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      515 ILCS 5/1-20           from Ch. 56, par. 1-20
          Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code to make a technical
      change to a provision concerning the definition  of  "aquatic
      life".
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 1        AN ACT regarding natural resources.
 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:
 4        Section 5. The Personnel  Code  is  amended  by  changing
 5    Section 4c as follows:
 6        (20 ILCS 415/4c) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b104c)
 7        Sec. 4c.  General exemptions.  The following positions in
 8    State service shall be exempt from jurisdictions A, B, and C,
 9    unless  the  jurisdictions  shall  be extended as provided in
10    this Act:
11             (1)  All officers elected by the people.
12             (2)  All positions under  the  Lieutenant  Governor,
13        Secretary  of  State, State Treasurer, State Comptroller,
14        State Board of Education, Clerk of the Supreme Court, and
15        Attorney General.
16             (3)  Judges,  and  officers  and  employees  of  the
17        courts, and notaries public.
18             (4)  All officers  and  employees  of  the  Illinois
19        General    Assembly,   all   employees   of   legislative
20        commissions, all officers and employees of  the  Illinois
21        Legislative  Reference  Bureau,  the Legislative Research
22        Unit, and the Legislative Printing Unit.
23             (5)  All positions in the Illinois  National  Guard,
24        and  Illinois  State  Guard,  paid  from federal funds or
25        positions  in  the  State   Military  Service  filled  by
26        enlistment and paid from State funds.
27             (6)  All employees of the Governor at the  executive
28        mansion and on his immediate personal staff.
29             (7)  Directors of Departments, the Adjutant General,
30        the  Assistant  Adjutant  General,  the  Director  of the
31        Illinois Emergency Management Agency, members  of  boards
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 1        and  commissions,   and  all other positions appointed by
 2        the Governor by and with the consent of the Senate.
 3             (8)  The presidents, other principal  administrative
 4        officers,  and teaching, research and extension faculties
 5        of Chicago State University, Eastern Illinois University,
 6        Governors State University,  Illinois  State  University,
 7        Northeastern   Illinois   University,  Northern  Illinois
 8        University, Western  Illinois  University,  the  Illinois
 9        Community  College  Board,  Southern Illinois University,
10        Illinois  Board  of  Higher  Education,   University   of
11        Illinois,   State   Universities  Civil  Service  System,
12        University  Retirement  System  of  Illinois,   and   the
13        administrative  officers  and  scientific  and  technical
14        staff of the Illinois State Museum.
15             (9)  All  other  employees  except  the  presidents,
16        other  principal  administrative  officers, and teaching,
17        research and  extension  faculties  of  the  universities
18        under  the  jurisdiction  of the Board of Regents and the
19        colleges and universities under the  jurisdiction of  the
20        Board  of  Governors  of State Colleges and Universities,
21        Illinois  Community  College  Board,  Southern   Illinois
22        University,  Illinois Board of Higher Education, Board of
23        Governors of State Colleges and Universities,  the  Board
24        of  Regents,  University  of Illinois, State Universities
25        Civil Service System,  University  Retirement  System  of
26        Illinois,  so long as these are subject to the provisions
27        of the State Universities Civil Service Act.
28             (10)  The State Police so long as they  are  subject
29        to the merit provisions of the State Police Act.
30             (11)  The  scientific  staff of the State Scientific
31        Surveys and the Waste Management and  Research  Hazardous
32        Waste Research and Information Center.
33             (12)  The  technical  and  engineering staffs of the
34        Department of Transportation, the Department  of  Nuclear
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 1        Safety,  and of the Illinois Commerce Commission, and the
 2        technical and engineering staff  providing  architectural
 3        and  engineering  services  in  the Department of Central
 4        Management Services.
 5             (13)  All  employees  of  the  Illinois  State  Toll
 6        Highway Commission.
 7             (14)  The Secretary of the Industrial Commission.
 8             (15)  All persons who are appointed or  employed  by
 9        the Director of Insurance  under authority of Section 202
10        of the Illinois Insurance Code to assist the Director  of
11        Insurance in discharging his responsibilities relating to
12        the   rehabilitation,   liquidation,   conservation,  and
13        dissolution  of  companies  that  are  subject   to   the
14        jurisdiction of the Illinois  Insurance Code.
15             (16)  All  employees  of  the St. Louis Metropolitan
16        Area Airport Authority.
17             (17)  All  investment  officers  employed   by   the
18        Illinois State Board of Investment.
19             (18)  Employees   of   the   Illinois   Young  Adult
20        Conservation Corps program, administered by the  Illinois
21        Department of Natural Resources, authorized grantee under
22        Title  VIII of the "Comprehensive Employment and Training
23        Act of 1973", 29 USC 993.
24             (19)  Seasonal  employees  of  the   Department   of
25        Agriculture  for the operation of the Illinois State Fair
26        and the DuQuoin State Fair, no one person receiving  more
27        than 29 days of such employment in any calendar year.
28             (20)  All  "temporary"  employees  hired  under  the
29        Department  of  Natural  Resources' Illinois Conservation
30        Service, a youth  employment  program  that  hires  young
31        people to work in State parks for a period of one year or
32        less.
33             (21)  All  hearing  officers  of  the  Human  Rights
34        Commission.
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 1             (22)  All  employees of the Illinois Mathematics and
 2        Science Academy.
 3             (23)  All employees of  the  Kankakee  River  Valley
 4        Area Airport Authority.
 5    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
 6        Section  10. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
 7    amended by changing Section 46.13a as follows:
 8        (20 ILCS 605/46.13a) (from Ch. 127, par. 46.13a)
 9        Sec. 46.13a. Environmental Regulatory Assistance Program.
10        (a)  The following terms, whenever used or referred to in
11    this Section, shall have the following meanings  ascribed  to
12    them, except where the context clearly requires otherwise:
13             (1)  "Small  business  stationary  source"  means  a
14        business  that  is  owned  or  operated  by a person that
15        employs 100 or fewer individuals; is a small business; is
16        not a major stationary source as defined in Titles I  and
17        III  of  the  federal 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments; does
18        not emit 50 tons  or  more  per  year  of  any  regulated
19        pollutant  (as  defined under the federal Clean Air Act);
20        and emits less than 75 tons per  year  of  all  regulated
21        pollutants.
22             (2)  "Department"  means  the Illinois Department of
23        Commerce and Community Affairs.
24        (b)  The Department may:
25             (1)  Provide  access  to  technical  and  compliance
26        information  for  Illinois  firms,  including  small  and
27        middle market companies,  to  facilitate  local  business
28        compliance    with   the   federal,   State   and   local
29        environmental regulations.
30             (2)  Coordinate   and   enter    into    cooperative
31        agreements  with a State ombudsman office, which shall be
32        established in accordance with the federal 1990 Clean Air
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 1        Act Amendments to provide direct oversight to the program
 2        established under that Act.
 3             (3)  Enter into contracts,  cooperative  agreements,
 4        and   financing  agreements  and  establish  and  collect
 5        charges  and  fees  necessary  or   incidental   to   the
 6        performance  of  duties and the execution of powers under
 7        this Section.
 8             (4)  Accept and expend,  subject  to  appropriation,
 9        gifts,  grants,  awards,  funds,  contributions, charges,
10        fees  and  other  financial  or  nonfinancial  aid   from
11        federal,   State   and   local   governmental   agencies,
12        businesses,    educational    agencies,    not-for-profit
13        organizations,  and  other  entities, for the purposes of
14        this Section.
15             (5)  Establish, staff and  administer  programs  and
16        services  and  adopt such rules and regulations as may be
17        necessary to carry out the intent  of  this  Section  and
18        Section  507, "Small Business Stationary Source Technical
19        and Environmental Compliance Assistance Program", of  the
20        federal 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments.
21        (c)  The  Department's  environmental compliance programs
22    and services for businesses may  include,  but  need  not  be
23    limited to, the following:
24             (1)  Communication  and  outreach  services to or on
25        behalf of individual companies, including collection  and
26        compilation  of  appropriate  information  on  regulatory
27        compliance   issues   and   control   technologies,   and
28        dissemination  of  such information through publications,
29        direct mailings, electronic communications,  conferences,
30        workshops,  one-on-one  counseling  and  other  means  of
31        technical assistance.
32             (2)  Provision  of referrals and access to technical
33        assistance, pollution prevention and facility audits, and
34        otherwise serving  as  an  information  clearinghouse  on
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 1        pollution  prevention  through  the  coordination  of the
 2        Waste Management and Research  Hazardous  Waste  Research
 3        and  Information  Center, a division of the Department of
 4        Natural  Resources.   In  addition,   environmental   and
 5        regulatory  compliance  issues  and techniques, which may
 6        include business rights and responsibilities,  applicable
 7        permitting   and   compliance   requirements,  compliance
 8        methods  and  acceptable  control  technologies,  release
 9        detection,  and  other  applicable  information  may   be
10        provided.
11             (3)  Coordination     with    and    provision    of
12        administrative  and  logistical  support  to  the   State
13        Compliance Advisory Panel.
14        (d)  There  is hereby created a special fund in the State
15    Treasury to be known  as  the  Small  Business  Environmental
16    Assistance Fund.  Monies received under subdivision (b)(4) of
17    this Section shall be deposited into the Fund.
18        Monies  in  the  Small  Business Environmental Assistance
19    Fund may be used, subject  to  appropriation,  only  for  the
20    purposes authorized by this Section.
21    (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
22        Section 15. The Business Assistance and Regulatory Reform
23    Act is amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
24        (20 ILCS 608/15)
25        Sec.  15.  Providing  information  and  expediting permit
26    reviews.
27        (a)  The office shall provide an information system using
28    a toll-free business assistance number.  The number shall  be
29    advertised  throughout  the  State.  If requested, the caller
30    will be sent a  basic  business  kit,  describing  the  basic
31    requirements  and  procedures for doing business in Illinois.
32    If requested, the caller shall be directed to one or more  of
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 1    the additional services provided by the office.  In addition,
 2    the  office  shall have branches located throughout the State
 3    to assist persons who prefer not (or who are unable)  to  use
 4    the  call system.  All persons providing advice to callers on
 5    behalf of the office and all persons responsible for directly
 6    providing services to persons visiting the office or  one  of
 7    its  branches shall be persons with small business experience
 8    in an administrative or managerial capacity.
