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92_HB2581
LRB9202457LDpr
1 AN ACT in relation to 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 22.3 as follows:
6 (415 ILCS 5/22.3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.3)
7 Sec. 22.3. Post-closure responsibility. The owner and
8 operator of a hazardous waste disposal site shall, without
9 limitation, be responsible for the site for a period of 20
10 years after closure of the site, or such longer period of
11 time as required by the federal Resource Conservation and
12 Recovery Act of 1976, P.L. 94-580, or regulations issued
13 thereunder, or by Board regulation adopted pursuant to
14 subsection 22(a) or (f) of this Act. The owner and operator
15 shall monitor such site for gas migration, drainage problems,
16 erosion, settling, ground and surface water pollution and
17 other environmental and safety problems which occur, and
18 shall take whatever remedial action is necessary to solve any
19 such problems which occur at the site during the period of
20 responsibility. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
21 Section, nothing contained herein shall be construed to limit
22 any duties or liabilities imposed on an owner or operator of
23 a solid waste disposal site pursuant to this Act or
24 regulations thereunder or arising by operation of law.
25 (Source: P.A. 81-856.)