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Public Act 90-0773

SB545 Enrolled                                 LRB9001840DPcc

    AN ACT in relation  to  environmental  matters,  amending
named Acts.

    Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
changing Sections 15, 18, 22.2, 39.5, 42, 56,  and  56.4  and
adding Section 13.4 as follows:

    (415 ILCS 5/13.4 new)
    Sec. 13.4.  Pretreatment market system.
    (a)  The General Assembly finds:
         (1)  That  achieving compliance with federal, State,
    and local pretreatment regulatory requirements calls  for
    innovative and cost-effective implementation strategies.
         (2)  That   economic   incentives  and  market-based
    approaches can be used to achieve pretreatment compliance
    in an innovative and cost-effective manner.
         (3)  That   development   and   operation    of    a
    pretreatment  market  system  should significantly lessen
    the economic impacts associated  with  implementation  of
    the  pretreatment  requirements  and  still  achieve  the
    desired  water quality, sludge quality, and protection of
    the sewers and treatment system.
    (b)  The Agency shall design a pretreatment market system
that will provide more  flexibility  for  municipalities  and
their   tributary   dischargers   to  develop  cost-effective
solutions and will result in at  least  the  total  pollutant
reduction  as  achieved by the current application of federal
categorical standards, State pretreatment limits, and locally
derived limits, as applicable.  Such  a  system  should  also
assist  publicly-owned  treatment works in meeting applicable
NPDES permit  limits  and  in  preventing  the  discharge  of
pollutants  in  quantities  that  would  interfere  with  the
operation  of the municipal sewer system.  In developing this
system,   the   Agency   shall   consult   with    interested
publicly-owned  treatment  works and tributary dischargers to
ensure   that   relevant   economic,    environmental,    and
administrative factors are taken into account.  As necessary,
the   Agency  shall  also  consult  with  the  United  States
Environmental Protection Agency regarding the suitability  of
such a system.
    (c)  The   Agency   may   adopt   proposed  rules  for  a
market-based pretreatment pollutant reduction,  banking,  and
trading  system  that  will  enable  publicly-owned treatment
works  and   their   tributary   dischargers   to   implement
cost-effective  compliance  options.   Any  proposal shall be
adopted in accordance with the  provisions  of  the  Illinois
Administrative Procedure Act.
    (d)  Notwithstanding  the other provisions of this Act, a
publicly-owned treatment works may implement  a  pretreatment
market  system that is consistent with subsection (b) of this
Section, provided that the publicly-owned treatment works:
         (1)  operates an approved local pretreatment program
    pursuant to State and federal NPDES regulations;
         (2)  is not currently subject to enforcement  action
    for violation of NPDES requirements;
         (3)  receives  wastewater from tributary dischargers
    that are  subject  to  federal  categorical  pretreatment
    standards or approved local pretreatment limits; and
         (4)  has   modified,   as   appropriate,  the  local
    pretreatment program to incorporate such market system.
    (e)  Prior to implementation of any  pretreatment  market
system,  a  publicly-owned  treatment  works shall notify the
Agency in writing of its intention and request the Agency  to
make a consistency determination regarding the local system's
conformance with the rules promulgated pursuant to subsection
(c)  of  this  Section.   Within  120  days, the Agency shall
provide the determination in writing  to  the  publicly-owned
treatment works.
    (f)  Notwithstanding  the  other  provisions of this Act,
any  discharger  that  is  tributary  to   a   publicly-owned
treatment  works  with  a pretreatment market system shall be
eligible to exchange trading units with dischargers tributary
to the  same  publicly-owned  treatment  works  or  with  the
publicly-owned treatment works to which it is tributary.
    (g)  Nothing in this Section shall be deemed to authorize
a publicly-owned treatment works:
         (1)  to  mandate  the exchange of trading units by a
    tributary discharger  in  a  pretreatment  market  system
    implemented pursuant to this Section; or
         (2)  to  mandate  reductions  in pollutants from any
    tributary discharger beyond that  otherwise  required  by
    federal  categorical  and State pretreatment standards or
    approved local pretreatment limits.

    (415 ILCS 5/15) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1015)
    Sec.  15.  Plans  and  specifications;  demonstration  of
capability.
    (a)  Owners of public water  supplies,  their  authorized
representative,  or  legal custodians, shall submit plans and
specifications to the  Agency  and  obtain  written  approval
before  construction  of  any  proposed  public  water supply
installations, changes, or additions is started.   Plans  and
specifications  shall be complete and of sufficient detail to
show all proposed construction, changes,  or  additions  that
may  affect sanitary quality, mineral quality, or adequacy of
the public water supply; and, where necessary, said plans and
specifications shall be accompanied by supplemental  data  as
may  be  required  by  the Agency to permit a complete review
thereof.
    (b)  All new  public  water  supplies  established  after
October  1,  1999 shall demonstrate technical, financial, and
managerial  capacity  as  a  condition  for  issuance  of   a
construction  or  operation  permit  by  the  Agency  or  its
designee.    The  demonstration  shall be consistent with the
technical,  financial,  and  managerial  provisions  of   the
federal  Safe  Drinking  Water  Act  (P.L. 93-532), as now or
hereafter amended.  The Agency is authorized to  adopt  rules
in  accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act
to implement the purposes of  this  subsection.   Such  rules
must  take  into  account the need for the facility, facility
size, sophistication of treatment of the  water  supply,  and
financial requirements needed for operation of the facility.
(Source: P.A. 76-2429.)

    (415 ILCS 5/18) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1018)
    Sec. 18. Prohibitions; plugging requirements.
    (a)  No person shall:
         (1)  Knowingly   cause,   threaten   or   allow  the
    distribution of water from any  public  water  supply  of
    such  quality  or  quantity  as  to be injurious to human
    health; or
         (2)  Violate regulations or standards adopted by the
    Agency pursuant to Section 15(b) of this Act  or  by  the
    Board under this Act; or
         (3)  Construct,  install or operate any public water
    supply without a permit granted  by  the  Agency,  or  in
    violation of any condition imposed by such a permit.
    (b)  Borings,  water  monitoring wells, and wells subject
to this Act shall, at a minimum, be abandoned and plugged  in
accordance with the requirements of Sections 16 and 19 of "An
Act  in  relation  to  oil,  gas,  coal and other surface and
underground resources and to repeal  an  Act  herein  named",
filed  July  29,  1941,  as  amended,  and  such rules as are
promulgated thereunder.  Nothing herein  shall  preclude  the
Board  from  adopting  plugging  and abandonment requirements
which are more stringent than the rules of the Department  of
Natural  Resources  where  necessary  to  protect  the public
health and environment.
(Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.)