 9        (b)  The   office   shall   develop   and   implement   a
10    computerized master application  procedure  to  expedite  the
11    identification   and   processing  of  permits  for  business
12    undertakings, projects and activities.
13             (1)  The  application  shall  be  made  on  a   form
14        prescribed  by  the  office,  designed  primarily for the
15        convenience of  applicants  confronting  requirements  of
16        multiple  permits  from  one or more State agencies.  The
17        office shall assist any person requesting  assistance  in
18        completing the application.
19             (2)  Upon receipt of a completed master application,
20        the  office  shall  notify  each  State  agency  having a
21        possible interest  in  the  proposed  business  activity.
22        Each  agency so notified shall respond within 15 days and
23        advise the office whether one or more permits  under  its
24        jurisdiction  may  be  required  for  the  activity.  The
25        response will also include the fees to  be  charged.  The
26        requirements  of  this subdivision (b)(2) shall not apply
27        if the master  application contained false, misleading or
28        deceptive information, or  failed  to  include  pertinent
29        information,  the  lack  of which could reasonably lead a
30        State agency to misjudge  the  applicability  of  permits
31        under  its jurisdiction, or if new permit requirements or
32        related standards subsequently became effective for which
33        a State agency had  no  discretion  in  establishing  the
34        effective  date. For purposes of this Act, "State agency"
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 1        means a department or agency of  State  government  under
 2        the  jurisdiction  and  control  of  the  Office  of  the
 3        Governor.
 4             (3)  After  the  15  day notice and response period,
 5        the office shall promptly provide the applicant with  the
 6        necessary  application  forms and related information for
 7        all permits specified by the interested  State  agencies.
 8        Applications  may  be directly filed with the agencies or
 9        with the office, together with the requisite  fees.   The
10        office  may  at  the  request  of the applicant conduct a
11        pre-application conference with  representatives  of  the
12        interested    State    agencies   and   agencies   having
13        responsibilities for business promotion.
14        (c)  Any applicant for permits required  for  a  business
15    activity  may  confer with the office to obtain assistance in
16    the  prompt  and   efficient   processing   and   review   of
17    applications.   The  office  may designate an employee of the
18    office to act as a permit assistance manager to:
19             (1)  facilitate  contacts  for  the  applicant  with
20        responsible agencies;
21             (2)  arrange conferences to clarify the requirements
22        of interested agencies;
23             (3)  consider with State agencies the feasibility of
24        consolidating  hearings  and   data   required   of   the
25        applicant;
26             (4)  assist   the   applicant   in   resolution   of
27        outstanding issues identified by State agencies; and
28             (5)  coordinate  federal, State and local regulatory
29        procedures  and  permit  review  actions  to  the  extent
30        possible.
31        (d)  The  office  shall  publish  a  directory  of  State
32    business  permits  and  State  programs   to   assist   small
33    businesses.
34        (e)  The  office shall designate "economically distressed
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 1    areas",  being  State  enterprise  zones   that   have   been
 2    designated  enterprise  zones  under  the Illinois Enterprise
 3    Zone Act  because  of  their  high  unemployment  rate,  high
 4    poverty rate, or low income. The office shall provide on-site
 5    permit   assistance  in  those  areas  and  may  require  any
 6    interested State agency to designate an  employee  who  shall
 7    coordinate  the handling of permits in that area.  Interested
 8    State  agencies  shall,  to  the  maximum  extent   feasible,
 9    establish procedures to expedite applications in economically
10    distressed  areas.   The  office  shall  attempt to establish
11    agreements with the local governments having jurisdiction  in
12    these  areas,  to  allow  the office to provide assistance to
13    applicants for permits required by these local governments.
14        (f)  The  office  shall   designate   permit   assistance
15    managers  to  assist  in  obtaining  the prompt and efficient
16    processing and review of applications for permits required by
17    businesses performing  infrastructure  projects.   Interested
18    State   agencies  shall,  to  the  maximum  extent  feasible,
19    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
23    specify a different period.   If  the  interested  agency  is
24    unable  to act within that period, the agency shall provide a
25    written notification to the office specifying reasons for its
26    inability  to  act  and  the  date  by  which   approval   or
27    disapproval  shall be determined.  The office may require any
28    interested State agency to designate  an  employee  who  will
29    coordinate the handling of permits in that area.
30        (g)  In  addition  to  its responsibilities in connection
31    with permit assistance,  the  office  shall  provide  general
32    regulatory information by directing businesses to appropriate
33    officers   in   State  agencies  to  supply  the  information
34    requested.
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 1        (h)  The office shall help businesses to locate and apply
 2    to training programs available to train current employees  in
 3    particular  skills, techniques or areas of knowledge relevant
 4    to the employees' present  or  anticipated  job  duties.   In
 5    pursuit   of   this   objective,  the  office  shall  provide
 6    businesses with pertinent information about training programs
 7    offered by State agencies, units of local government,  public
 8    universities  and  colleges,  community  colleges, and school
 9    districts in Illinois.
10        (i)  The office shall help businesses to locate and apply
11    to State programs offering to businesses grants, loans,  loan
12    or  bond  guarantees,  investment partnerships, technology or
13    productivity  consultation,  or  other  forms   of   business
14    assistance.
15        (j)  To  the extent authorized by federal law, the office
16    shall assist businesses in ascertaining  and  complying  with
17    the  requirements  of the federal Americans with Disabilities
18    Act.
19        (k)  The  office  shall  provide   confidential   on-site
20    assistance   in   identifying   problems   and  solutions  in
21    compliance with  requirements  of  the  federal  Occupational
22    Safety  and Health Administration and other State and federal
23    environmental regulations.  The office shall work through and
24    contract with the Waste  Management  and  Research  Hazardous
25    Waste Research and Information Center to provide confidential
26    on-site   consultation  audits  that  (i)  assist  regulatory
27    compliance   and   (ii)   identify    pollution    prevention
28    opportunities.
29        (l)  The  office  shall  provide  information on existing
30    loan and business assistance programs provided by the State.
31        (m)  Each State agency having jurisdiction to approve  or
32    deny  a  permit shall have the continuing power heretofore or
33    hereafter vested in it  to  make  such  determinations.   The
34    provisions of this Act shall not lessen or reduce such powers
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 1    and shall modify the procedures followed in carrying out such
 2    powers only to the extent provided in this Act.
 3        (n) (1)  Each State agency shall fully cooperate with the
 4    office  in providing information, documentation, personnel or
 5    facilities requested by the office.
 6        (2)  Each State agency having jurisdiction of any  permit
 7    to which the master application procedure is applicable shall
 8    designate  an  employee  to act as permit liaison office with
 9    the office in carrying out the provisions of this Act.
10        (o) (1)  The office has authority, but is  not  required,
11    to  keep  and  analyze appropriate statistical data regarding
12    the number of permits issued by State agencies, the amount of
13    time necessary for the permits to  be  issued,  the  cost  of
14    obtaining  such  permits,  the  types  of  projects for which
15    specific permits are issued,  a  geographic  distribution  of
16    permits,   and   other   pertinent   data  the  office  deems
17    appropriate.
18        The office shall make such data and any analysis  of  the
19    data available to the public.
20        (2)  The  office  has  authority, but is not required, to
21    conduct or cause to be conducted a  thorough  review  of  any
22    agency's  permit  requirements  and  the need by the State to
23    require such permits.  The office shall draw on  the  review,
24    on  its direct experience, and on its statistical analyses to
25    prepare recommendations regarding how to:
26             (i)  eliminate  unnecessary  or  antiquated   permit
27        requirements;
28             (ii)  consolidate  duplicative or overlapping permit
29        requirements;
30             (iii)  simplify   overly    complex    or    lengthy
31        application procedures;
32             (iv)  expedite   time-consuming  agency  review  and
33        approval procedures; or
34             (v)  otherwise improve the permitting  processes  in
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 1        the State.
 2        The  office  shall  submit  copies of all recommendations
 3    within 5  days  of  issuance  to  the  affected  agency,  the
 4    Governor,  the  General  Assembly, and the Joint Committee on
 5    Administrative Rules.
 6        (p)  The office has authority to review  State  forms  on
 7    its  own  initiative  or  upon  the  request of another State
 8    agency to ascertain the burden, if  any,  of  complying  with
 9    those  forms.  If the office determines that a form is unduly
10    burdensome to  business,  it  may  recommend  to  the  agency
11    issuing  the  form either that the form be eliminated or that
12    specific changes be made in the form.
13        (q)  Not later than March 1 of each year, beginning March
14    1, 1995, the office shall submit  an  annual  report  of  its
15    activities  during  the  preceding  year  to the Governor and
16    General Assembly.  The report shall describe  the  activities
17    of  the  office  during  the preceding year and shall contain
18    statistical information on the permit  assistance  activities
19    of the office.
20    (Source: P.A. 88-404.)
21        Section  20.  The  Department of Natural Resources Act is
22    amended by changing Sections 15-5 and 20-5 as follows:
23        (20 ILCS 801/15-5)
24        Sec. 15-5. Office of Scientific  Research  and  Analysis.
25    The  Department  of Natural Resources shall have within it an
26    Office of Scientific Research and Analysis.  The Office shall
27    contain within it a Natural History Survey division, a  State
28    Water  Survey division, a State Geological Survey division, a
29    Waste Management and Research Hazardous  Waste  Research  and
30    Information  Center division, and such other related research
31    functions and responsibilities as may be appropriate provided
32    by law.  The Board of Natural Resources and  Conservation  is
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 1    retained  as  the  governing board for the Scientific Surveys
 2    and Waste Management and Research  Hazardous  Waste  Research
 3    and Information Center.
 4    (Source: P.A. 89-50, eff. 7-1-95; 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
 5        (20 ILCS 801/20-5)
 6        Sec.  20-5.  State  Museum.   The  Department  of Natural
 7    Resources shall have within it a division consisting  of  the
 8    Illinois  State  Museum,  which shall be within the Office of
 9    Scientific Research and Analysis. The Board of  the  Illinois
10    State Museum is retained as the governing board for the State
11    Museum.
12    (Source: P.A. 89-50, eff. 7-1-95; 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
13        Section 25.  The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
14    amended by changing Section 63a and by adding Sections 63b1.2
15    and 63b2.9 as follows:
16        (20 ILCS 805/63a) (from Ch. 127, par. 63a)
17        Sec.  63a.   The  Department of Natural Resources has the
18    powers enumerated in Sections 63a1 through 63b2.9 63b2.8.
