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92_HB4644 LRB9212020LBpr 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 57 as follows: 6 (415 ILCS 5/57) 7 Sec. 57. Intent and purpose. This Titleshall be known8andmay be cited as the Leaking Underground Storage Tank 9 Program (LUST). The purpose of this Title is, in accordance 10 with the requirements of the Hazardous and Solid Waste 11 Amendments of 1984 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery 12 Act of 1976 and in accordance with the State's interest in 13 the protection of Illinois' land and water resources: (1) to 14 adopt procedures for the remediation of underground storage 15 tank sites due to the release of petroleum and other 16 substances regulated under this Title from certain 17 underground storage tanks or related tank systems; (2) to 18 establish and provide procedures for a Leaking Underground 19 Storage Tank Program which will oversee and review any 20 remediation required for leaking underground storage tanks, 21 and administer the Underground Storage Tank Fund; (3) to 22 establish an Underground Storage Tank Fund intended to be a 23 State fund by which persons who qualify for access to the 24 Underground Storage Tank Fund may satisfy the financial 25 responsibility requirements under applicable State law and 26 regulations; (4) to establish requirements for eligible 27 owners and operators of underground storage tanks to seek 28 payment for any costs associated with physical soil 29 classification, groundwater investigation, site 30 classification and corrective action from the Underground 31 Storage Tank Fund; and (5) to audit and approve corrective -2- LRB9212020LBpr 1 action efforts performed by Licensed Professional Engineers. 2 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)