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92_HB3957

 
                                               LRB9215286LBpr

 1        AN ACT concerning environmental protection.

 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 12.1 as follows:

 6        (415 ILCS 5/12.1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1012.1)
 7        Sec. 12.1.  Underground  injection  of  hazardous  waste;
 8    prohibition.
 9        (a)  Commencing  June 30, 1984 and until January 1, 1986,
10    no person shall cause,  threaten  or  allow  the  underground
11    injection of hazardous waste unless:
12             (1)  the  underground  injection is into an existing
13        well or a replacement well; and
14             (2)  the underground injection will not violate this
15        Act or any regulation or standard adopted  by  the  Board
16        under this Act.
17        (b)  For  purposes of this Section, an existing well is a
18    well that is in existence  on  the  effective  date  of  this
19    amendatory Act of 1984.
20        (c)  For  purposes of this Section, a replacement well is
21    a well that:
22             (1)  replaces an existing  inoperative  or  stand-by
23        well; and
24             (2)  is   located   within  the  same  site  as  the
25        inoperative existing well.
26    (Source: P.A. 83-1358.)

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