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90_SB1457

      510 ILCS 77/11 new
      510 ILCS 77/12 new
      510 ILCS 77/20
          Amends the Livestock Management Facilities Act.  Provides
      that  the   Department   of   Agriculture   shall   hold   an
      informational meeting concerning the proposed construction of
      a  new  livestock  management  facility  of  1,000 or greater
      animal units at the request of the county board of the county
      in  which  the  facility  is  or  will  be  located.     Sets
      construction   standards   for   livestock   waste   handling
      facilities  other  than  earthen livestock lagoons.  Requires
      the  owner  or  operator  of  multiple  livestock  management
      facilities under common facility  ownership  to  prepare  and
      keep  on file a waste management plan.  Requires the owner or
      operator of a livestock management  facility  to  update  the
      waste  management  plan  when certain changes occur. Provides
      for the use of values from specified tables when  calculating
      nutrient  content  of  livestock waste.  Makes other changes.
      Effective immediately.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Livestock Management Facilities Act.
 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:
 4        Section  5.   The  Livestock Management Facilities Act is
 5    amended by changing Section 20 and by adding Sections 11  and
 6    12 as follows:
 7        (510 ILCS 77/11 new)
 8        Sec.    11.  Livestock    management    facilities;   new
 9    construction.
10        (a)  Beginning on the effective date of  this  amendatory
11    Act  of  1998,  within  7 days after  receiving a form giving
12    notice of intent to construct a  new  livestock    management
13    facility  of  1,000  or  greater animal units, the Department
14    shall  send a copy of the notice form to the county board  of
15    the  county  in  which  the   facility is or will be located.
16    After receiving a copy of the notice from  the    Department,
17    the county board may, at its discretion and within 30 days of
18    receipt of the notice, request that the Department conduct an
19    informational   meeting concerning the proposed construction.
20    The Department shall conduct  the meeting within 15  days  of
21    the  county  board's  request.  If the Department  conducts a
22    meeting, the  Department shall publish notice of the  meeting
23    in  a    newspaper of general circulation in the county or in
24    the State newspaper at  least 10  days  before  the  meeting.
25    The  owner or operator who submitted the  notice of intent to
26    construct to the Department shall appear at the meeting.   At
27    the  meeting, the Department shall give members of the public
28    an opportunity  to ask  questions  and  to  present  oral  or
29    written comments concerning the  proposed construction.
30        (b)  The  date  a  notice  of  intent  to construct a new
31    livestock management facility or   livestock  waste  handling
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 1    facility  is filed shall be used as the date for  determining
 2    the initial setbacks under Section 35 of this Act.
 3        (c)  For the purposes of this Section and Section 35, the
 4    following shall not be  considered as construction of  a  new
 5    livestock   management   facility   or  new  livestock  waste
 6    handling  facility:  (i)  any  construction  to  replace   an
 7    existing  livestock  management    facility,  livestock waste
 8    handling facility, or any portion of  an  existing  livestock
 9    management facility or livestock waste handling facility that
10    was  destroyed by fire or by  natural disaster as long as the
11    reconstruction is completed within 10 years of  the  fire  or
12    disaster  and  the  reconstruction  is  not a new facility as
13    defined in Section 10.45 of this  Act,  or  (ii)  any  future
14    construction of a livestock management facility or  livestock
15    waste  handling  facility at an existing livestock management
16    facility or livestock  waste handling facility  that is not a
17    new facility as defined in Section 10.45 of this Act.
18        (510 ILCS 77/12 new)
19        Sec. 12.  Livestock waste handling facilities other  than
20    earthen livestock waste lagoons.
21        (a)  After  the  effective date of this amendatory Act of
22    1998, livestock waste handling facilities other than  earthen
23    livestock  lagoons  used  for  the storage of livestock waste
24    shall be constructed in accordance with this Section.
