SB 222 — ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION-TECH

With SB222 Enrolled -9- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b respect to all monies appropriated from the Build Illinois Bond Fund or the Build Illinois Purposes Fund for public water supply grants, such grants shall be made in accordance with rules promulgated by the Agency.

(2) The Agency shall not terminate a grant to a unit of local government for the financing and construction of public water supply facilities unless and until the Agency adopts rules that set forth precise and complete standards, pursuant to Section 5-20 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, for the SB222 Engrossed -11- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b termination of such grants.

6-26-02.) SB222 Enrolled -10- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b (415 ILCS 5/5) (from Ch.

In case of a vacancy in the office when the Senate is not in session, the Governor may make a temporary appointment until the next meeting of the Senate, when he or she shall nominate some SB222 Engrossed -12- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b person to fill such office;

The Governor shall designate one Board member to be SB222 Enrolled -11- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b Chairman, who shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor.

SB222 Engrossed -13- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b Four members of the Board shall constitute a quorum, and 4 votes shall be required for any final determination by the Board, except in a proceeding to remove a seal under paragraph (d) of Section 34 of this Act.

(d) The Board shall have authority to conduct proceedings upon complaints charging violations of this Act, SB222 Enrolled -12- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b any rule or regulation adopted under this Act, o -r--- any permit or term or condition of a permit,_____________d_______;permit, _________________o_____;

(e) In connection with any proceeding pursuant to SB222 Engrossed -14- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b subsection (b) or (d) of this Section, the Board may subpoena and compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of evidence reasonably necessary to resolution of the matter under consideration.

In addition to the fees collected under this Section, the SB222 Enrolled -13- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b Hazardous Waste Fund shall include other moneys made available from any source for deposit into the Fund.

If, as a result of the use of multiple monofills, waste fees in excess of the SB222 Engrossed -15- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b maximum are assessed with respect to a single waste generator, the generator may apply to the Agency for a credit.

(D) 3 cents per gallon or $6.06 per cubic yard 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 SB222 Enrolled -14- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b treatment site is owned, controlled and operated by a person other than the generator of such waste.

(3) The Agency shall have the authority to accept, receive, and administer on behalf of the State any moneys SB222 Engrossed -16- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b made available to the State from any source for the purposes of the Hazardous Waste Fund set forth in subsection (d) of this Section.

(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 SB222 Enrolled -15- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b 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.

(2) the SB222 Engrossed -17- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b form and submission of reports to accompany the payment of fees to the Agency;

SB222 Enrolled -16- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b (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.

(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 SB222 Engrossed -18- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b the performance of response actions pursuant to Title XVII of this Act.

Monies in the Fund may also be used by the Department of Natural Resources for technical studies, monitoring activities, and educational SB222 Enrolled -17- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b and research activities which are related to the protection of underground waters.

(f) Notwithstanding any other provision or rule of law, and subject only to the defenses set forth in subsection (j) SB222 Engrossed -19- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b 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:

(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 SB222 Enrolled -18- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b substances or pesticides;

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 SB222 Engrossed -20- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b subsection (i) of this Section.

(A) any building, structure, installation, equipment, pipe or pipeline including but not SB222 Enrolled -19- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b 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;

(B) in the case of an abandoned facility, any person owning or operating the abandoned facility or any person who owned, operated, or otherwise SB222 Engrossed -21- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b controlled activities at the abandoned facility immediately prior to such abandonment;

(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 SB222 Enrolled -20- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b 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 SB222 Engrossed -22- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b 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.

(H) The term "owner or operator" does not SB222 Enrolled -21- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b 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 SB222 Engrossed -23- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b Section 22.2(f).

(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 SB222 Enrolled -22- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b 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;

(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 SB222 Engrossed -24- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b this Section or the National Contingency Plan pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (P.L.

(A) its directions for storage, handling and use as SB222 Enrolled -23- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b stated in its label or labeling;

(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 SB222 Engrossed -25- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b 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.

(6)(A) The term "contractual relationship", for the SB222 Enrolled -24- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b 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 SB222 Engrossed -26- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b at the facility.

