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90_SB0058
415 ILCS 5/57
Amends the leaking underground storage tank provisions of
the Environmental Protection Act to make a technical change.
Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Environmental Protection Act by
2 changing Section 57.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended
6 by changing Section 57 as follows:
7 (415 ILCS 5/57)
8 Sec. 57. Intent and purpose. This Title shall be known
9 and may be cited as the Leaking Underground Storage Tank
10 Program (LUST), the purpose of which is to, in accordance
11 with the requirements of the Hazardous and Solid Waste
12 Amendments of 1984 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery
13 Act of 1976, and in accordance with the State's interest in
14 the protection of Illinois' land and water resources:; (1)
15 adopt procedures for the remediation of underground storage
16 tank sites due to the release of petroleum and other
17 substances regulated under this Title from certain
18 underground storage tanks or related tank systems; (2)
19 establish and provide procedures for a Leaking Underground
20 Storage Tank Program which will oversee and review any
21 remediation required for leaking underground storage tanks,
22 and administer the Underground Storage Tank Fund; (3)
23 establish an Underground Storage Tank Fund intended to be a
24 State fund by which persons who qualify for access to the
25 Underground Storage Tank Fund may satisfy the financial
26 responsibility requirements under applicable State law and
27 regulations; (4) establish requirements for eligible owners
28 and operators of underground storage tanks to seek payment
29 for any costs associated with physical soil classification,
30 groundwater investigation, site classification and corrective
31 action from the Underground Storage Tank Fund; and (5) to
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1 audit and approve corrective action efforts performed by
2 Licensed Professional Engineers.
3 (Source: P.A. 88-496; 89-428, eff. 1-1-96; 89-457, eff.
4 5-22-96.)
5 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
6 becoming law.