25             (1)  Livestock waste handling facilities constructed
26        of concrete shall meet the strength and load  factors set
27        forth in  the  Midwest  Plan  Service's  Concrete  Manure
28        Storage      Handbook   (MWPS-36).   In  addition,  those
29        structures shall meet the following  requirements:
30                  (A)  Waterstops shall be incorporated into  the
31             design  of  the  storage   structure when consistent
32             with the requirements of  paragraph  (1)  of    this
33             subsection;
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 1                  (B)  Storage  structures that handle waste in a
 2             liquid form shall be designed  to contain  a  volume
 3             of  not  less  than  the  amount  of waste generated
 4             during 150 days  of  facility  operation  at  design
 5             capacity; and
 6                  (C)  Storage    structures   not   covered   or
 7             otherwise protected from   precipitation  shall,  in
 8             addition to the waste storage volume requirements of
 9             item  (B)  of  paragraph  (1)  of  this  subsection,
10             include a 2-foot freeboard.
11             (2)  A   livestock  waste  handling  facility  in  a
12        prefabricated form shall meet  the  strength,  load,  and
13        compatibility   factors  for  its  intended  use.   Those
14        factors  shall  be   verified   by   the   manufacturer's
15        specifications.
16             (3)  Livestock  waste  handling  facilities  holding
17        semi-solid  livestock waste, including but not limited to
18        picket dam structures, shall be constructed according  to
19        the  requirements set forth in the Midwest Plan Service's
20        Livestock Waste Facilities Handbook (MWSP-18) or  similar
21        standards  used  by  the  Natural  Resources Conservation
22        Service of the United States Department of Agriculture.
23             (4)  Livestock  waste  handling  facilities  holding
24        solid  livestock  waste  shall   shall   be   constructed
25        according  to  the  requirements set forth in the Midwest
26        Plan  Service's  Livestock  Waste   Facilities   Handbook
27        (MWSP-18)  or  similar  standards  used  by  the  Natural
28        Resources  Conservation  Service  of  the  United  States
29        Department  of Agriculture.  In addition, solid livestock
30        waste stacking structures shall be  sized  to  store  not
31        less  than  the amount of waste generated during 6 months
32        of facility operation at design capacity.
33             (5)  Holding ponds, used for the  temporary  storage
34        of   livestock  feedlot  run-off,  shall  be  constructed
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 1        according to the requirements set forth  in  the  Midwest
 2        Plan   Service's   Livestock  Waste  Facilities  Handbook
 3        (MWSP-18)  or  similar  standards  used  by  the  Natural
 4        Resources  Conservation  Service  of  the  United  States
 5        Department of Agriculture.
 6        The provisions of this Section apply to the  construction
 7    of a new livestock waste handling facility or a new livestock
 8    waste  management  facility  begun  on or after the effective
 9    date of this amendatory Act of 1998.
10        No other requirements may be imposed on the  construction
11    or  operation  of  a  livestock  management facility or waste
12    handling facility  other  than  an  earthen  livestock  waste
13    lagoon  except  as  provided  in  this  Act.   The   owner or
14    operator of the livestock management  facility  or  livestock
15    waste handling facility may elect to exceed the strength  and
16    load requirements.
17        (b)  The  owner  or  operator of the livestock management
18    facility or livestock waste handling facility shall send,  by
19    certified   mail   or   in  person,  to  the    Department  a
20    certification  of  compliance,  together   with   copies   of
21    verification  documents  upon completion of construction.  In
22    the case of structures  constructed with the design standards
23    used by the Natural Resources  Conservation  Service  of  the
24    United States Department of Agriculture, copies of the design
25    standards  and  a  statement  of  verification  signed  by  a
26    representative of the United States Department of Agriculture
27    shall  accompany  the  owner  or  operator's certification of
28    compliance.  The certification shall state that the structure
29    meets or exceed the requirements in  subsection (a)  of  this
30    Section.   A  $50  filing  fee shall accompany the statement.
31    The owner or operator may begin using the  storage  structure
32    no  earlier  than  10  business  days  after  submitting  the
33    certification   to  the  Department.   The  Department  shall
34    verify, to the extent that is reasonably possible during  the
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 1    10  business  days, that the structure meets the requirements
 2    of this Section.