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 SB222 Enrolled -25- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b 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.

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 SB222 Engrossed -27- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b 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.

(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 SB222 Enrolled -26- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b 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 SB222 Engrossed -28- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b from demonstrating that the defendant has made all appropriate inquiry within the meaning of subdivision (6)(B) of this subsection (j), if:

or (V) there is any evidence of fraud, material SB222 Enrolled -27- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b concealment, or material misrepresentation by the defendant of environmental conditions or of related information discovered during the course of an Environmental Audit.

(I) maintains at the time of the Environmental Audit and for at least one year thereafter at least $500,000 of environmental consultants' professional SB222 Engrossed -29- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b liability insurance coverage issued by an insurance company licensed to do business in Illinois;

(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, SB222 Enrolled -28- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b or from the real property.

______________________t___________________________a_____________ _____s_____________________e______________________h__________________s_____________________c______________________e_____________ _____a_____________________u______________________u__________________m_____________________i______________________o_____________ ______u____________________i_______________________U_________________u_____________________t______________________U_____________ _____3_____________________s______________________l__________________3_____________________e______________________p_____________ _____d______________________S_____________________n_____________ _____d_____________________n______________________-__________________d_____________________w______________________9_____________ _____d_____________________n______________________s_____________ _____v_____________________s_______________________U_________________n_____________________A________________________U___________ 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------------------b---------------------a------------- -r---------------------y----------------------e----- (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.

review information regarding local geology, water well locations, and locations of waters of the State as may be SB222 Enrolled -31- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b 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;

(III) On or to media other than soil or groundwater, the defendant, as part of the Phase II SB222 Engrossed -33- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b 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.

SB222 Enrolled -32- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b 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).

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 SB222 Engrossed -34- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b action level.

SB222 Enrolled -33- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b Any monies received by the State pursuant to this subsection (k) shall be deposited in the Hazardous Waste Fund.

and shall deposit the remaining 15% of such fees collected in the State Treasury to the credit of the Environmental SB222 Engrossed -35- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b Protection Permit and Inspection Fund.

SB222 Enrolled -34- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b "Uniform application" means the uniform registration and permit application form prescribed under the Uniform Program.

SB222 Engrossed -36- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b (2) Beginning July 1, 1998, the Agency shall implement the Uniform State Hazardous Materials Transportation Registration and Permit Program.

The amount of the apportioned vehicle registration fee shall be calculated consistent with the procedures established under the Uniform SB222 Enrolled -35- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b Program.

In addition, funds SB222 Engrossed -37- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b not expended for the implementation of the Uniform Program may be utilized for emergency response and cleanup activities related to hazardous waste transportation that are initiated by the Agency.

(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 SB222 Enrolled -36- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b 3 years from the date issued or until a transporter fails to renew its registration, whichever occurs first.

(5) The Agency may enter into agreements with federal agencies, national repositories, or other SB222 Engrossed -38- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b participating states as necessary to allow for the reciprocal registration and permitting of transporters pursuant to the Uniform Program.