19    (Source: P.A. 88-657, eff. 1-1-95; 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
20        (20 ILCS 805/63b1.2 new)
21        Sec. 63b1.2.   Indirect  cost  reimbursements.   Indirect
22    cost  reimbursements applied for by the Department of Natural
23    Resources may be allocated  as  State  matching  funds.   Any
24    indirect  cost  reimbursement applied for and received by the
25    Department shall be deposited to the same fund as the  direct
26    cost  and  may  be  expended,  subject  to appropriation, for
27    support of programs administered by the Department of Natural
28    Resources.
29        (20 ILCS 805/63b2.9 new)
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 1        Sec. 63b2.9.  Grants and contracts.  To accept,  receive,
 2    expend,  and  administer,  including  by grant, agreement, or
 3    contract,  those  funds  that  are  made  available  to   the
 4    Department  from  the federal government and other public and
 5    private sources in the exercise of its statutory  powers  and
 6    duties.
 7        The  Department  may make grants to other State agencies,
 8    universities,   not-for-profit   organizations   and    local
 9    governments,  pursuant to an appropriation in the exercise of
10    its statutory powers and duties.
11        Section 30. The Energy Conservation and Coal  Development
12    Act is amended by changing Section 16 as follows:
13        (20 ILCS 1105/16) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7415)
14        Sec. 16. Battery Task Force.
15        (a)  Within  the  Department  is  created  a Battery Task
16    Force to be comprised of (i) the Director of  the  Department
17    who shall serve as chair of the Task Force; (ii) the Director
18    of  the  Environmental Protection Agency;  (iii) the Director
19    of the Waste Management and Research Hazardous Waste Research
20    and Information Center; and (iv)  15  persons  who  shall  be
21    appointed  by  the  Director  of  the Department, including 2
22    persons representing an environmental organization, 2 persons
23    representing   the   battery   cell   industry,   2   persons
24    representing the rechargeable powered tool/device industry, 3
25    representatives  from  local  government   with   residential
26    recycling  programs  (including  one from a municipality with
27    more than a million  people),  one  person  representing  the
28    retail  industry, one person representing a consumer group, 2
29    persons  representing  the  waste  management  industry,  one
30    person  representing  a  recycling  firm,  and   one   person
31    representing  a  citizens'  group active in local solid waste
32    issues.
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 1        (b)  The  Task  Force  shall  prepare  a  report  of  its
 2    findings and recommendations and shall present the report  to
 3    the  Governor  and the General Assembly on or before April 1,
 4    1993. Among other things, the Task Force shall evaluate:
 5             (1)  collection, storage, and processing systems for
 6        the recycling and proper management of  common  household
 7        batteries  and rechargeable battery products generated by
 8        consumers,  businesses,  institutions,  and  governmental
 9        units;
10             (2)  public education programs  that  promote  waste
11        reduction,  reuse, and recycling strategies for household
12        batteries;
13             (3)  disposal bans on specific  household  batteries
14        or rechargeable battery products;
15             (4)  management  options  for rechargeable tools and
16        appliances;
17             (5)  technical and financial assistance programs for
18        local governments;
19             (6)  guidelines and  regulations  for  the  storage,
20        transportation, and disposal of household batteries;
21             (7)  labeling  requirements  for household batteries
22        and battery packaging;
23             (8)  metal content limits and sale restrictions  for
24        carbon-zinc, nickel-cadmium, and button batteries;
25             (9)  market   development   options   for  materials
26        recovered from household batteries;
27             (10)  industry   waste    reduction    developments,
28        including  substitution  of longer-life, rechargeable and
29        recyclable   batteries,   substitution   of   alternative
30        products which do not require batteries, increased use of
31        power-source adapters, and use of  replaceable  batteries
32        in battery-powered appliances; and
33             (11)  the  feasibility  of  reverse  distribution of
34        batteries.
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 1        The  Task  Force  shall  review,  evaluate,  and  compare
 2    existing  battery  management  and  collection  systems   and
 3    studies  including those used from other states, the European
 4    Community, and other major industrial nations. The Task Force
 5    shall consult with manufacturers and the public to  determine
 6    the  most  cost  effective  and  efficient  means for battery
 7    management.
 8    (Source: P.A. 87-1250; 88-45.)
 9        Section  35.  The  Hazardous  Waste  Technology  Exchange
10    Service Act is amended by changing Sections 3, 4, 5, and 6 as
11    follows:
12        (20 ILCS 1130/3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6803)
13        Sec. 3.  For the purposes of this Act, unless the context
14    otherwise requires:
15        (a)  "Board" means the Board  of  Natural  Resources  and
16    Conservation of the Department of Natural Resources.
17        (b)  "Center"  means  the  Waste  Management and Research
18    Hazardous  Waste  Research  and  Information  Center  of  the
19    Department of Natural Resources.
20        (c)  "Department"  means  the   Department   of   Natural
21    Resources.
22    (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
23        (20 ILCS 1130/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6804)
24        Sec.  4. Waste Management and Research Center. As soon as
25    may be practicable after the effective date of this Act,  the
26    Department  shall  establish  a  Hazardous Waste Research and
27    Information Center. On and after the effective date  of  this
28    amendatory  Act  of  1997,  that Center shall be known as the
29    Waste Management and Research Center.
30    (Source: P.A. 86-652.)
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 1        (20 ILCS 1130/5) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6805)
 2        Sec. 5. Duties of Center; Industrial Advisory Committee.
 3        (a)  The Waste Management and  Research  Hazardous  Waste
 4    Research and Information Center shall:
 5             (1)  Conduct  educational  programs  to  further the
 6        exchange of  information  to  reduce  the  generation  of
 7        hazardous wastes or to treat or dispose of such wastes so
 8        as to make them nonhazardous.
 9             (2)  Provide  a  technical  information  service for
10        industries involved  in  the  generation,  treatment,  or
11        disposal of hazardous wastes.
12             (3)  Disseminate  information  regarding advances in
13        hazardous waste management technology  which  could  both
14        protect    the   environment   and   further   industrial
15        productivity.
16             (4)  Provide research in areas related to  reduction
17        of   the   generation  of  hazardous  wastes;  treatment,
18        recycling and reuse; and other issues which the Board may
19        suggest.
20             (5)  Provide other services as deemed  necessary  or
21        desirable by the Board.
22             (6)  Submit   a   biennial  report  to  the  General
23        Assembly on Center activities.
24        (b)  The Director of the Department shall be  responsible
25    for the administration of the Center.
26        (c)  The  Department  shall have the authority to accept,
27    receive and administer on behalf of the  Center  any  grants,
28    gifts or other funds made available for purposes of this Act.
29        (d)  The  Board  shall  (1) provide policy guidelines and
30    goals for the Center; (2) approve the  Center's  budget;  (3)
31    approve  any  reports; and (4) otherwise direct the Center in
32    accordance with its statutory powers and duties contained  in
33    Section  6  of  "An  Act  in  relation  to natural resources,
34    research,  data  collection   and   environmental   studies",
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 1    approved July 14, 1978, as amended.
 2        (e)  The  Director  shall  appoint an Industrial Advisory
 3    Committee which  shall  be  composed  of  representatives  of
 4    industries which are involved in the generation, treatment or
 5    disposal   of   hazardous   waste,   or   representatives  of
 6    organizations of such industries.  To  the  extent  possible,
 7    the  Director  shall  choose  members  representing large and
 8    small industries from all geographical areas  of  the  State.
 9    Members of the Industrial Advisory Committee shall receive no
10    compensation  but  may  be reimbursed for reasonable expenses
11    incurred in carrying out their duties.
12        The  Industrial  Advisory  Committee  shall  advise   the
13    Department  on programs, services and activities necessary to
14    assist large and small businesses in  economically  reducing,
15    through source reduction, treatment and recycling, the amount
16    and  toxicity  of  hazardous waste to be disposed of on or in
17    the land.
18    (Source: P.A. 86-652.)
19        (20 ILCS 1130/6) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6806)
20        Sec. 6. Appropriations.  For the purpose  of  maintaining
21    the  Waste  Management  and Research Hazardous Waste Research
22    and Information Center, paying the expenses and providing the
23    facilities and structures  incident  thereto,  appropriations
24    shall  be  made to the Department, payable from the Hazardous
25    Waste Research Fund and other funds in the State Treasury.
26    (Source: P.A. 86-652.)
27        Section 40.  The State Finance Act is amended by changing
28    Section 6z-32 as follows:
29        (30 ILCS 105/6z-32)
30        Sec. 6z-32. Conservation 2000.
31        (a)  The Conservation 2000 Fund and the Conservation 2000
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 1    Projects Fund are created  as  special  funds  in  the  State
 2    Treasury.    These   funds  shall  be  used  to  establish  a
 3    comprehensive program to protect Illinois' natural  resources
 4    through cooperative partnerships between State government and
 5    public  and private landowners.  Moneys in these Funds may be
 6    used,  subject  to  appropriation,   by   the   Environmental
 7    Protection   Agency   and  the  Departments  of  Agriculture,
 8    Conservation,   Energy    and    Natural    Resources,    and
 9    Transportation  for  purposes  relating  to  natural resource
10    protection, recreation, tourism, and compatible  agricultural
11    and  economic development activities.  Without limiting these
12    general purposes, moneys in these Funds may be used,  subject
13    to appropriation, for the following specific purposes:
14             (1)  To foster sustainable agriculture practices and
15        control  soil erosion and sedimentation, including grants
16        to Soil and Water Conservation Districts for conservation
17        practice   cost-share   grants   and    for    personnel,
18        educational, and administrative expenses.
19             (2)  To establish and protect a system of ecosystems
20        in  public  and  private  ownership  through conservation
21        easements, incentives to public and  private  landowners,
22        including  technical  assistance  and  grants,  and  land
23        acquisition  provided  these mechanisms are all voluntary
24        on the part of the landowner and do not involve  the  use
25        of eminent domain.
26             (3)  To  develop  a systematic and long-term program
27        to effectively measure and monitor natural resources  and
28        ecological  conditions  through investments in technology
29        and involvement of scientific experts.
30             (4)  To initiate strategies  to  enhance,  use,  and
31        maintain   Illinois'   inland  lakes  through  education,
32        technical assistance, research, and financial incentives.