 3        (c)  The owner or operator of a livestock  waste  storage
 4    structure,  the  construction of which is not a new facility,
 5    may request that the Department visit the  construction  site
 6    and  confirm  that the proposed construction will comply with
 7    the maximum  feasible location requirements of  the  Agency's
 8    Agriculture  Related    Pollution regulations, 35 Ill. Admin.
 9    Code 501.
10        (510 ILCS 77/20)
11        (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 90-565)
12        Sec. 20.  Handling, storing and  disposing  of  livestock
13    waste.
14        (a)  The  livestock management facility owner or operator
15    shall comply with the requirements for handling, storing, and
16    disposing of livestock wastes  as  set  forth  in  the  rules
17    adopted pursuant to the Illinois Environmental Protection Act
18    concerning agriculture related pollution.
19        (b)  The  livestock management facility owner or operator
20    at a facility of less than 1,000 animal units  shall  not  be
21    required to prepare and maintain a waste management plan.
22        (c)  The  livestock management facility owner or operator
23    at a facility of 1,000 or greater animal units but less  than
24    7,000  animal units shall prepare and maintain on file at the
25    livestock management  facility  a  general  waste  management
26    plan.    Notwithstanding   this   requirement,   a  livestock
27    management  facility  subject  to  this  subsection  may   be
28    operated on an interim basis but not to exceed 6 months after
29    the  effective date of the rules promulgated pursuant to this
30    Act to allow for the owner or operator  of  the  facility  to
31    develop  a  waste management plan.  The waste management plan
32    shall be available  for  inspection  during  normal  business
33    hours by Department personnel.
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 1        (d)  The  livestock management facility owner or operator
 2    at a facility of 7,000 or greater animal units shall prepare,
 3    maintain, and submit to the Department the  waste  management
 4    plan  for  approval.  Approval  of  the waste management plan
 5    shall  be  predicated  on  compliance  with   provisions   of
 6    subsection  (f).  The waste management plan shall be approved
 7    by the Department before operation of the facility or in  the
 8    case of an existing facility, the waste management plan shall
 9    be  submitted within 60 working days after the effective date
10    of the rules promulgated pursuant to this Act.
11        The owner or operator of an existing livestock management
12    facility that through growth meets or  exceeds  7,000  animal
13    units   shall   file  its  waste  management  plan  with  the
14    Department within 60 working days after reaching  the  stated
15    animal units.
16        The  owner or operator of a livestock management facility
17    that is subject to this subsection (d) shall file  within  60
18    working  days  with the Department a revised waste management
19    plan  when  there  is  a  significant  change  as  stated  in
20    subsection (e) in items (1), (2), or (10) of  subsection  (f)
21    that   will  materially  affect  compliance  with  the  waste
22    management plan.
23        (d-5)  Waste management  plan  requirement  for  multiple
24    livestock  management facilities under common ownership.  The
25    owner or operator of multiple livestock management facilities
26    under common facility ownership where the cumulative   animal
27    units  of  the  facilities  are  equal to or greater than the
28    animal unit numbers of subsection (c) of  this Section  shall
29    prepare  and keep on file at each facility a waste management
30    plan in  accordance with the requirements of subsection  (c).
31    The  owner  or  operator  of  multiple   livestock management
32    facilities that are under common facility ownership where the
33    cumulative animal units of the facilities  are  equal  to  or
34    greater  than  the  animal  unit numbers in subsection (d) of
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 1    this Section shall prepare and file  with  the  Department  a
 2    waste  management  plan  in accordance with the provisions of
 3    subsection (d).  Cumulative  animal units shall be determined
 4    by  combining  the  animal  units   of   multiple   livestock
 5    management  facilities under common facility ownership  based
 6    upon the design capacity of each facility.
 7        For the purposes of this subsection (d-5), "under  common
 8    facility  ownership"  means the same person or persons own at
 9    least 51% of the entity that owns the buildings  housing  the
10    livestock and that the facilities are located in the State of
11    Illinois.
12        (e)  Revising  a waste management plan and waste disposal
13    records.  The owner or operator of   a  livestock  management
14    facility shall update the waste management plan when there is
15    change  in  the  values    shown  in  the plan in item (1) of
16    subsection (f) of this Section.  The waste   management  plan
17    shall also be revised when there is a change in the method of
18    disposal    of  animal  waste  or when the available nitrogen
19    value exceeds the variability range for  nitrogen  set  forth
20    in subsection (f) of this Section.  The waste management plan
21    and records of livestock waste disposal shall be kept on file
22    for 3 three years.
