of mineral materials of economic value, and (3)
shall give the | ||||||
19 | location of the hole.
| ||||||
20 | The Department of Natural Resources shall supply
to the | ||||||
21 | Illinois State Geological Survey a copy of each permit, showing | ||||||
22 | the location of the
well.
| ||||||
23 | (Source: P.A. 95-728, eff. 7-1-08 - See Sec. 999 .)
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1 | Section 40. The Toxic Pollution Prevention Act is amended | ||||||
2 | by changing Sections 3 and 5 as follows:
| ||||||
3 | (415 ILCS 85/3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7953)
| ||||||
4 | Sec. 3. Definitions. As used in this Act:
| ||||||
5 | "Agency" means the Illinois Environmental Protection | ||||||
6 | Agency.
| ||||||
7 | "Center" means the Illinois Sustainable Technology Waste | ||||||
8 | Management and Research Center.
| ||||||
9 | "Person" means any individual, partnership, | ||||||
10 | co-partnership, firm,
company, corporation, association, joint | ||||||
11 | stock company, trust, political
subdivision, State agency, or | ||||||
12 | any other legal entity, or its legal
representative, agent or | ||||||
13 | assigns.
| ||||||
14 | "Release" means emission to the air, discharge to surface | ||||||
15 | waters or
off-site wastewater treatment facilities, or on-site | ||||||
16 | release to the land,
including but not limited to landfills, | ||||||
17 | surface impoundments and injection
wells.
| ||||||
18 | "Toxic substance" means any substance listed by the Agency | ||||||
19 | pursuant
to Section 4 of this Act.
| ||||||
20 | "Toxic pollution prevention" means in-plant practices that | ||||||
21 | reduce, avoid or
eliminate: (i) the use of toxic substances, | ||||||
22 | (ii) the generation of toxic
constituents in wastes, (iii) the | ||||||
23 | disposal or release of toxic substances into
the environment, | ||||||
24 | or (iv) the development or manufacture of products with toxic
| ||||||
25 | constituents, through the application of any of the following |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | techniques:
| ||||||
2 | (1) input substitution, which refers to replacing a | ||||||
3 | toxic substance or
raw material used in a production | ||||||
4 | process with a nontoxic or less toxic
substance;
| ||||||
5 | (2) product reformulation, which refers to | ||||||
6 | substituting for an existing
end product an end product | ||||||
7 | which is nontoxic or less toxic upon use, release or
| ||||||
8 | disposal;
| ||||||
9 | (3) production process redesign or modification, which | ||||||
10 | refers to
developing and using production processes of a | ||||||
11 | different design than those
currently used;
| ||||||
12 | (4) production process modernization, which refers to | ||||||
13 | upgrading or
replacing existing production process | ||||||
14 | equipment or methods with other
equipment or methods based | ||||||
15 | on the same production process;
| ||||||
16 | (5) improved operation and maintenance of existing | ||||||
17 | production
process equipment and methods, which refers to | ||||||
18 | modifying or adding to
existing equipment or methods, | ||||||
19 | including but not limited to such
techniques as improved | ||||||
20 | housekeeping practices, system adjustments, product
and | ||||||
21 | process inspections, and production process control | ||||||
22 | equipment or methods;
| ||||||
23 | (6) recycling, reuse or extended use of toxic | ||||||
24 | substances by using
equipment or methods which become an | ||||||
25 | integral part of the production
process, including but not | ||||||
26 | limited to filtration and other closed loop methods.
|
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| |||||||
1 | However, "toxic pollution prevention" shall not include or | ||||||
2 | in any way be
inferred to promote or require incineration, | ||||||
3 | transfer from one medium of
release to another, off-site or out | ||||||
4 | of process waste recycling, or end of
pipe treatment of toxic | ||||||
5 | substances.
| ||||||
6 | "Trade secret" means any information concerning production | ||||||
7 | processes
employed or substances manufactured, processed or | ||||||
8 | otherwise used within a
facility which the Agency determines to | ||||||
9 | satisfy the criteria established
under Section 3.490 of the | ||||||
10 | Environmental Protection Act, and to
which specific trade | ||||||
11 | secret status has been granted by the Agency.