    (415 ILCS 5/22.2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.2)
    Sec. 22.2.  Hazardous waste; fees; liability.
    (a)  There are hereby created within the State Treasury 2
special funds to be  known  respectively  as  the  "Hazardous
Waste   Fund"   and  the  "Hazardous  Waste  Research  Fund",
constituted from the fees collected pursuant to this Section.
    (b) (1)  On and after January 1, 1989, the  Agency  shall
    collect  from  the  owner  or  operator  of  each  of the
    following sites a fee in the amount of:
              (A)  6 cents per gallon  or  $12.12  per  cubic
         yard of hazardous waste disposed for 1989, 7.5 cents
         per  gallon  or $15.15 per cubic yard for 1990 and 9
         cents  per  gallon  or   $18.18   per   cubic   yard
         thereafter,  if the hazardous waste disposal site is
         located off the site where such waste was  produced.
         The  maximum  amount  payable under this subdivision
         (A) with respect to the hazardous waste generated by
         a single generator and  deposited  in  monofills  is
         $20,000  for 1989, $25,000 for 1990, and $30,000 per
         year thereafter.  If, as a  result  of  the  use  of
         multiple  monofills,  waste  fees  in  excess of the
         maximum are assessed with respect to a single  waste
         generator, the generator may apply to the Agency for
         a credit.
              (B)  6  cents  per  gallon  or $12.12 per cubic
         yard of hazardous waste disposed for 1989, 7.5 cents
         per gallon or $15.15 per cubic yard for 1990  and  9
         cents  or  $18.18  per cubic yard thereafter, if the
         hazardous waste disposal site is located on the site
         where such waste was produced, provided however  the
         maximum  amount of fees payable under this paragraph
         (B) is  $20,000  for  1989,  $25,000  for  1990  and
         $30,000  per year thereafter for each such hazardous
         waste disposal site.
              (C)  If the hazardous waste disposal site is an
         underground injection well, $6,000 per year  if  not
         more  than 10,000,000 gallons per year are injected,
         $15,000 per year if more than 10,000,000 gallons but
         not  more  than  50,000,000  gallons  per  year  are
         injected,  and  $27,000  per  year  if   more   than
         50,000,000 gallons per year are injected.
              (D)  2 cents per gallon or $4.04 per cubic yard
         for  1989,  2.5  cents per gallon or $5.05 per cubic
         yard for 1990, and 3 cents per gallon or  $6.06  per
         cubic  yard  thereafter  of hazardous waste received
         for treatment at a hazardous waste  treatment  site,
         if the hazardous waste treatment site is located off
         the  site  where such waste was produced and if such
         hazardous waste treatment site is owned,  controlled
         and operated by a person other than the generator of
         such  waste. After treatment at such hazardous waste
         treatment site, the waste shall not  be  subject  to
         any  other  fee imposed by this subsection (b).  For
         purposes  of   this   subsection   (b),   the   term
         "treatment"  is defined as in Section 3.49 but shall
         not include recycling, reclamation or reuse.
         (2)  The General Assembly shall annually appropriate
    to the Fund such amounts as it deems necessary to fulfill
    the purposes of this Act.
         (3)  Whenever  the  unobligated   balance   of   the
    Hazardous  Waste  Fund  exceeds  $10,000,000,  the Agency
    shall suspend the collection of the fees provided for  in
    this  Section  until  the unobligated balance of the Fund
    falls below $8,000,000.
         (4)  Of the amount collected as fees provided for in
    this Section, the Agency shall manage  the  use  of  such
    funds  to  assure that sufficient funds are available for
    match towards federal expenditures for response action at
    sites which are listed on the National  Priorities  List;
    provided,   however,   that   this  shall  not  apply  to
    additional monies appropriated to the Fund by the General
    Assembly, nor shall  it  apply  in  the  event  that  the
    Director  finds that revenues in the Hazardous Waste Fund
    must be used to address conditions which  create  or  may
    create  an  immediate danger to the environment or public
    health or to the welfare of the people of  the  State  of
    Illinois.
         (5)  Notwithstanding  the  other  provisions of this
    subsection (b), sludge from a publicly-owned sewage works
    generated in Illinois,  coal  mining  wastes  and  refuse
    generated in Illinois, bottom boiler ash, flyash and flue
    gas  desulphurization sludge from public utility electric
    generating facilities located  in  Illinois,  and  bottom
    boiler ash and flyash from all incinerators which process
    solely municipal waste shall not be subject to the fee.
         (6)  For   the  purposes  of  this  subsection  (b),
    "monofill" means a facility, or a  unit  at  a  facility,
    that accepts only wastes bearing the same USEPA hazardous
    waste  identification  number,  or  compatible  wastes as
    determined by the Agency.
    (c)  The Agency shall  establish  procedures,  not  later
than  January 1, 1984, relating to the collection of the fees
authorized by this Section. Such  procedures  shall  include,
but  not be limited to: (1) necessary records identifying the
quantities of hazardous waste received or disposed;  (2)  the
form  and  submission  of reports to accompany the payment of
fees to the Agency; and (3) the time and manner of payment of
fees to the Agency, which payments shall be  not  more  often
than quarterly.
    (d)  Beginning July 1, 1996, the Agency shall deposit all
such  receipts  in  the  State  Treasury to the credit of the
Hazardous Waste Fund, except as provided in subsection (e) of
this Section. All monies in the Hazardous Waste Fund shall be
used by the Agency for the following purposes:
         (1)  Taking whatever preventive or corrective action
    is necessary or appropriate, in  circumstances  certified
    by  the Director, including but not limited to removal or
    remedial  action  whenever  there   is   a   release   or
    substantial  threat of a release of a hazardous substance
    or pesticide; provided, the Agency shall expend  no  more
    than   $1,000,000   on   any   single   incident  without
    appropriation by the General Assembly.
         (2)  To meet any requirements which must be  met  by
    the  State  in  order to obtain federal funds pursuant to
    the Comprehensive  Environmental  Response,  Compensation
    and Liability Act of 1980, (P.L. 96-510).
         (3)  In  an amount up to 30% of the amount collected
    as fees provided for in this  Section,  for  use  by  the
    Agency  to  conduct  groundwater  protection  activities,
    including  providing grants to appropriate units of local
    government which are addressing protection of underground
    waters pursuant to the provisions of this Act.
         (4)  To fund the development and  implementation  of
    the model pesticide collection program under Section 19.1
    of the Illinois Pesticide Act.
         (5)  To  the  extent  the  Agency  has  received and
    deposited monies in the Fund other  than  fees  collected
    under subsection (b) of this Section, to pay for the cost
    of  Agency  employees  for services provided in reviewing
    the performance of response  actions  pursuant  to  Title
    XVII of this Act.
         (6)  In  an  amount  up to 15% of the fees collected
    annually under subsection (b) of this Section, for use by
    the Agency for administration of the provisions  of  this
    Section.
    (e)  The   Agency  shall  deposit  10%  of  all  receipts
collected under subsection (b) of this Section,  but  not  to
exceed $200,000 per year, in the State Treasury to the credit
of the Hazardous Waste Research Fund established by this Act.
Pursuant  to  appropriation, all monies in such Fund shall be
used by the Department of Natural Resources for the  purposes
set forth in this subsection.
    The  Department  of  Natural  Resources  may  enter  into
contracts with business, industrial, university, governmental
or  other qualified individuals or organizations to assist in
the research and development intended to recycle, reduce  the
volume   of,  separate,  detoxify  or  reduce  the  hazardous
properties of hazardous wastes in Illinois.   Monies  in  the
Fund  may also be used by the Department of Natural Resources
for technical studies, monitoring activities, and educational
and research activities which are related to  the  protection
of   underground  waters.   Monies  in  the  Hazardous  Waste
Research Fund may be used to administer the  Illinois  Health
and   Hazardous  Substances  Registry  Act.   Monies  in  the
Hazardous Waste Research Fund  shall  not  be  used  for  any
sanitary  landfill  or the acquisition or construction of any
facility.  This does not preclude the purchase  of  equipment
for  the  purpose  of  public  demonstration  projects.   The
Department  of  Natural  Resources shall adopt guidelines for
cost sharing, selecting,  and  administering  projects  under
this subsection.
    (f)  Notwithstanding  any other provision or rule of law,
and subject only to the defenses set forth in subsection  (j)
of  this  Section,  the following persons shall be liable for
all costs of removal or remedial action incurred by the State
of Illinois or any unit of local government as a result of  a
release  or  substantial  threat  of a release of a hazardous
substance or pesticide:
         (1)  the owner and operator of a facility or  vessel
    from  which  there  is a release or substantial threat of
    release of a hazardous substance or pesticide;
         (2)  any  person  who  at  the  time  of   disposal,
    transport,  storage or treatment of a hazardous substance
    or pesticide owned or operated  the  facility  or  vessel
    used  for  such disposal, transport, treatment or storage
    from which there was a release or substantial threat of a
    release of any such hazardous substance or pesticide;
         (3)  any  person  who  by  contract,  agreement,  or
    otherwise has arranged with another party or  entity  for
    transport,  storage,  disposal  or treatment of hazardous
    substances or pesticides owned, controlled  or  possessed
    by such person at a facility owned or operated by another
    party or entity from which facility there is a release or
    substantial   threat  of  a  release  of  such  hazardous
    substances or pesticides; and
         (4)  any  person  who  accepts   or   accepted   any
    hazardous  substances  or  pesticides  for  transport  to
    disposal,  storage  or treatment facilities or sites from
    which there is a release or a  substantial  threat  of  a
    release of a hazardous substance or pesticide.
    Any  monies received by the State of Illinois pursuant to
this subsection (f) shall be deposited in the State  Treasury
to the credit of the Hazardous Waste Fund.
    In  accordance with the other provisions of this Section,
costs of removal or remedial action incurred  by  a  unit  of
local  government  may  be  recovered in an action before the
Board  brought  by  the  unit  of  local   government   under
subsection  (i)  of  this  Section.   Any monies so recovered
shall be paid to the unit of local government.
    (g)(1)  No indemnification,  hold  harmless,  or  similar
    agreement  or  conveyance  shall be effective to transfer
    from the owner or operator of any vessel or  facility  or
    from  any  person  who  may  be  liable  for a release or
    substantial threat of a release under  this  Section,  to
    any   other  person  the  liability  imposed  under  this
    Section.  Nothing in this Section shall bar any agreement
    to insure, hold harmless or indemnify  a  party  to  such
    agreements for any liability under this Section.
         (2)  Nothing   in   this   Section,   including  the
    provisions of paragraph (g)(1) of this Section, shall bar
    a cause of action that an owner or operator or any  other
    person  subject  to  liability  under  this Section, or a
    guarantor, has or would have, by reason of subrogation or
    otherwise against any person.
    (h)  For purposes of this Section:
         (1)  The term "facility" means:
              (A)  any  building,  structure,   installation,
         equipment,   pipe  or  pipeline  including  but  not
         limited to any pipe into a sewer or  publicly  owned
         treatment    works,   well,   pit,   pond,   lagoon,
         impoundment,  ditch,  landfill,  storage  container,
         motor vehicle, rolling stock, or aircraft; or
              (B)  any  site  or  area  where   a   hazardous
         substance  has  been deposited, stored, disposed of,
         placed, or otherwise come to be located.
         (2)  The term "owner or operator" means:
              (A)  any person owning or operating a vessel or
         facility;
              (B)  in the case of an abandoned facility,  any
         person owning or operating the abandoned facility or
         any   person   who  owned,  operated,  or  otherwise
         controlled  activities  at  the  abandoned  facility
         immediately prior to such abandonment;
              (C)  in the case of a land trust as defined  in
         Section  2 of the Land Trustee as Creditor Act,  the
         person owning the beneficial interest  in  the  land
         trust;
              (D)  in  the  case of a fiduciary (other than a
         land trustee), the estate, trust  estate,  or  other
         interest  in  property held in a fiduciary capacity,
         and not the fiduciary.  For  the  purposes  of  this
         Section,  "fiduciary"  means  a  trustee,  executor,
         administrator,  guardian,  receiver,  conservator or
         other person holding  a  facility  or  vessel  in  a
         fiduciary capacity;
              (E)  in  the case of a "financial institution",
         meaning the Illinois Housing  Development  Authority
         and  that  term  as  defined  in  Section  2  of the
         Illinois Banking Act, that has  acquired  ownership,
         operation,  management,  or  control  of a vessel or
         facility through foreclosure or under the terms of a
         security interest held by the financial  institution
         or under the terms of an extension of credit made by
         the financial institution, the financial institution
         only  if  the financial institution takes possession
         of  the  vessel  or  facility  and   the   financial
         institution  exercises actual, direct, and continual
         or recurrent managerial control in the operation  of
         the  vessel  or  facility  that  causes a release or
         substantial threat  of  a  release  of  a  hazardous
         substance  or  pesticide  resulting  in  removal  or
         remedial action;
              (F)  In  the  case  of  an owner of residential
         property, the owner if the owner is a  person  other
         than an individual, or if the owner is an individual
         who owns more than 10 dwelling units in Illinois, or
         if   the   owner,   or   an  agent,  representative,
         contractor, or employee of the  owner,  has  caused,
         contributed to, or allowed the release or threatened
         release  of  a hazardous substance or pesticide. The
         term  "residential  property"  means  single  family
         residences of one to  4  dwelling  units,  including
         accessory    land,    buildings,   or   improvements
         incidental to those dwellings that  are  exclusively
         used  for  the residential use. For purposes of this
         subparagraph (F),  the  term  "individual"  means  a
         natural  person, and shall not include corporations,
         partnerships, trusts, or other non-natural persons.
              (G)  In the case  of  any  facility,  title  or
         control  of  which  was  conveyed due to bankruptcy,
         foreclosure,  tax   delinquency,   abandonment,   or
         similar   means   to   a  unit  of  State  or  local
         government,  any  person  who  owned,  operated,  or
         otherwise  controlled  activities  at  the  facility
         immediately beforehand.
              (H)  The term  "owner  or  operator"  does  not
         include  a  unit  of State or local government which
         acquired ownership or  control  through  bankruptcy,
         tax delinquency, abandonment, or other circumstances
         in  which the government acquires title by virtue of
         its function as sovereign.  The  exclusion  provided
         under this paragraph shall not apply to any State or
         local  government which has caused or contributed to
         the release or threatened  release  of  a  hazardous
         substance  from  the  facility,  and such a State or
         local government shall be subject to the  provisions
         of  this  Act  in  the  same  manner and to the same
         extent, both procedurally and substantively, as  any
         nongovernmental  entity,  including  liability under
         Section 22.2(f).
    (i)  The costs and damages provided for in  this  Section
may  be  imposed by the Board in an action brought before the
Board in accordance with Title VIII of this Act, except  that
Section 33(c) of this Act shall not apply to any such action.
    (j) (1)  There  shall  be no liability under this Section
for  a  person  otherwise  liable  who  can  establish  by  a
preponderance of the evidence that the release or substantial
threat of release of a hazardous substance  and  the  damages
resulting therefrom were caused solely by:
         (A)  an act of God;
         (B)  an act of war;
         (C)  an  act or omission of a third party other than
    an employee or agent of the defendant, or other than  one
    whose  act  or  omission  occurs  in  connection  with  a
    contractual    relationship,    existing    directly   or
    indirectly, with the defendant  (except  where  the  sole
    contractual  arrangement  arises  from a published tariff
    and acceptance for carriage by a common carrier by rail),
    if the defendant establishes by a  preponderance  of  the
    evidence  that  (i) he exercised due care with respect to
    the   hazardous   substance   concerned,   taking    into
    consideration   the  characteristics  of  such  hazardous
    substance,  in  light   of   all   relevant   facts   and
    circumstances,  and  (ii)  he  took  precautions  against
    foreseeable acts or omissions of any such third party and
    the  consequences that could foreseeably result from such
    acts or omissions; or
         (D)  any combination of the foregoing paragraphs.
    (2)  There shall be no liability under this  Section  for
any release permitted by State or federal law.
    (3)  There  shall  be no liability under this Section for
damages as a result of actions taken or omitted in the course
of rendering care, assistance, or advice in  accordance  with
this Section or the National Contingency Plan pursuant to the
Comprehensive   Environmental   Response,   Compensation  and
Liability Act of 1980 (P.L. 96-510) or at the direction of an
on-scene coordinator appointed under such plan, with  respect
to  an incident creating a danger to public health or welfare
or the environment as a result of any release of a  hazardous
substance  or  a substantial threat thereof.  This subsection
shall not preclude liability for damages  as  the  result  of
gross  negligence  or  intentional  misconduct on the part of
such person.  For the purposes  of  the  preceding  sentence,
reckless,  willful,  or  wanton  misconduct  shall constitute
gross negligence.
    (4)  There shall be no liability under this  Section  for
any  person  (including,  but  not  limited  to,  an owner of
residential  property  who  applies  a   pesticide   to   the
residential  property  or  who  has  another  person  apply a
pesticide to the residential property) for response costs  or
damages  as  the  result of the storage, handling and use, or
recommendation for storage, handling and use, of a  pesticide
consistent with:
         (A)  its directions for storage, handling and use as
    stated in its label or labeling;
         (B)  its  warnings  and  cautions  as  stated in its
    label or labeling; and
         (C)  the uses for which it is registered  under  the
    Federal  Insecticide,  Fungicide  and Rodenticide Act and
    the Illinois Pesticide Act.
    (4.5)  There shall  be  no  liability  under  subdivision
(f)(1)  of  this Section for response costs or damages as the
result of a release  of  a  pesticide  from  an  agrichemical
facility  site  if  the  Agency  has received notice from the
Department of Agriculture pursuant to  Section  19.3  of  the
Illinois   Pesticide  Act,  the  owner  or  operator  of  the
agrichemical facility is proceeding with a corrective  action
plan  under the Agrichemical Facility Response Action Program
implemented under that Section, and the Agency has provided a
written endorsement of a corrective action plan.
    (4.6)  There shall  be  no  liability  under  subdivision
(f)(1)  of  this Section for response costs or damages as the
result of a substantial threat of a release  of  a  pesticide
from an agrichemical facility site if the Agency has received
notice from the Department of Agriculture pursuant to Section
19.3  of the Illinois Pesticide Act and the owner or operator
of the agrichemical facility is proceeding with a  corrective
action  plan  under the Agrichemical Facility Response Action
Program implemented under that Section.
    (5)  Nothing in  this  subsection  (j)  shall  affect  or
modify  in any way the obligations or liability of any person
under any other provision of this Act  or  State  or  federal
law,  including  common  law,  for  damages,  injury, or loss
resulting from a release or substantial threat of  a  release
of  any hazardous substance or for removal or remedial action
or the costs of removal or remedial action of such  hazardous
substance.
    (6)(A)  The  term  "contractual  relationship",  for  the
purpose  of  this subsection includes, but is not limited to,
land contracts, deeds or other instruments transferring title
or possession, unless the real property on which the facility
concerned is located was acquired by the defendant after  the
disposal  or  placement of the hazardous substance on, in, or
at the  facility,  and  one  or  more  of  the  circumstances
described  in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of this paragraph is
also established by the defendant by a preponderance  of  the
evidence:
         (i)  At the time the defendant acquired the facility
    the defendant did not know and had no reason to know that
    any  hazardous  substance  which  is  the  subject of the
    release or threatened release was disposed of on,  in  or
    at the facility.
         (ii)  The  defendant  is  a  government entity which
    acquired the facility by escheat, or  through  any  other
    involuntary  transfer  or  acquisition,  or  through  the
    exercise  of  eminent  domain  authority  by  purchase or
    condemnation.
         (iii)  The  defendant  acquired  the   facility   by
    inheritance or bequest.
    In  addition to establishing the foregoing, the defendant
must establish that he  has  satisfied  the  requirements  of
subparagraph (C) of paragraph (l) of this subsection (j).
    (B)  To establish the defendant had no reason to know, as
provided in clause (i) of subparagraph (A) of this paragraph,
the   defendant   must   have  undertaken,  at  the  time  of
acquisition,  all  appropriate  inquiry  into  the   previous
ownership  and  uses  of  the  property  consistent with good
commercial or customary practice in  an  effort  to  minimize
liability.  For purposes of the preceding sentence, the court
shall   take   into  account  any  specialized  knowledge  or
experience on the part of the defendant, the relationship  of
the   purchase   price  to  the  value  of  the  property  if
uncontaminated, commonly known  or  reasonably  ascertainable
information  about  the  property,  the  obviousness  of  the
presence or likely presence of contamination at the property,
and  the  ability to detect such contamination by appropriate
inspection.
    (C)  Nothing in this paragraph (6) or in subparagraph (C)
of paragraph  (1)  of  this  subsection  shall  diminish  the
liability  of any previous owner or operator of such facility
who would otherwise be liable under this Act. Notwithstanding
this  paragraph  (6),  if  the  defendant   obtained   actual
knowledge of the release or threatened release of a hazardous
substance  at such facility when the defendant owned the real
property and then subsequently transferred ownership  of  the
property to another person without disclosing such knowledge,
such  defendant  shall  be treated as liable under subsection
(f) of this Section and no defense under subparagraph (C)  of
paragraph  (1)  of this subsection shall be available to such
defendant.
    (D)  Nothing in  this  paragraph  (6)  shall  affect  the
liability  under  this  Act of a defendant who, by any act or
omission, caused or contributed to the release or  threatened
release  of a hazardous substance which is the subject of the
action relating to the facility.
    (E) (i)  Except  as  provided  in  clause  (ii)  of  this
subparagraph (E), a defendant who has acquired real  property
shall  have  established a rebuttable presumption against all
State claims and a conclusive presumption against all private
party claims that the  defendant  has  made  all  appropriate
inquiry  within  the  meaning  of  subdivision (6)(B) of this
subsection (j) if the defendant proves that immediately prior
to or at the time of the acquisition:
         (I)  the defendant obtained a Phase I  Environmental
    Audit  of  the  real  property  that meets or exceeds the
    requirements of this subparagraph (E), and  the  Phase  I
    Environmental  Audit  did  not  disclose  the presence or
    likely presence of a release or a substantial threat of a
    release of a hazardous substance or pesticide at, on, to,
    or from the real property; or
         (II)  the   defendant   obtained    a    Phase    II
    Environmental  Audit  of  the real property that meets or
    exceeds the requirements of this  subparagraph  (E),  and
    the  Phase  II  Environmental  Audit did not disclose the
    presence or likely presence of a release or a substantial
    threat of a release of a hazardous substance or pesticide
    at, on, to, or from the real property.
    (ii)  No presumption shall be created under clause (i) of
this subparagraph (E), and a  defendant  shall  be  precluded
from   demonstrating   that   the   defendant  has  made  all
appropriate inquiry within the meaning of subdivision  (6)(B)
of this subsection (j), if:
         (I)  the defendant fails to obtain all Environmental
    Audits  required  under this subparagraph (E) or any such
    Environmental  Audit  fails  to  meet   or   exceed   the
    requirements of this subparagraph (E);
         (II)  a  Phase  I  Environmental Audit discloses the
    presence or likely presence of a release or a substantial
    threat of a release of a hazardous substance or pesticide
    at, on, to, or from  real  property,  and  the  defendant
    fails to obtain a Phase II Environmental Audit;
         (III)  a  Phase II Environmental Audit discloses the
    presence or likely presence of a release or a substantial
    threat of a release of a hazardous substance or pesticide
    at, on, to, or from the real property;
         (IV)  the defendant  fails  to  maintain  a  written
    compilation   and   explanatory  summary  report  of  the
    information reviewed in the course of each  Environmental
    Audit under this subparagraph (E); or
         (V)  there   is  any  evidence  of  fraud,  material
    concealment,  or  material   misrepresentation   by   the
    defendant  of  environmental  conditions  or  of  related
    information   discovered   during   the   course   of  an
    Environmental Audit.
    (iii)  For purposes of this subparagraph  (E),  the  term
"environmental  professional" means an individual (other than
a  practicing  attorney)  who,  through  academic   training,
occupational  experience,  and reputation (such as engineers,
industrial hygienists, or geologists) can objectively conduct
one or more aspects of an Environmental Audit and who either:
         (I)  maintains at  the  time  of  the  Environmental
    Audit  and  for  at  least  one  year thereafter at least
    $500,000  of  environmental   consultants'   professional
    liability  insurance  coverage  issued  by  an  insurance
    company licensed to do business in Illinois; or
         (II)  is  an Illinois licensed professional engineer
    or an Illinois licensed industrial hygienist.
    An environmental professional may employ persons who  are
not  environmental professionals to assist in the preparation
of an Environmental Audit  if  such  persons  are  under  the
direct   supervision   and   control   of  the  environmental
professional.
    (iv)  For purposes of this  subparagraph  (E),  the  term
"real property" means any interest in any parcel of land, and
shall  not  be  limited  to  the definition of the term "real
property" contained in the Responsible Property Transfer  Act
of  1988.   For  purposes  of this subparagraph (E), the term
"real property" includes, but is not limited  to,  buildings,
fixtures, and improvements.
    (v)  For  purposes  of  this  subparagraph  (E), the term
"Phase I Environmental Audit" means an investigation of  real
property,   conducted   by  environmental  professionals,  to
discover the presence or likely presence of a  release  or  a
substantial  threat  of a release of a hazardous substance or
pesticide at, on, to, or from real property,  and  whether  a
release  or  a substantial threat of a release of a hazardous
substance or pesticide has occurred or may occur at, on,  to,
or from the real property.  The investigation shall include a
review   of  at  least  each  of  the  following  sources  of
information concerning the current and previous ownership and
use of the real property:
         (I)  Recorded chain of title documents regarding the
    real property, including all  deeds,  easements,  leases,
    restrictions, and covenants for a period of 50 years.
         (II)  Aerial photographs that may reflect prior uses
    of  the  real property and that are reasonably obtainable
    through State, federal, or local government  agencies  or
    bodies.
         (III)  Recorded environmental cleanup liens, if any,
    against  the  real  property that have arisen pursuant to
    this Act or federal statutes.
         (IV)  Reasonably  obtainable  State,  federal,   and
    local  government  records of sites or facilities at, on,
    or near the real property to  discover  the  presence  or
    likely  presence  of  a hazardous substance or pesticide,
    and whether a  release  or  a  substantial  threat  of  a
    release   of  a  hazardous  substance  or  pesticide  has
    occurred or may occur  at,  on,  to,  or  from  the  real
    property.  Such government records shall include, but not
    be limited to:  reasonably obtainable State, federal, and
    local government investigation reports for those sites or
    facilities;  reasonably  obtainable  State,  federal, and
    local government records of activities likely to cause or
    contribute to a release or  a  threatened  release  of  a
    hazardous  substance or pesticide at, on, to, or from the
    real property, including landfill  and  other  treatment,
    storage,   and  disposal  location  records,  underground
    storage tank records,  hazardous  waste  transporter  and
    generator records, and spill reporting records; and other
    reasonably   obtainable   State,   federal,   and   local
    government environmental records that report incidents or
    activities  that  are  likely to cause or contribute to a
    release or a threatened release of a hazardous  substance
    or  pesticide  at, on, to, or from the real property.  In
    order to be deemed "reasonably  obtainable"  as  required
    herein, a copy or reasonable facsimile of the record must
    be  obtainable  from the government agency by request and
    upon payment of a processing fee, if any, established  by
    the  government  agency.   The  Agency  is  authorized to
    establish  a  reasonable  fee  for  processing   requests
    received  under  this  subparagraph (E) for records.  All
    fees collected by the Agency under  this  clause  (v)(IV)
    shall  be  deposited  into  the  Environmental Protection
    Permit and Inspection Fund  in  accordance  with  Section
    22.8.  Notwithstanding any other law, if the fee is paid,
    commencing  on  the effective date of this amendatory Act
    of 1993 and until one year after the  effective  date  of
    this  amendatory  Act  of  1993, the Agency shall use its
    best efforts to process a  request  received  under  this
    subparagraph    (E)   as   expeditiously   as   possible.
    Notwithstanding any other law, commencing one year  after
    the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1993, if the
    fee  is paid, the Agency shall process a request received
    under this subparagraph (E) for records within 30 days of
    the receipt of such request.
         (V)  A visual site inspection of the  real  property
    and  all facilities and improvements on the real property
    and  a  visual  inspection  of   properties   immediately
    adjacent to the real property, including an investigation
    of  any  use,  storage,  treatment,  spills  from use, or
    disposal of hazardous substances, hazardous wastes, solid
    wastes, or pesticides.   If  the  person  conducting  the
    investigation  is  denied access to any property adjacent
    to the real property, the person shall conduct  a  visual
    inspection of that adjacent property from the property to
    which  the  person  does  have  access  and  from  public
    rights-of-way.
         (VI)  A review of business records for activities at
    or on the real property for a period of 50 years.
    (vi)  For  purposes  of subparagraph (E), the term "Phase
II  Environmental  Audit"  means  an  investigation  of  real
property,   conducted   by    environmental    professionals,
subsequent  to a Phase I Environmental Audit.  If the Phase I
Environmental Audit discloses the presence or likely presence
of a hazardous substance or a pesticide or  a  release  or  a
substantial  threat  of a release of a hazardous substance or
pesticide:
         (I)  In or to soil, the defendant, as  part  of  the
    Phase  II  Environmental Audit, shall perform a series of
    soil borings sufficient to determine whether there  is  a
    presence  or  likely presence of a hazardous substance or
    pesticide and whether there is or has been a release or a
    substantial threat of a release of a hazardous  substance
    or pesticide at, on, to, or from the real property.
         (II)  In  or  to groundwater, the defendant, as part
    of  the  Phase  II  Environmental  Audit,  shall:  review
    information   regarding   local   geology,   water   well
    locations, and locations of waters of the State as may be
    obtained  from  State,  federal,  and  local   government
    records,  including  but not limited to the United States
    Geological Service, the State Geological Survey  Division
    of  the  Department  of  Natural Resources, and the State
    Water  Survey  Division  of  the  Department  of  Natural
    Resources; and perform groundwater monitoring  sufficient
    to  determine  whether  there  is  a  presence  or likely
    presence of  a  hazardous  substance  or  pesticide,  and
    whether  there  is or has been a release or a substantial
    threat of a release of a hazardous substance or pesticide
    at, on, to, or from the real property.
         (III)  On  or  to   media   other   than   soil   or
    groundwater,  the  defendant,  as  part  of  the Phase II
    Environmental  Audit,  shall  perform  an   investigation
    sufficient  to  determine  whether there is a presence or
    likely presence of a hazardous  substance  or  pesticide,
    and  whether  there  is  or  has  been  a  release  or  a
    substantial  threat of a release of a hazardous substance
    or pesticide at, on, to, or from the real property.
    (vii)  The findings of each Environmental Audit  prepared
under  this  subparagraph (E) shall be set forth in a written
audit report.  Each audit report shall contain an affirmation
by the defendant and by each environmental  professional  who
prepared the Environmental Audit that the facts stated in the
report  are  true  and are made under a penalty of perjury as
defined in Section 32-2 of the Criminal Code of 1961.  It  is
perjury  for any person to sign an audit report that contains
a false material statement that the person does  not  believe
to be true.
    (viii)  The Agency is not required to review, approve, or
certify   the   results  of  any  Environmental  Audit.   The
performance of an Environmental Audit shall in no way entitle
a  defendant  to  a  presumption  of   Agency   approval   or
certification of the results of the Environmental Audit.
    The presence or absence of a disclosure document prepared
under the Responsible Property Transfer Act of 1988 shall not
be  a  defense  under  this  Act  and  shall  not satisfy the
requirements of subdivision (6)(A) of this subsection (j).
    (7)  No person shall be liable  under  this  Section  for
response  costs  or  damages  as  the  result  of a pesticide
release if the Agency has  found  that  a  pesticide  release
occurred  based  on  a  Health  Advisory  issued  by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency or an action level  developed
by the Agency, unless the Agency notified the manufacturer of
the pesticide and provided an opportunity of not less than 30
days  for  the  manufacturer  to comment on the technical and
scientific justification supporting the  Health  Advisory  or
action level.
    (8)  No  person  shall  be  liable under this Section for
response costs or  damages  as  the  result  of  a  pesticide
release  that  occurs  in  the  course  of  a  farm pesticide
collection  program  operated  under  Section  19.1  of   the
Illinois Pesticide Act, unless the release results from gross
negligence or intentional misconduct.
    (k)  If  any  person  who  is  liable  for  a  release or
substantial threat of release of  a  hazardous  substance  or
pesticide  fails  without sufficient cause to provide removal
or remedial action upon or in accordance with  a  notice  and
request by the Agency or upon or in accordance with any order
of  the  Board or any court, such person may be liable to the
State for punitive damages in an amount at  least  equal  to,
and  not  more than 3 times, the amount of any costs incurred
by the State of Illinois as a result of such failure to  take
such  removal  or  remedial  action.   The  punitive  damages
imposed  by  the  Board  shall  be  in  addition to any costs
recovered from such person pursuant to this  Section  and  in
addition  to any other penalty or relief provided by this Act
or any other law.
    Any  monies  received  by  the  State  pursuant  to  this
subsection (k) shall be  deposited  in  the  Hazardous  Waste
Fund.
    (l)  Beginning January 1, 1988, the Agency shall annually
collect  a  $250  fee  for  each Special Waste Hauling Permit
Application and, in addition, shall collect a fee of $20  for
each  waste  hauling  vehicle identified in the annual permit
application and for each vehicle which is added to the permit
during the annual period. The Agency  shall  deposit  85%  of
such  fees  collected  under  this  subsection  in  the State
Treasury to the credit of the Hazardous Waste Research  Fund;
and shall deposit the remaining 15% of such fees collected in
the  State  Treasury  to  the  credit  of  the  Environmental
Protection  Permit and Inspection Fund.  The majority of such
receipts which are deposited in the Hazardous Waste  Research
Fund  pursuant  to  this  subsection  shall  be  used  by the
Department of Natural Resources for activities  which  relate
to  the  protection of underground waters. Persons engaged in
the offsite transportation of hazardous waste by highway  and
participating  in  the Uniform Program under subsection (l-5)
are not required to  file  a  Special  Waste  Hauling  Permit
Application.
    (l-5) (1)  As used in this subsection:
         "Base   state"   means   the  state  selected  by  a
    transporter according to the procedures established under
    the Uniform Program.
         "Base state agreement" means  an  agreement  between
    participating  states  electing  to  register  or  permit
    transporters.
         "Participating  state"  means  a  state  electing to
    participate in the Uniform Program  by  entering  into  a
    base state agreement.
         "Transporter"  means a person engaged in the offsite
    transportation of hazardous waste by highway.
         "Uniform application" means the uniform registration
    and permit application form prescribed under the  Uniform
    Program.
         "Uniform  Program" means the Uniform State Hazardous
    Materials Transportation Registration and Permit  Program
    established  in the report submitted and amended pursuant
    to 49 U.S.C.  Section  5119(b),  as  implemented  by  the
    Agency under this subsection.
         "Vehicle"  means  any  self-propelled motor vehicle,
    except a truck tractor without  a  trailer,  designed  or
    used for the transportation of hazardous waste subject to
    the hazardous waste manifesting requirements of 40 U.S.C.
    Section 6923(a)(3).
         (2)  Beginning   July  1,  1998,  the  Agency  shall
    implement   the   Uniform   State   Hazardous   Materials
    Transportation Registration and Permit  Program.  On  and
    after  that  date,  no person shall engage in the offsite
    transportation of  hazardous  waste  by  highway  without
    registering  and  obtaining  a  permit  under the Uniform
    Program.  A  transporter  with  its  principal  place  of
    business in Illinois shall register  with  and  obtain  a
    permit  from  the  Agency.  A transporter that designates
    another participating state in the Uniform Program as its
    base state shall likewise  register  with  and  obtain  a
    permit  from  that  state  before  transporting hazardous
    waste in Illinois.
         (3)  Beginning  July  1,  1998,  the  Agency   shall
    annually collect no more than a $250 processing and audit
    fee  from  each  transporter  of  hazardous waste who has
    filed a uniform application and, in addition, the  Agency
    shall    annually    collect   an   apportioned   vehicle
    registration fee of $20. The amount  of  the  apportioned
    vehicle  registration  fee shall be calculated consistent
    with  the  procedures  established  under   the   Uniform
    Program.
         All   moneys   received   by  the  Agency  from  the
    collection of fees pursuant to the Uniform Program  shall
    be deposited into the Hazardous Waste Transporter account
    hereby created within the Environmental Protection Permit
    and Inspection Fund.  The State Treasurer shall credit to
    the   account   interest   and   earnings   from  account
    investments.  Moneys remaining  in  the  account  at  the
    close  of  the fiscal year shall not lapse to the General
    Revenue Fund.  The State Treasurer may receive  money  or
    other  assets  from  any  source  for  deposit  into  the
    account.   The Agency may expend moneys from the account,
    upon appropriation, for the implementation of the Uniform
    Program,  including  the  costs  to  the  Agency  of  fee
    collection and administration.  In  addition,  funds  not
    expended  for  the  implementation of the Uniform Program
    may  be  utilized  for  emergency  response  and  cleanup
    activities   related   melated   to    hazardous    waste
    transportation that are initiated by the Agency.
         Whenever   the   amount   of   the  Hazardous  Waste
Transporter account  exceeds  by  115%  the  amount  annually
appropriated by the General Assembly, the Agency shall credit
participating  transporters  an amount, proportionately based
on the amount of the vehicle fee paid, equal to the excess in
the account, and shall  determine  the  need  to  reduce  the
amount  of  the  fee  charged  transporters in the subsequent
fiscal year by the amount of the credit.
         (4) (A)  The Agency may propose and the Board  shall
    adopt  rules  as  necessary  to implement and enforce the
    Uniform Program.  The Agency is authorized to enter  into
    agreements with other agencies of this State as necessary
    to  carry  out administrative functions or enforcement of
    the Uniform Program.
         (B)  The Agency shall recognize  a  Uniform  Program
    registration as valid for one year from the date a notice
    of  registration form is issued and a permit as valid for
    3 years from the date issued or until a transporter fails
    to renew its registration, whichever occurs first.
         (C)  The Agency may inspect  or  examine  any  motor
    vehicle  or facility operated by a transporter, including
    papers, books, records, documents, or other materials  to
    determine  if a transporter is complying with the Uniform
    Program.  The Agency may also conduct investigations  and
    audits  as  necessary  to  determine  if a transporter is
    entitled to a permit or to make suspension or  revocation
    determinations  consistent  with  the  standards  of  the
    Uniform Program.
         (5)  The  Agency  may  enter  into  agreements  with
    federal   agencies,   national   repositories,  or  other
    participating  states  as  necessary  to  allow  for  the
    reciprocal registration and  permitting  of  transporters
    pursuant  to  the  Uniform  Program.   The agreements may
    include procedures for  determining  a  base  state,  the
    collection and distribution of registration fees, dispute
    resolution, the exchange of information for reporting and
    enforcement  purposes,  and other provisions necessary to
    fully implement,  administer,  and  enforce  the  Uniform
    Program.
    (m)  (Blank).
    (n)  (Blank).
(Source:  P.A.  89-94,  eff.  7-6-95;  89-158,  eff.  1-1-96;
89-431,  eff.  12-15-95;  89-443,  eff.  7-1-96; 89-445, eff.
2-7-96; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96; 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 90-219, eff.
7-25-97; revised 4-28-98.)