23        (f)  The application of livestock waste to the land is an
24    acceptable,   recommended,   and   established   practice  in
25    Illinois.  However, when livestock waste is not applied in  a
26    responsible  manner,  it may create pollutional problems.  It
27    should be recognized that, in most cases,  if  the  agronomic
28    nitrogen  rate is met, the phosphorus applied will exceed the
29    crop requirements, but not  all  of  the  phosphorus  may  be
30    available  for  use  by  the  crop.   It  will  be considered
31    acceptable, therefore,  to  prepare  and  implement  a  waste
32    management  plan  based  on  the  nitrogen  rate.  The  waste
33    management plan shall include the following:
34             (1)  An estimate of the volume of livestock waste to
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 1        be  disposed  of  annually  obtained  by  multiplying the
 2        design capacity of the  facility  times  the  appropriate
 3        amount  of  waste   generated by the animals.  The values
 4        showing the amount  of  waste  generated  in  Table  2-1,
 5        Midwest   Plan   Services,   MWPS-18,    Livestock  Waste
 6        Facilities Handbook may be used.
 7             (2)  The number of acres available for  disposal  of
 8        the waste.
 9             (3)  An estimate of the nutrient value of the waste.
10        The  owner  or  operator  may prepare and maintain a plan
11        based on table values derived from Midwest Plan Services,
12        MWPS-18,  Livestock  Waste   Facilities   Handbook,   the
13        Agency's  Agriculture  Related  Pollution regulations, or
14        the results of analysis performed on  samples  of  waste.
15        For  the purposes of compliance with this subsection, the
16        nutrient values of livestock waste may vary as  indicated
17        in   the   source  table.   In  the  case  of  laboratory
18        analytical results, the nutrient values may vary with the
19        accuracy of the analytical method.
20             (4)  An indication that the livestock waste will  be
21        applied  at  rates  not  to exceed the agronomic nitrogen
22        demand of the crops to be  grown  when  averaged  over  a
23        5-year period.
24             (5)  A provision that livestock waste applied within
25        1/4  mile of any residence not part of the facility shall
26        be injected or incorporated on the  day  of  application.
27        However,  livestock  management  facilities and livestock
28        waste handling facilities that have irrigation systems in
29        operation prior to the effective  date  of  this  Act  or
30        existing  facilities  applying waste on frozen ground are
31        not subject to the provisions of this item (5).
32             (6)  A provision that livestock  waste  may  not  be
33        applied within 200 feet of surface water unless the water
34        is  upgrade  or  there is adequate diking, and waste will
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 1        not be applied within 150 feet of  potable  water  supply
 2        wells.
 3             (7)  A  provision  that  livestock  waste may not be
 4        applied in a 10-year flood plain unless the injection  or
 5        incorporation method of application is used.
 6             (8)  A  provision  that  livestock  waste may not be
 7        applied in waterways.
 8             (9)  A provision that if waste is spread  on  frozen
 9        or  snow-covered land, the application will be limited to
10        land areas on which:
11                  (A)  land slopes are 5% or less, or
12                  (B)  adequate erosion control practices exist.
13             (10)  Methods for disposal of animal waste.
14        (g)  Any person who is required to prepare and maintain a
15    waste management plan and who fails to do so shall be  issued
16    a  warning  letter  by the Department for the first violation
17    and shall be  given  30  working  days  to  prepare  a  waste
18    management plan.  For failure to prepare and maintain a waste
19    management  plan, the person shall be fined an administrative
20    penalty of up to $500 by the Department and shall be required
21    to enter into an  agreement  of  compliance  to  prepare  and
22    maintain  a waste management plan within 30 working days. For
23    failure to prepare and maintain a waste management plan after
24    the second 30 day period or  for  failure  to  enter  into  a
25    compliance agreement, the Department may issue an operational
26    cease and desist order until compliance is attained.
27    (Source: P.A. 89-456, eff. 5-21-96.)
28        (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 90-565)
29        Sec.  20.   Handling,  storing and disposing of livestock
30    waste.