33             (5)  To conduct  an  extensive  review  of  existing
34        Illinois water laws.
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 1        (b)  The  State  Comptroller  and  State  Treasurer shall
 2    automatically  transfer  on  the  last  day  of  each  month,
 3    beginning on September 30, 1995 and ending on June 30,  2001,
 4    from  the General Revenue Fund to the Conservation 2000 Fund,
 5    an amount equal to 1/10 of the  amount  set  forth  below  in
 6    fiscal  year  1996  and an amount equal to 1/12 of the amount
 7    set forth below in each of the other specified fiscal years:
 8             Fiscal Year              Amount
 9               1996                  $ 3,500,000
10               1997                  $ 9,000,000
11               1998                  $10,000,000
12               1999                  $11,000,000
13               2000                  $12,500,000
14               2001                  $14,000,000
15        (c)  There shall be deposited into the Conservation  2000
16    Projects  Fund  such  bond  proceeds and other moneys as may,
17    from time to time, be provided by law.
18    (Source: P.A. 89-49, eff. 6-29-95;  89-626,  8-9-96;  revised
19    12-10-96.)
20        Section  45.  The  Illinois  Pension  Code  is amended by
21    changing Section 15-106 as follows:
22        (40 ILCS 5/15-106) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-106)
23        Sec. 15-106.  Employer.  "Employer":  The  University  of
24    Illinois,   Southern   Illinois   University,  Chicago  State
25    University,  Eastern  Illinois  University,  Governors  State
26    University, Illinois State University, Northeastern  Illinois
27    University,  Northern  Illinois  University, Western Illinois
28    University, the State Board of Higher Education, the Illinois
29    Mathematics and Science Academy, the State Geological  Survey
30    Division  of  the  Department of Natural Resources, the State
31    Natural History Survey Division of the Department of  Natural
32    Resources,  the State Water Survey Division of the Department
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 1    of Natural  Resources,  the  Waste  Management  and  Research
 2    Hazardous  Waste  Research  and  Information  Center  of  the
 3    Department of Natural Resources, the University Civil Service
 4    Merit  Board, the Board of Trustees of the State Universities
 5    Retirement System,  the  Illinois  Community  College  Board,
 6    State  Community College of East St. Louis, community college
 7    boards, any association of community college boards organized
 8    under Section 3-55 of the Public Community College Act,  and,
 9    only  during  the  period  for  which  employer contributions
10    required  under  Section  15-155  are  paid,  the   following
11    organizations:  the  alumni associations, the foundations and
12    the athletic  associations  which  are  affiliated  with  the
13    universities   and  colleges  included  in  this  Section  as
14    employers. A department as defined in Section 14-103.04 is an
15    employer for any person appointed by the Governor  under  the
16    Civil  Administrative  Code  of  Illinois  the State who is a
17    participating employee as defined in Section 15-109.
18    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
19        Section 50. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois  is
20    amended by changing Section 62 as follows:
21        (110 ILCS 355/62) (from Ch. 127, par. 62)
22        Sec.  62.  Retention of duties by University of Illinois.
23    Unless otherwise provided by law, the  functions  and  duties
24    formerly  exercised  by  the  State  entomologist,  the State
25    laboratory of natural history, the State water survey and the
26    State geological survey and vested in the Illinois Department
27    of Natural Resources, and the functions  and  duties  of  the
28    Waste  Management  and  Research Hazardous Waste Research and
29    Information Center and its Hazardous Materials Laboratory  as
30    authorized by the Hazardous Waste Technology Exchange Service
31    Act,  approved  September  16,  1984,  as  now  or  hereafter
32    amended,  shall continue to be exercised at the University of
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 1    Illinois in buildings and places  provided  by  the  trustees
 2    thereof.
 3    (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
 4        Section 55. The Surface Coal Mining Land Conservation and
 5    Reclamation  Act  is amended by changing Sections 1.03, 1.04,
 6    1.05, 2.08, 6.07, 6.08, 7.03, 7.04, and 9.01 as follows:
 7        (225 ILCS 720/1.03) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7901.03)
 8        Sec. 1.03.  Definitions.
 9        (a)  Whenever used or referred to in this Act,  unless  a
10    different meaning clearly appears from the context;
11             (1)  "Affected land" means:
12                  (A)  in   the   context   of   surface   mining
13             operations,   the   areas   described   in   Section
14             1.03(a)(24)(B), and
15                  (B)  in   the  context  of  underground  mining
16             operations, surface areas on which  such  operations
17             occur  or  where such activities disturb the natural
18             land surface.
19             (2)  "Approximate  original  contour"   means   that
20        surface configuration achieved by backfilling and grading
21        of  the  mined area so that the reclaimed area, including
22        any terracing or  access  roads,  closely  resembles  the
23        general surface configuration of the land prior to mining
24        and  blends into and compliments  the drainage pattern of
25        the surrounding terrain, with  all  highwalls  and  spoil
26        piles eliminated.
27             (3)  "Article" means an article of this Act.
28             (4)  "Department"  means  the  Department of Natural
29        Resources, or such department, bureau, or  commission  as
30        may  lawfully  succeed  to  the powers and duties of such
31        Department.
32             (5)  "Director" means the Director of the Department
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 1        or such officer, bureau or  commission  as  may  lawfully
 2        succeed to the powers and duties of such Director.
 3             (6)  "Federal  Act" means the Federal Surface Mining
 4        Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (Public Law 95-87).
 5             (7)  "Imminent danger to the health  and  safety  of
 6        the  public"  means  the  existence  of  any condition or
 7        practice,  or  any  violation  of  a  permit   or   other
 8        requirement  of  this  Act  in  a  mining and reclamation
 9        operation, which condition, practice, or violation  could
10        reasonably be expected to cause substantial physical harm
11        to persons outside the permit area before such condition,
12        practice,  or  violation  can  be  abated.   A reasonable
13        expectation of death or serious injury  before  abatement
14        exists  if  a  rational  person,  subjected  to  the same
15        conditions or practices giving rise to the  peril,  would
16        not   expose  himself  to  the  danger  during  the  time
17        necessary for abatement.
18             (8)  (Blank).
19             (9)  "Interagency Committee" means  the  Interagency
20        Committee  on  Surface    Mining  Control and Reclamation
21        created by Section 1.05.
22             (9-a)  "Lands eligible  for  remining"  means  those
23        lands  that  would otherwise be eligible for expenditures
24        under the Abandoned Mined  Lands  and  Water  Reclamation
25        Act.
26             (10)  "Mining   and  reclamation  operations"  means
27        mining  operations  and  all  activities  necessary   and
28        incident to the reclamation of such operations.
29             (11)  "Mining  operations" means both surface mining
30        operations and underground mining operations.
31             (12)  "Operator" means any person  engaged  in  coal
32        mining,  and  includes  political  subdivisions, units of
33        local government and instrumentalities of  the  State  of
34        Illinois, and public utilities.
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 1             (13)  "Permit" means a permit or a revised permit to
 2        conduct  mining  operations and reclamation issued by the
 3        Department under this Act.
 4             (14)  "Permit  applicant"  or  "applicant"  means  a
 5        person applying for a permit.
 6             (15)  "Permit application" or "application" means an
 7        application for a permit under this Act.
 8             (16)  "Permit area" means the land described in  the
 9        permit.
10             (17)  "Permittee" means a person holding a permit.
11             (18)  "Permit  term"  means  the period during which
12        the permittee may engage in  mining  operations  under  a
13        permit.
14             (19)  "Person"  means  an  individual,  partnership,
15        copartnership, firm, joint venture, company, corporation,
16        association,   joint   stock   company,   trust,  estate,
17        political subdivision, or any  other  public  or  private
18        legal  entity,  or  their  legal representative, agent or
19        assigns.
20             (20)  "Reclamation"   means    conditioning    areas
21        affected  by mining operations to achieve the purposes of
22        this Act.
23             (21)  "Reclamation plan" means a plan  described  in
24        Section 2.03.
25             (22)  "Regulations"  means  regulations  promulgated
26        under the Federal Act.
27             (23)  "Section" means a section of this Act.
28             (24)  "Surface    mining   operations"   means   (A)
29        activities  conducted  on  the  surface   of   lands   in
30        connection   with   a   surface   coal  mine  or  surface
31        operations.  Such activities include excavation  for  the
32        purpose  of  obtaining coal including such common methods
33        as contour, strip, auger, mountaintop removal,  box  cut,
34        open  pit, and area mining, coal recovery from coal waste
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 1        disposal areas, the uses of explosives and blasting,  and
 2        in  situ  distillation  or  retorting,  leaching or other
 3        chemical  or  physical  processing,  and  the   cleaning,
 4        concentrating,   or   other  processing  or  preparation,
 5        loading of coal at or near the mine  site;  and  (B)  the
 6        areas  on  which  such  activities  occur  or  where such
 7        activities disturb the natural land surface.  Such  areas
 8        include  any adjacent land the use of which is incidental
 9        to  any  such  activities,  all  lands  affected  by  the
10        construction of new roads or the improvement  or  use  of
11        existing  roads  to  gain  access  to  the  site  of such
12        activities and for haulage,  and  excavations,  workings,
13        impoundments,  dams,  refuse  banks,  dumps,  stockpiles,
14        overburden  piles,  spoil  banks,  culm  banks, tailings,
15        holes  or  depressions,  repair  areas,  storage   areas,
16        processing  areas,  shipping  areas  and other areas upon
17        which are sited structures, facilities, or other property
18        or materials on the surface, resulting from  or  incident
19        to such activities.
20             (25)  "Toxic  conditions" and "toxic materials" mean
21        any conditions and materials that will not support higher
22        forms of plant or animal life in any place in  connection
23        with   or  as  a  result  of  the  completion  of  mining
24        operations.
25             (26)  "Underground  mining  operations"  means   the
26        underground excavation of coal and (A) surface operations
27        incident  to  the underground extraction of coal, such as
28        construction, use, maintenance, and reclamation of roads,
29        above-ground  repair  areas,  storage  areas,  processing
30        areas, shipping areas, areas on which are  sited  support
31        facilities  including  hoist and ventilation ducts, areas
32        used for the storage and disposal of waste, and areas  on
33        which materials incident to underground mining operations
34        are  placed,  and  (B) underground operations incident to
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 1        underground  excavation  of  coal,  such  as  underground
 2        construction,  operation,  and  reclamation  of   shafts,
 3        adits,    underground   support   facilities,   in   situ
 4        processing, and underground mining, hauling, storage,  or
 5        blasting.
