HJ0039ham001 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HJ0039HAM001 LRB096 12039 JDS 25553 a

AMENDMENT TO HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 39

AMENDMENT NO. ___. Amend House Joint Resolution 39 as follows:

on page 1, line 21, immediately after "has", by inserting "twice"; and

on page 2, by replacing line 1 with the following: "funding shortages, the current shortage requiring applicants for"; and

on page 2, by replacing lines 15 through 17 with the following:

"WHEREAS, The cost of an average leaking underground storage tank site where costs are reimbursed from the Fund is"; and

on page 2, immediately below line 18 by inserting the following:

"WHEREAS, Current law does not contain adequate methods for monitoring and controlling costs at leaking underground storage tank sites where costs are reimbursed from the Fund; and"; and

on page 3, by replacing line 10 with the following:

"costs of clean-up of leaking underground storage tank sites; and be it further"; and

on page 4, lines 3, 5, 8, and 10, by inserting "of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency" immediately after "Director" each time it appears; and

on page 4, by inserting the following after line 12:

"RESOLVED, That the approaches studied by the Task Force shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following:

(1) In order to prevent the recurrence of a backlog of unpaid claims, requiring that the total costs approved for reimbursement from the Fund not exceed the monies in the Fund available to pay the costs;

(2) Requiring that costs reimbursed from the Fund be minimized to the greatest extent practicable, including, but not limited to, utilization of the Illinois Pollution Control Board's risk-based corrective action rules to the greatest extent practicable;

(3) Requiring that costs that will be reimbursed from the Fund be pre-approved by the State before they are incurred;

(4) Prioritizing approvals of costs that will be reimbursed from the Fund so that (1) sites posing a greater threat to human health and the environment receive higher priority than sites posing a lesser threat to human health and the environment, and (2) sites with operating underground storage tanks at the time of the release receive higher priority than sites without operating underground storage tanks at the time of the release;

(5) Competitive bidding of costs that will be reimbursed from the Fund, with such bidding including, but not being limited to, public notice of bid proposals; and be it further".