    (415 ILCS 5/39.5) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1039.5)
    Sec. 39.5.  Clean Air Act Permit Program.
    1.  Definitions.
    For purposes of this Section:
    "Administrative permit amendment" means a permit revision
subject to subsection 13 of this Section.
    "Affected source for acid deposition" means a source that
includes one or more affected units under  Title  IV  of  the
Clean Air Act.
    "Affected  States" for purposes of formal distribution of
a draft CAAPP permit to other States for  comments  prior  to
issuance, means all States:
         (1)  Whose air quality may be affected by the source
    covered  by  the  draft permit and that are contiguous to
    Illinois; or
         (2)  That are within 50 miles of the source.
    "Affected  unit  for  acid  deposition"  shall  have  the
meaning given to the term "affected unit" in the  regulations
promulgated under Title IV of the Clean Air Act.
    "Applicable  Clean  Air Act requirement" means all of the
following as they  apply  to  emissions  units  in  a  source
(including regulations that have been promulgated or approved
by  USEPA pursuant to the Clean Air Act which directly impose
requirements  upon  a   source   and   other   such   federal
requirements which have been adopted by the Board.  These may
include   requirements  and  regulations  which  have  future
effective compliance  dates.   Requirements  and  regulations
will  be  exempt  if  USEPA determines that such requirements
need not be contained in a Title V permit):
         (1)  Any standard or other requirement provided  for
    in  the  applicable state implementation plan approved or
    promulgated by USEPA under Title I of the Clean  Air  Act
    that implement the relevant requirements of the Clean Air
    Act,  including any revisions to the state Implementation
    Plan promulgated in 40 CFR Part 52, Subparts A and O  and
    other  subparts  applicable to Illinois.  For purposes of
    this subsection (1) of this definition, "any standard  or
    other  requirement"  shall  mean  only  such standards or
    requirements directly enforceable against  an  individual
    source under the Clean Air Act.
         (2)(i)  Any term or condition of any preconstruction
         permits  issued  pursuant to regulations approved or
         promulgated by USEPA under Title I of the Clean  Air
         Act, including Part C or D of the Clean Air Act.
              (ii)  Any   term   or   condition  as  required
         pursuant  to   Section   39.5   of   any   federally
         enforceable  State  operating permit issued pursuant
         to regulations  approved  or  promulgated  by  USEPA
         under Title I of the Clean Air Act, including Part C
         or D of the Clean Air Act.
         (3)  Any standard or other requirement under Section
    111 of the Clean Air Act, including Section 111(d).
         (4)  Any standard or other requirement under Section
    112  of  the  Clean  Air  Act,  including any requirement
    concerning accident prevention under Section 112(r)(7) of
    the Clean Air Act.
         (5)  Any standard or other requirement of  the  acid
    rain  program  under Title IV of the Clean Air Act or the
    regulations promulgated thereunder.
         (6)  Any  requirements   established   pursuant   to
    Section 504(b) or Section 114(a)(3) of the Clean Air Act.
         (7)  Any  standard  or  other  requirement governing
    solid waste incineration, under Section 129 of the  Clean
    Air Act.
         (8)  Any  standard or other requirement for consumer
    and commercial products,  under  Section  183(e)  of  the
    Clean Air Act.
         (9)  Any  standard  or  other  requirement  for tank
    vessels, under Section 183(f) of the Clean Air Act.
         (10)  Any  standard  or  other  requirement  of  the
    program to control air pollution from  Outer  Continental
    Shelf sources, under Section 328 of the Clean Air Act.
         (11)  Any  standard  or  other  requirement  of  the
    regulations  promulgated  to  protect stratospheric ozone
    under Title VI of the Clean Air  Act,  unless  USEPA  has
    determined  that  such requirements need not be contained
    in a Title V permit.
         (12)  Any national ambient air quality  standard  or
    increment or visibility requirement under Part C of Title
    I  of  the  Clean  Air Act, but only as it would apply to
    temporary sources permitted pursuant to Section 504(e) of
    the Clean Air Act.
    "Applicable requirement" means all applicable  Clean  Air
Act requirements and any other standard, limitation, or other
requirement  contained in this Act or regulations promulgated
under this Act as applicable to sources of  air  contaminants
(including requirements that have future effective compliance
dates).
    "CAAPP" means the Clean Air Act Permit Program, developed
pursuant to Title V of the Clean Air Act.
    "CAAPP  application"  means  an  application  for a CAAPP
permit.
    "CAAPP Permit" or "permit" (unless the  context  suggests
otherwise)   means   any  permit  issued,  renewed,  amended,
modified or revised pursuant to Title V of the Clean Air Act.
    "CAAPP source" means any source for which  the  owner  or
operator  is  required  to  obtain a CAAPP permit pursuant to
subsection 2 of this Section.
    "Clean Air Act" means the  Clean  Air  Act,  as  now  and
hereafter amended, 42 U.S.C. 7401, et seq.
    "Designated  representative" shall have the meaning given
to it in Section  402(26)  of  the  Clean  Air  Act  and  the
regulations promulgated thereunder which states that the term
'designated  representative'  shall mean a responsible person
or official authorized by the owner or operator of a unit  to
represent  the owner or operator in all matters pertaining to
the holding, transfer, or disposition of allowances allocated
to a unit, and the submission of and compliance with permits,
permit applications, and compliance plans for the unit.
    "Draft CAAPP permit" means the version of a CAAPP  permit
for which public notice and an opportunity for public comment
and hearing is offered by the Agency.
    "Effective  date  of the CAAPP" means the date that USEPA
approves Illinois' CAAPP.
    "Emission  unit"  means  any  part  or  activity   of   a
stationary source that emits or has the potential to emit any
air pollutant.  This term is not meant to alter or affect the
definition of the term "unit" for purposes of Title IV of the
Clean Air Act.
    "Federally enforceable" means enforceable by USEPA.
    "Final  permit  action"  means the Agency's granting with
conditions, refusal to grant, renewal of, or  revision  of  a
CAAPP permit, the Agency's determination of incompleteness of
a submitted CAAPP application, or the Agency's failure to act
on  an  application  for  a permit, permit renewal, or permit
revision  within  the  time  specified  in  paragraph   5(j),
subsection 13, or subsection 14 of this Section.
    "General  permit" means a permit issued to cover numerous
similar sources in accordance  with  subsection  11  of  this
Section.
    "Major  source" means a source for which emissions of one
or more air pollutants meet the  criteria  for  major  status
pursuant to paragraph 2(c) of this Section.
    "Maximum  achievable  control technology" or "MACT" means
the  maximum  degree  of  reductions  in   emissions   deemed
achievable under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act.
    "Owner  or  operator"  means any person who owns, leases,
operates, controls, or supervises a stationary source.
    "Permit modification" means a revision to a CAAPP  permit
that   cannot   be  accomplished  under  the  provisions  for
administrative permit amendments under subsection 13 of  this
Section.
    "Permit   revision"   means   a  permit  modification  or
administrative permit amendment.
    "Phase II" means the period of  the  national  acid  rain
program,  established  under  Title  IV of the Clean Air Act,
beginning January 1, 2000, and continuing thereafter.
    "Phase II acid rain permit" means the portion of a  CAAPP
permit  issued,  renewed,  modified, or revised by the Agency
during Phase II for an affected source for acid deposition.
    "Potential to emit"  means  the  maximum  capacity  of  a
stationary  source  to  emit  any  air  pollutant  under  its
physical and operational design.  Any physical or operational
limitation  on  the  capacity  of  a  source  to  emit an air
pollutant, including  air  pollution  control  equipment  and
restrictions  on  hours of operation or on the type or amount
of material combusted, stored, or processed, shall be treated
as part of its design if the  limitation  is  enforceable  by
USEPA.   This  definition does not alter or affect the use of
this term for any other purposes under the Clean Air Act,  or
the  term  "capacity factor" as used in Title IV of the Clean
Air Act or the regulations promulgated thereunder.
    "Preconstruction Permit" or "Construction Permit" means a
permit which  is  to  be  obtained  prior  to  commencing  or
beginning  actual construction or modification of a source or
emissions unit.
    "Proposed CAAPP permit" means  the  version  of  a  CAAPP
permit  that  the  Agency  proposes  to issue and forwards to
USEPA for review in compliance with  applicable  requirements
of the Act and regulations promulgated thereunder.
    "Regulated air pollutant" means the following:
         (1)  Nitrogen  oxides  (NOx) or any volatile organic
    compound.
         (2)  Any pollutant for which a national ambient  air
    quality standard has been promulgated.
         (3)  Any  pollutant  that is subject to any standard
    promulgated under Section 111 of the Clean Air Act.
         (4)  Any Class  I  or  II  substance  subject  to  a
    standard  promulgated under or established by Title VI of
    the Clean Air Act.
         (5)  Any pollutant subject to a standard promulgated
    under Section 112 or other requirements established under
    Section 112 of the  Clean  Air  Act,  including  Sections
    112(g), (j) and (r).
              (i)  Any   pollutant  subject  to  requirements
         under Section 112(j) of  the  Clean  Air  Act.   Any
         pollutant  listed under Section 112(b) for which the
         subject source would be major shall be considered to
         be regulated 18 months after the date on which USEPA
         was required to promulgate  an  applicable  standard
         pursuant  to Section 112(e) of the Clean Air Act, if
         USEPA fails to promulgate such standard.
              (ii)  Any pollutant for which the  requirements
         of  Section 112(g)(2) of the Clean Air Act have been
         met, but only with respect to the individual  source
         subject to Section 112(g)(2) requirement.
    "Renewal" means the process by which a permit is reissued
at the end of its term.
    "Responsible official" means one of the following:
         (1)  For  a  corporation:  a  president,  secretary,
    treasurer, or vice-president of the corporation in charge
    of a principal business function, or any other person who
    performs  similar policy or decision-making functions for
    the corporation, or a duly authorized  representative  of
    such  person if the representative is responsible for the
    overall  operation  of   one   or   more   manufacturing,
    production,  or  operating  facilities  applying  for  or
    subject  to a permit and either (i) the facilities employ
    more than 250 persons  or  have  gross  annual  sales  or
    expenditures  exceeding  $25  million  (in second quarter
    1980 dollars), or (ii) the  delegation  of  authority  to
    such representative is approved in advance by the Agency.
         (2)  For  a  partnership  or  sole proprietorship: a
    general partner or the proprietor,  respectively,  or  in
    the  case  of  a partnership in which all of the partners
    are corporations, a duly authorized representative of the
    partnership if the representative is responsible for  the
    overall   operation   of   one   or  more  manufacturing,
    production,  or  operating  facilities  applying  for  or
    subject to a permit and either (i) the facilities  employ
    more  than  250  persons  or  have  gross annual sales or
    expenditures exceeding $25  million  (in  second  quarter
    1980  dollars),  or  (ii)  the delegation of authority to
    such representative is approved in advance by the Agency.
         (3)  For a municipality, State,  Federal,  or  other
    public  agency:  either  a principal executive officer or
    ranking elected official.  For the purposes of this part,
    a  principal  executive  officer  of  a  Federal   agency
    includes    the    chief    executive    officer   having
    responsibility for the overall operations of a  principal
    geographic   unit   of   the  agency  (e.g.,  a  Regional
    Administrator of USEPA).
         (4)  For affected sources for acid deposition:
              (i)  The designated representative shall be the
         "responsible  official"  in  so  far   as   actions,
         standards, requirements, or prohibitions under Title
         IV   of   the  Clean  Air  Act  or  the  regulations
         promulgated thereunder are concerned.
              (ii)  The designated representative may also be
         the "responsible official" for  any  other  purposes
         with respect to air pollution control.
    "Section   502(b)(10)   changes"   means   changes   that
contravene express permit terms. "Section 502(b)(10) changes"
do   not   include  changes  that  would  violate  applicable
requirements or contravene federally enforceable permit terms
or conditions that are monitoring (including  test  methods),
recordkeeping,   reporting,   or   compliance   certification
requirements.
    "Solid   waste   incineration   unit"  means  a  distinct
operating unit of any facility which combusts any solid waste
material from commercial or industrial establishments or  the
general  public  (including  single  and multiple residences,
hotels, and motels).  The term does not include  incinerators
or  other  units required to have a permit under Section 3005
of the Solid Waste Disposal Act.   The  term  also  does  not
include  (A) materials recovery facilities (including primary
or secondary smelters) which combust waste  for  the  primary
purpose  of  recovering  metals,  (B)  qualifying small power
production facilities, as defined in Section 3(17)(C) of  the
Federal  Power  Act  (16  U.S.C.  769(17)(C)),  or qualifying
cogeneration facilities, as defined in  Section  3(18)(B)  of
the  Federal  Power  Act  (16  U.S.C. 796(18)(B)), which burn
homogeneous waste (such as units which  burn  tires  or  used
oil,   but   not   including  refuse-derived  fuel)  for  the
production of electric energy or in the  case  of  qualifying
cogeneration  facilities which burn homogeneous waste for the
production of electric energy and steam or  forms  of  useful
energy   (such  as  heat)  which  are  used  for  industrial,
commercial, heating or cooling purposes, or (C)  air  curtain
incinerators  provided  that such incinerators only burn wood
wastes, yard waste and clean lumber and that such air curtain
incinerators  comply   with   opacity   limitations   to   be
established by the USEPA by rule.
    "Source"  means  any  stationary  source (or any group of
stationary  sources)  that  are  located  on  one   or   more
contiguous  or adjacent properties, and that are under common
control of the same person (or persons under common  control)
and  that  belongs  belonging  to  a  single major industrial
grouping.   For  the  purposes  of   defining   "source,"   a
stationary  source  or  group  of stationary sources shall be
considered part of a single major industrial grouping if  all
of  the pollutant emitting activities at such source or group
of sources located on contiguous or adjacent  properties  and
under  common control property belong to the same Major Group
(i.e., all have the same two-digit code) as described in  the
Standard  Industrial  Classification  Manual,  1987,  or such
pollutant emitting activities  at  a  stationary  source  (or
group   of  stationary  sources)  located  on  contiguous  or
adjacent properties and under  common  control  constitute  a
support  facility.  The determination as to whether any group
of stationary sources are located on contiguous  or  adjacent
properties,  and/or  are under common control, and/or whether
the pollutant emitting activities at such group of stationary
sources constitute a support facility shall be made on a case
by case basis.
    "Stationary  source"  means  any   building,   structure,
facility,   or  installation  that  emits  or  may  emit  any
regulated air pollutant or any pollutant listed under Section
112(b) of the Clean Air Act.
    "Support facility" means any stationary source (or  group
of  stationary  sources)  that  conveys, stores, or otherwise
assists to a  significant  extent  in  the  production  of  a
principal  product  at another stationary source (or group of
stationary sources).  A support facility shall be  considered
to  be  part  of the same source as the stationary source (or
group of stationary sources) that it supports  regardless  of
the  2-digit  Standard Industrial Classification code for the
support facility.
    "USEPA" means the  Administrator  of  the  United  States
Environmental   Protection   Agency   (USEPA)   or  a  person
designated by the Administrator.

    1.1.  Exclusion From the CAAPP.
         a.  An  owner  or  operator  of   a   source   which
    determines  that  the  source  could be excluded from the
    CAAPP may seek such exclusion prior to the date that  the
    CAAPP  application  for  the source is due but in no case
    later than 9 months after the effective date of the CAAPP
    through   the   imposition   of   federally   enforceable
    conditions limiting the "potential to emit" of the source
    to a level below the  major  source  threshold  for  that
    source  as  described  in paragraph 2(c) of this Section,
    within  a  State  operating  permit  issued  pursuant  to
    Section 39(a) of this Act. After such date, an  exclusion
    from the CAAPP may be sought under paragraph 3(c) of this
    Section.
         b.  An   owner  or  operator  of  a  source  seeking
    exclusion from the CAAPP pursuant  to  paragraph  (a)  of
    this   subsection   must   submit  a  permit  application
    consistent with the existing State permit  program  which
    specifically   requests   such   exclusion   through  the
    imposition of such federally enforceable conditions.
         c.  Upon such request, if the Agency determines that
    the  owner  or  operator  of  a  source   has   met   the
    requirements  for  exclusion pursuant to paragraph (a) of
    this subsection and  other  applicable  requirements  for
    permit  issuance  under  Section  39(a)  of this Act, the
    Agency shall issue a  State  operating  permit  for  such
    source  under  Section 39(a) of this Act, as amended, and
    regulations   promulgated   thereunder   with   federally
    enforceable conditions limiting the "potential  to  emit"
    of the source to a level below the major source threshold
    for  that  source  as described in paragraph 2(c) of this
    Section.
         d.  The Agency shall provide an owner or operator of
    a source which may be excluded from the CAAPP pursuant to
    this subsection with reasonable notice that the owner  or
    operator may seek such exclusion.
         e.  The  Agency  shall provide such sources with the
    necessary permit application forms.

    2.  Applicability.
         a.  Sources subject to this Section shall include:
              i.  Any major source as  defined  in  paragraph
         (c) of this subsection.
              ii.  Any  source subject to a standard or other
         requirements  promulgated  under  Section  111  (New
         Source  Performance  Standards)   or   Section   112
         (Hazardous  Air  Pollutants)  of  the Clean Air Act,
         except that a source is not  required  to  obtain  a
         permit  solely  because it is subject to regulations
         or requirements under Section 112(r)  of  the  Clean
         Air Act.
              iii.  Any  affected source for acid deposition,
         as defined in subsection 1 of this Section.
              iv.  Any other source subject to  this  Section
         under  the  Clean Air Act or regulations promulgated
         thereunder, or applicable Board regulations.
         b.  Sources  exempted  from   this   Section   shall
    include:
              i.  All sources listed in paragraph (a) of this
         subsection  which  are  not  major sources, affected
         sources  for  acid   deposition   or   solid   waste
         incineration  units  required  to  obtain  a  permit
         pursuant  to  Section  129(e)  of the Clean Air Act,
         until the source  is  required  to  obtain  a  CAAPP
         permit  pursuant to the Clean Air Act or regulations
         promulgated thereunder.
              ii.  Nonmajor sources subject to a standard  or
         other requirements subsequently promulgated by USEPA
         under  Section 111 or 112 of the Clean Air Act which
         are determined by USEPA to be exempt at the  time  a
         new standard is promulgated.
              iii.  All  sources  and  source categories that
         would be required to obtain a permit solely  because
         they are subject to Part 60, Subpart AAA - Standards
         of  Performance for New Residential Wood Heaters (40
         CFR Part 60).
              iv.  All sources  and  source  categories  that
         would  be required to obtain a permit solely because
         they are subject to Part 61, Subpart  M  -  National
         Emission  Standard  for Hazardous Air Pollutants for
         Asbestos, Section 61.145 (40 CFR Part 61).
              v.  Any other  source  categories  exempted  by
         USEPA  regulations pursuant to Section 502(a) of the
         Clean Air Act.
         c.  For purposes of this  Section  the  term  "major
    source" means any source that is:
              i.  A  major  source  under  Section 112 of the
         Clean Air Act, which is defined as:
                   A.  For     pollutants     other      than
              radionuclides,  any  stationary source or group
              of  stationary   sources   located   within   a
              contiguous  area  and under common control that
              emits or has the  potential  to  emit,  in  the
              aggregate,  10  tons  per year (tpy) or more of
              any hazardous  air  pollutant  which  has  been
              listed  pursuant to Section 112(b) of the Clean
              Air Act, 25 tpy or more of any  combination  of
              such  hazardous  air pollutants, or such lesser
              quantity  as  USEPA  may  establish  by   rule.
              Notwithstanding    the    preceding   sentence,
              emissions from any oil or  gas  exploration  or
              production well (with its associated equipment)
              and  emissions  from any pipeline compressor or
              pump  station  shall  not  be  aggregated  with
              emissions from other similar units, whether  or
              not  such  units  are  in  a contiguous area or
              under common control, to determine whether such
              stations are major sources.
                   B.  For  radionuclides,   "major   source"
              shall  have  the meaning specified by the USEPA
              by rule.
              ii.  A   major   stationary   source   of   air
         pollutants, as defined in Section 302 of  the  Clean
         Air Act, that directly emits or has the potential to
         emit,   100   tpy  or  more  of  any  air  pollutant
         (including any major source of fugitive emissions of
         any such pollutant, as determined by rule by USEPA).
         For   purposes   of   this   subsection,   "fugitive
         emissions" means those  emissions  which  could  not
         reasonably  pass  through a stack, chimney, vent, or
         other functionally-equivalent opening.  The fugitive
         emissions  of  a  stationary  source  shall  not  be
         considered in determining  whether  it  is  a  major
         stationary source for the purposes of Section 302(j)
         of  the  Clean Air Act, unless the source belongs to
         one  of  the  following  categories  of   stationary
         source:
                   A.  Coal  cleaning  plants  (with  thermal
              dryers).
                   B.  Kraft pulp mills.
                   C.  Portland cement plants.
                   D.  Primary zinc smelters.
                   E.  Iron and steel mills.
                   F.  Primary aluminum ore reduction plants.
                   G.  Primary copper smelters.
                   H.  Municipal   incinerators   capable  of
              charging more than 250 tons of refuse per day.
                   I.  Hydrofluoric, sulfuric, or nitric acid
              plants.
                   J.  Petroleum refineries.
                   K.  Lime plants.
                   L.  Phosphate rock processing plants.
                   M.  Coke oven batteries.
                   N.  Sulfur recovery plants.
                   O.  Carbon black plants (furnace process).
                   P.  Primary lead smelters.
                   Q.  Fuel conversion plants.
                   R.  Sintering plants.
                   S.  Secondary metal production plants.
                   T.  Chemical process plants.
                   U.  Fossil-fuel  boilers  (or  combination
              thereof) totaling more than 250 million British
              thermal units per hour heat input.
                   V.  Petroleum storage and  transfer  units
              with a total storage capacity exceeding 300,000
              barrels.
                   W.  Taconite ore processing plants.
                   X.  Glass fiber processing plants.
                   Y.  Charcoal production plants.
                   Z.  Fossil   fuel-fired   steam   electric
              plants of more than 250 million British thermal
              units per hour heat input.
                   AA.  All     other    stationary    source
              categories regulated by a standard  promulgated
              under  Section 111 or 112 of the Clean Air Act,
              but only with respect to those  air  pollutants
              that have been regulated for that category.
                   BB.  Any  other stationary source category
              designated by USEPA by rule.
              iii.  A major stationary source as  defined  in
         part D of Title I of the Clean Air Act including:
                   A.  For ozone nonattainment areas, sources
              with the potential to emit 100 tons or more per
              year of volatile organic compounds or oxides of
              nitrogen  in  areas classified as "marginal" or
              "moderate", 50 tons or more per year  in  areas
              classified  as  "serious",  25 tons or more per
              year in areas classified as  "severe",  and  10
              tons  or  more  per year in areas classified as
              "extreme"; except that the references  in  this
              clause  to 100, 50, 25, and 10 tons per year of
              nitrogen oxides shall not apply with respect to
              any source for which USEPA has made a  finding,
              under Section 182(f)(1) or (2) of the Clean Air
              Act,  that requirements otherwise applicable to
              such source under Section 182(f) of  the  Clean
              Air  Act  do  not  apply.   Such  sources shall
              remain subject to the major source criteria  of
              paragraph 2(c)(ii) of this subsection.
                   B.  For     ozone     transport    regions
              established pursuant  to  Section  184  of  the
              Clean  Air  Act,  sources with the potential to
              emit 50 tons  or  more  per  year  of  volatile
              organic compounds (VOCs).
                   C.  For   carbon   monoxide  nonattainment
              areas (1) that are classified as "serious", and
              (2)  in  which  stationary  sources  contribute
              significantly  to  carbon  monoxide  levels  as
              determined under rules issued by USEPA, sources
              with the potential to emit 50 tons or more  per
              year of carbon monoxide.
                   D.  For    particulate    matter   (PM-10)
              nonattainment areas  classified  as  "serious",
              sources  with  the potential to emit 70 tons or
              more per year of PM-10.