 6             (27)  "Unwarranted  failure  to  comply"  means  the
 7        failure of a permittee to prevent the occurrence of or to
 8        abate  any  violation of his permit or any requirement of
 9        this Act due to indifference, lack of diligence, or  lack
10        of reasonable care.
11        The  Department  shall by rule define other terms used in
12    this Act if necessary or desirable to achieve the purposes of
13    this Act.
14    (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
15        (225 ILCS 720/1.04) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7901.04)
16        Sec. 1.04.  Advisory Council on Reclamation.
17        (a)  There is created the Surface Mining Advisory Council
18    to consist of 9 members, plus the  Director  or  his  or  her
19    designee.  Members of the Advisory Council shall be appointed
20    by the Governor, with the advice and consent of  the  Senate.
21    The  members  appointed  to  the  Council shall represent the
22    following interests: conservation, agriculture, surface  coal
23    mining  industry, local government, environmental protection,
24    the  colleges  and  universities,  underground  coal   mining
25    industry,  labor,  and the general public.  The members shall
26    be knowledgeable concerning the nature of problems of  mining
27    operations  and  reclamation.   The Council shall select from
28    its members a chairperson and such other officers as it deems
29    necessary.  The term of membership on  the  Advisory  Council
30    shall  be  3 years, except that the Governor may make initial
31    appointments or fill vacancies for lesser terms  so  that  at
32    least   3  memberships  expire  annually.    Members  may  be
33    reappointed. Vacancies  occurring  on  the  Advisory  Council
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 1    shall  be  filled,  as  nearly  as  possible,  with  a person
 2    representing the interest of his or her  predecessor  on  the
 3    Advisory Council.  Members of the Council shall be reimbursed
 4    for   ordinary   and   necessary  expenses  incurred  in  the
 5    performance of the Council's duties.  Members of the  Council
 6    shall,  in addition, receive $100 a day for each day spent in
 7    the performance of their duties as Advisory Council members.
 8        (b)  The Advisory Council shall meet at least 3 times  in
 9    each  calendar  year on a date specified at least one week in
10    advance of the meeting.  A  meeting  may  be  called  by  the
11    Director  or on the request of a majority of Advisory Council
12    members.
13        (c)  The Council shall act solely as an advisory body  to
14    the  Director  and  to  the  Land Reclamation Division of the
15    Office of Mines and  Minerals  within  the  Department.   The
16    recommendations  of  the Council shall have no binding effect
17    on the Director or on the Division of Land Reclamation.   The
18    advice,  findings and recommendations of the Advisory Council
19    shall be made public in a semi-annual report published by the
20    Department.
21        (d)  The Department shall present proposed rules  related
22    to  this  Act,  and  proposed  changes  in such rules, to the
23    Advisory Council for its comments before putting  such  rules
24    or changes into effect, except for circumstances of emergency
25    or other circumstances enumerated in subsection 5(b), (d) and
26    (e) of The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
27        (e)  The  Council  shall  review  the Federal Act and the
28    development and implementation of an approved permanent State
29    program thereunder.  The Council shall make  its  review  and
30    written  recommendations  to  the  Director.  The Council may
31    seek comment from affected persons and the  public  prior  to
32    making its recommendations.
33        (f)  If  as  a result of any final action by the Congress
34    of the United States, any agency of the United States, or any
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 1    court, any provision of the Federal Act or the Regulations is
 2    amended, modified, construed,  or  rendered  inapplicable  to
 3    mining and reclamation operations in this State, the Director
 4    shall  forthwith  call a meeting of the Council.  The Council
 5    shall review such final action and its effect in this  State.
 6    The Council shall recommend changes in this Act and the rules
 7    adopted  under this Act which would cause application of this
 8    Act to reflect such final action.  Pending  formal  amendment
 9    of  this  Act  for  reason  stated  in  this  subsection, the
10    Director may administer this Act by emergency regulations  in
11    accordance  with  the  purposes  of  this Act and in a manner
12    consistent with any such final action of Congress, a  federal
13    agency or a court.
14    (Source: P.A. 81-1015.)
15        (225 ILCS 720/1.05) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7901.05)
16        Sec.  1.05.  Interagency Committee.  There is created the
17    Interagency  Committee  on   Surface   Mining   Control   and
18    Reclamation, which shall consist of the Director (or Division
19    Head)  of  each  of  the  following  State agencies:  (a) the
20    Department of Agriculture, (b) the  Environmental  Protection
21    Agency, (c) the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs,
22    and  (d) any other State Agency designated by the Director as
23    having a programmatic role in the  review  or  regulation  of
24    mining operations and reclamation whose comments are expected
25    by the Director to be relevant and of material benefit to the
26    process  of reviewing permit applications under this Act. The
27    Interagency  Committee  on   Surface   Mining   Control   and
28    Reclamation  shall  be  abolished on June 30, 1997. Beginning
29    July 1, 1997, all programmatic functions  formerly  performed
30    by  the  Interagency  Committee on Surface Mining Control and
31    Reclamation shall be performed by the  Office  of  Mines  and
32    Minerals  within  the Department of Natural Resources, except
33    as otherwise provided by Section 9.04 of this Act.
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 1    (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
 2        (225 ILCS 720/2.08) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7902.08)
 3        Sec.  2.08.   Standards  for  approval  of  permits   and
 4    revisions.
 5        (a)  On  the  basis  of  a  complete  application,  or  a
 6    revision  thereof,  and  after  completion  of the procedures
 7    required by Section 2.04, the Department shall grant, require
 8    modification of, or  deny  the  application.   The  applicant
 9    shall  have  the  burden of establishing that its application
10    complies with all the requirements of this Act.
11        (b)  No permit or revised permit shall be  issued  unless
12    the   application   affirmatively   demonstrates,   and   the
13    Department  finds  that  (1)  the application is accurate and
14    complete and that all the requirements of this Act have  been
15    complied  with;  (2)  the  applicant  has  demonstrated  that
16    reclamation as required by this Act can be accomplished under
17    this  reclamation plan and that completion of the reclamation
18    plan will in fact comply with  every  applicable  performance
19    standard  of  this  Act;  (3)  the assessment of the probable
20    cumulative impact of all anticipated mining in  the  area  on
21    the  hydrologic  balance  specified by the Department by rule
22    has been made by  the  Department  and  the  proposed  mining
23    operation  has  been  designed  to prevent material damage to
24    hydrologic balance outside the permit area; and (4) the  area
25    proposed   to  be  mined  is  not  included  within  an  area
26    designated unsuitable for surface coal mining  under  Article
27    VII   and  is  not  within  an  area  under  study  for  such
28    designation in an administrative proceeding  commenced  under
29    Article  VII.   Except for operations subject to exemption by
30    Section 510(d)(2) of the Federal Act (PL95-87), a  permit  or
31    revised permit for mining operations on prime farmland may be
32    issued  only if the Department also finds in writing that the
33    operator has the technological  capability  to  restore  such
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 1    mined area, within a reasonable time, to equivalent or higher
 2    levels   of   yield   as  non-mined  prime  farmland  in  the
 3    surrounding area under equivalent levels  of  management  and
 4    can  meet  the soil reconstruction standards in Section 3.07.
 5    Such findings shall be made in accordance with standards  and
 6    procedures adopted by the Department by rule.  The Department
 7    shall  make  the  findings  required  by  this  subsection in
 8    writing on the basis of the  information  set  forth  in  the
 9    application, or from information otherwise available which is
10    described  in the Department's findings and made available to
11    the applicant and the public.
12        (c)  A permit or revised permit may be issued only  after
13    the  Department  considers  in  writing any comments filed by
14    members of the Interagency Committee and County Boards.  When
15    a complete application is received by the Department, a  copy
16    of  it  shall  be  provided to each member of the Interagency
17    Committee.  Members of the Interagency Committee shall review
18    and comment on protection of  the  hydrologic  system,  water
19    pollution   control,  the  reclamation  plan,  soil  handling
20    techniques, dams and impoundments and  postmining  land  use.
21    Comments  on the application shall be in writing and shall be
22    filed with the Department  within  45  days.   Each  member's
23    comments  shall  be  based  on  factual,  legal and technical
24    considerations  with  respect  to  which   his   agency   has
25    authority,  and  which  shall  be  set  forth  in writing.  A
26    member who does not comment within 45 days shall be deemed to
27    have waived his right to comment under this subsection.   The
28    Department  shall  file  comments  received  from Interagency
29    Committee members at the same locations at which  the  permit
30    application  is available for public inspection in accordance
31    with Section 2.04.
32        (d)  If information available to the Department indicates
33    that  any  mining  operation  owned  or  controlled  by   the
34    applicant is currently in violation of this Act or other laws
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 1    pertaining  to  air  or  water  environmental protection, the
 2    permit shall not be issued until the applicant submits  proof
 3    that  such  violation has been corrected or is in the process
 4    of being corrected to the satisfaction of the Department,  or
 5    of  the department or agency which has jurisdiction over such
 6    violation.  No permit shall be issued to an applicant after a
 7    finding by the Department,  after  opportunity  for  hearing,
 8    that   the  applicant,  or  the  operator  specified  in  the
 9    application, controls or  has  controlled  mining  operations
10    with  a    demonstrated  pattern  of wilful violations of the
11    Federal Act or this Act of such nature and duration and  with
12    such  resulting  irreparable  damage to the environment as to
13    indicate an intent not to comply with the provisions  of  the
14    Federal Act or this Act.
15        (e)  After  the  effective date of this amendatory Act of
16    1997, the prohibition of subsection (d) shall not apply to  a
17    permit  application  due  to  any violation resulting from an
18    unanticipated event or condition at  a  surface  coal  mining
19    operation  on lands eligible for remining under a permit held
20    by the person making such application.
21        As used in this subsection:
22             (1)  "unanticipated event  or  condition"  means  an
23        event  or  condition  encountered in a remining operation
24        that was not contemplated in the applicable surface  coal
25        mining and reclamation permit; and
26             (2)  "violation"  has  the same meaning as such term
27        has under subsection (d).
28    (Source: P.A. 81-1015.)
29        (225 ILCS 720/6.07) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7906.07)
30        Sec. 6.07.  Forfeiture.
31        (a)  The Attorney General, on request of the  Department,
32    shall  institute proceedings to have the bond of the operator
33    forfeited for  violation  by  the  operator  of  any  of  the
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 1    provisions  of  this Act or for noncompliance with any lawful
 2    rule or regulation promulgated by the Department  thereunder.
