[ Search ] [ PDF text ] [ Legislation ]
[ Home ] [ Back ] [ Bottom ]
| [ Introduced ] |
92_HB4647eng HB4647 Engrossed LRB9212021LBpr 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.)