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91_HB3712
LRB9110986ACcd
1 AN ACT regarding environmental safety.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended
5 by changing Section 58.11 as follows:
6 (415 ILCS 5/58.11)
7 Sec. 58.11. Regulations and Site Remediation Advisory
8 Committee; rules.
9 (a) There is hereby established a 10-member Site
10 Remediation Advisory Committee, which shall be appointed by
11 the Governor. The Committee shall include one member
12 recommended by the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce, one
13 member recommended by the Illinois Manufacturers'
14 Association, one member recommended by the Chemical Industry
15 Council of Illinois, one member recommended by the Consulting
16 Engineers Council of Illinois, one member recommended by the
17 Illinois Bankers Association, one member recommended by the
18 Community Bankers Association of Illinois, one member
19 recommended by the National Solid Waste Management
20 Association, and 3 other members as determined by the
21 Governor. Members of the Advisory Committee may organize
22 themselves as they deem necessary and shall serve without
23 compensation.
24 (b) The Committee shall:
25 (1) Review, evaluate, and make recommendations
26 regarding State laws, rules, and procedures that relate
27 to site remediations.
28 (2) Review, evaluate, and make recommendations
29 regarding the review and approval activities of the
30 Agency and Review and Evaluation Licensed Professional
31 Engineers.
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1 (3) Make recommendations relating to the State's
2 efforts to implement this Title.
3 (4) Review, evaluate, and make recommendations
4 regarding the procedures for determining proportionate
5 degree of responsibility for a release of regulated
6 substances.
7 (5) Review, evaluate, and make recommendations
8 regarding the reports prepared by the Agency in
9 accordance with subsection (e) of this Section.
10 (c) Within 9 months after the effective date of this
11 amendatory Act of 1995, the Agency, after consideration of
12 the recommendations of the Committee, shall propose rules
13 prescribing procedures and standards for its administration
14 of this Title. Within 9 months after receipt of the Agency's
15 proposed rules, the Board shall adopt, pursuant to Sections
16 27 and 28 of this Act, rules that are consistent with this
17 Title, including classifications of land use and provisions
18 for the voidance of No Further Remediation Letters.
19 (d) Until such time as the rules required under this
20 Section take effect, the Agency shall administer its
21 activities under this Title in accordance with Agency
22 procedures and applicable provisions of this Act.
23 (e) By July 1, 1997 and as deemed appropriate
24 thereafter, the Agency shall prepare reports to the Governor
25 and the General Assembly concerning the status of all sites
26 for which the Agency has expended money from the Hazardous
27 Waste Fund. The reports shall include specific information
28 on the financial, technical, and cost recovery status of each
29 site.
30 (Source: P.A. 89-431, eff. 12-15-95; 89-443, eff. 7-1-96;
31 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)