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90_SB0814eng

      415 ILCS 5/40             from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1040
          Amends the Environmental Protection Act to allow a  third
      party  to challenge, by petition for hearing of the Pollution
      Control Board, a decision  of  the  Environmental  Protection
      Agency to issue an NPDES permit. Effective immediately.
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  Environmental  Protection Act by
 2    changing Section 40.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
 6    changing Section 40 as follows:
 7        (415 ILCS 5/40) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1040)
 8        Sec. 40. Appeal of permit denial.
 9        (a) (1)  If  the  Agency  refuses to grant or grants with
10    conditions a  permit  under  Section  39  of  this  Act,  the
11    applicant  may, within 35 days, petition for a hearing before
12    the Board to contest the decision of the Agency. However, the
13    35-day period for petitioning for a hearing may  be  extended
14    for  a period of time not to exceed 90 days by written notice
15    provided to the Board  from  the  applicant  and  the  Agency
16    within the initial appeal period. The Board shall give 21 day
17    notice  to  any  person  in  the  county where is located the
18    facility in issue who has  requested  notice  of  enforcement
19    proceedings  and  to  each  member of the General Assembly in
20    whose legislative district that installation or  property  is
21    located;  and shall publish that 21 day notice in a newspaper
22    of general circulation  in  that  county.  The  Agency  shall
23    appear  as  respondent  in  such hearing. At such hearing the
24    rules prescribed in Section 32 and subsection (a) of  Section
25    33  of this Act shall apply, and the burden of proof shall be
26    on the petitioner. If, however, the Agency  issues  an  NPDES
27    permit  that  imposes limits which are based upon a criterion
28    or denies a permit based upon  application  of  a  criterion,
29    then  the  Agency shall have the burden of going forward with
30    the basis for the derivation of  those  limits  or  criterion
31    which were derived under the Board's rules.
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 1        (2)  Except  as provided in paragraph (a)(3), if there is
 2    no final action by the Board within 120 days, petitioner  may
 3    deem  the  permit  issued  under this Act, provided, however,
 4    that that period of 120 days shall not run for any period  of
 5    time,  not  to  exceed  30  days,  during  which the Board is
 6    without  sufficient  membership  to  constitute  the   quorum
 7    required  by  subsection  (a)  of  Section 5 of this Act, and
 8    provided further that such 120 day period shall not be stayed
 9    for lack of quorum beyond 30 days regardless of  whether  the
10    lack of quorum exists at the beginning of such 120 day period
11    or occurs during the running of such 120 day period.
12        (3)  Paragraph (a)(2) shall not apply to any permit which
13    is  subject  to  subsection (b), (d) or (e) of Section 39. If
14    there is no final action by the Board within  120  days,  the
15    petitioner  shall  be  entitled  to  an Appellate Court order
16    pursuant to subsection (d) of Section 41 of this Act.
17        (b)  If the Agency grants a RCRA permit for  a  hazardous
18    waste  disposal  site,  a  third party, other than the permit
19    applicant or Agency, may petition the Board  within  35  days
20    for  a hearing to contest the issuance of the permit.  Unless
21    the Board determines that such  petition  is  duplicitous  or
22    frivolous,  or that the petitioner is so located as to not be
23    affected by the permitted facility, the Board shall hear  the
24    petition  in  accordance  with the terms of subsection (a) of
25    this  Section  and  its  procedural  rules  governing  denial
26    appeals, such hearing to be based exclusively on  the  record
27    before  the  Agency.   The  burden  of  proof shall be on the
28    petitioner.  The Agency and the  permit  applicant  shall  be
29    named co-respondents.
30        The  provisions  of  this  subsection do not apply to the
31    granting of permits issued for the disposal or utilization of
32    sludge from publicly-owned sewage works.
33        (c)  Any party to an Agency proceeding conducted pursuant
34    to Section 39.3 of this Act may petition as of right  to  the
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 1    Board for review of the Agency's decision within 35 days from
 2    the  date of issuance of the Agency's decision, provided that
 3    such appeal is not duplicitous or frivolous.    However,  the
 4    35-day  period  for petitioning for a hearing may be extended
 5    by the applicant for a period of time not to exceed  90  days
 6    by  written  notice  provided to the Board from the applicant
 7    and the Agency within the initial appeal period.  If  another
 8    person with standing to appeal wishes to obtain an extension,
 9    there  must be a written notice provided to the Board by that
10    person, the Agency, and the  applicant,  within  the  initial
11    appeal  period.   The  decision  of  the Board shall be based
12    exclusively on the record compiled in the Agency  proceeding.
13    In  other  respects  the Board's review shall be conducted in
14    accordance with  subsection  (a)  of  this  Section  and  the
15    Board's procedural rules governing permit denial appeals.
16        (d)  In reviewing the denial or any condition of a permit
17    issued  by  the  Agency  pursuant  to  rules  and regulations
18    adopted under subsection (c) of Section 9.1 of this Act,  the
19    decision  of  the  Board  shall  be  based exclusively on the
20    record before the Agency including the record of the hearing,
21    if any, held pursuant  to  paragraph  (f)(3)  of  Section  39
22    unless  the parties agree to supplement the record. The Board
23    shall, if it finds the Agency  is  in  error,  make  a  final
24    determination as to the substantive limitations of the permit
25    including a final determination of Lowest Achievable Emission
26    Rate or Best Available Control Technology.
27        (e) (1)  If  the  Agency  grants or denies a permit under
28        subsection (b) of Section 39 of this Act, a third  party,
29        other  than  the permit applicant or Agency, may petition
30        the Board within 35 days from the date of issuance of the
31        Agency's decision, for a hearing to contest the  decision
32        of the Agency.
33             (2)  A petitioner shall include the following within
34        a  petition  submitted  under  subdivision  (1)  of  this
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 1        subsection:
 2                  (A)  a demonstration that the petitioner raised
 3             the  issues contained within the petition during the
 4             public notice period or during the public hearing on
 5             the NPDES permit application, if  a  public  hearing
 6             was held; and
 7                  (B)  a  demonstration that the petitioner is so
 8             situated  as  to  be  affected  by   the   permitted
 9             facility.
10             (3)  If  the  Board  determines that the petition is
11        not duplicitous or frivolous and contains a  satisfactory
12        demonstration  under  subdivision (2) of this subsection,
13        the Board shall hear the petition (i) in accordance  with
14        the  terms  of  subsection  (a)  of  this Section and its
15        procedural rules governing permit denial appeals and (ii)
16        exclusively on the basis of the record before the Agency.
17        The burden of proof  shall  be  on  the  petitioner.  The
18        Agency    and    permit    applicant   shall   be   named
19        co-respondents.
20        (f) (e)  Any person who files a petition to  contest  the
21    issuance of a permit by the Agency shall pay a filing fee.
22    (Source: P.A. 88-690, eff. 1-24-95.)
23        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
24    becoming law.

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