| ||||||
12 | (Source: P.A. 92-574, eff. 6-26-02.)
| ||||||
13 | (415 ILCS 85/5) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7955)
| ||||||
14 | Sec. 5. Toxic Pollution Prevention Assistance Program. | ||||||
15 | There is
hereby established a Toxic Pollution Prevention | ||||||
16 | Assistance Program at the Illinois Sustainable Technology
| ||||||
17 | Waste Management and Research
Center. The Center may establish
| ||||||
18 | cooperative programs with public and private colleges and | ||||||
19 | universities
designed to augment the implementation of this | ||||||
20 | Section. The Center may
establish fees, tuition, or other | ||||||
21 | financial charges for participation in
the Assistance Program. | ||||||
22 | These monies shall be deposited in the Toxic
Pollution | ||||||
23 | Prevention Fund established in Section 7 of this Act. Through | ||||||
24 | the
Assistance Program, the Center:
| ||||||
25 | (1) Shall provide general information about and actively |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | publicize the
advantages of and developments in toxic pollution | ||||||
2 | prevention and sustainability practices .
| ||||||
3 | (2) May establish courses, seminars, conferences and other | ||||||
4 | events, and
reports, updates, guides and other publications and | ||||||
5 | other means of
providing technical information for industries, | ||||||
6 | local governments and
citizens concerning toxic pollution | ||||||
7 | prevention strategies, and may, as
appropriate, work in | ||||||
8 | cooperation with the Agency.
| ||||||
9 | (3) Shall engage in research on toxic pollution prevention
| ||||||
10 | methods. Such research shall include assessments of the impact
| ||||||
11 | of adopting toxic pollution prevention methods on the | ||||||
12 | environment, the
public health, and worker exposure, and | ||||||
13 | assessments of the impact on
profitability and employment | ||||||
14 | within affected industries.
| ||||||
15 | (4) Shall provide on-site technical
consulting, to the | ||||||
16 | extent practicable, to help facilities to
identify | ||||||
17 | opportunities for toxic pollution prevention, and to develop
| ||||||
18 | comprehensive toxic pollution prevention plans that would | ||||||
19 | include water, energy, and solid waste . To be eligible for such
| ||||||
20 | consulting, the owner or operator of a facility must agree to | ||||||
21 | allow
information regarding the results of such consulting to | ||||||
22 | be shared with the
public, provided that the identity of the | ||||||
23 | facility shall be made available only
with its consent, and | ||||||
24 | trade secret information shall remain protected.
| ||||||
25 | (5) May sponsor pilot projects in cooperation with the
| ||||||
26 | Agency, or an institute of higher education to develop
and |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | demonstrate innovative technologies and methods for toxic | ||||||
2 | pollution
prevention and sustainable development . The results | ||||||
3 | of all such projects shall be available for use by
the public, | ||||||
4 | but trade secret information shall remain protected.
| ||||||
5 | (6) May award grants for activities that further the | ||||||
6 | purposes of this
Act, including but not limited to the | ||||||
7 | following:
| ||||||
8 | (A) grants to not-for-profit organizations to | ||||||
9 | establish free or
low-cost technical assistance or | ||||||
10 | educational programs to supplement the
toxic pollution | ||||||
11 | prevention activities of the Center;
| ||||||
12 | (B) grants to assist trade associations, business | ||||||
13 | organizations, labor
organizations and educational | ||||||
14 | institutions in developing training materials
to foster | ||||||
15 | toxic pollution prevention; and
| ||||||
16 | (C) grants to assist industry, business organizations, | ||||||
17 | labor
organizations, education institutions and industrial | ||||||
18 | hygienists to
identify, evaluate and implement toxic | ||||||
19 | pollution prevention measures and
alternatives through | ||||||
20 | audits, plans and programs.
| ||||||
21 | The Center may establish criteria and terms for such | ||||||
22 | grants, including a
requirement that a grantee provide | ||||||
23 | matching funds. Grant money awarded
under this Section may | ||||||
24 | not be spent for capital improvements or equipment.