6-26-02.) (415 ILCS 5/28.6 new) _e______________________r_____________________i______________e_____________________g______________________p_____________ _____f_____________e_____ _a_____________________l_______________________B_____________a______________________f______________________t____________ _____y_____________________p______________________i__________________e_______________________r_____________________i____________ _____e______________________a_____________________e_____________________T__________________g______________________c_____________ _____e_____________________k_______________________o_________________s_________________ _____a_______b_____________________p_______________________b____________ _b_____________________l______________________i_____________ _____f_____________________c_______________________s____________ _____p_____________________o_______________________v____________ _____e_____________________t______________________i_____________ _____e_____________________d_________ _c_____________________l______________________i_____________ _____f_____________________c______________________h_____________ _____n_____________________5______________________d_____________ _____d______________________o______________________t____________ _____e_____________________t_______________________5____________ ______o____________________d______________________r_____________ _____o_____________________t______________________t_____________ ______t_____________ SB222 EngrossedEnrolled -39--37- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b _d_____________________t______________________a___________________t____________________e_______________________o____________ _____o_____________________A______________________t__________________e______________________o_______________________a___________ _____s_____________________i______________________f___________________a____________________c______________________t_____________ _____c_____________________n______________________t__________________u__________________ _____o_____________________e_______________________c_____________c_____________________p_______________________b____________ _____c_____________________5______________________n___________________t____________________o______________________4_____________ ______c____________________p______________________r__________________e_____________________t______________________c_____________ _____e_________________________t____________________y______________________t_____________ _e_____________________o______________________n______________d______________________t_____________________m_____________ _____g_____________________p______________________s__________________g_____________________p______________________S_____________ _____b_____________________e_______________________o_________________h_____________________t______________________t_____________ _____c_____________________s_______________________r_________________s_______________________n____________________s_____________ _____m_____________________v______________________l__________________o_____________________S______________________a_____________ _____t______________________a_____________________e__________________e______________________b_____________________o_____________ _____a______________________i_______________________a_________________ _f_____________________o______________________n______________e_____________________a_______________________t____________ _____g_____________________p______________________s__________________S________ _______n___________________r______________________._____________ _____S_____________________h______________________h_____________ _____p_____________________c______________________u_____________ _____d______ _g______________________A_____________________t_____________ ______t____________________c______ (415 ILCS 5/30) (from Ch.

The Agency shall cause investigations to be made upon the request of the Board or upon receipt of information concerning an alleged violation of this Act,_ ----- any rule or regulation a______d_____________a_____e_____________ ____ --------------------e---------p---------------------r-------- any permit -r---------------a------------- -----y- or --- term or condition of a_ -------- permit, o_______o______ ________o_____________o______ and may cause to be made such other investigations as it shall deem advisable.

6-26-02.) SB222 Engrossed -40- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b (415 ILCS 5/31) (from Ch.

(a)(1) Within 180 days of becoming aware of an alleged violation of the Act or any rule adopted under the Act or of a permit granted by the Agency or condition of the SB222 Enrolled -38- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b permit, the Agency shall issue and serve, by certified mail, upon the person complained against a written notice informing that person that the Agency has evidence of the alleged violation.

SB222 Engrossed -41- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b (A) information in rebuttal, explanation or justification of each alleged violation;

(B) a proposed Compliance Commitment Agreement that includes specified times for achieving each commitment and which may consist of a statement SB222 Enrolled -39- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b indicating that the person complained against believes that compliance has been achieved;

The written response SB222 Engrossed -42- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b shall include:

(B) a proposed Compliance Commitment Agreement SB222 Enrolled -40- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b that includes specified times for achieving each commitment and which may consist of a statement indicating that the person complained against believes that compliance has been achieved;

(8) Nothing in this subsection (a) is intended to SB222 Engrossed -43- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b require the Agency to enter into Compliance Commitment Agreements for any alleged violation that the Agency believes cannot be resolved without the involvement of the Office of the Attorney General or the State's Attorney of the county in which the alleged violation SB222 Enrolled -41- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b occurred, for, among other purposes, the imposition of statutory penalties.

(11) Nothing in this subsection (a) is intended to SB222 Engrossed -44- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b preclude the person complained against from submitting to the Agency, by certified mail, at any time, notification that the person complained against consents to waiver of the requirements of subsections (a) and (b) of this Section.

SB222 Enrolled -42- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b (b) For alleged violations that remain the subject of disagreement between the Agency and the person complained against following fulfillment of the requirements of subsection (a) of this Section, and as a precondition to the Agency's referral or request to the Office of the Illinois Attorney General or the State's Attorney of the county in which the alleged violation occurred for legal representation regarding an alleged violation that may be addressed pursuant to subsection (c) or (d) of this Section or pursuant to Section 42 of this Act, the Agency shall issue and serve, by certified mail, upon the person complained against a written notice informing that person that the Agency intends to pursue legal action.

Nothing in this subsection is intended to preclude the Agency from following the provisions of subsection (c) or (d) of this Section or from requesting the legal representation of the Office of the Illinois Attorney General or the State's Attorney of the county in which the alleged violations occurred for alleged violations which remain the subject of disagreement between the Agency and the person complained SB222 Engrossed -45- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b against after the provisions of this subsection are fulfilled.