 3    Before  making  such  request  of  the  Attorney General, the
 4    Department shall  notify  the  operator  in  writing  of  the
 5    alleged  violation  or  non-compliance  and  shall afford the
 6    operator the right to  appear  before  the  Department  at  a
 7    hearing to be held not less than 30 days after the receipt of
 8    such notice by the operator.  At the hearing the operator may
 9    present  for  the consideration of the Department statements,
10    documents and other information with respect to  the  alleged
11    violation.    After   the  conclusion  of  the  hearing,  the
12    Department shall either withdraw the notice of  violation  or
13    shall  request  the Attorney General to institute proceedings
14    to have the bond of the operator forfeited  as  to  the  land
15    involved.
16        (b)  The  Department  shall  prescribe by rule the events
17    and conditions on the basis  of  which  it  may  request  the
18    Attorney  General  to  institute bond forfeiture proceedings.
19    Such rules shall be no less stringent than the Regulations.
20        (c)  In  the  event  that  the  Department  requests  the
21    Attorney General to institute proceedings to  have  the  bond
22    forfeited,  the Department shall send written notification to
23    the permittee and, if applicable, the  surety  on  the  bond,
24    stating  the  reasons  for  its decision and the amount to be
25    forfeited.
26        (d)  The amount of  forfeiture  shall  be  based  on  the
27    actual  cost of the necessary work by a third party to remedy
28    the violation, except that the amount shall  not  exceed  the
29    amount  of  the  bond  or  deposit  for the area in which the
30    violation occurred.
31        (e)  Any operator  against  whom  forfeiture  proceedings
32    have  been  required shall not be issued a permit for further
33    mining in Illinois unless he provides  additional  assurances
34    satisfactory to the Department that such proceedings will not
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 1    again become necessary.
 2        (f)  In  the event the bond or deposit for a surface coal
 3    mining operation on lands eligible for remining is forfeited,
 4    funds appropriated for expenditure under the Abandoned  Mined
 5    Lands  and Water Reclamation Act may be used if the amount of
 6    the bond or deposit is not sufficient to provide for adequate
 7    reclamation or abatement.
 8    (Source: P.A. 81-1015.)
 9        (225 ILCS 720/6.08) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7906.08)
10        Sec. 6.08.  Release of bonds.
11        (a)  A permittee may file a request with  the  Department
12    for  the  release  of  all  or  part of a performance bond or
13    deposit. Within 30 days after an application for such release
14    has been filed with the Department, the operator shall submit
15    a copy of a public notice placed at least once a week  for  4
16    successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the
17    locality  of  the mining operation.  Such public notice shall
18    be considered part of the bond release application and  shall
19    contain  a  notification  of the precise location of the land
20    affected, the number of acres, the permit and the date it was
21    approved, the amount of the bond filed and the portion sought
22    to be released, the type and approximate dates of reclamation
23    work performed, and a description of the results achieved  as
24    they  relate  to  the  operator's  approved  reclamation.  In
25    addition, as  part  of  any  bond  release  application,  the
26    applicant shall submit copies of letters which he has sent to
27    adjoining  property owners, local governmental bodies, county
28    boards, planning agencies, and  sewage  and  water  treatment
29    authorities,  or water companies in the locality in which the
30    mining and reclamation operations took place, notifying  them
31    of his intention to seek release from the bond.
32        (b)  Within 30 days after receipt of the notification and
33    request,  the  Department  shall  conduct  an  inspection and
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 1    evaluation of the reclamation work involved.  Such evaluation
 2    shall consider, among other things, the degree of  difficulty
 3    to  complete  any remaining reclamation, whether pollution of
 4    surface and subsurface water is occurring, the probability of
 5    continuance or future occurrence of such pollution,  and  the
 6    estimated cost of abating such pollution.
 7        (c)  Any  person  with a valid legal interest which might
 8    be adversely affected by release of the bond or  deposit,  or
 9    the  responsible  officer  or  head of any Federal, State, or
10    local governmental agency which has jurisdiction  by  law  or
11    special  expertise with respect to any environmental, social,
12    or  economic  impact  involved  in  the  operation,   or   is
13    authorized  to  develop  and  enforce environmental standards
14    with respect to such operations, may file written  objections
15    to  the  proposed  release with the Department within 30 days
16    after  the  last  publication  of  the  notice  provided   in
17    subsection  (a)  of  this Section.  If written objections are
18    filed, and a  hearing  is  requested,  the  Department  shall
19    inform  all  interested  parties of the time and place of the
20    hearing, and shall hold a public hearing in the  locality  of
21    the  mining  operation  proposed  for bond or deposit release
22    within 30 days after the request for such  hearing.   At  the
23    option  of  an  objector, hearings shall be held at the State
24    capital.  The Department shall advertise the date,  time  and
25    location  of  such  public hearings in a newspaper of general
26    circulation in the locality for 2 consecutive weeks.
27        (d)  The Department may release in whole or in part  said
28    bond   or   deposit   if  the  Department  is  satisfied  the
29    reclamation covered by the bond or deposit or portion thereof
30    has been accomplished as required by this  Act  according  to
31    the following schedule:
32        (1)  When   the   operator   completes  the  backfilling,
33    regrading,  and  drainage  control  of  a  bonded   area   in
34    accordance with an approved reclamation plan, a maximum of 60
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 1    per  cent of the bond or collateral for the applicable permit
 2    area may be released.
 3        (2)  After  revegetation  has  been  established  on  the
 4    regraded  mined  lands  in  accordance  with   the   approved
 5    reclamation plan, an additional amount of the bond or deposit
 6    may  be  released.   When  determining  the amount of bond or
 7    deposit to be released after successful revegetation has been
 8    established, the Department shall retain that amount of  bond
 9    or deposit for the revegetated area which would be sufficient
10    for   a  third  party  to  pay  the  cost  of  reestablishing
11    revegetation  and  for  the  period  specified  for  operator
12    responsibility.  No part of the  bond  or  deposit  shall  be
13    released  under  this paragraph so long as the lands to which
14    the release would be applicable  are  contributing  suspended
15    solids  to  streamflow  or  runoff outside the permit area in
16    excess of the requirements set by  this  Act  or  until  soil
17    productivity  for  prime farmlands has returned to equivalent
18    levels of yield as nonmined land of the same soil type in the
19    surrounding area under equivalent management practices.
20        (3)  When the operator  has  successfully  completed  all
21    mining  and  reclamation activities, the remaining portion of
22    the bond may be released, but not before  the  expiration  of
23    the period specified for operator responsibility.
24        (4)  No   bond   shall   be   fully  released  until  all
25    reclamation requirements of the permit and this Act are fully
26    met.
27        (e)  The Department shall notify the permittee in writing
28    of its decision to release or not to release all or  part  of
29    the  performance bond or deposit (1) within 60 days after the
30    filing of the request, if no public  hearing  is  held  under
31    subsection  (c)  of  this Section, or (2) if a public hearing
32    has been held under subsection (c) of this Section, within 30
33    days thereafter.
34        (f)  If the Department disapproves  the  application  for
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 1    release  of  the  bond  or  deposit  or  portion thereof, the
 2    Department shall state in writing the reasons for disapproval
 3    and shall recommend corrective actions  necessary  to  secure
 4    said  release.   An opportunity for a public hearing shall be
 5    provided.
 6        (g)  If the Department approves the application, it shall
 7    notify the  municipality  and  county  in  which  the  mining
 8    operation is located by certified mail at least 30 days prior
 9    to the release of all or a portion of the bond or deposit.
10        (h)  The  Department  may  by rule provide procedures for
11    the administration of this Section, including procedures  for
12    hearings and informal conferences.
13        (i)  Surface coal mining operations on lands eligible for
14    remining  shall not affect the eligibility of those lands for
15    reclamation and restoration under the Abandoned  Mined  Lands
16    and  Water  Reclamation  Act after the release of the bond or
17    deposit for any such operation under this Section.
18    (Source: P.A. 81-1509.)
19        (225 ILCS 720/7.03) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7907.03)
20        Sec. 7.03.  Procedure for designation.
21        (a)  Any person having an interest which  is  or  may  be
22    adversely  affected  shall  have  the  right  to petition the
23    Department to have an area designated as unsuitable  for  all
24    or  certain  types  of  mining  operations, or to have such a
25    designation  terminated.   Such  a  petition  shall   contain
26    allegations  of  facts  with  supporting evidence which would
27    tend to establish the allegations.
28        (b)  Immediately after a petition under this  Section  is
29    received,  the  Department  shall  prepare  a  land report in
30    accordance with Section 7.04, unless the petition is rejected
31    by the Department as incomplete, frivolous, or submitted by a
32    person lacking an interest  which  is  or  may  be  adversely
33    affected by surface coal mining operations.
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 1        (c)  Within  10 months after receipt of the petition, the
 2    Department shall hold a public hearing in the locality of the
 3    affected area, after appropriate notice  and  publication  of
 4    the  date,  time,  and location of such hearing.  Such notice
 5    and publication shall state that a Land Report  is  available
 6    for  public  inspection  and the locations at which it may be
 7    inspected.  Such a hearing shall be held  not  less  than  30
 8    days   after  the  Land  Report  has  been  prepared  by  the
 9    Department in accordance with Section 7.04.   After  petition
10    is  filed  under  this  Section  and  before the hearing, any
11    person may intervene by  filing  allegations  of  facts  with
12    supporting   evidence  which  would  tend  to  establish  the
13    allegations.
14        (d)  Within 60 days after such  hearing,  the  Department
15    shall  issue  and  furnish  to  the  petitioner and all other
16    parties to the hearing,  a  written  decision  regarding  the
17    petition, and the reasons therefor.
18        (e)  In  the  event  that  all  the petitioners stipulate
19    agreement prior to the requested hearing, and withdraw  their
20    request, such hearing need not be held.
21        (f)  The   Department   may   by  rule  adopt  additional
22    procedures for designation of lands under this Article.   The
23    Department  shall  adopt  rules  to  prevent  the  filing  of
24    repetitive  or frivolous petitions with respect to particular
25    lands, and prescribing procedures for expediting decisions on
26    repetitive or frivolous petitions.