| ||||||
25 | In determining whether to award a grant, the Center | ||||||
26 | shall
consider at least the following:
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (i) the potential of the project to prevent | ||||||
2 | pollution;
| ||||||
3 | (ii) the likelihood that the project will develop | ||||||
4 | techniques or
processes that will minimize the | ||||||
5 | transfer of pollution from one
environmental medium to | ||||||
6 | another;
| ||||||
7 | (iii) the extent to which information to be | ||||||
8 | developed through the
project will be applicable to | ||||||
9 | other persons in the State; and
| ||||||
10 | (iv) the willingness of the grant applicant to | ||||||
11 | assist the Center in
disseminating information about | ||||||
12 | the pollution prevention methods to be
developed | ||||||
13 | through the project.
| ||||||
14 | (7) Shall establish and operate a State information | ||||||
15 | clearinghouse
that
assembles, catalogues and disseminates | ||||||
16 | information about toxic pollution
prevention and available | ||||||
17 | consultant services. Such clearinghouse shall
include a | ||||||
18 | computer database containing information on managerial, | ||||||
19 | technical
and operational approaches to achieving toxic | ||||||
20 | pollution prevention. The
computer database must be maintained | ||||||
21 | on a system designed to enable
businesses, governmental | ||||||
22 | agencies and the general public readily to obtain
information | ||||||
23 | specific to production technologies, materials, operations and
| ||||||
24 | products. A business shall not be required to submit to the | ||||||
25 | clearinghouse
any information that is a trade secret.
| ||||||
26 | (8) May contract with an established institution of higher |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | education
to assist the Center in carrying out the provisions | ||||||
2 | of this Section. The
assistance provided by such an institution | ||||||
3 | may include, but need not be
limited to:
| ||||||
4 | (A) engineering field internships to assist industries | ||||||
5 | in
identifying
toxic pollution prevention opportunities;
| ||||||
6 | (B) development of a toxic pollution prevention | ||||||
7 | curriculum for
students and faculty; and
| ||||||
8 | (C) applied toxic pollution prevention and recycling | ||||||
9 | research.
| ||||||
10 | (9) Shall emphasize assistance to businesses that have | ||||||
11 | inadequate
technical and financial resources to obtain | ||||||
12 | information and to assess and
implement toxic pollution | ||||||
13 | prevention methods.
| ||||||
14 | (10) Shall publish a biannual report on its toxic pollution
| ||||||
15 | prevention and sustainable development activities, | ||||||
16 | achievements, identified problems and future goals.
| ||||||
17 | (Source: P.A. 95-728, eff. 7-1-08 - See Sec. 999 .)
| ||||||
18 | Section 45. The Illinois Low-Level Radioactive Waste | ||||||
19 | Management Act is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
| ||||||
20 | (420 ILCS 20/3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 241-3)
| ||||||
21 | Sec. 3. Definitions.
| ||||||
22 | "Agency" means the Illinois Emergency Management Agency. | ||||||
23 | "Broker" means any person who takes possession of low-level | ||||||
24 | waste for
purposes of consolidation and shipment.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | "Compact" means the Central Midwest Interstate Low-Level | ||||||
2 | Radioactive
Waste Compact.
| ||||||
3 | "Decommissioning" means the measures taken at the end of a | ||||||
4 | facility's
operating life to assure the continued protection of | ||||||
5 | the public from any
residual radioactivity or other potential | ||||||
6 | hazards present at a facility.
| ||||||
7 | "Director" means the Director of the Illinois Emergency | ||||||
8 | Management Agency.
| ||||||
9 | "Disposal" means the isolation of waste from the biosphere | ||||||
10 | in a
permanent facility designed for that purpose.
| ||||||
11 | "Facility" means a parcel of land or site, together with | ||||||
12 | structures,
equipment and improvements on or appurtenant to the | ||||||
13 | land or site, which
is used or is being developed for the | ||||||
14 | treatment, storage or disposal of
low-level radioactive waste. | ||||||
15 | "Facility" does not include lands, sites,
structures or | ||||||
16 | equipment used by a generator in the generation of low-level
| ||||||
17 | radioactive wastes.