(c)(1) For alleged violations which remain the subject of disagreement between the Agency and the person complained against following waiver, pursuant to SB222 Enrolled -43- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b subdivision (10) of subsection (a) of this Section, or fulfillment of the requirements of subsections (a) and (b) of this Section, the Office of the Illinois Attorney General or the State's Attorney of the county in which the alleged violation occurred shall issue and serve upon the person complained against a written notice, together with a formal complaint, which shall specify the provision of the Act or the rule or regulation or permit or term or condition thereof under which such person is said to be in violation, and a statement of the manner in, and the extent to which such person is said to violate the Act or such rule or regulation or permit or term or condition thereof and shall require the person so complained against to answer the charges of such formal complaint at a hearing before the Board at a time not less than 21 days after the date of notice by the Board, except as provided in Section 34 of this Act.

The respondent may file a SB222 Engrossed -46- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b written answer, and at such hearing the rules prescribed in Sections 32 and 33 of this Act shall apply.

In the case of actual or threatened acts outside Illinois contributing to environmental damage in Illinois, the extraterritorial service-of-process provisions of SB222 Enrolled -44- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b Sections 2-208 and 2-209 of the Code of Civil Procedure shall apply.

(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision SB222 Engrossed -47- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b (1) of this subsection (c), if the Agency becomes aware of a violation of this Act arising from, or as a result of, voluntary pollution prevention activities, the Agency shall not proceed with the written notice required by subsection (a) of this Section unless:

SB222 Enrolled -45- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b (A) the person fails to take corrective action or eliminate the reported violation within a reasonable time;

(d)___ Any person may file with the Board a complaint, meeting the requirements of subsection (c) of this Section, against any person allegedly violating this Act,___________________u______________________t_____________Act,___________________a______________________i_____________ _e_____________________i______________________r______________e_____________________c_______________________o____________ _r_____ ---------------r----------------------o------------- -r---------------------n------------r----------------------t-------- The complainant shall immediately serve a copy of such complaint upon the person or persons named therein.

_________________o______________________d_____________ _t_____________________y______________________'______________t_____________________e______________________e_____________ _h_____________________e______________________i______________h_____________________i______________________p_____________ _r_____________________t_______________________r_____________r_____________________e______________________a_____________ _e_____________________g______________________v_____________ _f_____________________n______________________s______________f_____________________s________________________d___________ _o_____________________n________________________h____________o_____________________a______________________n_____________ SB222 Engrossed -48- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b _h_____________________o______________________i____________ (e) In hearings before the Board under this Title the burden shall be on the Agency or other complainant to show either that the respondent has caused or threatened to cause air or water pollution or that the respondent has violated or SB222 Enrolled -46- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b threatens to violate any provision of this Act or any rule or regulation of the Board or permit or term or condition thereof.

It shall not be a defense to findings of violations of the provisions of ____________a_________________________a____________ _____a_______________________t____________________i__________________a_____________________h_______________________o____________ _____t_____________________a_____________________t_____________________r__________________ -----c-----------------A------------ -----a------ or a bar to the assessment of civil penalties that the person has come into compliance subsequent to the violation, except where such action is barred by any applicable State or federal statute of limitation.

In all such matters the Board shall file and publish a written opinion stating the facts and reasons leading to its SB222 Engrossed -49- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b decision.

(b) Such order may include a direction to cease and desist from violations of ___________________o_____________t _____e_____________________y______________________n___________________________________r_____________ _____t_____________________d________e_____________________n______________________o_____________ ------------------B-------------SB222 -----e-----------------------o--------------------i------------,Enrolled -47- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b _____t_____________________ t---------------------o------------- -----r---------------------m----------------------t------------, and/or the imposition by the Board of civil penalties in accord with Section 42 of this Act.

