Full Text of HB4144 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning safety.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 19.11 as follows: | 6 | | (415 ILCS 5/19.11) | 7 | | Sec. 19.11. Public water supply disruption; notification. | 8 | | (a) In this Section: | 9 | | "Disruption event" means any: | 10 | | (1) change to a disinfection technique, practice, or | 11 | | technology, including each instance of any change in the | 12 | | concentration of any disinfectant in the water of a public | 13 | | water supply that results in residual concentrations of | 14 | | the disinfectant in the water either exceeding 50% or | 15 | | falling below 20% of the monthly average concentration of | 16 | | disinfectant reported to the Agency in a public water | 17 | | distribution entity's most recent monthly submission of | 18 | | Daily Operating Reports; | 19 | | (2) planned or unplanned work on or damage to a water | 20 | | main or fire hydrant ; | 21 | | (3) change in a treatment application or source of | 22 | | water that results in an altered finished water quality; | 23 | | (4) event that results in a public water supply's |
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| 1 | | operating pressure falling below 20 PSI; or | 2 | | (5) condition that results in the issuance of a boil | 3 | | water order. | 4 | | "Fire department" means a fire protection service provider | 5 | | (i) organized under the Illinois Municipal Code or the Fire | 6 | | Protection District Act and (ii) recognized by the Office of | 7 | | the State Fire Marshal. | 8 | | "Health care facility" means a facility, hospital, or | 9 | | establishment licensed or organized under the Ambulatory | 10 | | Surgical Treatment Center Act, the University of Illinois | 11 | | Hospital Act, the Hospital Licensing Act, the Nursing Home | 12 | | Care Act, the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act, or the | 13 | | Community Living Facilities Licensing Act. | 14 | | " Disruption notification Health care facility list" means | 15 | | a list enumerating health care facilities , fire departments, | 16 | | dispatch centers, and their designees that are served by a | 17 | | public water supply and maintained by a public water | 18 | | distribution entity. | 19 | | "Public water distribution entity" means any of the | 20 | | following entities that are responsible for the direct | 21 | | supervision of a public water supply: a municipality, a | 22 | | private corporation, an individual private owner, or a | 23 | | regularly organized body governed by a constitution and | 24 | | by-laws requiring regular election of officers. | 25 | | "Public water supply" has the same meaning as defined in | 26 | | Section 3.365. |
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| 1 | | "State agencies" means the Illinois Environmental | 2 | | Protection Agency and the Illinois Department of Public | 3 | | Health. | 4 | | "Water supply operator" means any individual trained in | 5 | | the treatment
or distribution of water who has practical, | 6 | | working knowledge of the chemical,
biological, and physical | 7 | | sciences essential to the practical mechanics
of water | 8 | | treatment or distribution and who is capable of conducting
and | 9 | | maintaining the water treatment or distribution processes of a | 10 | | public water supply in a
manner that will provide safe, | 11 | | potable water for human consumption. | 12 | | (b) A public water distribution entity, through its | 13 | | designated employees or contractors, shall notify its water | 14 | | supply operator and all affected health care facilities , fire | 15 | | departments, and dispatch centers on the public water supply's | 16 | | disruption notification health care facility list not less | 17 | | than 14 days before any known, planned, or anticipated | 18 | | disruption event. An anticipated disruption event includes for | 19 | | purposes of this subsection any disruption event that could or | 20 | | should be reasonably anticipated by a public water | 21 | | distribution entity. | 22 | | (c) A public water distribution entity, through its | 23 | | designated employees or contractors, shall notify its water | 24 | | supply operator , and all affected health care facilities , all | 25 | | affected fire departments, and all affected dispatch centers | 26 | | on a disruption notification list that are served by the |
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| 1 | | public water supply and affected by any unplanned disruption | 2 | | event in the public water supply's water distribution system. | 3 | | The notification required under this subsection shall be | 4 | | provided within 2 hours after the public water distribution | 5 | | entity becomes aware of the unplanned disruption event. | 6 | | (d) A health care facility , fire department, and dispatch | 7 | | center shall designate an email address to receive electronic | 8 | | notifications from the public water distribution entity | 9 | | concerning planned or unplanned disruption events. The email | 10 | | account shall be accessible to the health care facility's | 11 | | designated water management plan administrator , the fire | 12 | | department's chief officer, the dispatch center's chief | 13 | | officer, and other responsible administrative personnel. | 14 | | (e) Any planned or unplanned disruption event notification | 15 | | sent to a health care facility , fire department, or dispatch | 16 | | center under this Section shall also be sent to the State | 17 | | agencies via email to the email addresses designated by
the | 18 | | State agencies within 5 business days. The State agencies | 19 | | shall establish, maintain, and retain a list of notifications | 20 | | received pursuant to this subsection. | 21 | | The notice required under this Section shall include, but | 22 | | shall not be limited to, the following: | 23 | | (1) a detailed description of the disruption event; | 24 | | (2) the date, time, and location of the disruption | 25 | | event; | 26 | | (3) the expected time needed to resolve the disruption |
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| 1 | | event; and | 2 | | (4) a list of the health care facilities , fire | 3 | | departments, and dispatch centers notified by the public
| 4 | | water distribution entity. | 5 | | Beginning one year after the effective date of this | 6 | | amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, the State | 7 | | agencies shall make
available upon request a list of | 8 | | disruption events, in an electronic format, sorted by the year | 9 | | and month of each occurrence.
| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 102-960, eff. 5-27-22.)
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