| ||||||
18 | "Generator" means any person who produces or possesses | ||||||
19 | low-level
radioactive waste in the course of or incident to | ||||||
20 | manufacturing, power
generation, processing, medical diagnosis | ||||||
21 | and treatment, research,
education or other activity.
| ||||||
22 | "Hazardous waste" means a waste, or combination of wastes, | ||||||
23 | which
because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, | ||||||
24 | chemical, or
infectious characteristics may cause or | ||||||
25 | significantly contribute to an
increase in mortality or an | ||||||
26 | increase in serious, irreversible, or
incapacitating |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | reversible, illness; or pose a substantial present or
potential | ||||||
2 | hazard to human health or the environment when improperly
| ||||||
3 | treated, stored, transported, or disposed of, or otherwise | ||||||
4 | managed, and
which has been identified, by characteristics or | ||||||
5 | listing, as hazardous
under Section 3001 of the Resource | ||||||
6 | Conservation and Recovery Act of
1976, P.L. 94-580 or under | ||||||
7 | regulations of the Pollution Control Board.
| ||||||
8 | "High-level radioactive waste" means:
| ||||||
9 | (1) the highly radioactive material resulting from the | ||||||
10 | reprocessing of
spent nuclear fuel including liquid waste | ||||||
11 | produced directly in reprocessing
and any solid material | ||||||
12 | derived from the liquid waste that contains fission
| ||||||
13 | products in sufficient concentrations; and
| ||||||
14 | (2) the highly radioactive material that the Nuclear | ||||||
15 | Regulatory
Commission has determined, on the effective | ||||||
16 | date of this Amendatory Act of
1988, to be high-level | ||||||
17 | radioactive waste requiring permanent isolation.
| ||||||
18 | "Low-level radioactive waste" or "waste" means radioactive | ||||||
19 | waste not
classified as high-level radioactive waste, | ||||||
20 | transuranic waste, spent nuclear
fuel or byproduct material as | ||||||
21 | defined in Section 11e(2) of the Atomic Energy
Act of 1954 (42 | ||||||
22 | U.S.C. 2014).
| ||||||
23 | "Mixed waste" means waste that is both "hazardous waste" | ||||||
24 | and "low-level
radioactive waste" as defined in this Act.
| ||||||
25 | "Person" means an individual,
corporation, business | ||||||
26 | enterprise or other legal entity either public or private
and |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | any legal successor, representative, agent or agency of that | ||||||
2 | individual,
corporation, business enterprise, or legal entity.
| ||||||
3 | "Post-closure care" means the continued monitoring of the | ||||||
4 | regional
disposal facility after closure for the purposes of | ||||||
5 | detecting a need for
maintenance, ensuring environmental | ||||||
6 | safety, and determining compliance with
applicable licensure | ||||||
7 | and regulatory requirements, and includes undertaking any
| ||||||
8 | remedial actions necessary to protect public health and the | ||||||
9 | environment from
radioactive releases from the facility.
| ||||||
10 | "Regional disposal facility" or "disposal facility" means | ||||||
11 | the
facility established by the State of Illinois under this | ||||||
12 | Act for disposal
away from the point of generation of waste
| ||||||
13 | generated in the region of the Compact.
| ||||||
14 | "Release" means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, | ||||||
15 | emitting,
emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, | ||||||
16 | leaching, dumping or disposing
into the environment of | ||||||
17 | low-level radioactive waste.
| ||||||
18 | "Remedial action" means those actions taken in the event of | ||||||
19 | a release
or threatened release of low-level radioactive waste | ||||||
20 | into the environment,
to prevent or minimize the release of the | ||||||
21 | waste so that it does not migrate
to cause substantial danger | ||||||
22 | to present or future public health or welfare
or the | ||||||
23 | environment. The term includes, but is not limited to, actions
| ||||||
24 | at the location of the release such as storage, confinement, | ||||||
25 | perimeter
protection using dikes, trenches or ditches, clay | ||||||
26 | cover, neutralization,
cleanup of released low-level |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | radioactive wastes, recycling or reuse,
dredging or | ||||||
2 | excavations, repair or replacement of leaking containers,
| ||||||
3 | collection of leachate and runoff, onsite treatment or | ||||||
4 | incineration,
provision of alternative water supplies and any | ||||||
5 | monitoring reasonably
required to assure that these actions | ||||||
6 | protect human health and the environment.