27    (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
28        (225 ILCS 720/7.04) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7907.04)
29        Sec. 7.04.  Land Report.
30        (a)  The Department shall  prepare  a  Land  Report  with
31    respect  to  each  petition  filed  with the Department under
32    Section 7.03.  Each Land Report shall evaluate whether mining
33    operations on the land which is the subject of  the  petition
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 1    would  have any or all of the effects described in subsection
 2    (b) of Section 7.02.  Each Land Report shall also  contain  a
 3    detailed statement on (1) the potential coal resources of the
 4    area,  (2)  the demand for coal resources, and (3) the impact
 5    of a designation of such lands as unsuitable  for  mining  on
 6    the  environment,  the  economy, and the supply of coal.  The
 7    Land Report shall state objectively the information which the
 8    Department has, but shall not contain a  recommendation  with
 9    respect  to whether the petition should be granted or denied.
10    Each Land Report shall be  completed  not  later  than  eight
11    months  after  receipt  of  the  petition filed under Section
12    7.03.
13        (b)  Each Land Report shall  be  made  available  to  the
14    public  by  the  Department  at  least  30  days  before  the
15    Department holds a public hearing under Section 7.03.
16    (Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)
17        (225 ILCS 720/9.01) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7909.01)
18        Sec. 9.01. Rules.
19        (a)  The  Department  may  propose,  adopt and promulgate
20    reasonable rules  in  conformity  with  this  Act.   When  it
21    proposes  or  adopts  rules the Department shall consider the
22    terrain, the climate and  other  conditions  of  this  State.
23    Rules  shall reflect the distinct differences between surface
24    mining operations and underground mining operations.
25        (b)  Any person may file  a  written  petition  with  the
26    Department proposing the adoption, amendment or repeal of any
27    rule  under  this  Act.   Within 90 days after a receipt of a
28    petition,  the  Department  shall  initiate   a   rule-making
29    proceeding  under this Section with respect to such proposal,
30    or deny such petition, setting forth in writing  the  reasons
31    for such denial.
32        (c)  Prior  to  the adoption, amendment, or repeal of any
33    rule, the Department shall give at least 45  days  notice  of
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 1    its intended action. This notice period shall commence on the
 2    first  day  the  notice appears in the Illinois Register. The
 3    notice shall include (1) a text of the proposed rule, or  the
 4    old and new materials of a proposed amendment, or the text of
 5    the  provision  to  be  repealed;  (2) the specific statutory
 6    citation on which the proposed rule, the  proposed  amendment
 7    to  a  rule  or the proposed repeal of a rule is based and is
 8    authorized; (3) a description  of  the  subjects  and  issues
 9    involved;  and  (4)  the  time,  place  and  manner  in which
10    interested persons may present their views  and  comments  on
11    the  intended  action.  The  notice  shall  be  mailed to all
12    persons who have filed a  request  with  the  Department  for
13    advance notice of rule-making proceedings.
14        (d)  All  interested  persons who submit a request within
15    30 days after notice of the proposed change is  published  in
16    the   Illinois   Register  shall  be  afforded  a  reasonable
17    opportunity to submit data,  views,  arguments  or  comments,
18    either   orally   or   in  writing  or  both.  The  right  to
19    cross-examine any witnesses shall be given to any  interested
20    parties,  if  such  right  is requested. The Department shall
21    consider fully all written and  oral  submissions  respecting
22    the proposed rule.
23        (e)  No  rule  may be adopted unless substantial evidence
24    in support of such rule is submitted. When a rule is adopted,
25    the  Department  shall  issue  a  concise  statement  of  the
26    principal reasons  for  or  against  its  adoption,  and  its
27    reasons  for  overruling the considerations urged against its
28    adoption.
29        (f)  No rule is valid unless adopted in  compliance  with
30    this Section.
31        (g)  The  Department  shall  file  in  the  office of the
32    Secretary of State and in the Department's principal office a
33    certified copy of each rule and modification or repeal of any
34    rule adopted by it.
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 1        (c) (h)  Each adopted rule is  effective  30  days  after
 2    filing, unless a later date is specified in the rule. No rule
 3    adopted  shall  be  retroactive.  Any operator shall have the
 4    right to proceed with operations under this  Act  until  such
 5    rules  are adopted and no such rules shall be made applicable
 6    to any operations prior to the effective date thereof.
 7        (d) (i)  In addition to the provisions of  this  Section,
 8    and   to   the  extent  consistent  with  this  Section,  the
 9    provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act apply
10    to the adoption of rules under this Act.
11    (Source: P.A. 81-1015.)
12        Section 60. The Toxic Pollution Prevention Act is amended
13    by changing Sections 3 and 5 as follows:
14        (415 ILCS 85/3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7953)
15        Sec. 3.  Definitions.  As used in this Act:
16        "Agency"  means  the  Illinois  Environmental  Protection
17    Agency.
18        "Center"  means  the  Waste   Management   and   Research
19    Hazardous Waste Research and Information Center.
20        "Person"     means     any    individual,    partnership,
21    co-partnership,  firm,  company,  corporation,   association,
22    joint  stock  company,  trust,  political  subdivision, State
23    agency,  or  any   other   legal   entity,   or   its   legal
24    representative, agent or assigns.
25        "Release" means emission to the air, discharge to surface
26    waters   or  off-site  wastewater  treatment  facilities,  or
27    on-site release to the land, including  but  not  limited  to
28    landfills, surface impoundments and injection wells.
29        "Toxic  substance"  means  any  substance  listed  by the
30    Agency pursuant to Section 4 of this Act.
31        "Toxic pollution  prevention"  means  in-plant  practices
32    that  reduce,  avoid  or  eliminate:   (i)  the  use of toxic
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 1    substances, (ii) the  generation  of  toxic  constituents  in
 2    wastes,  (iii)  the  disposal  or release of toxic substances
 3    into the environment, or (iv) the development or  manufacture
 4    of  products with toxic constituents, through the application
 5    of any of the following techniques:
 6             (1)  input substitution, which refers to replacing a
 7        toxic substance or raw  material  used  in  a  production
 8        process with a nontoxic or less toxic substance;
 9             (2)  product    reformulation,   which   refers   to
10        substituting for an existing end product an  end  product
11        which  is  nontoxic  or  less  toxic upon use, release or
12        disposal;
13             (3)  production process  redesign  or  modification,
14        which refers to developing and using production processes
15        of a different design than those currently used;
16             (4)  production  process modernization, which refers
17        to upgrading or  replacing  existing  production  process
18        equipment  or  methods  with  other  equipment or methods
19        based on the same production process;
20             (5)  improved operation and maintenance of  existing
21        production process equipment and methods, which refers to
22        modifying  or  adding  to  existing equipment or methods,
23        including but not limited to such techniques as  improved
24        housekeeping  practices,  system adjustments, product and
25        process  inspections,  and  production  process   control
26        equipment or methods;
27             (6)  recycling,  reuse  or  extended  use  of  toxic
28        substances  by using equipment or methods which become an
29        integral part of the production  process,  including  but
30        not limited to filtration and other closed loop methods.
31        However,  "toxic  pollution prevention" shall not include
32    or in any way be inferred to promote or require incineration,
33    transfer from one medium of release to another,  off-site  or
34    out  of  process waste recycling, or end of pipe treatment of
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 1    toxic substances.
 2        "Trade   secret"   means   any   information   concerning
 3    production processes  employed  or  substances  manufactured,
 4    processed  or  otherwise  used  within  a  facility which the
 5    Agency determines to satisfy the criteria  established  under
 6    Section  3.48  of  the  Environmental  Protection Act, and to
 7    which specific trade secret status has been  granted  by  the
 8    Agency.
 9    (Source: P.A. 86-914.)
10        (415 ILCS 85/5) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7955)
11        Sec.  5.   Toxic Pollution Prevention Assistance Program.
12    There is hereby  established  a  Toxic  Pollution  Prevention
13    Assistance  Program  at  the  Waste  Management  and Research
14    Hazardous Waste Research and Information Center.  The  Center
15    may  establish  cooperative  programs with public and private
16    colleges   and   universities   designed   to   augment   the
17    implementation of this Section.   The  Center  may  establish
18    fees,  tuition,  or other financial charges for participation
19    in the Assistance Program. These monies shall be deposited in
20    the Toxic Pollution Prevention Fund established in Section  7
21    of this Act.  Through the Assistance Program, the Center:
22             (1)  Shall  provide  general  information  about and
23        actively publicize the advantages of and developments  in
24        toxic pollution prevention.
25             (2)  May  establish  courses,  seminars, conferences
26        and other events, and reports, updates, guides and  other
27        publications  and  other  means  of  providing  technical
28        information   for   industries,   local  governments  and
29        citizens   concerning    toxic    pollution    prevention
30        strategies,  and may, as appropriate, work in cooperation
31        with the Agency.
32             (3)  Shall engage in  research  on  toxic  pollution
33        prevention   methods.     Such   research  shall  include
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 1        assessments of the impact  of  adopting  toxic  pollution
 2        prevention methods on the environment, the public health,
 3        and  worker  exposure,  and  assessments of the impact on
 4        profitability and employment within affected industries.
 5             (4)  Shall provide on-site technical consulting,  to
 6        the  extent  practicable,  to help facilities to identify
 7        opportunities for  toxic  pollution  prevention,  and  to
 8        develop toxic pollution prevention plans.  To be eligible
 9        for  such consulting, the owner or operator of a facility
10        must agree to allow information regarding the results  of
11        such  consulting  to  be shared with the public, provided
12        that the identity of the facility shall be made available
13        only with its consent, and trade secret information shall
14        remain protected.
15             (5)  May sponsor pilot projects in cooperation  with
16        the  Agency,  or  an  institute  of  higher  education to
17        develop  and  demonstrate  innovative  technologies   and
18        methods  for  toxic pollution prevention.  The results of
19        all such projects shall  be  available  for  use  by  the
20        public,   but   trade  secret  information  shall  remain
21        protected.
22             (6)  May award grants for  activities  that  further
23        the  purposes  of  this Act, including but not limited to
24        the following:
25                  (A)  grants to not-for-profit organizations  to
26             establish  free  or low-cost technical assistance or
27             educational  programs  to   supplement   the   toxic
28             pollution prevention activities of the Center;
29                  (B)  grants   to   assist  trade  associations,
30             business  organizations,  labor  organizations   and
31             educational   institutions  in  developing  training
32             materials to foster toxic pollution prevention; and
33                  (C)  grants  to   assist   industry,   business
34             organizations,    labor   organizations,   education
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 1             institutions and industrial hygienists to  identify,
 2             evaluate  and  implement  toxic pollution prevention
 3             measures and alternatives through audits, plans  and
 4             programs.