31        (a)  The livestock management facility owner or  operator
32    shall comply with the requirements for handling, storing, and
33    disposing  of  livestock  wastes  as  set  forth in the rules
34    adopted pursuant to the Illinois Environmental Protection Act
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 1    concerning agriculture related pollution.
 2        (b)  The livestock management facility owner or  operator
 3    at  a  facility  of less than 1,000 animal units shall not be
 4    required to prepare and maintain a waste management plan.
 5        (c)  The livestock management facility owner or  operator
 6    at  a facility of 1,000 or greater animal units but less than
 7    7,000 animal units shall prepare and maintain on file at  the
 8    livestock  management  facility  a  general  waste management
 9    plan.   Notwithstanding   this   requirement,   a   livestock
10    management   facility  subject  to  this  subsection  may  be
11    operated on an interim basis but not to exceed 6 months after
12    the effective date of the rules promulgated pursuant to  this
13    Act  to  allow  for  the owner or operator of the facility to
14    develop a waste management plan.  The waste  management  plan
15    shall  be  available  for  inspection  during normal business
16    hours by Department personnel.
17        (d)  The livestock management facility owner or  operator
18    at a facility of 7,000 or greater animal units shall prepare,
19    maintain,  and  submit to the Department the waste management
20    plan for approval. Approval  of  the  waste  management  plan
21    shall   be   predicated  on  compliance  with  provisions  of
22    subsection (f). The waste management plan shall  be  approved
23    by  the Department before operation of the facility or in the
24    case of an existing facility, the waste management plan shall
25    be submitted within 60 working days after the effective  date
26    of the rules promulgated pursuant to this Act.
27        The owner or operator of an existing livestock management
28    facility  that  through  growth meets or exceeds 7,000 animal
29    units  shall  file  its  waste  management  plan   with   the
30    Department  within  60 working days after reaching the stated
31    animal units.
32        The owner or operator of a livestock management  facility
33    that  is  subject to this subsection (d) shall file within 60
34    working days with the Department a revised  waste  management
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 1    plan  when there is a significant change stated in subsection
 2    (e) of this Section in items (1), (2), or (10) of  subsection
 3    (f)  that  will  materially  affect compliance with the waste
 4    management plan.
 5        (d-5)  Waste management  plan  requirement  for  multiple
 6    livestock  management facilities under common ownership.  The
 7    owner or operator of multiple livestock management facilities
 8    that are under common facility ownership where the cumulative
 9    animal units of the facilities are equal to or  greater  than
10    the  animal  unit  numbers of subsection (c) of  this Section
11    shall prepare and keep on  file  at  each  facility  a  waste
12    management  plan  in    accordance  with  the requirements of
13    subsection (c).  The owner or operator of multiple  livestock
14    management  facilities  that  are   under   common   facility
15    ownership   where   the    cumulative  animal  units  of  the
16    facilities are equal to  or  greater  than  the  animal  unit
17    numbers  in  subsection (d) of this Section shall prepare and
18    file  with  the  Department  a    waste  management  plan  in
19    accordance with the provisions of subsection (d).  Cumulative
20    animal units shall be  determined  by  combining  the  animal
21    unites  of  multiple  livestock   management facilities under
22    common facility ownership  based upon the design capacity  of
23    each facility.
24        For  the purposes of this subsection (d-5), "under common
25    facility ownership" means that the same person or persons own
26    at least 51% of the entity that owns  the  buildings  housing
27    the  livestock  and  that  the  facilities are located in the
28    State of Illinois.
29        (e)  Revising a waste management plan and waste  disposal
30    records.   The  owner  or operator of  a livestock management
31    facility shall update the waste management plan when there is
32    a  change in the values  shown in the plan  in  item  (1)  of
33    subsection  (f)  of this Section.  The waste  management plan
34    shall also be revised when there is a change in the method of
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 1    disposal  of animal waste  or  when  the  available  nitrogen
 2    value  exceeds  the variability range for  nitrogen set forth
 3    in subsection (f) of this Section. The waste management  plan
 4    and records of livestock waste disposal shall be kept on file
 5    for 3 three years.