| ||||||
7 | "Scientific Surveys" means, collectively, the Illinois | ||||||
8 | State Geological
Survey
and the Illinois State Water Survey of | ||||||
9 | the University of Illinois.
| ||||||
10 | "Shallow land burial" means a land disposal facility in | ||||||
11 | which
radioactive waste is disposed of in or within the upper | ||||||
12 | 30 meters of the
earth's surface. However, this definition | ||||||
13 | shall not include an enclosed,
engineered, structurally | ||||||
14 | re-enforced and solidified bunker that extends
below the | ||||||
15 | earth's surface.
| ||||||
16 | "Storage" means the temporary holding of waste for | ||||||
17 | treatment or
disposal for a period determined by Agency | ||||||
18 | regulations.
| ||||||
19 | "Treatment" means any method, technique or process, | ||||||
20 | including storage
for radioactive decay, designed to change the | ||||||
21 | physical, chemical or biological
characteristics or | ||||||
22 | composition of any waste in order to render the waste
safer for | ||||||
23 | transport, storage or disposal, amenable to recovery, | ||||||
24 | convertible
to another usable material or reduced in volume.
| ||||||
25 | "Waste management" means the storage, transportation, | ||||||
26 | treatment or
disposal of waste.
|
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1 | (Source: P.A. 95-728, eff. 7-1-08 - See Sec. 999; 95-777, eff. | ||||||
2 | 8-4-08; 96-328, eff. 8-11-09 .)
| ||||||
3 | Section 50. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing | ||||||
4 | Section 1.3 as follows:
| ||||||
5 | (520 ILCS 5/1.3)
| ||||||
6 | Sec. 1.3. The Department shall have the authority to manage
| ||||||
7 | wildlife and regulate the taking of wildlife for
the
purposes | ||||||
8 | of providing public recreation and controlling wildlife | ||||||
9 | populations.
The seasons during which wildlife may be taken, | ||||||
10 | the methods for taking
wildlife, the daily bag
limits, and the | ||||||
11 | possession limits shall be established by the Department
| ||||||
12 | through
administrative rule,
but the Department may not provide | ||||||
13 | for a longer season, a
larger daily bag limit, or a larger | ||||||
14 | possession limit than is provided in
this Code.
| ||||||
15 | The Natural Resources Advisory Board may also recommend to | ||||||
16 | the Director of
Natural Resources any reductions or increases | ||||||
17 | of seasons and bag or possession
limits or the closure of any | ||||||
18 | season when research and inventory data indicate
the need for | ||||||
19 | such changes.
| ||||||
20 | The Department is authorized to establish seasons for the | ||||||
21 | taking of
migratory birds within the dates established annually | ||||||
22 | by
Proclamation of the
Secretary, United States Department of | ||||||
23 | the Interior, known as the
"Rules and Regulations for Migratory | ||||||
24 | Bird Hunting" (50 CFR 20 et seq.). When
the biological balance |
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species is affected, the Director may with the approval | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | of the
Conservation Advisory Board, by administrative rule, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | lengthen, shorten
or close the season during which waterfowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | may be taken within the
federal limitations prescribed.
If the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Department does not adopt an administrative rule establishing a
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6 | season, then the season shall be as set forth in the current | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | "Rules and
Regulations for Migratory Bird Hunting". The | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Department shall advise the
public by reasonable means of the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | dates of the various seasons.
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13 | of
the various species of wildlife.
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15 | government or body
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16 | enforcement, may with prior
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17 | exempted from the provisions of this Act.
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18 | (Source: P.A. 95-728, eff. 7-1-08 - See Sec. 999 .)
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19 | (30 ILCS 105/8.24 rep.)
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20 | Section 55. The State Finance Act is amended by repealing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Section 8.24.
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23 | becoming law.
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