    3.  Agency Authority To Issue CAAPP Permits and Federally
Enforceable State Operating Permits.
         a.  The Agency shall issue CAAPP permits under  this
    Section consistent with the Clean Air Act and regulations
    promulgated  thereunder  and  this  Act  and  regulations
    promulgated thereunder.
         b.  The  Agency  shall issue CAAPP permits for fixed
    terms of 5 years, except CAAPP permits issued  for  solid
    waste incineration units combusting municipal waste which
    shall  be  issued  for fixed terms of 12 years and except
    CAAPP permits for affected sources  for  acid  deposition
    which  shall  be  issued  for  initial terms to expire on
    December 31,  1999,  and  for  fixed  terms  of  5  years
    thereafter.
         c.  The  Agency  shall have the authority to issue a
    State operating permit for a source under  Section  39(a)
    of  this  Act,  as  amended,  and regulations promulgated
    thereunder,   which   includes   federally    enforceable
    conditions limiting the "potential to emit" of the source
    to  a  level  below  the  major source threshold for that
    source as described in paragraph 2(c)  of  this  Section,
    thereby   excluding  the  source  from  the  CAAPP,  when
    requested by the applicant pursuant to paragraph 5(u)  of
    this  Section.   The  public  notice requirements of this
    Section applicable to CAAPP permits shall also  apply  to
    the initial issuance of permits under this paragraph.
         d.  For  purposes  of  this  Act, a permit issued by
    USEPA under Section 505 of the Clean Air Act, as now  and
    hereafter  amended, shall be deemed to be a permit issued
    by the Agency pursuant to Section 39.5 of this Act.

    4.  Transition.
         a.  An owner or operator of a CAAPP source shall not
    be required to renew an existing State  operating  permit
    for  any  emission unit at such CAAPP source once a CAAPP
    application timely submitted prior to expiration  of  the
    State  operating  permit  has  been  deemed complete. For
    purposes other than permit renewal, the  obligation  upon
    the owner or operator of a CAAPP source to obtain a State
    operating  permit  is  not  removed upon submittal of the
    complete CAAPP permit application.  An owner or  operator
    of  a  CAAPP  source  seeking to make a modification to a
    source prior to the issuance of its CAAPP permit shall be
    required to obtain a construction and/or operating permit
    as required for such modification in accordance with  the
    State  permit program under Section 39(a) of this Act, as
    amended, and  regulations  promulgated  thereunder.   The
    application for such construction and/or operating permit
    shall be considered an amendment to the CAAPP application
    submitted for such source.
         b.  An  owner  or  operator  of a CAAPP source shall
    continue to operate in  accordance  with  the  terms  and
    conditions  of  its  applicable  State  operating  permit
    notwithstanding  the  expiration  of  the State operating
    permit until the source's CAAPP permit has been issued.
         c.  An owner or operator of  a  CAAPP  source  shall
    submit  its  initial  CAAPP  application to the Agency no
    later than 12 months after  the  effective  date  of  the
    CAAPP.  The Agency may request submittal of initial CAAPP
    applications  during  this 12 month period according to a
    schedule set forth within Agency procedures, however,  in
    no  event shall the Agency require such submittal earlier
    than 3 months after such effective date of the CAAPP.  An
    owner or operator  may  voluntarily  submit  its  initial
    CAAPP  application prior to the date required within this
    paragraph or applicable procedures, if any, subsequent to
    the date the  Agency  submits  the  CAAPP  to  USEPA  for
    approval.
         d.  The   Agency   shall   act   on   initial  CAAPP
    applications in accordance with subsection 5(j)  of  this
    Section.
         e.  For  purposes of this Section, the term "initial
    CAAPP application" shall mean the first CAAPP application
    submitted for a source existing as of the effective  date
    of the CAAPP.
         f.  The  Agency shall provide owners or operators of
    CAAPP sources with at least three months  advance  notice
    of  the  date on which their applications are required to
    be submitted.  In  determining  which  sources  shall  be
    subject  to  early  submittal,  the  Agency shall include
    among its considerations the  complexity  of  the  permit
    application,  and  the  burden  that such early submittal
    will have on the source.
         g.  The CAAPP permit shall upon  becoming  effective
    supersede the State operating permit.
         h.  The  Agency  shall  have  the authority to adopt
    procedural  rules,  in  accordance  with   the   Illinois
    Administrative   Procedure   Act,  as  the  Agency  deems
    necessary, to implement this subsection.

    5.  Applications and Completeness.
         a.  An owner or operator of  a  CAAPP  source  shall
    submit its complete CAAPP application consistent with the
    Act and applicable regulations.
         b.  An  owner  or  operator  of a CAAPP source shall
    submit a single complete CAAPP application  covering  all
    emission units at that source.
         c.  To  be deemed complete, a CAAPP application must
    provide  all  information,   as   requested   in   Agency
    application  forms,  sufficient  to  evaluate the subject
    source  and  its  application  and   to   determine   all
    applicable  requirements,  pursuant to the Clean Air Act,
    and regulations  thereunder,  this  Act  and  regulations
    thereunder.   Such  Agency  application  forms  shall  be
    finalized  and  made available prior to the date on which
    any CAAPP application is required.
         d.  An owner or operator of  a  CAAPP  source  shall
    submit,  as  part  of  its  complete CAAPP application, a
    compliance plan,  including  a  schedule  of  compliance,
    describing  how  each  emission unit will comply with all
    applicable requirements.  Any such schedule of compliance
    shall  be  supplemental  to,  and  shall   not   sanction
    noncompliance  with, the applicable requirements on which
    it is based.
         e.  Each  submitted  CAAPP  application   shall   be
    certified  for  truth,  accuracy,  and  completeness by a
    responsible  official  in  accordance   with   applicable
    regulations.
         f.  The  Agency  shall  provide  notice  to  a CAAPP
    applicant as to whether a submitted CAAPP application  is
    complete.   Unless  the  Agency notifies the applicant of
    incompleteness, within 60 days of receipt  of  the  CAAPP
    application,  the  application  shall be deemed complete.
    The Agency may request additional information  as  needed
    to  make  the completeness determination.  The Agency may
    to the extent practicable provide the  applicant  with  a
    reasonable opportunity to correct deficiencies prior to a
    final determination of completeness.
         g.  If  after  the determination of completeness the
    Agency finds that additional information is necessary  to
    evaluate  or  take final action on the CAAPP application,
    the Agency may request in writing such  information  from
    the source with a reasonable deadline for response.
         h.  If  the  owner  or  operator  of  a CAAPP source
    submits a timely  and  complete  CAAPP  application,  the
    source's  failure  to  have a CAAPP permit shall not be a
    violation of this Section until the  Agency  takes  final
    action  on  the  submitted  CAAPP  application, provided,
    however,  where  the  applicant  fails  to   submit   the
    requested  information  under  paragraph  5(g) within the
    time frame specified by the Agency, this protection shall
    cease to apply.
         i.  Any applicant who fails to submit  any  relevant
    facts  necessary  to  evaluate the subject source and its
    CAAPP  application  or  who   has   submitted   incorrect
    information  in  a CAAPP application shall, upon becoming
    aware of such  failure  or  incorrect  submittal,  submit
    supplementary facts or correct information to the Agency.
    In  addition,  an  applicant  shall provide to the Agency
    additional  information  as  necessary  to  address   any
    requirements   which  become  applicable  to  the  source
    subsequent  to  the  date  the  applicant  submitted  its
    complete CAAPP application but prior to  release  of  the
    draft CAAPP permit.
         j.  The  Agency shall issue or deny the CAAPP permit
    within 18  months  after  the  date  of  receipt  of  the
    complete    CAAPP   application,   with   the   following
    exceptions:  (i) permits for affected  sources  for  acid
    deposition  shall  be  issued  or  denied within 6 months
    after receipt of a  complete  application  in  accordance
    with subsection 17 of this Section; (ii) the Agency shall
    act  on initial CAAPP applications within 24 months after
    the date of receipt of the  complete  CAAPP  application;
    (iii)  the  Agency  shall  act  on  complete applications
    containing early reduction demonstrations  under  Section
    112(i)(5) of the Clean Air Act within 9 months of receipt
    of the complete CAAPP application.
         Where  the  Agency does not take final action on the
    permit within the required time period, the permit  shall
    not be deemed issued; rather, the failure to act shall be
    treated as a final permit action for purposes of judicial
    review pursuant to Sections 40.2 and 41 of this Act.
         k.  The  submittal  of  a complete CAAPP application
    shall not affect the requirement that any source  have  a
    preconstruction  permit  under  Title  I of the Clean Air
    Act.
         l.  Unless a timely and complete renewal application
    has been submitted consistent  with  this  subsection,  a
    CAAPP  source  operating upon the expiration of its CAAPP
    permit shall be deemed to be operating  without  a  CAAPP
    permit.  Such operation is prohibited under this Act.
         m.  Permits  being  renewed  shall be subject to the
    same procedural requirements, including those for  public
    participation  and  federal  review  and  objection, that
    apply to original permit issuance.
         n.  For  purposes  of  permit  renewal,   a   timely
    application  is  one  that  is  submitted  no less than 9
    months prior to the date of permit expiration.
         o.  The terms and conditions of a CAAPP permit shall
    remain in effect until the issuance of  a  CAAPP  renewal
    permit  provided  a timely and complete CAAPP application
    has been submitted.
         p.  The owner or operator of a CAAPP source  seeking
    a  permit  shield  pursuant  to  paragraph  7(j)  of this
    Section shall request such permit  shield  in  the  CAAPP
    application regarding that source.
         q.  The  Agency  shall  make available to the public
    all documents submitted by the applicant to  the  Agency,
    including   each   CAAPP   application,  compliance  plan
    (including the schedule of compliance), and emissions  or
    compliance  monitoring  report,  with  the  exception  of
    information  entitled  to confidential treatment pursuant
    to Section 7 of this Act.
         r.  The Agency  shall  use  the  standardized  forms
    required  under  Title  IV  of  the  Clean  Air  Act  and
    regulations  promulgated  thereunder for affected sources
    for acid deposition.
         s.  An owner or  operator  of  a  CAAPP  source  may
    include  within  its  CAAPP  application  a  request  for
    permission  to  operate during a startup, malfunction, or
    breakdown consistent with applicable Board regulations.
         t.  An owner or operator of a CAAPP source, in order
    to utilize the  operational  flexibility  provided  under
    paragraph 7(l) of this Section, must request such use and
    provide   the  necessary  information  within  its  CAAPP
    application.
         u.  An owner or operator of  a  CAAPP  source  which
    seeks  exclusion from the CAAPP through the imposition of
    federally enforceable conditions, pursuant  to  paragraph
    3(c)  of this Section, must request such exclusion within
    a  CAAPP  application  submitted  consistent  with   this
    subsection   on   or   after  the  date  that  the  CAAPP
    application for the source is due. Prior  to  such  date,
    but  in  no  case later than 9 months after the effective
    date of the CAAPP, such owner or operator may request the
    imposition of federally enforceable  conditions  pursuant
    to paragraph 1.1(b) of this Section.
         v.  CAAPP   applications   shall   contain  accurate
    information on allowable emissions to implement  the  fee
    provisions of subsection 18 of this Section.
         w.  An  owner  or  operator  of a CAAPP source shall
    submit within its CAAPP application emissions information
    regarding all regulated air pollutants  emitted  at  that
    source  consistent  with  applicable  Agency  procedures.
    Emissions  information regarding insignificant activities
    or emission levels, as determined by the Agency  pursuant
    to  Board  regulations, may be submitted as a list within
    the  CAAPP  application.   The   Agency   shall   propose
    regulations   to   the   Board   defining   insignificant
    activities  or  emission  levels, consistent with federal
    regulations, if any, no later than 18  months  after  the
    effective date of this amendatory Act of 1992, consistent
    with  Section  112(n)(1) of the Clean Air Act.  The Board
    shall  adopt  final  regulations  defining  insignificant
    activities or emission levels  no  later  than  9  months
    after the date of the Agency's proposal.
         x.  The  owner  or  operator  of  a new CAAPP source
    shall submit its complete  CAAPP  application  consistent
    with  this  subsection  within 12 months after commencing
    operation of such source. The owner  or  operator  of  an
    existing   source   that   has  been  excluded  from  the
    provisions  of  this  Section  under  subsection  1.1  or
    subsection 3(c) of this Section and that becomes  subject
    to  the  CAAPP solely due to a change in operation at the
    source  shall  submit  its  complete  CAAPP   application
    consistent  with this subsection at least 180 days before
    commencing operation in accordance  with  the  change  in
    operation.
         y.  The  Agency  shall  have  the authority to adopt
    procedural  rules,  in  accordance  with   the   Illinois
    Administrative   Procedure   Act,  as  the  Agency  deems
    necessary to implement this subsection.

    6.  Prohibitions.
         a.  It shall be unlawful for any person  to  violate
    any  terms  or  conditions  of a permit issued under this
    Section, to operate any CAAPP source except in compliance
    with a permit issued by the Agency under this Section  or
    to  violate any other applicable requirements.  All terms
    and conditions of a permit issued under this Section  are
    enforceable  by  USEPA  and  citizens under the Clean Air
    Act,  except  those,  if  any,  that   are   specifically
    designated  as  not  being  federally  enforceable in the
    permit pursuant to paragraph 7(m) of this Section.
         b.  After the applicable  CAAPP  permit  or  renewal
    application  submittal date, as specified in subsection 5
    of this Section, no person shall operate a  CAAPP  source
    without  a  CAAPP permit unless the complete CAAPP permit
    or renewal application for such source  has  been  timely
    submitted to the Agency.
         c.  No  owner  or  operator  of a CAAPP source shall
    cause or threaten or allow the continued operation of  an
    emission  source  during  malfunction or breakdown of the
    emission  source  or  related   air   pollution   control
    equipment  if  such  operation would cause a violation of
    the standards or limitations applicable  to  the  source,
    unless  the  CAAPP  permit granted to the source provides
    for  such  operation  consistent  with   this   Act   and
    applicable Board regulations.