Whenever a proceeding before the Board may affect the right of the public individually or collectively to the use SB222 Engrossed -50- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b of community sewer or water facilities provided by a municipally owned or publicly regulated company, the Board shall at least 30 days prior to the scheduled date of the first hearing in such proceeding, give notice of the date, time, place, and purpose of such hearing by public SB222 Enrolled -48- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b advertisement in a newspaper of general circulation in the area of the State concerned.

___________g_______________________________e__________________ To the extent consistent with applicable provisions of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as now or hereafter amended, the Federal Safe Drinking Water Act (P.L.

However, the Board is not required to find that an arbitrary or SB222 Engrossed -51- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b unreasonable hardship exists exclusively because the regulatory standard is under review and the costs of compliance are substantial and certain.

In granting or denying a variance the Board shall file and publish a written opinion stating the facts and reasons leading to its SB222 Enrolled -49- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b decision.

(b) The ______ ---------d- shall grant provisional variances _____v_____________________p______________________e____________,_____v______________________p_____________________q____________, -----u---------------------m------------------u--------------------r-------------- that compliance on a short term basis with any rule or regulation, requirement or order of the Board, or with any permit requirement,_requirement, _ would impose an arbitrary or unreasonable hardship.

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(b) Except as provided by Section 38 of this Act, any variance granted pursuant to the provisions of this Section SB222 Engrossed -52- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b shall be granted for such period of time, not exceeding five years, as shall be specified by the Board at the time of the grant of such variance, and upon the condition that the person who receives such variance shall make such periodic progress reports as the Board shall specify.

Such variance SB222 Enrolled -50- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b may be extended from year to year by affirmative action of the Board, but only if satisfactory progress has been shown.

_________o_____________ _____e_______________b____________ ----------p----------------------o--------------------e----------------------t------------- -----y---------------------m----------------------h---------------y----------------------p---------------------l--------- up to an additional 45 days b_y_______________________t___________.b_____________________f____________.

The notices required by this Section shall include the street address, and if there is no street address then the legal description SB222 Engrossed -53- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b or the location with reference to any well known landmark, highway, road, thoroughfare or intersection.

The Agency shall make a SB222 Enrolled -51- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b recommendation to the Board as to the disposition of the petition.

--------------------y-------------------------------i------------- -----t------------------------s----------------- If the Agency fails to take final action within 30 days after receipt of the request ______f_____ _____s_______________________i_____________________t___________,_____s_____________________f______________________t____________, the person may initiate a proceeding ___________B____________e_______ under subsection (a) of Section 35.

_f_____________________a______________________e______________f_______________________p____________________,_____________ _____p_____________________o______________________o___________________p____________________p______________________s_____________ _____,___________,_____ --------- shall give prompt notice of its action to the public by issuing a press release for distribution to newspapers of general circulation in the county.

___________________ _____m_____________________n______________________l_____________ _____n______________________t___________ (Source:

(a) Except as provided in this Section, any person that SB222 Engrossed -54- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b 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 -----m------------ order of the Board pursuant to this Act, shall be liable f___f ___ -- a civil penalty of not to exceed $50,000 for the violation and an additional SB222 Enrolled -52- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b civil penalty of not to exceed $10,000 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 SB222 Engrossed -55- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b 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 SB222 Enrolled -53- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b violated any provision of subsection (o) 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.

(4-5) In an administrative citation action under Section 31.1 of this Act, any person found to have violated any provision of subsection (p) of Section 21 of this Act shall pay a civil penalty of $1,500 for e________ _i______________________p_____________________e______________i_____________________h______________________h_____________ _n_____________________r______________________c______________n_____________________a______________________p_____________ _i_____________________h________i_____________________s________ --------------e------------------s------ $3,000 for __________________a_____________________e_____________e__________________a______________________c_____________ _e______________________p_________e_____________________t____________ - second or subsequent _d_____________________o_________________ ----n------------- -e---------------------d-----------------------A------.-e----------------------b---------------------A------.

(5) Any person who violates subsection 6 of Section 39.5 of this Act or any CAAPP permit, or term or SB222 Engrossed -56- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b 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.

SB222 Enrolled -54- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b (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, toxic chemical release forms 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 late, not to exceed a maximum total penalty of $6,000.

