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92_SB0947
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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 Title shall be known
8 and may 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
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1 action efforts performed by Licensed Professional Engineers.
2 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)