    7.  Permit Content.
         a.  All   CAAPP   permits   shall  contain  emission
    limitations and standards and other enforceable terms and
    conditions, including  but  not  limited  to  operational
    requirements,  and  schedules for achieving compliance at
    the earliest  reasonable  date,  which  are  or  will  be
    required  to  accomplish  the  purposes and provisions of
    this Act and to assure  compliance  with  all  applicable
    requirements.
         b.  The  Agency  shall include among such conditions
    applicable  monitoring,  reporting,  record  keeping  and
    compliance certification requirements, as  authorized  by
    paragraphs  d,  e,  and  f  of  this subsection, that the
    Agency deems necessary  to  assure  compliance  with  the
    Clean  Air  Act,  the regulations promulgated thereunder,
    this  Act,  and  applicable  Board   regulations.    When
    monitoring,  reporting,  record  keeping,  and compliance
    certification requirements are specified within the Clean
    Air Act, regulations promulgated thereunder, this Act, or
    applicable  regulations,  such  requirements   shall   be
    included  within  the CAAPP permit.  The Board shall have
    authority  to  promulgate  additional  regulations  where
    necessary to accomplish the purposes  of  the  Clean  Air
    Act, this Act, and regulations promulgated thereunder.
         c.  The Agency shall assure, within such conditions,
    the use of terms, test methods, units, averaging periods,
    and  other  statistical  conventions  consistent with the
    applicable emission  limitations,  standards,  and  other
    requirements contained in the permit.
         d.  To meet the requirements of this subsection with
    respect to monitoring, the permit shall:
              i.  Incorporate  and  identify  all  applicable
         emissions monitoring and analysis procedures or test
         methods   required   under   the   Clean   Air  Act,
         regulations promulgated thereunder,  this  Act,  and
         applicable    Board   regulations,   including   any
         procedures and methods promulgated by USEPA pursuant
         to Section 504(b) or Section 114 (a)(3) of the Clean
         Air Act.
              ii.  Where the applicable requirement does  not
         require   periodic   testing   or   instrumental  or
         noninstrumental monitoring  (which  may  consist  of
         recordkeeping  designed  to  serve  as  monitoring),
         require  periodic  monitoring  sufficient  to  yield
         reliable  data from the relevant time period that is
         representative of the source's compliance  with  the
         permit,  as  reported  pursuant  to paragraph (f) of
         this  subsection.  The  Agency  may  determine  that
         recordkeeping requirements are  sufficient  to  meet
         the requirements of this subparagraph.
              iii.  As    necessary,   specify   requirements
         concerning   the   use,   maintenance,   and    when
         appropriate, installation of monitoring equipment or
         methods.
         e.  To meet the requirements of this subsection with
    respect  to  record keeping, the permit shall incorporate
    and identify all  applicable  recordkeeping  requirements
    and require, where applicable, the following:
              i.  Records  of required monitoring information
         that include the following:
                   A.  The date, place and time  of  sampling
              or measurements.
                   B.  The date(s) analyses were performed.
                   C.  The  company  or entity that performed
              the analyses.
                   D.  The analytical techniques  or  methods
              used.
                   E.  The results of such analyses.
                   F.  The  operating  conditions as existing
              at the time of sampling or measurement.
              ii.    Retention of records of  all  monitoring
         data  and  support  information  for  a period of at
         least 5  years  from  the  date  of  the  monitoring
         sample,   measurement,   report,   or   application.
         Support  information  includes  all  calibration and
         maintenance records, original strip-chart recordings
         for  continuous  monitoring   instrumentation,   and
         copies of all reports required by the permit.
         f.  To meet the requirements of this subsection with
    respect  to  reporting,  the permit shall incorporate and
    identify  all  applicable  reporting   requirements   and
    require the following:
              i.  Submittal   of   reports  of  any  required
         monitoring every 6 months.  More frequent submittals
         may be requested by the Agency  if  such  submittals
         are  necessary to assure compliance with this Act or
         regulations promulgated  by  the  Board  thereunder.
         All instances of deviations from permit requirements
         must  be  clearly  identified  in such reports.  All
         required reports must be certified by a  responsible
         official   consistent  with  subsection  5  of  this
         Section.
              ii.  Prompt reporting of deviations from permit
         requirements, including those attributable to  upset
         conditions  as  defined  in the permit, the probable
         cause of such deviations, and any corrective actions
         or preventive measures taken.
         g.  Each CAAPP permit issued under subsection 10  of
    this   Section  shall  include  a  condition  prohibiting
    emissions  exceeding  any  allowances  that  the   source
    lawfully holds under Title IV of the Clean Air Act or the
    regulations   promulgated   thereunder,  consistent  with
    subsection 17 of this Section and applicable regulations,
    if any.
         h.  All  CAAPP  permits  shall  state  that,   where
    another  applicable  requirement  of the Clean Air Act is
    more  stringent  than  any  applicable   requirement   of
    regulations  promulgated  under Title IV of the Clean Air
    Act, both  provisions  shall  be  incorporated  into  the
    permit and shall be State and federally enforceable.
         i.  Each  CAAPP permit issued under subsection 10 of
    this Section  shall  include  a  severability  clause  to
    ensure  the  continued  validity  of  the  various permit
    requirements in the event of a challenge to any  portions
    of the permit.
         j.  The following shall apply with respect to owners
    or operators requesting a permit shield:
              i.  The Agency shall include in a CAAPP permit,
         when requested by an applicant pursuant to paragraph
         5(p)  of  this  Section,  a  provision  stating that
         compliance with the conditions of the  permit  shall
         be  deemed  compliance  with applicable requirements
         which are applicable as of the date  of  release  of
         the proposed permit, provided that:
                   A.  The    applicable    requirement    is
              specifically identified within the permit; or
                   B.  The  Agency  in  acting  on  the CAAPP
              application or revision determines  in  writing
              that other requirements specifically identified
              are  not  applicable  to  the  source,  and the
              permit includes that determination or a concise
              summary thereof.
              ii.  The permit shall identify the requirements
         for which the source is shielded.  The shield  shall
         not  extend  to  applicable  requirements  which are
         promulgated  after  the  date  of  release  of   the
         proposed  permit unless the permit has been modified
         to reflect such new requirements.
              iii.  A CAAPP permit which does  not  expressly
         indicate  the existence of a permit shield shall not
         provide such a shield.
              iv.  Nothing in this paragraph or  in  a  CAAPP
         permit shall alter or affect the following:
                   A.  The    provisions   of   Section   303
              (emergency  powers)  of  the  Clean  Air   Act,
              including USEPA's authority under that section.
                   B.  The  liability of an owner or operator
              of a source for  any  violation  of  applicable
              requirements  prior to or at the time of permit
              issuance.
                   C.  The  applicable  requirements  of  the
              acid  rain  program  consistent  with   Section
              408(a) of the Clean Air Act.
                   D.  The   ability   of   USEPA  to  obtain
              information from a source pursuant  to  Section
              114 (inspections, monitoring, and entry) of the
              Clean Air Act.
         k.  Each  CAAPP  permit  shall  include an emergency
    provision providing an affirmative defense  of  emergency
    to    an    action   brought   for   noncompliance   with
    technology-based  emission  limitations  under  a   CAAPP
    permit  if  the  following  conditions  are  met  through
    properly signed, contemporaneous operating logs, or other
    relevant evidence:
              i.  An emergency occurred and the permittee can
         identify the cause(s) of the emergency.
              ii.  The  permitted  facility  was  at the time
         being properly operated.
              iii.  The permittee  submitted  notice  of  the
         emergency to the Agency within 2 working days of the
         time  when emission limitations were exceeded due to
         the emergency.  This notice must contain a  detailed
         description  of  the  emergency,  any steps taken to
         mitigate emissions, and corrective actions taken.
              iv.  During the period  of  the  emergency  the
         permittee  took  all  reasonable  steps  to minimize
         levels  of  emissions  that  exceeded  the  emission
         limitations,  standards,  or  requirements  in   the
         permit.
         For  purposes  of this subsection, "emergency" means
    any  situation  arising  from   sudden   and   reasonably
    unforeseeable  events  beyond  the control of the source,
    such as an act of God, that requires immediate corrective
    action to restore normal operation, and that  causes  the
    source  to  exceed a technology-based emission limitation
    under  the  permit,  due  to  unavoidable  increases   in
    emissions  attributable  to  the emergency.  An emergency
    shall not include noncompliance to the extent  caused  by
    improperly   designed  equipment,  lack  of  preventative
    maintenance, careless or improper operation, or operation
    error.
         In  any  enforcement   proceeding,   the   permittee
    seeking  to  establish the occurrence of an emergency has
    the burden of proof.  This provision is  in  addition  to
    any   emergency  or  upset  provision  contained  in  any
    applicable requirement.  This provision does not  relieve
    a  permittee  of any reporting obligations under existing
    federal or state laws or regulations.
         l.  The Agency shall include in each  permit  issued
    under subsection 10 of this Section:
              i.  Terms   and   conditions   for   reasonably
         anticipated  operating  scenarios  identified by the
         source in its application.   The  permit  terms  and
         conditions  for  each  such operating scenario shall
         meet   all   applicable   requirements    and    the
         requirements of this Section.
                   A.  Under  this  subparagraph,  the source
              must record in a log at the permitted  facility
              a  record  of  the  scenario  under which it is
              operating  contemporaneously  with   making   a
              change from one operating scenario to another.
                   B.  The   permit   shield   described   in
              paragraph  7(j) of this Section shall extend to
              all  terms  and  conditions  under  each   such
              operating scenario.
              ii.  Where requested by an applicant, all terms
         and  conditions  allowing  for  trading of emissions
         increases and decreases between  different  emission
         units  at  the  CAAPP source, to the extent that the
         applicable requirements provide for trading of  such
         emissions   increases   and   decreases   without  a
         case-by-case approval of each emissions trade.  Such
         terms and conditions:
                   A.  Shall include all terms required under
              this subsection to determine compliance;
                   B.  Must meet all applicable requirements;
                   C.  Shall   extend   the   permit   shield
              described in paragraph 7(j) of this Section  to
              all   terms  and  conditions  that  allow  such
              increases and decreases in emissions.
         m.  The Agency shall specifically designate  as  not
    being  federally  enforceable under the Clean Air Act any
    terms and conditions included in the permit that are  not
    specifically  required under the Clean Air Act or federal
    regulations promulgated thereunder. Terms  or  conditions
    so  designated  shall  be subject to all applicable state
    requirements, except the  requirements  of  subsection  7
    (other  than this paragraph, paragraph q of subsection 7,
    subsections 8 through 11, and subsections 13  through  16
    of  this Section. The Agency shall, however, include such
    terms and conditions in the CAAPP permit  issued  to  the
    source.
         n.  Each  CAAPP permit issued under subsection 10 of
    this Section shall specify and reference  the  origin  of
    and  authority  for  each term or condition, and identify
    any difference in form  as  compared  to  the  applicable
    requirement upon which the term or condition is based.
         o.  Each  CAAPP permit issued under subsection 10 of
    this  Section  shall  include  provisions   stating   the
    following:
              i.  Duty  to comply.  The permittee must comply
         with all terms and conditions of the  CAAPP  permit.
         Any  permit noncompliance constitutes a violation of
         the Clean Air Act and the Act, and  is  grounds  for
         any  or  all  of the following:  enforcement action;
         permit termination, revocation  and  reissuance,  or
         modification;   or   denial   of  a  permit  renewal
         application.
              ii.  Need to halt  or  reduce  activity  not  a
         defense.   It shall not be a defense for a permittee
         in an enforcement action that  it  would  have  been
         necessary  to  halt or reduce the permitted activity
         in order to maintain compliance with the  conditions
         of this permit.
              iii.  Permit   actions.    The  permit  may  be
         modified,  revoked,  reopened,  and   reissued,   or
         terminated   for   cause   in  accordance  with  the
         applicable subsections of Section 39.5 of this  Act.
         The  filing  of  a  request  by  the permittee for a
         permit modification, revocation and  reissuance,  or
         termination, or of a notification of planned changes
         or  anticipated  noncompliance  does  not  stay  any
         permit condition.
              iv.  Property  rights.   The  permit  does  not
         convey  any  property  rights  of  any  sort, or any
         exclusive privilege.
              v.  Duty to provide information.  The permittee
         shall furnish to the Agency within a reasonable time
         specified by the Agency  any  information  that  the
         Agency  may  request in writing to determine whether
         cause exists for modifying, revoking and  reissuing,
         or terminating the permit or to determine compliance
         with  the permit.  Upon request, the permittee shall
         also  furnish  to  the  Agency  copies  of   records
         required   to   be   kept  by  the  permit  or,  for
         information  claimed   to   be   confidential,   the
         permittee may furnish such records directly to USEPA
         along with a claim of confidentiality.
              vi.  Duty  to pay fees.  The permittee must pay
         fees to the Agency consistent with the fee  schedule
         approved  pursuant to subsection 18 of this Section,
         and submit any information relevant thereto.
              vii.  Emissions trading.   No  permit  revision
         shall be required for increases in emissions allowed
         under  any  approved economic incentives, marketable
         permits,  emissions  trading,  and   other   similar
         programs  or processes for changes that are provided
         for in the permit and that  are  authorized  by  the
         applicable requirement.
         p.  Each  CAAPP permit issued under subsection 10 of
    this Section shall contain the  following  elements  with
    respect to compliance:
              i.  Compliance      certification,     testing,
         monitoring,   reporting,    and    record    keeping
         requirements  sufficient  to  assure compliance with
         the  terms  and  conditions  of  the  permit.    Any
         document  (including  reports)  required  by a CAAPP
         permit  shall   contain   a   certification   by   a
         responsible  official that meets the requirements of
         subsection  5  of  this   Section   and   applicable
         regulations.
              ii.  Inspection  and  entry  requirements  that
         necessitate  that,  upon presentation of credentials
         and other documents as may be required by law and in
         accordance  with  constitutional  limitations,   the
         permittee  shall  allow the Agency, or an authorized
         representative to perform the following:
                   A.  Enter upon  the  permittee's  premises
              where    a   CAAPP   source   is   located   or
              emissions-related  activity  is  conducted,  or
              where records must be kept under the conditions
              of the permit.
                   B.  Have access to and copy, at reasonable
              times, any records that must be kept under  the
              conditions of the permit.
                   C.  Inspect   at   reasonable   times  any
              facilities, equipment (including monitoring and
              air pollution control equipment), practices, or
              operations  regulated  or  required  under  the
              permit.
                   D.  Sample or monitor  any  substances  or
              parameters at any location:
                        1.  As  authorized  by  the Clean Air
                   Act, at reasonable times, for the purposes
                   of  assuring  compliance  with  the  CAAPP
                   permit or applicable requirements; or
                        2.  As otherwise authorized  by  this
                   Act.
              iii.  A  schedule of compliance consistent with
         subsection  5  of  this   Section   and   applicable
         regulations.
              iv.  Progress   reports   consistent   with  an
         applicable  schedule  of  compliance   pursuant   to
         paragraph   5(d)  of  this  Section  and  applicable
         regulations to be submitted  semiannually,  or  more
         frequently  if  the Agency determines that such more
         frequent submittals  are  necessary  for  compliance
         with the Act or regulations promulgated by the Board
         thereunder.  Such progress reports shall contain the
         following:
                   A.  Required   dates   for  achieving  the
              activities, milestones, or compliance  required
              by  the  schedule  of compliance and dates when
              such activities, milestones or compliance  were
              achieved.
                   B.  An explanation of why any dates in the
              schedule  of compliance were not or will not be
              met, and any preventive or corrective  measures
              adopted.
              v.  Requirements  for  compliance certification
         with terms and conditions contained in  the  permit,
         including  emission  limitations, standards, or work
         practices.   Permits  shall  include  each  of   the
         following:
                   A.  The   frequency   (annually   or  more
              frequently  as  specified  in  any   applicable
              requirement   or  by  the  Agency  pursuant  to
              written   procedures)   of    submissions    of
              compliance certifications.
                   B.  A  means  for  assessing or monitoring
              the compliance of the source with its emissions
              limitations, standards, and work practices.
                   C.  A  requirement  that  the   compliance
              certification include the following:
                        1.  The  identification  of each term
                   or condition contained in the permit  that
                   is the basis of the certification.
                        2.  The compliance status.
                        3.  Whether compliance was continuous
                   or intermittent.
                        4.  The     method(s)     used    for
                   determining the compliance status  of  the
                   source,   both   currently  and  over  the
                   reporting    period    consistent     with
                   subsection 7 of Section 39.5 of the Act.
                   D.  A   requirement  that  all  compliance
              certifications be submitted to USEPA as well as
              to the Agency.
                   E.  Additional  requirements  as  may   be
              specified  pursuant  to  Sections 114(a)(3) and
              504(b) of the Clean Air Act.
                   F.  Other provisions  as  the  Agency  may
              require.
         q.  If  the  owner  or  operator of CAAPP source can
    demonstrate  in  its  CAAPP  application,  including   an
    application  for  a  significant  modification,  that  an
    alternative  emission  limit  would be equivalent to that
    contained in the applicable Board regulations, the Agency
    shall include the alternative emission limit in the CAAPP
    permit, which shall  supersede  the  emission  limit  set
    forth  in  the  applicable  Board  regulations, and shall
    include  conditions  that  insure  that   the   resulting
    emission limit is quantifiable, accountable, enforceable,
    and based on replicable procedures.
    8.  Public Notice; Affected State Review.
         a.  The  Agency  shall provide notice to the public,
    including  an  opportunity  for  public  comment  and   a
    hearing, on each draft CAAPP permit for issuance, renewal
    or significant modification, subject to Sections 7(a) and
    7.1 of this Act.
         b.  The  Agency  shall  prepare a draft CAAPP permit
    and a statement that sets forth  the  legal  and  factual
    basis  for  the  draft CAAPP permit conditions, including
    references to  the  applicable  statutory  or  regulatory
    provisions.   The  Agency shall provide this statement to
    any person who requests it.
         c.  The Agency shall give notice of each draft CAAPP
    permit to the applicant and to any affected State  on  or
    before  the  time  that the Agency has provided notice to
    the public, except as otherwise provided in this Act.
         d.  The Agency,  as  part  of  its  submittal  of  a
    proposed  permit  to  USEPA (or as soon as possible after
    the submittal for minor  permit  modification  procedures
    allowed  under  subsection  14  of  this  Section), shall
    notify USEPA and any affected State  in  writing  of  any
    refusal   of   the   Agency   to   accept   all   of  the
    recommendations for the proposed permit that an  affected
    State  submitted  during  the  public  or  affected State
    review period.  The notice  shall  include  the  Agency's
    reasons  for  not  accepting  the  recommendations.   The
    Agency is not required to accept recommendations that are
    not based on applicable requirements or the  requirements
    of this Section.
         e.  The  Agency  shall  make available to the public
    any CAAPP permit application, compliance plan  (including
    the  schedule of compliance), CAAPP permit, and emissions
    or compliance monitoring report.  If an owner or operator
    of a CAAPP  source  is  required  to  submit  information
    entitled to protection from disclosure under Section 7(a)
    or  Section  7.1 of this Act, the owner or operator shall
    submit such information separately.  The requirements  of
    Section  7(a)  or  Section 7.1 of this Act shall apply to
    such information, which shall not be included in a  CAAPP
    permit  unless  required by law.  The contents of a CAAPP
    permit shall not be entitled to protection under  Section
    7(a) or Section 7.1 of this Act.
         f.  The  Agency  shall  have  the authority to adopt
    procedural  rules,  in  accordance  with   the   Illinois
    Administrative   Procedure   Act,  as  the  Agency  deems
    necessary, to implement this subsection.

    9.  USEPA Notice and Objection.
         a.  The Agency shall provide to USEPA for its review
    a  copy  of  each  CAAPP   application   (including   any
    application  for permit modification), statement of basis
    as provided in paragraph 8(b) of this  Section,  proposed
    CAAPP  permit,  CAAPP permit, and, if the Agency does not
    incorporate any affected  State's  recommendations  on  a
    proposed  CAAPP  permit,  a  written  statement  of  this
    decision   and   its   reasons   for  not  accepting  the
    recommendations, except as otherwise provided in this Act
    or by agreement with USEPA.  To the  extent  practicable,
    the  preceding  information shall be provided in computer
    readable format compatible with USEPA's national database
    management system.
         b.  The Agency shall not issue  the  proposed  CAAPP
    permit  if  USEPA  objects  in  writing within 45 days of
    receipt of the proposed CAAPP permit  and  all  necessary
    supporting information.
         c.  If  USEPA  objects in writing to the issuance of
    the proposed CAAPP permit within the 45-day  period,  the
    Agency  shall  respond  in  writing  and  may  revise and
    resubmit the proposed CAAPP permit  in  response  to  the
    stated  objection, to the extent supported by the record,
    within 90 days after the date of the objection.  Prior to
    submitting a revised permit to USEPA,  the  Agency  shall
    provide  the applicant and any person who participated in
    the public comment process, pursuant to subsection  8  of
    this  Section,  with  a  10-day  period to comment on any
    revision which the Agency is proposing  to  make  to  the
    permit  in  response  to  USEPA's objection in accordance
    with Agency procedures.
         d.  Any  USEPA  objection  under  this   subsection,
    according  to the Clean Air Act, will include a statement
    of reasons for the objection and  a  description  of  the
    terms and conditions that must be in the permit, in order
    to  adequately  respond to the objections.  Grounds for a
    USEPA objection include the failure  of  the  Agency  to:
    (1)  submit  the  items  and  notices required under this
    subsection; (2) submit any other information necessary to
    adequately review  the  proposed  CAAPP  permit;  or  (3)
    process  the  permit  under  subsection 8 of this Section
    except for minor permit modifications.
         e.  If USEPA does not object in writing to  issuance
    of  a  permit  under  this  subsection,  any  person  may
    petition  USEPA  within  60  days after expiration of the
    45-day review period to make such objection.
         f.  If the permit has not yet been issued and  USEPA
    objects  to  the  permit  as  a result of a petition, the
    Agency shall not issue the permit until USEPA's objection
    has been resolved. The  Agency  shall  provide  a  10-day
    comment  period  in  accordance  with paragraph c of this
    subsection.  A  petition  does  not,  however,  stay  the
    effectiveness of a permit  or  its  requirements  if  the
    permit  was  issued after expiration of the 45-day review
    period and prior to a USEPA objection.
         g.  If  the  Agency  has  issued  a   permit   after
    expiration  of  the  45-day  review  period  and prior to
    receipt of a USEPA objection  under  this  subsection  in
    response  to a petition submitted pursuant to paragraph e
    of this subsection, the Agency may, upon  receipt  of  an
    objection  from  USEPA, revise and resubmit the permit to
    USEPA pursuant  to  this  subsection  after  providing  a
    10-day  comment  period in accordance with paragraph c of
    this subsection. If the Agency fails to submit a  revised
    permit  in response to the objection, USEPA shall modify,
    terminate or revoke the permit.  In any case, the  source
    will  not  be  in  violation  of  the requirement to have
    submitted a timely and complete application.
         h.  The Agency shall have  the  authority  to  adopt
    procedural   rules,   in  accordance  with  the  Illinois
    Administrative  Procedure  Act,  as  the   Agency   deems
    necessary, to implement this subsection.

    10.  Final Agency Action.
         a.  The  Agency  shall  issue a CAAPP permit, permit
    modification, or permit renewal if all of  the  following
    conditions are met:
              i.  The  applicant has submitted a complete and
         certified   application   for   a   permit,   permit
         modification,  or  permit  renewal  consistent  with
         subsections 5 and 14 of this Section, as applicable,
         and applicable regulations.
              ii.  The  applicant  has  submitted  with   its
         complete  application an approvable compliance plan,
         including  a  schedule  for  achieving   compliance,
         consistent  with  subsection  5  of this Section and
         applicable regulations.
              iii.  The applicant has timely  paid  the  fees
         required  pursuant  to subsection 18 of this Section
         and applicable regulations.
              iv.  The Agency has received a  complete  CAAPP
         application  and,  if  necessary,  has requested and
         received additional information from  the  applicant
         consistent  with  subsection  5  of this Section and
         applicable regulations.
              v.  The Agency has complied with all applicable
         provisions  regarding  public  notice  and  affected
         State review consistent with subsection  8  of  this
         Section and applicable regulations.
              vi.  The  Agency  has  provided  a copy of each
         CAAPP application, or summary thereof,  pursuant  to
         agreement  with  USEPA  and  proposed  CAAPP  permit
         required  under  subsection  9  of  this  Section to
         USEPA, and USEPA has not objected to the issuance of
         the permit in accordance with the Clean Air Act  and
         40 CFR Part 70.
         b.  The  Agency  shall  have the authority to deny a
    CAAPP permit, permit modification, or permit  renewal  if
    the  applicant  has not complied with the requirements of
    paragraphs (a)(i)-(a)(iv) of this subsection or if  USEPA
    objects to its issuance.
         c. i.  Prior  to  denial  of  a CAAPP permit, permit
         modification, or permit renewal under this  Section,
         the   Agency  shall  notify  the  applicant  of  the
         possible denial and the reasons for the denial.
              ii.  Within  such  notice,  the  Agency   shall
         specify  an  appropriate date by which the applicant
         shall adequately respond  to  the  Agency's  notice.
         Such date shall not exceed 15 days from the date the
         notification  is  received  by  the  applicant.  The
         Agency may grant a  reasonable  extension  for  good
         cause shown.
              iii.  Failure  by  the  applicant to adequately
         respond by the date specified in the notification or
         by any granted extension date shall be  grounds  for
         denial of the permit.
              For purposes of obtaining judicial review under
         Sections  40.2  and 41 of this Act, the Agency shall
         provide to  USEPA  and  each  applicant,  and,  upon
         request,   to   affected   States,  any  person  who
         participated in the public comment process, and  any
         other person who could obtain  judicial review under
         Sections  40.2  and  41  of this Act, a copy of each
         CAAPP permit or notification of denial pertaining to
         that party.
         d.  The Agency shall have  the  authority  to  adopt
    procedural   rules,   in  accordance  with  the  Illinois
    Administrative  Procedure  Act,  as  the   Agency   deems
    necessary, to implement this subsection.

    11.  General Permits.
         a.  The  Agency  may issue a general permit covering
    numerous similar sources, except for affected sources for
    acid deposition unless otherwise provided in  regulations
    promulgated under Title IV of the Clean Air Act.
         b.  The   Agency  shall  identify,  in  any  general
    permit, criteria by which sources  may  qualify  for  the
    general permit.
         c.  CAAPP  sources  that would qualify for a general
    permit must apply for coverage under  the  terms  of  the
    general   permit   or  must  apply  for  a  CAAPP  permit
    consistent  with  subsection  5  of  this   Section   and
    applicable regulations.
         d.  The  Agency shall comply with the public comment
    and hearing provisions of this Section  as  well  as  the
    USEPA  and  affected  State  review  procedures  prior to
    issuance of a general permit.
         e.  When  granting  a  subsequent   request   by   a
    qualifying CAAPP source for coverage under the terms of a
    general  permit,  the  Agency  shall  not  be required to
    repeat the public notice  and  comment  procedures.   The
    granting  of such request shall not be considered a final
    permit action for purposes of judicial review.
         f.  The Agency may not issue  a  general  permit  to
    cover  any  discrete  emission  unit at a CAAPP source if
    another CAAPP permit covers emission units at the source.
         g.  The Agency shall have  the  authority  to  adopt
    procedural   rules,   in  accordance  with  the  Illinois
    Administrative  Procedure  Act,  as  the   Agency   deems
    necessary, to implement this subsection.