 5             The Center may establish criteria and terms for such
 6        grants,  including  a  requirement that a grantee provide
 7        matching funds.  Grant money awarded under  this  Section
 8        may not be spent for capital improvements or equipment.
 9                  In  determining  whether  to award a grant, the
10        Director shall consider at least the following:
11                  (i)  the potential of the  project  to  prevent
12             pollution;
13                  (ii)  the  likelihood  that  the  project  will
14             develop  techniques  or processes that will minimize
15             the transfer of  pollution  from  one  environmental
16             medium to another;
17                  (iii)  the  extent  to  which information to be
18             developed through the project will be applicable  to
19             other persons in the State; and
20                  (iv)  the willingness of the grant applicant to
21             assist the Center in disseminating information about
22             the  pollution  prevention  methods  to be developed
23             through the project.
24             (7)  Shall establish and operate a State information
25        clearinghouse that assembles, catalogues and disseminates
26        information  about   toxic   pollution   prevention   and
27        available  consultant services.  Such clearinghouse shall
28        include a computer  database  containing  information  on
29        managerial,   technical  and  operational  approaches  to
30        achieving  toxic  pollution  prevention.   The   computer
31        database  must  be  maintained  on  a  system designed to
32        enable businesses, governmental agencies and the  general
33        public   readily   to   obtain  information  specific  to
34        production  technologies,   materials,   operations   and
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 1        products.   A business shall not be required to submit to
 2        the clearinghouse any information that is a trade secret.
 3             (8)  May contract with an established institution of
 4        higher education to assist the Center in carrying out the
 5        provisions of this Section.  The assistance  provided  by
 6        such  an institution may include, but need not be limited
 7        to:
 8                  (A)  engineering field  internships  to  assist
 9             industries in identifying toxic pollution prevention
10             opportunities;
11                  (B)  development    of    a   toxic   pollution
12             prevention curriculum for students and faculty; and
13                  (C)  applied  toxic  pollution  prevention  and
14             recycling research.
15             (9)  Shall emphasize assistance to  businesses  that
16        have  inadequate  technical  and  financial  resources to
17        obtain information and  to  assess  and  implement  toxic
18        pollution prevention methods.
19             (10)  Shall  publish  a biannual report on its toxic
20        pollution prevention activities, achievements, identified
21        problems and future goals.
22    (Source: P.A. 86-914; 86-1363.)
23        Section 65. The  Illinois  Pollution  Prevention  Act  is
24    amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
25        (415 ILCS 115/10)
26        Sec. 10.  Definitions.  As used in this Act:
27        "Agency"  means  the  Illinois  Environmental  Protection
28    Agency.
29        "Center"   means   the   Waste  Management  and  Research
30    Hazardous Waste Research and Information Center.
31        "Person"    means    any     individual,     partnership,
32    co-partnership,   firm,  company,  corporation,  association,
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 1    joint stock  company,  trust,  political  subdivision,  State
 2    agency,   or   any   other   legal   entity,   or  its  legal
 3    representative, agent or assigns.
 4        "Release" means emission to the air, discharge to surface
 5    waters  or  off-site  wastewater  treatment  facilities,   or
 6    on-site  release  to  the  land, including but not limited to
 7    landfills, surface impoundments and injection wells.
 8        "Toxic or hazardous materials" means  (i)  any  materials
 9    that are reported to the Agency as released in Illinois under
10    Section  313  of the federal Emergency Planning and Community
11    Right to Know Act of 1986; and (ii)  those  wastes  that  are
12    reported as hazardous wastes by hazardous waste generators in
13    Illinois.
14    (Source: P.A. 87-1213.)
15        Section 70.  The Fish and Aquatic Life Code is amended by
16    changing Section 15-35 as follows:
17        (515 ILCS 5/15-35) (from Ch. 56, par. 15-35)
18        Sec.  15-35.   Mussels; open season. Mussels may be taken
19    only during the period of April 1 15 to  September  30,  both
20    inclusive,  and  then only from sunrise to sunset and only by
21    means of crowfoot bars or hand picking, with or  without  the
22    aid  of  air breathing apparatus; except that in the Illinois
23    River and Mississippi River, including adjoining  back  water
24    lakes,  mussels  may  be  taken  during  the  season  by  the
25    additional  means of hand rakes, hand forks, or hand dredges.
26    Mussels may be taken from the Mississippi, Ohio, Wabash,  and
27    Illinois rivers.  Mussel fishing is permitted in other waters
28    only upon written authorization from the Department.
29    (Source: P.A. 87-833.)
30        Section  75.   The  Wildlife  Code is amended by changing
31    Section 2.26 as follows:
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 1        (520 ILCS 5/2.26) (from Ch. 61, par. 2.26)
 2        Sec. 2.26.  Any person  attempting  to  take  deer  shall
 3    first  obtain  a  "Deer  Hunting  Permit"  in accordance with
 4    prescribed regulations set forth in an  Administrative  Rule.
 5    Deer  Hunting Permits shall be issued by the Department.  The
 6    fee for a Deer Hunting Permit to take deer  with  either  bow
 7    and arrow or gun shall not exceed $15.00 for residents of the
 8    State.  The Department may by administrative rule provide for
 9    non-resident  deer hunting permits for which the fee will not
10    exceed  $100  except  as  provided  below  for   non-resident
11    landowners.  Permits shall be issued without charge to:
12             (a)  Illinois  landowners  residing  in Illinois who
13        own at least 40 acres of Illinois land and wish  to  hunt
14        their land only,
15             (b)  resident  tenants  of  at  least  40  acres  of
16        commercial agricultural land where they will hunt, and
17             (c)  shareholders  of  a  corporation  which owns at
18        least 40 acres of land in a county in Illinois  who  wish
19        to hunt on the corporation's land only.  One permit shall
20        be  issued  without charge to one shareholder for each 40
21        acres of land owned  by  the  corporation  in  a  county;
22        however,  the  number of permits issued without charge to
23        shareholders of any corporation in any county  shall  not
24        exceed 15.
25        Bona  fide  landowners or tenants who do not wish to hunt
26    only on the land they own, rent or lease or shareholders  who
27    do not wish to hunt only on the land owned by the corporation
28    shall  be  charged the same fee as the applicant who is not a
29    landowner, tenant or shareholder.  Nonresidents  of  Illinois
30    who  own  at least 40 acres of land and wish to hunt on their
31    land only shall be charged a fee set by administrative  rule.
32    The method for obtaining these permits shall be prescribed by
33    administrative rule.
34        The deer hunting permit issued without fee shall be valid
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 1    on all farm lands which the person to whom it is issued owns,
 2    leases  or  rents, except that in the case of a permit issued
 3    to a shareholder, the permit shall  be  valid  on  all  lands
 4    owned by the corporation in the county.
 5        The  Department  may  set  aside,  in accordance with the
 6    prescribed regulations set forth in an administrative rule of
 7    the Department, a limited number of Deer Hunting  Permits  to
 8    be  available  to persons providing evidence of a contractual
 9    arrangement to hunt on properties controlled by a  bona  fide
10    Illinois outfitter.  The number of available permits shall be
11    based on a percentage of unfilled permits remaining after the
12    previous  year's lottery.  Eligible outfitters shall be those
13    having membership  in,  and  accreditation  conferred  by,  a
14    professional   association  of  outfitters  approved  by  the
15    Department.  The association shall be responsible for setting
16    professional  standards  and  codes  of   conduct   for   its
17    membership, subject to Departmental approval.  In addition to
18    the   fee  normally  charged  for  resident  and  nonresident
19    permits, a reservation  fee  not  to  exceed  $200  shall  be
20    charged  to  the  outfitter  for  each  permit  set  aside in
21    accordance with this  Act.   The  reservation  fee  shall  be
22    deposited into the Wildlife and Fish Fund.
23        The  standards and specifications for use of guns and bow
24    and  arrow  for  deer  hunting  shall   be   established   by
25    administrative rule.
26        No person may have in his possession any other firearm or
27    sidearm  when taking deer by the use of either a shotgun, bow
28    and arrow or muzzle loading rifle.
29        Persons having a firearm deer  hunting  permit  shall  be
30    permitted  to  take deer only during the period from 1/2 hour
31    before sunrise to sunset, and  only  during  those  days  for
32    which an open season is established for the taking of deer by
33    use of shotgun or muzzle loading rifle.
34        Persons  having  an  archery deer hunting permit shall be
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 1    permitted to take deer only during the period from  1/2  hour
 2    before  sunrise  to  1/2  hour  after sunset, and only during
 3    those days for which an open season is  established  for  the
 4    taking of deer by use of bow and arrow.
 5        It  shall  be unlawful for any person to take deer by use
 6    of dogs, horses, automobiles, aircraft or other vehicles,  or
 7    by  the  use  of  salt  or  bait  of  any  kind.   An area is
 8    considered as baited  during  the  presence  of  and  for  10
 9    consecutive days following the removal of bait.
10        It  shall  be  unlawful  to possess or transport any wild
11    deer which has been injured or killed in any  manner  upon  a
12    public  highway  or  public right-of-way of this State unless
13    exempted by administrative rule.
14        Persons hunting deer must have gun unloaded and no or bow
15    and arrow cased, unstrung or otherwise made inoperable  by  a
16    locking  device shall be carried with the arrow in the nocked
17    position during hours when deer hunting is unlawful.
18        It shall be unlawful for any  person,  having  taken  the
19    legal  limit  of deer by gun, to further participate with gun
20    in any deer hunting party.
21        It shall be unlawful for any  person,  having  taken  the
22    legal  limit of deer by bow and arrow, to further participate
23    with bow and arrow in any deer hunting party.
24        The Department may prohibit upland  game  hunting  during
25    the gun deer season by administrative rule.
26        It  shall be legal for handicapped persons, as defined in
27    Section 2.33, to utilize a crossbow  device,  as  defined  in
28    Department rules, to take deer.
29        Any  person  who  violates  any of the provisions of this
30    Section, including administrative rules, shall be guilty of a
31    Class B misdemeanor.
32    (Source: P.A. 88-45; 88-416; 88-670,  eff.  12-2-94;  89-715,
33    eff. 2-21-97.)
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 1        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 2    becoming law.

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