 6        (f)  The application of livestock waste to the land is an
 7    acceptable,   recommended,   and   established   practice  in
 8    Illinois.  However, when livestock waste is not applied in  a
 9    responsible  manner,  it may create pollutional problems.  It
10    should be recognized that, in most cases,  if  the  agronomic
11    nitrogen  rate is met, the phosphorus applied will exceed the
12    crop requirements, but not  all  of  the  phosphorus  may  be
13    available  for  use  by  the  crop.   It  will  be considered
14    acceptable, therefore,  to  prepare  and  implement  a  waste
15    management  plan  based  on  the  nitrogen  rate.  The  waste
16    management plan shall include the following:
17             (1)  An estimate of the volume of livestock waste to
18        be  disposed  of  annually  obtained  by  multiplying the
19        design capacity times the  appropriate  amount  of  waste
20        generated  by the animals.  The values showing the amount
21        of waste generated in Table 2-1, Midwest  Plan  Services,
22        MWPS-18,    Livestock  Waste  Facilities  Handbook may be
23        used.
24             (2)  The number of acres available for  disposal  of
25        the waste.
26             (3)  An estimate of the nutrient value of the waste.
27        The  owner  or  operator  may prepare and maintain a plan
28        based on table values derived from Midwest Plan Services,
29        MWPS-18,  Livestock  Waste   Facilities   Handbook,   the
30        Agency's  Agriculture  Related  Pollution regulations, or
31        the results of analysis performed on  samples  of  waste.
32        For  the purposes of compliance with this subsection, the
33        nutrient values of livestock waste may vary as  indicated
34        in   the   source  table.   In  the  case  of  laboratory
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 1        analytical results, the nutrient values may vary with the
 2        accuracy of the analytical method.
 3             (4)  An indication that the livestock waste will  be
 4        applied  at  rates  not  to exceed the agronomic nitrogen
 5        demand of the crops to be  grown  when  averaged  over  a
 6        5-year period.
 7             (5)  A provision that livestock waste applied within
 8        1/4  mile of any residence not part of the facility shall
 9        be injected or incorporated on the  day  of  application.
10        However,  livestock  management  facilities and livestock
11        waste handling facilities that have irrigation systems in
12        operation prior to the effective  date  of  this  Act  or
13        existing  facilities  applying waste on frozen ground are
14        not subject to the provisions of this item (5).
15             (6)  A provision that livestock  waste  may  not  be
16        applied within 200 feet of surface water unless the water
17        is  upgrade  or  there is adequate diking, and waste will
18        not be applied within 150 feet of  potable  water  supply
19        wells.
20             (7)  A  provision  that  livestock  waste may not be
21        applied in a 10-year flood plain unless the injection  or
22        incorporation method of application is used.
23             (8)  A  provision  that  livestock  waste may not be
24        applied in waterways.
25             (9)  A provision that if waste is spread  on  frozen
26        or  snow-covered land, the application will be limited to
27        land areas on which:
28                  (A)  land slopes are 5% or less, or
29                  (B)  adequate erosion control practices exist.
30             (10)  Methods for disposal of animal waste.
31        (g)  Any person who is required to prepare and maintain a
32    waste management plan and who fails to do so shall be  issued
33    a  warning  letter  by the Department for the first violation
34    and shall be  given  30  working  days  to  prepare  a  waste
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 1    management plan.  For failure to prepare and maintain a waste
 2    management  plan, the person shall be fined an administrative
 3    penalty of up to  $1,000  by  the  Department  and  shall  be
 4    required  to enter into an agreement of compliance to prepare
 5    and maintain a waste management plan within 30 working  days.
 6    For  failure  to prepare and maintain a waste management plan
 7    after the second 30 day period or for failure to enter into a
 8    compliance agreement, the Department may issue an operational
 9    cease and desist order until compliance is attained.
10    (Source: P.A. 89-456, eff. 5-21-96; 90-565, eff. 6-1-98.)
11        Section 95.  No acceleration or delay.   Where  this  Act
12    makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
13    text  that  is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a
14    Section represented by multiple versions), the  use  of  that
15    text  does  not  accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i)
16    the changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived  from
17    any other Public Act.
18        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
19    becoming law.

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