    12.  Operational Flexibility.
         a.  An  owner or operator of a CAAPP source may make
    changes at the CAAPP source  without  requiring  a  prior
    permit  revision,  consistent  with subparagraphs (a) (i)
    through (a) (iii) of this  subsection,  so  long  as  the
    changes  are  not  modifications  under  any provision of
    Title I of the Clean Air Act and they do not  exceed  the
    emissions  allowable  under the permit (whether expressed
    therein as a rate of  emissions  or  in  terms  of  total
    emissions),  provided  that  the owner or operator of the
    CAAPP source provides USEPA and the Agency  with  written
    notification as required below in advance of the proposed
    changes,  which  shall  be  a  minimum  of 7 days, unless
    otherwise  provided   by   the   Agency   in   applicable
    regulations regarding emergencies.  The owner or operator
    of  a  CAAPP source and the Agency shall each attach such
    notice to their copy of the relevant permit.
              i.  An owner or operator of a CAAPP source  may
         make  Section  502 (b) (10) changes without a permit
         revision, if the changes are not modifications under
         any provision of Title I of the Clean  Air  Act  and
         the  changes  do  not exceed the emissions allowable
         under the permit (whether  expressed  therein  as  a
         rate of emissions or in terms of total emissions).
                   A.  For  each  such  change,  the  written
              notification  required  above  shall  include a
              brief description  of  the  change  within  the
              source,  the  date  on  which  the  change will
              occur, any change in emissions, and any  permit
              term  or condition that is no longer applicable
              as a result of the change.
                   B.  The   permit   shield   described   in
              paragraph 7(j) of this Section shall not  apply
              to   any   change   made   pursuant   to   this
              subparagraph.
              ii.  An owner or operator of a CAAPP source may
         trade  increases  and  decreases in emissions in the
         CAAPP source, where  the  applicable  implementation
         plan  provides  for  such  emission  trades  without
         requiring  a  permit  revision.   This  provision is
         available in those cases where the permit  does  not
         already provide for such emissions trading.
                   A.  Under  this  subparagraph (a)(ii), the
              written  notification  required   above   shall
              include  such information as may be required by
              the provision in the applicable  implementation
              plan authorizing the emissions trade, including
              at  a  minimum,  when the proposed changes will
              occur, a description of each such  change,  any
              change  in  emissions,  the permit requirements
              with which the source  will  comply  using  the
              emissions  trading provisions of the applicable
              implementation plan, and the pollutants emitted
              subject to the  emissions  trade.   The  notice
              shall  also  refer  to  the  provisions  in the
              applicable implementation plan with  which  the
              source   will   comply   and  provide  for  the
              emissions trade.
                   B.  The   permit   shield   described   in
              paragraph 7(j) of this Section shall not  apply
              to   any   change   made   pursuant   to   this
              subparagraph  (a)  (ii).    Compliance with the
              permit requirements that the source  will  meet
              using  the  emissions trade shall be determined
              according to the requirements of the applicable
              implementation plan authorizing  the  emissions
              trade.
              iii.  If  requested within a CAAPP application,
         the Agency shall issue a CAAPP permit which contains
         terms and conditions, including all  terms  required
         under  subsection  7  of  this  Section to determine
         compliance, allowing for the  trading  of  emissions
         increases  and  decreases at the CAAPP source solely
         for   the    purpose    of    complying    with    a
         federally-enforceable    emissions   cap   that   is
         established in the permit independent  of  otherwise
         applicable requirements.  The owner or operator of a
         CAAPP  source shall include in its CAAPP application
         proposed replicable procedures and permit terms that
         ensure the emissions  trades  are  quantifiable  and
         enforceable.    The   permit   shall   also  require
         compliance with all applicable requirements.
                   A.  Under this subparagraph (a)(iii),  the
              written notification required above shall state
              when  the  change will occur and shall describe
              the changes in emissions that will  result  and
              how  these increases and decreases in emissions
              will comply with the terms  and  conditions  of
              the permit.
                   B.  The   permit   shield   described   in
              paragraph  7(j) of this Section shall extend to
              terms and conditions that allow such  increases
              and decreases in emissions.
         b.  An  owner or operator of a CAAPP source may make
    changes that are  not  addressed  or  prohibited  by  the
    permit,  other  than  those  which  are  subject  to  any
    requirements  under  Title IV of the Clean Air Act or are
    modifications under any provisions  of  Title  I  of  the
    Clean  Air  Act, without a permit revision, in accordance
    with the following requirements:
              (i)  Each such change shall meet all applicable
         requirements and  shall  not  violate  any  existing
         permit term or condition;
              (ii)  Sources   must   provide  contemporaneous
         written notice to the Agency and USEPA of each  such
         change,   except   for   changes   that  qualify  as
         insignificant under provisions adopted by the Agency
         or the Board. Such  written  notice  shall  describe
         each  such change, including the date, any change in
         emissions, pollutants emitted,  and  any  applicable
         requirement  that  would  apply  as  a result of the
         change;
              (iii)  The change shall  not  qualify  for  the
         shield  described in paragraph 7(j) of this Section;
         and
              (iv)  The  permittee  shall   keep   a   record
         describing changes made at the source that result in
         emissions of a regulated air pollutant subject to an
         applicable   Clean  Air  Act  requirement,  but  not
         otherwise  regulated  under  the  permit,  and   the
         emissions resulting from those changes.
         c.  The  Agency  shall  have  the authority to adopt
    procedural  rules,  in  accordance  with   the   Illinois
    Administrative   Procedure   Act,  as  the  Agency  deems
    necessary to implement this subsection.

    13.  Administrative Permit Amendments.
         a.  The Agency shall take final action on a  request
    for  an administrative permit amendment within 60 days of
    receipt  of  the  request.    Neither   notice   nor   an
    opportunity  for  public and affected State comment shall
    be required for the Agency to incorporate such revisions,
    provided it designates the  permit  revisions  as  having
    been made pursuant to this subsection.
         b.  The  Agency  shall  submit a copy of the revised
    permit to USEPA.
         c.  For  purposes   of   this   Section   the   term
    "administrative permit amendment" shall be defined as:  a
    permit  revision  that  can accomplish one or more of the
    changes described below:
              i.  Corrects typographical errors;
              ii.  Identifies a change in the name,  address,
         or  phone  number  of  any  person identified in the
         permit, or provides a similar  minor  administrative
         change at the source;
              iii.  Requires   more  frequent  monitoring  or
         reporting by the permittee;
              iv.  Allows  for  a  change  in  ownership   or
         operational  control  of  a  source where the Agency
         determines that no other change  in  the  permit  is
         necessary,   provided   that   a  written  agreement
         containing a specific date for  transfer  of  permit
         responsibility,  coverage, and liability between the
         current and new permittees has been submitted to the
         Agency;
              v.  Incorporates  into  the  CAAPP  permit  the
         requirements  from  preconstruction  review  permits
         authorized under a USEPA-approved program,  provided
         the   program   meets   procedural   and  compliance
         requirements  substantially  equivalent   to   those
         contained in this Section;
              vi.  Incorporates into the CAAPP permit revised
         limitations or other requirements resulting from the
         application of an approved economic incentives rule,
         a  marketable  permits  rule  or  generic  emissions
         trading  rule,  where these rules have been approved
         by USEPA and  require  changes  thereunder  to  meet
         procedural  requirements substantially equivalent to
         those specified in this Section; or
              vii.  Any other type of change which USEPA  has
         determined  as  part  of  the  approved CAAPP permit
         program to be similar  to  those  included  in  this
         subsection.
         d.  The  Agency  shall,  upon  taking  final  action
    granting  a  request   for   an   administrative   permit
    amendment,   allow  coverage  by  the  permit  shield  in
    paragraph 7(j) of this Section for administrative  permit
    amendments  made  pursuant to subparagraph (c)(v) of this
    subsection  which  meet  the  relevant  requirements  for
    significant permit modifications.
         e.  Permit revisions  and  modifications,  including
    administrative   amendments   and   automatic  amendments
    (pursuant to Sections 408(b) and 403(d) of the Clean  Air
    Act  or regulations promulgated thereunder), for purposes
    of the acid rain portion of the permit shall be  governed
    by  the  regulations  promulgated  under  Title IV of the
    Clean Air Act.  Owners or operators of  affected  sources
    for  acid  deposition shall have the flexibility to amend
    their compliance plans as  provided  in  the  regulations
    promulgated under Title IV of the Clean Air Act.
         f.  The  CAAPP  source  may  implement  the  changes
    addressed  in  the  request  for an administrative permit
    amendment immediately upon submittal of the request.
         g.  The Agency shall have  the  authority  to  adopt
    procedural   rules,   in  accordance  with  the  Illinois
    Administrative  Procedure  Act,  as  the   Agency   deems
    necessary, to implement this subsection.

    14.  Permit Modifications.
         a.  Minor permit modification procedures.
              i.  The    Agency   shall   review   a   permit
         modification using the "minor  permit"  modification
         procedures only for those permit modifications that:
                   A.  Do    not   violate   any   applicable
              requirement;
                   B.  Do not involve significant changes  to
              existing      monitoring,     reporting,     or
              recordkeeping requirements in the permit;
                   C.  Do   not   require   a    case-by-case
              determination  of  an  emission  limitation  or
              other    standard,    or    a   source-specific
              determination  of   ambient   impacts,   or   a
              visibility or increment analysis;
                   D.  Do  not  seek to establish or change a
              permit term or condition for which there is  no
              corresponding  underlying requirement and which
              avoids an applicable requirement to  which  the
              source  would otherwise be subject.  Such terms
              and conditions include:
                        1.  A federally enforceable emissions
                   cap assumed to avoid classification  as  a
                   modification  under any provision of Title
                   I of the Clean Air Act; and
                        2.  An  alternative  emissions  limit
                   approved    pursuant    to     regulations
                   promulgated under Section 112(i)(5) of the
                   Clean Air Act;
                   E.  Are   not   modifications   under  any
              provision of Title I of the Clean Air Act; and
                   F.  Are not required to be processed as  a
              significant modification.
              ii.  Notwithstanding  subparagraphs  (a)(i) and
         (b)(ii)   of   this   subsection,    minor    permit
         modification  procedures  may  be  used  for  permit
         modifications   involving   the   use   of  economic
         incentives, marketable permits,  emissions  trading,
         and  other  similar  approaches,  to the extent that
         such  minor  permit  modification   procedures   are
         explicitly    provided    for   in   an   applicable
         implementation plan or  in  applicable  requirements
         promulgated by USEPA.
              iii.  An  applicant requesting the use of minor
         permit  modification  procedures  shall   meet   the
         requirements  of  subsection  5  of this Section and
         shall include the following in its application:
                   A.  A  description  of  the  change,   the
              emissions  resulting  from  the change, and any
              new applicable requirements that will apply  if
              the change occurs;
                   B.  The source's suggested draft permit;
                   C.  Certification    by    a   responsible
              official, consistent  with  paragraph  5(e)  of
              this  Section  and applicable regulations, that
              the proposed modification  meets  the  criteria
              for use of minor permit modification procedures
              and a request that such procedures be used; and
                   D.  Completed  forms for the Agency to use
              to notify USEPA and affected States as required
              under subsections 8 and 9 of this Section.
              iv.  Within 5 working  days  of  receipt  of  a
         complete permit modification application, the Agency
         shall  notify  USEPA  and  affected  States  of  the
         requested  permit  modification  in  accordance with
         subsections 8 and 9 of  this  Section.   The  Agency
         promptly   shall  send  any  notice  required  under
         paragraph 8(d) of this Section to USEPA.
              v.  The Agency may not  issue  a  final  permit
         modification  until  after  the 45-day review period
         for USEPA or until USEPA  has  notified  the  Agency
         that  USEPA  will  not object to the issuance of the
         permit modification, whichever comes first, although
         the Agency can approve the permit modification prior
         to that  time.   Within  90  days  of  the  Agency's
         receipt  of  an  application  under the minor permit
         modification procedures or 15 days after the end  of
         USEPA's  45-day  review period under subsection 9 of
         this Section, whichever is later, the Agency shall:
                   A.  Issue  the  permit   modification   as
              proposed;
                   B.  Deny     the    permit    modification
              application;
                   C.  Determine    that    the     requested
              modification  does  not  meet  the minor permit
              modification criteria and  should  be  reviewed
              under  the significant modification procedures;
              or
                   D.  Revise the draft  permit  modification
              and  transmit  to USEPA the new proposed permit
              modification as required  by  subsection  9  of
              this Section.
              vi.  Any  CAAPP  source  may  make  the  change
         proposed    in   its   minor   permit   modification
         application  immediately   after   it   files   such
         application.   After  the  CAAPP  source  makes  the
         change  allowed by the preceding sentence, and until
         the Agency takes any of  the  actions  specified  in
         subparagraphs  (a)(v)(A)  through  (a)(v)(C) of this
         subsection, the source must  comply  with  both  the
         applicable requirements governing the change and the
         proposed  permit  terms and conditions.  During this
         time period, the source need  not  comply  with  the
         existing  permit  terms  and  conditions it seeks to
         modify.  If the source  fails  to  comply  with  its
         proposed  permit  terms  and  conditions during this
         time  period,  the   existing   permit   terms   and
         conditions  which it seeks to modify may be enforced
         against it.
              vii.  The permit shield under subparagraph 7(j)
         of this Section  may  not  extend  to  minor  permit
         modifications.
              viii.  If  a  construction  permit is required,
         pursuant  to  Section  39(a)   of   this   Act   and
         regulations  thereunder,  for a change for which the
         minor permit modification procedures are applicable,
         the source may request that the  processing  of  the
         construction permit application be consolidated with
         the  processing  of  the  application  for the minor
         permit modification.  In such cases, the  provisions
         of  this Section, including those within subsections
         5, 8, and 9, shall apply and the Agency shall act on
         such applications pursuant to subparagraph 14(a)(v).
         The source may make the proposed change  immediately
         after  filing  its  application for the minor permit
         modification.  Nothing in  this  subparagraph  shall
         otherwise  affect  the  requirements  and procedures
         applicable to construction permits.
         b.  Group Processing of Minor Permit Modifications.
              i.  Where requested by an applicant within  its
         application,  the  Agency  shall process groups of a
         source's  applications  for  certain   modifications
         eligible  for   minor permit modification processing
         in accordance with the provisions of this  paragraph
         (b).
              ii.  Permit  modifications  may be processed in
         accordance with the procedures for group processing,
         for those modifications:
                   A.  Which  meet  the  criteria  for  minor
              permit    modification     procedures     under
              subparagraph 14(a)(i) of this Section; and
                   B.  That collectively are below 10 percent
              of  the emissions allowed by the permit for the
              emissions unit for which change  is  requested,
              20  percent  of  the  applicable  definition of
              major source set forth in subsection 2 of  this
              Section,  or  5  tons  per  year,  whichever is
              least.
              iii.  An applicant requesting the use of  group
         processing procedures shall meet the requirements of
         subsection  5  of this Section and shall include the
         following in its application:
                   A.  A  description  of  the  change,   the
              emissions  resulting  from  the change, and any
              new applicable requirements that will apply  if
              the change occurs.
                   B.  The source's suggested draft permit.
                   C.  Certification    by    a   responsible
              official consistent with paragraph 5(e) of this
              Section, that the proposed  modification  meets
              the   criteria  for  use  of  group  processing
              procedures and a request that  such  procedures
              be used.
                   D.  A  list  of the source's other pending
              applications awaiting group processing,  and  a
              determination    of   whether   the   requested
              modification,  aggregated  with   these   other
              applications,  equals  or exceeds the threshold
              set  under  subparagraph  (b)(ii)(B)  of   this
              subsection.
                   E.  Certification,     consistent     with
              paragraph  5(e),  that  the source has notified
              USEPA  of  the  proposed  modification.    Such
              notification   need   only   contain   a  brief
              description of the requested modification.
                   F.  Completed forms for the Agency to  use
              to notify USEPA and affected states as required
              under subsections 8 and 9 of this Section.
              iv.  On  a quarterly basis or within 5 business
         days of receipt of an application demonstrating that
         the aggregate of  a  source's  pending  applications
         equals  or  exceeds  the  threshold  level set forth
         within subparagraph (b)(ii)(B) of  this  subsection,
         whichever  is  earlier,  the  Agency  shall promptly
         notify USEPA and affected States  of  the  requested
         permit  modifications in accordance with subsections
         8 and 9 of this Section.  The Agency shall send  any
         notice required under paragraph 8(d) of this Section
         to USEPA.
              v.  The  provisions  of  subparagraph (a)(v) of
         this  subsection  shall   apply   to   modifications
         eligible  for  group  processing,  except  that  the
         Agency  shall  take  one of the actions specified in
         subparagraphs (a)(v)(A) through  (a)(v)(D)  of  this
         subsection   within  180  days  of  receipt  of  the
         application or 15 days  after  the  end  of  USEPA's
         45-day  review  period  under  subsection  9 of this
         Section, whichever is later.
              vi.  The provisions of subparagraph (a)(vi)  of
         this  subsection  shall  apply  to modifications for
         group processing.
              vii.  The provisions of paragraph 7(j) of  this
         Section  shall  not  apply to modifications eligible
         for group processing.
         c.  Significant Permit Modifications.
              i.  Significant modification  procedures  shall
         be  used  for  applications  requesting  significant
         permit modifications and for those applications that
         do  not qualify as either minor permit modifications
         or as administrative permit amendments.
              ii.  Every  significant  change   in   existing
         monitoring  permit  terms  or  conditions  and every
         relaxation    of    reporting    or    recordkeeping
         requirements shall  be  considered  significant.   A
         modification shall also be considered significant if
         in   the   judgment  of  the  Agency  action  on  an
         application for modification would require decisions
         to be made on technically  complex  issues.  Nothing
         herein  shall be construed to preclude the permittee
         from making changes  consistent  with  this  Section
         that  would  render existing permit compliance terms
         and conditions irrelevant.
              iii.  Significant  permit  modifications   must
         meet all the requirements of this Section, including
         those   for   applications  (including  completeness
         review), public participation,  review  by  affected
         States,  and  review  by USEPA applicable to initial
         permit issuance  and  permit  renewal.   The  Agency
         shall   take  final  action  on  significant  permit
         modifications within 9 months  after  receipt  of  a
         complete application.
         d.  The  Agency  shall  have  the authority to adopt
    procedural  rules,  in  accordance  with   the   Illinois
    Administrative   Procedure   Act,  as  the  Agency  deems
    necessary, to implement this subsection.

    15.  Reopenings for Cause by the Agency.
         a.  Each   issued   CAAPP   permit   shall   include
    provisions specifying  the  conditions  under  which  the
    permit  will  be  reopened prior to the expiration of the
    permit.  Such revisions shall be made as expeditiously as
    practicable.   A  CAAPP  permit  shall  be  reopened  and
    revised under any  of  the  following  circumstances,  in
    accordance with procedures adopted by the Agency:
              i.  Additional requirements under the Clean Air
         Act  become  applicable  to a major CAAPP source for
         which 3 or more years remain on the original term of
         the permit.  Such a reopening shall be completed not
         later than 18 months after the promulgation  of  the
         applicable   requirement.    No   such  revision  is
         required if the effective date of the requirement is
         later than the date on which the permit  is  due  to
         expire.
              ii.  Additional  requirements (including excess
         emissions  requirements)  become  applicable  to  an
         affected source for acid deposition under  the  acid
         rain  program.   Excess emissions offset plans shall
         be deemed to be incorporated into  the  permit  upon
         approval by USEPA.
              iii.  The  Agency  or USEPA determines that the
         permit  contains  a   material   mistake   or   that
         inaccurate  statements were made in establishing the
         emissions standards, limitations, or other terms  or
         conditions of the permit.
              iv.  The  Agency  or  USEPA determines that the
         permit  must  be  revised  or  revoked   to   assure
         compliance with the applicable  requirements.
         b.  In  the  event  that  the Agency determines that
    there are grounds for revoking a CAAPP permit, for cause,
    consistent with paragraph a of this subsection, it  shall
    file  a petition before the Board setting forth the basis
    for such revocation.  In any such proceeding, the  Agency
    shall  have  the  burden  of establishing that the permit
    should be revoked under the standards set forth  in  this
    Act  and the Clean Air Act.  Any such proceeding shall be
    conducted  pursuant  to  the   Board's   procedures   for
    adjudicatory  hearings  and  the  Board  shall render its
    decision within 120 days of the filing of  the  petition.
    The  Agency shall take final action to revoke and reissue
    a CAAPP permit consistent with the Board's order.
         c.  Proceedings regarding a  reopened  CAAPP  permit
    shall  follow  the  same  procedures  as apply to initial
    permit issuance and shall affect only those parts of  the
    permit for which cause to reopen exists.
         d.  Reopenings   under   paragraph   (a)   of   this
    subsection shall not be initiated before a notice of such
    intent  is  provided to the CAAPP source by the Agency at
    least 30 days in advance of the date that the  permit  is
    to  be  reopened,  except  that  the Agency may provide a
    shorter time period in the case of an emergency.
         e.  The Agency shall have  the  authority  to  adopt
    procedural   rules,   in  accordance  with  the  Illinois
    Administrative  Procedure  Act,  as  the   Agency   deems
    necessary, to implement this subsection.