(c) Any person that violates this Act, ________________________ _____a_______________________t____________________i__________________a_____________________h_______________________o____________ _____t_____________________a_____________________t______________________o___________________ ----a--------------r------------- -------d-------------------t----------------------c--------d---------------------B--------------------- 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.

(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_Act, SB222_ Engrossed_____u_____________________p______________________n_____________ -57- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b _____r_____________________o______________________a_____________ _____o_____________________m______________________r_.

SB222 Enrolled -55- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b 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 ___________n______________________a_____________t______________r_____________________d_____________ _____A_____________________r______________________e_____________ ______o_____ -------.

(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 SB222 Engrossed -58- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b penalty, including but not limited to the following factors:

(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 SB222 Enrolled -56- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b secure relief therefrom as provided by this Act;

However, if the Department of Natural Resources fails to act upon any complaint within a period of 10 working days following the receipt of a complaint by the Department, the Environmental Protection SB222 Engrossed -59- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b Agency may proceed under the provisions of this Act.

(b) Any person adversely affected in fact by a violation of this Act, any rule or regulation adopted under this Act, -- any permit or term or condition of a permit, o _________________________ _____ may sue for injunctive relief against such violation.

SB222 Enrolled -57- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b However, except as provided in s ___________ -----c----- (d) ___ ___, no action shall be brought under this Section until 30 days after the plaintiff has been denied relief by the Board in a proceeding brought under ss________________1__ __________________)_ ---------- --- of Section 31 of this Act.

The court may include any of the parties which it determines to have, with actual knowledge, allowed, caused or contributed to the illegal open dumping or SB222 Engrossed -60- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b open burning in any order that it may issue to compel removal of the waste and cleanup of the site, and may apportion the removal and cleanup costs among such parties, as it deems appropriate.

However, a person may not seek to recover any fines or civil penalties imposed upon him under this Act from SB222 Enrolled -58- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b a third-party defendant in an action brought under this subsection.

_e_____________________i________________________p____________e_____________________s_______________________p____________ _____o______________________b______________________c____________ _____n_____________________l______________________e_____________ _____t_____________________r______________________n__________________r_____________________e_______________________i____________ ______i____________________e___ (Source:

VI-C heading new) _____________O__________________ (415 ILCS 5/25c-1 new) _e______________________R______________ _a_____________________r______________________e_____________ _____e______________________f_____________________t__________________e_____________________u______________________e_____________ _____n_____________________l______________________h__________________n_____________________h_______________________t____________ _____s_____________________r______________________o_____________ _____e_____________________i_______________________r____________ _____t_____________________o_______________________t____________ ______t____________________p______________________u_____________ ______m____________________c______________________p_____________ _____i_____________________u______________________t_____________ SB222 EngrossedEnrolled -61--59- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b _____h_____________________t________________________r________________a_____________________s______________________r_____________ _____t_____________________o_______________________t____________ _____t______________________L_____________________d_____________ _______m_____________________r____________________r_____________ _____i_____________________u______________________t_____________ _____a______________________o_____________________m_____________ _____e__ _b_____________________r______________________e______________b_____________________p_______________________i____________ ______R_____________________u_____________________r____________________R___________________e______________________o_____________ _____w______________ _________________o______________________o_____________ _e_____________________s______________________d_____________ _n_____________________e_________________ _________________e_______________________o____________ _r_____________________y_______________________r____________ _e______________________o_____________________o______________e_____________________o______________________l_____________ _r_____________________g______________________s______________r_____________________i______________________e_____________ _f__________ _________________n______________________s______________________________e______________________m_____________ _o_____________________t______________________r______________o______________________e_____________________o_____________ _e_______________________a_____________________i____________ _a_______ _________________a_______________________t____________ _e_____________________n______________________o_____________ _________________i______________________n______________________________a______________________d_____________ _l_____________________o______________________l______________l______________________t_____________________i_____________ _r__________ _c_____________________s______________________h_____________ _____o_____________________u_________________________p_______________o_____________________d_________________________p__________ _____m_____________________r______________________o__________________m_____________________o______________________r_____________ _____a_____________________p______________________,__________________l_____________________d________________________h___________ _____s______________________o____________________ _d_____________________y______________________i_____________ _____d______________________s______________________r_________________e_____________________c______________________o_____________ SB222______i____________________s________________________t___________ Engrossed -62- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b _______i___________________r______________________n_____________ _____s_____________________a______________________s_____________ _____n_____________________a______________________ Section 35.

