HB2167 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB095 01172 CMK 21174 b

95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB2167

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

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

415 ILCS 5/15

from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1015

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

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning safety.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by changing Section 15 as follows:

(415 ILCS 5/15) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1015)

Sec. 15. Plans and specifications; demonstration of capability.

(a) Owners of public water supplies, their authorized representative, or legal custodians, shall submit plans and and specifications to the Agency and obtain written approval before construction of any proposed public water supply installations, changes, or additions is started. Plans and specifications shall be complete and of sufficient detail to show all proposed construction, changes, or additions that may affect sanitary quality, mineral quality, or adequacy of the public water supply; and, where necessary, said plans and specifications shall be accompanied by supplemental data as may be required by the Agency to permit a complete review thereof.

(b) All new public water supplies established after October 1, 1999 shall demonstrate technical, financial, and managerial capacity as a condition for issuance of a construction or operation permit by the Agency or its designee. The demonstration shall be consistent with the technical, financial, and managerial provisions of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act (P.L. 93-523), as now or hereafter amended. The Agency is authorized to adopt rules in accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to implement the purposes of this subsection. Such rules must take into account the need for the facility, facility size, sophistication of treatment of the water supply, and financial requirements needed for operation of the facility.

(Source: P.A. 92-651, eff. 7-11-02.)