    16.  Reopenings for Cause by USEPA.
         a.  When USEPA finds that cause exists to terminate,
    modify,  or revoke and reissue a CAAPP permit pursuant to
    subsection 15 of this Section,  and  thereafter  notifies
    the  Agency and the permittee of such finding in writing,
    the Agency shall forward to USEPA  and  the  permittee  a
    proposed  determination  of termination, modification, or
    revocation and reissuance as appropriate,  in  accordance
    with   paragraph  b  of  this  subsection.  The  Agency's
    proposed determination shall be in  accordance  with  the
    record,   the  Clean  Air  Act,  regulations  promulgated
    thereunder,  this   Act   and   regulations   promulgated
    thereunder.  Such proposed determination shall not affect
    the permit  or  constitute  a  final  permit  action  for
    purposes  of  this  Act or the Administrative Review Law.
    The  Agency  shall  forward  to   USEPA   such   proposed
    determination   within  90  days  after  receipt  of  the
    notification from USEPA. If additional time is  necessary
    to  submit  the  proposed determination, the Agency shall
    request a 90-day extension from USEPA  and  shall  submit
    the  proposed determination within 180 days of receipt of
    notification from USEPA.
              b. i.  Prior to the Agency's submittal to USEPA
         of a proposed determination to terminate  or  revoke
         and  reissue  the  permit,  the  Agency shall file a
         petition before  the  Board  setting  forth  USEPA's
         objection,  the permit record, the Agency's proposed
         determination,  and  the   justification   for   its
         proposed  determination.  The  Board shall conduct a
         hearing pursuant to the rules prescribed by  Section
         32  of this Act, and the burden of proof shall be on
         the Agency.
              ii.  After due consideration of the written and
         oral statements, the testimony  and  arguments  that
         shall be submitted at hearing, the Board shall issue
         and   enter   an  interim  order  for  the  proposed
         determination, which shall set forth all changes, if
         any,   required    in    the    Agency's    proposed
         determination.  The  interim order shall comply with
         the requirements for final orders as  set  forth  in
         Section 33 of this Act. Issuance of an interim order
         by  the  Board  under this paragraph, however, shall
         not affect the permit status and does not constitute
         a final action for  purposes  of  this  Act  or  the
         Administrative Review Law.
              iii.  The  Board  shall  cause  a  copy  of its
         interim order to be served upon all parties  to  the
         proceeding  as  well as upon USEPA. The Agency shall
         submit  the  proposed  determination  to  USEPA   in
         accordance with the Board's Interim Order within 180
         days after receipt of the notification from USEPA.
         c.  USEPA shall review the proposed determination to
    terminate, modify,  or  revoke  and  reissue  the  permit
    within 90 days of receipt.
              i.  When    USEPA    reviews    the    proposed
         determination to terminate or revoke and reissue and
         does  not  object, the Board shall, within 7 days of
         receipt of USEPA's final approval, enter the interim
         order as a final  order.  The  final  order  may  be
         appealed  as  provided  by Title XI of this Act. The
         Agency shall take final action  in  accordance  with
         the Board's final order.
              ii.  When    USEPA    reviews   such   proposed
         determination to terminate or revoke and reissue and
         objects, the Agency shall submit  USEPA's  objection
         and  the Agency's comments and recommendation on the
         objection to the  Board  and  permittee.  The  Board
         shall  review  its  interim  order  in  response  to
         USEPA's  objection  and  the  Agency's  comments and
         recommendation and issue a final order in accordance
         with Sections 32 and 33  of  this  Act.  The  Agency
         shall,   within   90  days  after  receipt  of  such
         objection,   respond   to   USEPA's   objection   in
         accordance with the Board's final order.
              iii.  When   USEPA   reviews   such    proposed
         determination  to  modify  and  objects,  the Agency
         shall,  within  90  days  after   receipt   of   the
         objection,  resolve  the  objection  and  modify the
         permit in accordance with USEPA's  objection,  based
         upon  the  record,  the  Clean  Air Act, regulations
         promulgated thereunder, this  Act,  and  regulations
         promulgated thereunder.
         d.  If  the  Agency  fails  to  submit  the proposed
    determination pursuant to paragraph a of this  subsection
    or  fails  to  resolve  any  USEPA  objection pursuant to
    paragraph c of this  subsection,  USEPA  will  terminate,
    modify, or revoke and reissue the permit.
         e.  The  Agency  shall  have  the authority to adopt
    procedural  rules,  in  accordance  with   the   Illinois
    Administrative   Procedure   Act,  as  the  Agency  deems
    necessary, to implement this subsection.

    17.  Title IV; Acid Rain Provisions.
         a.  The  Agency   shall   act   on   initial   CAAPP
    applications  for affected sources for acid deposition in
    accordance with this Section and Title V of the Clean Air
    Act and regulations  promulgated  thereunder,  except  as
    modified by Title IV of the Clean Air Act and regulations
    promulgated  thereunder.   The Agency shall issue initial
    CAAPP permits to the affected sources for acid deposition
    which shall become effective no earlier than  January  1,
    1995,  and which shall terminate on December 31, 1999, in
    accordance with this Section.  Subsequent  CAAPP  permits
    issued  to  affected sources for acid deposition shall be
    issued for a fixed term of 5 years. Title IV of the Clean
    Air Act and regulations promulgated thereunder, including
    but not limited to 40 C.F.R. Part 72, as now or hereafter
    amended, are applicable to  and  enforceable  under  this
    Act.
         b.  A   designated  representative  of  an  affected
    source for acid deposition  shall  submit  a  timely  and
    complete  Phase  II  acid  rain  permit  application  and
    compliance  plan to the Agency, not later than January 1,
    1996, that meets the requirements of Titles IV and  V  of
    the  Clean  Air Act and regulations. The Agency shall act
    on  the  Phase  II  acid  rain  permit  application   and
    compliance plan in accordance with this Section and Title
    V  of  the  Clean  Air  Act  and  regulations promulgated
    thereunder, except as modified by Title IV of  the  Clean
    Air  Act  and  regulations  promulgated  thereunder.  The
    Agency  shall  issue  the Phase II acid rain permit to an
    affected  source  for  acid  deposition  no  later   than
    December  31,  1997,  which  shall  become  effective  on
    January  1, 2000, in accordance with this Section, except
    as modified  by  Title  IV  and  regulations  promulgated
    thereunder;  provided  that the designated representative
    of the source submitted a timely and  complete  Phase  II
    permit application and compliance plan to the Agency that
    meets the requirements of Title IV and V of the Clean Air
    Act and regulations.
         c.  Each   Phase  II  acid  rain  permit  issued  in
    accordance with this subsection shall have a  fixed  term
    of  5 years. Except as provided in paragraph b above, the
    Agency shall issue or deny a Phase II  acid  rain  permit
    within  18 months of receiving a complete Phase II permit
    application and compliance plan.
         d.  A designated representative of a  new  unit,  as
    defined in Section 402 of the Clean Air Act, shall submit
    a   timely   and  complete  Phase  II  acid  rain  permit
    application  and   compliance   plan   that   meets   the
    requirements  of Titles IV and V of the Clean Air Act and
    its regulations. The Agency shall act on the  new  unit's
    Phase II acid rain permit application and compliance plan
    in  accordance with this Section and Title V of the Clean
    Air Act and its regulations, except as modified by  Title
    IV  of  the Clean Air Act and its regulations. The Agency
    shall reopen the new unit's CAAPP  permit  for  cause  to
    incorporate  the  approved  Phase  II acid rain permit in
    accordance with this Section.  The  Phase  II  acid  rain
    permit  for  the new unit shall become effective no later
    than the date required under Title IV of  the  Clean  Air
    Act and its regulations.
         e.  A   designated  representative  of  an  affected
    source for acid deposition  shall  submit  a  timely  and
    complete  Title  IV NOx permit application to the Agency,
    not  later  than  January  1,  1998,   that   meets   the
    requirements  of Titles IV and V of the Clean Air Act and
    its regulations. The Agency shall  reopen  the  Phase  II
    acid  rain  permit for cause and incorporate the approved
    NOx provisions into the Phase II  acid  rain  permit  not
    later  than  January  1,  1999,  in  accordance with this
    Section, except as modified by Title IV of the Clean  Air
    Act   and   regulations   promulgated   thereunder.  Such
    reopening shall not affect the term of the Phase II  acid
    rain permit.
         f.  The  designated  representative  of the affected
    source for acid deposition shall renew the initial  CAAPP
    permit  and  Phase II acid rain permit in accordance with
    this Section and  Title  V  of  the  Clean  Air  Act  and
    regulations promulgated thereunder, except as modified by
    Title IV of the Clean Air Act and regulations promulgated
    thereunder.
         g.  In  the  case  of  an  affected  source for acid
    deposition for which a complete Phase II acid rain permit
    application and compliance plan are timely received under
    this subsection,  the  complete  permit  application  and
    compliance  plan,  including amendments thereto, shall be
    binding   on   the   owner,   operator   and   designated
    representative, all affected units for acid deposition at
    the affected source, and any other unit,  as  defined  in
    Section  402  of the Clean Air Act, governed by the Phase
    II acid rain permit application and shall be  enforceable
    as an acid rain permit for purposes of Titles IV and V of
    the  Clean  Air  Act,  from the date of submission of the
    acid rain permit application until a Phase II  acid  rain
    permit is issued or denied by the Agency.
         h.  The  Agency  shall  not include or implement any
    measure  which  would  interfere  with  or   modify   the
    requirements  of  Title  IV  of  the  Clean  Air  Act  or
    regulations promulgated thereunder.
         i.  Nothing  in  this  Section shall be construed as
    affecting allowances or  USEPA's  decision  regarding  an
    excess emissions offset plan, as set forth in Title IV of
    the Clean Air Act or regulations promulgated thereunder.
              i.  No  permit  revision  shall be required for
         increases  in  emissions  that  are  authorized   by
         allowances   acquired  pursuant  to  the  acid  rain
         program, provided that such increases do not require
         a  permit  revision  under  any   other   applicable
         requirement.
              ii.  No  limit shall be placed on the number of
         allowances held by the source.  The source may  not,
         however,    use   allowances   as   a   defense   to
         noncompliance with any other applicable requirement.
              iii.  Any such allowance shall be accounted for
         according   to   the   procedures   established   in
         regulations promulgated under Title IV of the  Clean
         Air Act.
         j.  To  the  extent  that  the  federal  regulations
    promulgated  under Title IV, including but not limited to
    40 C.F.R. Part 72,  as  now  or  hereafter  amended,  are
    inconsistent  with  the  federal  regulations promulgated
    under Title V, the federal regulations promulgated  under
    Title IV shall take precedence.
         k.  The  USEPA may intervene as a matter of right in
    any permit appeal involving a Phase II acid  rain  permit
    provision or denial of a Phase II acid rain permit.
         l.  It  is  unlawful  for  any  owner or operator to
    violate any terms or conditions of a Phase II  acid  rain
    permit  issued  under  this  subsection,  to  operate any
    affected source for acid deposition except in  compliance
    with  a  Phase  II  acid rain permit issued by the Agency
    under this subsection, or to violate any other applicable
    requirements.
         m.  The designated  representative  of  an  affected
    source for acid deposition shall submit to the Agency the
    data   and  information  submitted  quarterly  to  USEPA,
    pursuant  to  40  CFR  75.64,   concurrently   with   the
    submission  to USEPA. The submission shall be in the same
    electronic format as specified by USEPA.
         n.  The  Agency  shall  act  on  any  petition   for
    exemption  of  a new unit or retired unit, as those terms
    are defined in Section 402 of the Clean Air Act, from the
    requirements of the acid rain program in accordance  with
    Title IV of the Clean Air Act and its regulations.
         o.  The  Agency  shall  have  the authority to adopt
    procedural  rules,  in  accordance  with   the   Illinois
    Administrative   Procedure   Act,  as  the  Agency  deems
    necessary to implement this subsection.

    18.  Fee Provisions.
         a.  For each 12 month period after the date on which
    the USEPA approves or conditionally approves  the  CAAPP,
    but  in  no  event  prior  to  January  1, 1994, a source
    subject to this Section or excluded under subsection  1.1
    or  paragraph  3(c)  of  this Section, shall pay a fee as
    provided  in  this  part  (a)  of  this  subsection   18.
    However,  a  source  that  has  been  excluded  from  the
    provisions  of  this  Section  under  subsection  1.1  or
    paragraph  3(c)  of this Section because the source emits
    less  than  25  tons  per  year  of  any  combination  of
    regulated air pollutants shall  pay  fees  in  accordance
    with paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of Section 9.6.
              i.  The  fee  for a source allowed to emit less
         than  100  tons  per  year  of  any  combination  of
         regulated air pollutants shall be $1,000 per year.
              ii.  The fee for a source allowed to  emit  100
         tons   or  more  per  year  of  any  combination  of
         regulated air pollutants, except for those regulated
         air pollutants excluded in paragraph 18(f)  of  this
         subsection, shall be as follows:
                   A.  The  Agency shall assess an annual fee
              of $13.50 per ton for the  allowable  emissions
              of  all regulated air pollutants at that source
              during the term  of  the  permit.   These  fees
              shall  be  used  by the Agency and the Board to
              fund the activities required by Title V of  the
              Clean  Air Act including such activities as may
              be carried out by other State or local agencies
              pursuant to paragraph (d) of  this  subsection.
              The  amount  of  such fee shall be based on the
              information supplied by the  applicant  in  its
              complete  CAAPP  permit  application  or in the
              CAAPP permit if the permit has been granted and
              shall be determined by the amount of  emissions
              that  the  source  is allowed to emit annually,
              provided  however,  that  no  source  shall  be
              required to pay an  annual  fee  in  excess  of
              $100,000.   The Agency shall provide as part of
              the  permit  application  form  required  under
              subsection 5 of this  Section  a  separate  fee
              calculation form which will allow the applicant
              to   identify   the   allowable  emissions  and
              calculate the fee for the term of  the  permit.
              In  no  event shall the Agency raise the amount
              of  allowable  emissions   requested   by   the
              applicant unless such increases are required to
              demonstrate  compliance  with  terms of a CAAPP
              permit.
                   Notwithstanding the above,  any  applicant
              may  seek  a  change  in its permit which would
              result in increases in allowable emissions  due
              to  an  increase  in  the hours of operation or
              production rates of an emission unit  or  units
              and  such a change shall be consistent with the
              construction   permit   requirements   of   the
              existing State permit  program,  under  Section
              39(a)  of this Act and applicable provisions of
              this Section.  Where a construction  permit  is
              required,  the Agency shall expeditiously grant
              such  construction   permit   and   shall,   if
              necessary, modify the CAAPP permit based on the
              same application.
                   B.  Except  for  the  first  year  of  the
              CAAPP,  the  applicant or permittee may pay the
              fee annually or  semiannually  for  those  fees
              greater than $5,000.
         b.  For  fiscal  year  1999  and  each  fiscal  year
    thereafter,  to the extent that permit fees collected and
    deposited in the CAA Permit Fund during that fiscal  year
    exceed  115% of the actual expenditures (excluding permit
    fee reimbursements) from the CAA  Permit  Fund  for  that
    fiscal year (including lapse period spending), the excess
    shall  be  reimbursed  to the permittees in proportion to
    their original fee payments.  Such  reimbursements  shall
    be  made  during  the next fiscal year and may be made in
    the form of a credit against that  fiscal  year's  permit
    fee.
         c.  There  shall  be  created  a  CAA Fee Panel of 5
    persons.  The Panel shall:
              i.  If it deems necessary on an  annual  basis,
         render  advisory  opinions  to  the  Agency  and the
         General Assembly regarding the appropriate level  of
         Title V Clean Air Act fees for the next fiscal year.
         Such  advisory opinions shall be based on a study of
         the operations of the Agency and  any  other  entity
         requesting  appropriations from the CAA Permit Fund.
         This  study  shall  recommend  changes  in  the  fee
         structure, if warranted.  The study will be based on
         the  ability  of  the  Agency  or  other  entity  to
         effectively utilize the funds generated as  well  as
         the  entity's  conformance  with  the objectives and
         measurable benchmarks identified by  the  Agency  as
         justification   for  the  prior  year's  fee.   Such
         advisory  opinions  shall  be   submitted   to   the
         appropriation committees no later than April 15th of
         each year.
              ii.  Not be compensated for their services, but
         shall receive reimbursement for their expenses.
              iii.  Be  appointed  as  follows:  4 members by
         the Director of the Agency from a list  of  no  more
         than  8  persons,  submitted  by  representatives of
         associations who represent facilities subject to the
         provisions of this subsection and  the  Director  of
         the Agency or designee.
         d.  There  is hereby created in the State Treasury a
    special fund to be known as the "CAA Permit  Fund".   All
    Funds collected by the Agency pursuant to this subsection
    shall  be  deposited into the Fund.  The General Assembly
    shall appropriate monies from this Fund to the Agency and
    to the Board to carry out their  obligations  under  this
    Section.   The General Assembly may also authorize monies
    to be granted by the Agency from this Fund to other State
    and local agencies which perform duties  related  to  the
    CAAPP. Interest generated on the monies deposited in this
    Fund  shall be returned to the Fund. The General Assembly
    may appropriate up to the sum of $25,000  to  the  Agency
    from the CAA Permit Fund for use by the Panel in carrying
    out its responsibilities under this subsection.
         e.  The  Agency  shall  have  the authority to adopt
    procedural  rules,  in  accordance  with   the   Illinois
    Administrative   Procedure   Act,  as  the  Agency  deems
    necessary to implement this subsection.
         f.  For  purposes  of  this  subsection,  the   term
    "regulated air pollutant" shall have the meaning given to
    it  under  subsection 1 of this Section but shall exclude
    the following:
              i.  carbon monoxide;
              ii.  any Class I or II  substance  which  is  a
         regulated  air pollutant solely because it is listed
         pursuant to Section 602 of the Clean Air Act;
              iii.  any pollutant that  is  a  regulated  air
         pollutant solely because it is subject to a standard
         or  regulation under Section 112(r) of the Clean Air
         Act based on the emissions  allowed  in  the  permit
         effective  in  that  calendar  year, at the time the
         applicable bill is generated; and
              iv.  during  the  years   1995   through   1999
         inclusive,  any  emissions from affected sources for
         acid deposition under Section 408(c)(4) of the Clean
         Air Act.

    19.  Air Toxics Provisions.
         a.  In the event that the USEPA fails to  promulgate
    in  a timely manner a standard pursuant to Section 112(d)
    of the Clean Air Act, the Agency shall have the authority
    to issue permits, pursuant to Section 112(j) of the Clean
    Air Act and  regulations  promulgated  thereunder,  which
    contain  emission limitations which are equivalent to the
    emission limitations that would apply to a source  if  an
    emission standard had been promulgated in a timely manner
    by  USEPA pursuant to Section 112(d).  Provided, however,
    that the owner or operator of a  source  shall  have  the
    opportunity  to  submit to the Agency a proposed emission
    limitation which it determines to be  equivalent  to  the
    emission  limitations  that would apply to such source if
    an emission standard had been  promulgated  in  a  timely
    manner  by  USEPA.   If the Agency refuses to include the
    emission limitation proposed by the owner or operator  in
    a  CAAPP  permit,  the owner or operator may petition the
    Board  to  establish  whether  the  emission   limitation
    proposal  submitted by the owner or operator provides for
    emission limitations which are equivalent to the emission
    limitations  that  would  apply  to  the  source  if  the
    emission standard had been  promulgated  by  USEPA  in  a
    timely  manner.   The  Board  shall determine whether the
    emission limitation proposed by the owner or operator  or
    an alternative emission limitation proposed by the Agency
    provides  for the level of control required under Section
    112 of the Clean Air Act, or shall otherwise establish an
    appropriate emission limitation, pursuant to Section  112
    of the Clean Air Act.
         b.  Any Board proceeding brought under paragraph (a)
    or (e) of this subsection shall be conducted according to
    the  Board's procedures for adjudicatory hearings and the
    Board shall render its decision within 120  days  of  the
    filing  of  the  petition.   Any  such  decision shall be
    subject to review  pursuant to Section 41  of  this  Act.
    Where  USEPA  promulgates an applicable emission standard
    prior to the issuance of the  CAAPP  permit,  the  Agency
    shall  include  in  the  permit the promulgated standard,
    provided that the source shall have the compliance period
    provided under Section 112(i) of the Clean Air Act. Where
    USEPA promulgates an applicable  standard  subsequent  to
    the issuance of the CAAPP permit, the Agency shall revise
    such   permit  upon  the  next  renewal  to  reflect  the
    promulgated standard, providing a reasonable time for the
    applicable source to comply with  the  standard,  but  no
    longer than 8 years after the date on which the source is
    first  required  to  comply with the emissions limitation
    established under this subsection.
         c.  The Agency shall have the authority to implement
    and  enforce  complete  or  partial  emission   standards
    promulgated  by  USEPA  pursuant  to  Section 112(d), and
    standards  promulgated  by  USEPA  pursuant  to  Sections
    112(f),  112(h),  112(m),  and  112(n),  and  may  accept
    delegation of  authority  from  USEPA  to  implement  and
    enforce   Section   112(l)   and   requirements  for  the
    prevention and detection of accidental releases  pursuant
    to Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act.
         d.  The  Agency  shall  have  the authority to issue
    permits pursuant to Section 112(i)(5) of  the  Clean  Air
    Act.
         e.  The   Agency  has  the  authority  to  implement
    Section 112(g) of the Clean Air Act consistent  with  the
    Clean   Air   Act  and  federal  regulations  promulgated
    thereunder. If the Agency refuses to include the emission
    limitations proposed in an application  submitted  by  an
    owner  or  operator for a case-by-case maximum achievable
    control technology (MACT)  determination,  the  owner  or
    operator  may petition the Board to determine whether the
    emission limitation proposed by the owner or operator  or
    an alternative emission limitation proposed by the Agency
    provides  for  a level of control required by Section 112
    of the Clean  Air  Act,  or  to  otherwise  establish  an
    appropriate  emission limitation under Section 112 of the
    Clean Air Act.

    20.  Small Business.
         a.  For purposes of this subsection:
         "Program" is the Small  Business  Stationary  Source
    Technical and Environmental Compliance Assistance Program
    created  within this State pursuant to Section 507 of the
    Clean Air Act and  guidance  promulgated  thereunder,  to
    provide  technical  assistance and compliance information
    to small business stationary sources;
         "Small Business Assistance Program" is  a  component
    of  the  Program  responsible  for  providing  sufficient
    communications   with   small   businesses   through  the
    collection and  dissemination  of  information  to  small
    business stationary sources; and
         "Small   Business   Stationary   Source"   means   a
    stationary source that:
              1.  is  owned  or  operated  by  a  person that
         employs 100 or fewer individuals;
              2.  is a small business concern as  defined  in
         the "Small Business Act";
              3.  is  not  a  major  source  as  that term is
         defined in subsection 2 of this Section;
              4.  does not emit 50 tons or more per  year  of
         any regulated air pollutant; and
              5.  emits  less  than  75  tons per year of all
         regulated pollutants.
         b.  The Agency shall  adopt  and  submit  to  USEPA,
    after   reasonable  notice  and  opportunity  for  public
    comment,  as   a   revision   to   the   Illinois   state
    implementation plan, plans for establishing the Program.
         c.  The  Agency  shall  have  the authority to enter
    into such contracts and agreements as  the  Agency  deems
    necessary to carry out the purposes of this subsection.
         d.  The  Agency  may establish such procedures as it
    may deem necessary for the purposes of  implementing  and
    executing its responsibilities under this subsection.
         e.  There   shall  be  appointed  a  Small  Business
    Ombudsman (hereinafter in this subsection referred to  as
    "Ombudsman")  to  monitor  the  Small Business Assistance
    Program.  The Ombudsman shall be a nonpartisan designated
    official,  with  the  ability  to  independently   assess
    whether the goals of the Program are being met.
         f.  The  State  Ombudsman Office shall be located in
    an existing Ombudsman office within the State or  in  any
    State Department.
         g.  There  is  hereby  created  a  State  Compliance
    Advisory  Panel  (hereinafter in this subsection referred
    to as "Panel") for determining the overall  effectiveness
    of  the  Small  Business  Assistance  Program within this
    State.
         h.  The selection of Panel members shall be  by  the
    following method:
              1.  The  Governor  shall select two members who
         are not owners or representatives of owners of small
         business stationary sources to represent the general
         public;
              2.  The Director of the Agency shall select one
         member to represent the Agency; and
              3.  The State  Legislature  shall  select  four
         members  who are owners or representatives of owners
         of small  business  stationary  sources.   Both  the
         majority  and  minority leadership in both Houses of
         the Legislature shall  appoint  one  member  of  the
         panel.
         i.  Panel  members should serve without compensation
    but  will  receive  full   reimbursement   for   expenses
    including  travel  and per diem as authorized within this
    State.
         j.  The Panel  shall  select  its  own  Chair  by  a
    majority  vote.   The Chair may meet and consult with the
    Ombudsman and the head of the Small  Business  Assistance
    Program in planning the activities for the Panel.

    21.  Temporary Sources.
         a.  The Agency may issue a single permit authorizing
    emissions  from  similar  operations  by  the same source
    owner or operator at multiple temporary locations, except
    for  sources  which  are  affected   sources   for   acid
    deposition under Title IV of the Clean Air Act.
         b.  The   applicant   must   demonstrate   that  the
    operation is temporary and  will  involve  at  least  one
    change of location during the term of the permit.
         c.  Any   such  permit  shall  meet  all  applicable
    requirements of this Section and applicable  regulations,
    and  include  conditions  assuring  compliance  with  all
    applicable  requirements  at all authorized locations and
    requirements that the owner or operator notify the Agency
    at least 10 days in advance of each change in location.

    22.  Solid Waste Incineration Units.
         a.  A CAAPP permit for a  solid  waste  incineration
    unit  combusting  municipal  waste  subject  to standards
    promulgated under Section 129(e) of  the  Clean  Air  Act
    shall  be  issued  for  a period of 12 years and shall be
    reviewed every 5 years, unless the Agency  requires  more
    frequent review through Agency procedures.
         b.  During  the  review  in  paragraph  (a)  of this
    subsection, the Agency shall fully review the  previously
    submitted  CAAPP  permit  application  and  corresponding
    reports  subsequently  submitted to determine whether the
    source is in compliance with all applicable requirements.
         c.  If the Agency determines that the source is  not
    in  compliance  with all applicable requirements it shall
    revise the CAAPP permit as appropriate.
         d.  The Agency shall have  the  authority  to  adopt
    procedural   rules,   in  accordance  with  the  Illinois
    Administrative  Procedure  Act,  as  the   Agency   deems
    necessary, to implement this subsection.
(Source:  P.A.  89-79,  eff.  6-30-95;  90-14,  eff.  7-1-97;
90-367, eff. 8-10-97.)

    (415 ILCS 5/42) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1042)
    Sec. 42. Civil penalties.
    (a)  Except  as provided in this Section, any person that
violates any provision of this Act or any regulation  adopted
by  the Board, or any permit or term or condition thereof, or
that  violates  any  determination  or  order  of  the  Board
pursuant to this Act, shall be liable to a civil  penalty  of
not  to  exceed  $50,000  for the violation and an additional
civil penalty of not to exceed $10,000 for  each  day  during
which the violation continues; such penalties may, upon order
of  the  Board  or a court of competent jurisdiction, be made
payable to the Environmental Protection  Trust  Fund,  to  be
used  in  accordance with the provisions of the Environmental
Protection Trust Fund Act.
    (b)  Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a)  of
this Section:
         (1)  Any  person that violates Section 12(f) of this
    Act or any NPDES permit or term or condition thereof,  or
    any  filing  requirement, regulation or order relating to
    the NPDES permit program, shall  be  liable  to  a  civil
    penalty of not to exceed $10,000 per day of violation.
         (2)  Any  person that violates Section 12(g) of this
    Act or any UIC permit or term or  condition  thereof,  or
    any  filing  requirement, regulation or order relating to
    the State UIC program for  all  wells,  except  Class  II
    wells  as  defined  by the Board under this Act, shall be
    liable to a civil penalty not to exceed $2,500 per day of
    violation; provided, however, that any person who commits
    such violations relating to the  State  UIC  program  for
    Class  II  wells, as defined by the Board under this Act,
    shall be liable to a  civil  penalty  of  not  to  exceed
    $10,000 for the violation and an additional civil penalty
    of  not  to  exceed  $1,000 for each day during which the
    violation continues.
         (3)  Any person that violates Sections 21(f), 21(g),
    21(h) or 21(i) of this Act, or any RCRA permit or term or
    condition thereof, or any filing requirement,  regulation
    or  order  relating  to  the State RCRA program, shall be
    liable to a civil penalty of not to  exceed  $25,000  per
    day of violation.
         (4)  In  an  administrative  citation  action  under
    Section  31.1  of  this  Act,  any  person  found to have
    violated any  provision  of  subsection  (o)  or  (p)  of
    Section  21 of this Act shall pay a civil penalty of $500
    for each violation  of  each  such  provision,  plus  any
    hearing costs incurred by the Board and the Agency.  Such
    penalties  shall  be  made  payable  to the Environmental
    Protection Trust Fund, to be used in accordance with  the
    provisions  of  the  Environmental  Protection Trust Fund
    Act; except that if a unit of local government issued the
    administrative citation, 50% of the civil  penalty  shall
    be payable to the unit of local government.
         (5)  Any person who violates subsection 6 of Section
    39.5  of  this  Act  or  any  CAAPP  permit,  or  term or
    condition thereof, or any fee or filing  requirement,  or
    any  duty  to  allow  or  carry  out inspection, entry or
    monitoring  activities,  or  any  regulation   or   order
    relating to the CAAPP shall be liable for a civil penalty
    not to exceed $10,000 per day of violation.
    (b.5)  In  lieu of the penalties set forth in subsections
(a) and (b) of this Section, any person who fails to file, in
a timely manner, a toxic chemical release forms form with the
Agency pursuant to Section 25b-2 of this Act shall be  liable
for  a  civil  penalty of $100 per day for each day the forms
are form is late, not to exceed a maximum  total  penalty  of
$6,000.  This  daily  penalty  shall  begin  accruing  on the
thirty-first day after the date that the person receives  the
warning notice issued by the Agency pursuant to Section 25b-6
of this Act; and the penalty shall be paid to the Agency. The
daily accrual of penalties shall cease as of January 1 of the
following   year.  All  penalties  collected  by  the  Agency
pursuant to this  subsection  shall  be  deposited  into  the
Environmental Protection Permit and Inspection Fund.
    (c)  Any  person  that  violates this Act, or an order or
other determination of the Board under this  Act  and  causes
the  death  of fish or aquatic life shall, in addition to the
other penalties provided by this Act, be liable to pay to the
State an additional sum for the reasonable value of the  fish
or  aquatic  life  destroyed. Any money so recovered shall be
placed in the Wildlife and Fish Fund in the State Treasury.
    (d)  The penalties provided for in this  Section  may  be
recovered in a civil action.
    (e)  The  State's  Attorney  of  the  county in which the
violation occurred, or the  Attorney  General,  may,  at  the
request of the Agency or on his own motion, institute a civil
action for an injunction to restrain violations of this Act.
    (f)  The  State's  Attorney  of  the  county in which the
violation occurred, or the Attorney General, shall bring such
actions in the name of the people of the State  of  Illinois.
Without  limiting any other authority which may exist for the
awarding of attorney's fees and costs, the Board or  a  court
of  competent  jurisdiction  may  award  costs and reasonable
attorney's fees, including the  reasonable  costs  of  expert
witnesses  and  consultants,  to  the State's Attorney or the
Attorney General in a case where he has prevailed  against  a
person  who  has  committed  a  wilful,  knowing  or repeated
violation of the Act.
    Any funds collected under this subsection  (f)  in  which
the  Attorney General has prevailed shall be deposited in the
Hazardous Waste Fund created in Section 22.2 of this Act. Any
funds collected under this subsection (f) in which a  State's
Attorney  has  prevailed  shall  be retained by the county in
which he serves.
    (g)  All final orders imposing civil  penalties  pursuant
to  this Section shall prescribe the time for payment of such
penalties.  If any such penalty is not paid within  the  time
prescribed, interest on such penalty at the rate set forth in
subsection  (a)  of  Section  1003 of the Illinois Income Tax
Act, shall be paid for the period from the  date  payment  is
due until the date payment is received.  However, if the time
for  payment  is  stayed  during  the  pendency of an appeal,
interest shall not accrue during such stay.
    (h)  In determining the appropriate civil penalty  to  be
imposed  under subdivisions  (a), (b)(1), (b)(2),  (b)(3), or
(b)(5)  of  this Section, the Board is authorized to consider
any  matters  of  record  in  mitigation  or  aggravation  of
penalty, including but not limited to the following factors:
         (1)  the duration and gravity of the violation;
         (2)  the presence or absence of due diligence on the
    part  of  the  violator  in  attempting  to  comply  with
    requirements of this Act and regulations thereunder or to
    secure relief therefrom as provided by this Act;
         (3)  any economic benefits accrued by  the  violator
    because of delay in compliance with requirements;
         (4)  the amount of monetary penalty which will serve
    to  deter  further  violations  by  the  violator  and to
    otherwise aid in enhancing voluntary compliance with this
    Act by the violator and other persons  similarly  subject
    to the Act; and
         (5)  the  number,  proximity in time, and gravity of
    previously adjudicated violations  of  this  Act  by  the
    violator.
(Source: P.A.  87-1213;  88-45;  88-106; 88-496; 88-670, eff.
12-2-94.)

    (415 ILCS 5/56) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1056)
    Sec. 56.  (a)  The General Assembly finds:
         (1)  that potentially infectious medical  waste,  if
    not  handled properly, may constitute an environmental or
    public health problem.
         (2)  that potentially infectious medical  waste,  if
    not  handled  properly,  may  present  a  health  risk to
    handlers of the waste at the facility where the waste  is
    generated, during transportation of the waste, and at the
    facility receiving the waste.
    (b)  It  is  the  purpose  of  this  Title  to reduce the
potential environmental and public  health  risks  associated
with  potentially  infectious  medical  waste by establishing
statutory and regulatory requirements  to  ensure  that  such
waste will be handled in a safe and responsible manner.
    (c)  Potentially   infectious  medical  waste  is  not  a
hazardous waste,  except  for  those  potentially  infectious
medical  wastes  identified  by characteristics or listing as
hazardous under Section 3001 of the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act of 1976,  P.L.  94-580,  or  pursuant  to  Board
regulations.       Potentially   infectious   medical   waste
characterized or listed as hazardous shall be subject to  the
appropriate   hazardous   waste   regulations.    Potentially
infectious  medical  waste  packages  that contain both waste
characterized or listed as hazardous and waste  characterized
as  nonhazardous  shall  be  subject  to  the hazardous waste
regulations.
(Source: P.A. 87-752.)

    (415 ILCS 5/56.4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1056.4)
    Sec.  56.4.  (a)  Manifests  for  potentially  infectious
medical waste shall consist of an original (the first page of
the  form)  and  3  copies.   Upon  delivery  of  potentially
infectious medical waste by a generator to a transporter, the
transporter shall deliver one copy of the completed  manifest
to  the  generator.   Upon delivery of potentially infectious
medical waste by a transporter to  a  treatment  or  disposal
receiving  facility,  the  transporter shall keep one copy of
the completed manifest, and the transporter shall deliver the
original and one  copy  of  the  completed  manifest  to  the
treatment  or  disposal receiving facility.  The treatment or
disposal receiving  facility  shall  keep  one  copy  of  the
completed  manifest  and return the original to the generator
within 35 days.   The  manifest,  as  provided  for  in  this
Section,  shall not terminate while being transferred between
the generator,  transporter,  transfer  station,  or  storage
facility,  unless  transfer  activities  are conducted at the
treatment or disposal facility.  The manifest shall terminate
at the treatment or disposal facility.
    (b) Potentially infectious medical waste manifests  shall
be   in  a  form  prescribed  and  provided  by  the  Agency.
Generators and transporters of potentially infectious medical
waste and facilities accepting potentially infectious medical
waste are not required to submit copies of such manifests  to
the  Agency.  The manifest described in this Section shall be
used for the transportation of potentially infectious medical
waste instead of the manifest described in Section  22.01  of
this  Act.  Copies  of  each manifest shall be retained for 3
years by generators, transporters, and facilities, and  shall
be available for inspection and copying by the Agency.
    (c)  The  Agency  shall  assess  a  fee of $2.00 for each
potentially infectious medical waste manifest provided by the
Agency.
    (d) All fees collected by the Agency under  this  Section
shall  be  deposited into the Environmental Protection Permit
and Inspection Fund.  The  Agency  may  establish  procedures
relating  to  the collection of fees under this Section.  The
Agency shall not  refund  any  fee  paid  to  it  under  this
Section.
(Source: P.A. 87-752.)
    Section  15.  The Illinois Chemical Safety Act is amended
by changing Section 3 as follows:

    (430 ILCS 45/3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 953)
    Sec. 3.  Definitions. For the purposes of this Act:
    "Agency"  means  the  Illinois  Environmental  Protection
Agency.
    "Business"    means    any    individual,    partnership,
corporation,  or  association  in  the  State  engaged  in  a
business operation that has 5 or more full-time employees, or
20 or more part-time employees, and that is properly assigned
or included within one of the following  Standard  Industrial
Classifications   (SIC),   as   designated  in  the  Standard
Industrial Classification  Manual  prepared  by  the  Federal
Office of Management and Budget:
    2295 Coated fabrics, not rubberized;
    2491 Wood preserving;
    2671.  Packaging  paper  and  plastics  film,  coated and
laminated;
    2672  Coated   and   laminated   paper,   not   elsewhere
classified;
    2812 Alkalies and chlorine;
    2813 Industrial gases;
    2819  Industrial  inorganic  chemicals,   not   elsewhere
classified;
    2821    Plastic    materials,   synthetic   resins,   and
non-vulcanizable elastomers;
    2834 Pharmaceutical preparations;
    2842  Specialty  cleaning,   polishing   and   sanitation
preparations;
    2851  Paints,  varnishes,  lacquers,  enamels, and allied
products;
    2865 Cyclic (coal tar) crudes, and cyclic intermediaries,
dyes and organic pigments (lakes and toners);
    2869  Industrial   organic   chemicals,   not   elsewhere
classified;
    2873 Nitrogenous fertilizer;
    2874 Phosphatic fertilizers;
    2879 Pesticides and agricultural chemicals, not elsewhere
classified;
    2891 Adhesives and sealants;
    2892 Explosives;
    2911 Petroleum refining;
    2952 Asphalt felts and coatings;
    2999  Products  of  petroleum  and  coal,  not  elsewhere
classified;
    3081. Unsupported plastics, film and sheet;
    3082  Unsupported plastics profile shapes;
    3083  Laminated plastics plate, sheet and profile shapes;
    3084  Plastic pipe;
    3085  Plastic bottles;
    3086  Plastic foam products;
    3087  Custom compounding of purchased plastic resin;
    3088  Plastic plumbing fixtures;
    3089  Plastic products, not elsewhere classified;
    3111 Leather tanning and finishing;
    3339  Primary smelting and refining of nonferrous metals,
except copper and aluminum;
    3432  Plumbing fixture fittings and trim;
    3471  Electroplating,  plating,  polishing, anodizing and
coloring;
    4953 Refuse systems;
    5085 Industrial supplies;
    5162  Plastic materials and basic forms and shapes;
    5169  Chemicals  and  allied  products,   not   elsewhere
classified;
    5171 Petroleum bulk stations and terminals;
    5172  Petroleum   and  petroleum  products,  wholesalers,
except bulk stations and terminals.
    For the purposes  of  this  Act,  the  SIC  Code  that  a
business   uses   for  determining  its  coverage  under  The
Unemployment  Insurance  Act  shall  be  the  SIC  Code   for
determining  the  applicability  of  this  Act.  On an annual
basis, the Department of Employment  Security  shall  provide
the IEMA with a list of those regulated facilities covered by
the above mentioned SIC codes.
    "Business"  also  means  any  facility not covered by the
above SIC codes that is subject to the provisions of  Section
302   of   the   federal  Emergency  Planning  and  Community
Right-to-Know Act of 1986 and that is found by the Agency  to
use, store, or manufacture a chemical substance in a quantity
that  poses  a  threat  to  the environment or public health.
Such a determination shall be based on an on-site  inspection
conducted  by  the  Agency  and  certified  to the IEMA.  The
Agency shall also conduct inspections at the request of  IEMA
or  upon  a  written request setting forth a justification to
the IEMA from the chairman of the  local  emergency  planning
committee  upon  recommendation  of  the committee.  The IEMA
shall transmit a copy of the  request  to  the  Agency.   The
Agency  may, in the event of a reportable release that occurs
at any facility operated or owned by a business  not  covered
by  the  above  SIC  codes,  conduct  inspections if the site
hazard  appears  to   warrant   such   action.    The   above
notwithstanding,  any  farm operation shall not be considered
as a facility subject to this definition.
    Notwithstanding the above,  for  purposes  of  this  Act,
"business"   does   not  mean  any  facility  for  which  the
requirements promulgated at Part 1910.119 of Title 29 of  the
Code  of  Federal  Regulations  are  applicable  or which has
completed and submitted the plan required by Part 68 of Title
40 of the Code of Federal  Regulations,  provided  that  such
business  conducts and documents in writing an assessment for
any  instance  where  the  Agency  provides  notice  that   a
significant release of a chemical substance has occurred at a
facility.   Such  assessment  shall explain the nature, cause
and known effects of  the  release,  any  mitigating  actions
taken,  and preventive measures that can be employed to avoid
a future release.  Such assessment shall be available at  the
facility  for review within 30 days after the Agency notifies
the facility that a significant release  has  occurred.   The
Agency may provide written comments to the business following
an on-site review of an assessment.
    "Chemical  name"  means  the  scientific designation of a
chemical in accordance with the nomenclature system developed
by the International Union  of  Pure  and  Applied  Chemistry
(IUPAC) or the American Chemical Society's Chemical Abstracts
Service  (CAS)  rules  of  nomenclature,  or a name that will
clearly identify the chemical for hazard evaluation purposes.
    "Chemical  substance"  means  any  "extremely   hazardous
substance" listed in Appendix A of 40 C.F.R. Part 355 that is
present at a facility in an amount in excess of its threshold
planning  quantity,  any  "hazardous  substance" listed in 40
C.F.R. Section 302.4 that is present  at  a  facility  in  an
amount  in  excess of its reportable quantity or in excess of
its threshold planning quantity if it is also  an  "extremely
hazardous  substance",  and any petroleum including crude oil
or any fraction thereof that is present at a facility  in  an
amount  exceeding 100 pounds unless it is specifically listed
as  a  "hazardous  substance"  or  an  "extremely   hazardous
substance".  "Chemical substance" does not mean any substance
to  the  extent it is used for personal, family, or household
purposes or to the extent it is present in the same form  and
concentration  as  a product packaged for distribution to and
use by the general public.
    "IEMA" means the Illinois Emergency Management Agency.
    "Facility" means the  buildings  and  all  real  property
contiguous  thereto,  and  the equipment at a single location
used for the conduct of business.
    "Local emergency planning committee" means the  committee
that  is  appointed  for an emergency planning district under
the provisions  of  Section  301  of  the  federal  Emergency
Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986.
    "Release"  means  any  sudden spilling, leaking, pumping,
pouring,   emitting,   escaping,    emptying,    discharging,
injecting,   leaching,   dumping,   or   disposing  into  the
environment beyond the boundaries of a facility, but excludes
the following:
         (a)  Any release that results in exposure to persons
    solely within a workplace, with respect to a  claim  that
    such persons may assert against their employer.
         (b)  Emissions  from  the  engine exhaust of a motor
    vehicle, rolling stock,  aircraft,  vessel,  or  pipeline
    pumping station engine.
         (c)  Release   of   source,  byproduct,  or  special
    nuclear material from a nuclear incident, as those  terms
    are  defined  in  the  Atomic  Energy Act of 1954, if the
    release  is  subject  to  requirements  with  respect  to
    financial   protection   established   by   the   Nuclear
    Regulatory Commission under Section  170  of  the  Atomic
    Energy Act of 1954.
         (d)  The normal application of fertilizer.
    "Significant  release"  means  any  release  which  is so
designated in writing by the Agency or the IEMA based upon an
inspection at the site  of  an  emergency  incident,  or  any
release  which results in any evacuation, hospitalization, or
fatalities of the public.
(Source: P.A. 90-442, eff. 8-16-97.)
    Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
becoming law.

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