The Response Action Contractor SB222 Enrolled -60- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b Indemnification Act is amended by changing Sections 4 and 5 as follows:

In the event that the Attorney General determines either (1) that so appearing and defending a contractor involves an actual or potential conflict of interest, or (2) that the act or omission which gave rise to the claim was not within the scope of the State response action contract, or was intentional, willful or wanton misconduct, the Attorney SB222 Engrossed -63- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b General shall decline in writing to appear or defend or shall promptly take appropriate action to withdraw as attorney for such contractor.

Upon receipt of such declination or withdrawal by the Attorney General on the basis of an actual or potential conflict of interest, the contractor may employ SB222 Enrolled -61- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b his own attorney to appear and defend, in which event the State shall pay the contractor's court costs, litigation expenses and attorneys' fees to the extent approved by the Attorney General as reasonable, as they are incurred.

(c) Unless the Attorney General determines that the conduct or inaction which gave rise to the claim or cause of action was not within the scope of the State response action contract, or was intentional, willful or wanton misconduct, any case in which notice was given pursuant to subsection (a) may be settled, in the Attorney General's discretion, and the State shall indemnify the contractor for any damages, court costs and attorneys' fees agreed to as part of the SB222 Engrossed -64- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b settlement.

(d) Court costs and litigation expenses and other costs SB222 Enrolled -62- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b of providing a defense, including attorneys' fees, paid or obligated under this Section, and the costs of indemnification, including the payment of any final judgment or final settlement under this Section, shall be paid by warrant from the Response Contractors Indemnification Fund pursuant to vouchers certified by the Attorney General.

If he determines that it is, he shall submit a voucher for the amount of the judgment and any interest thereon to the State Comptroller, and the amount shall be paid by warrant to the judgment creditor ss______ ______ out of _____f_____ _____a_____________a_______ the Response Contractors Indemnification Fund.

-----e---------------------u-----------------------t-----------------h-----------------------F--------------------n------------- -----r---------------------e-----------------------t-----------------r----------------------f---------------------t------------- -----r----------------------t---------------------t------------------r---------------------e----------------------t------------- ------t---------------------F----------t---------------------u---- In no event will the amount paid for a single occurrence surpass ________$_______0_ ----------,----------- provided-----d---------------------i----------------------n------------- that-----j-----------------------a--------------------o------------- this-----a-----. limitation shall not render any portion of the judgment enforceable against the response action SB222 Engrossed -65- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b contractor.

SB222 Enrolled -63- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b (a) There is hereby created the Response Contractors Indemnification Fund.

(b) Every State response action contract shall provide that 5% of each payment to be made by the State under the contract shall be paid by the State directly into the Response Contractors Indemnification Fund rather than to the contractor, except that when there is a_________$________a __________1_______ ---- -----$----------------$---------- in the Fund at the beginning of a State fiscal year, State response action contracts during that fiscal year need not provide that 5% of each payment made under the contract be paid into the Fund.

(d) Within 30 days after the effective date of this SB222 Engrossed -66- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly, the Comptroller shall order transferred and the Treasurer shall transfer $2,000,000 from the Response Contractors Indemnification Fund to the Asbestos Abatement Fund.

_e_____________________t______________________a______________e______________________a______________________d____________ _____a_____________________d______________________e_____________SB222 ______o____________________d______________________t_____________Enrolled -64- LRB093 08816 AMC 09048 b _____a______________________G_______________________C___________ _______o___________________n_______________________t____________ _____s_____________________i______________________f_____________ _____x_____________________f______________________o__________________c_______________________t____________________n_____________ _____n_____________________e______________________p___________ (Source: