(415 ILCS 5/17.8)
Sec. 17.8. Environmental laboratory certification assessment.
(a) The Agency shall collect an annual
administrative assessment from each laboratory requesting
certification
for meeting the minimum standards established under the authority of subsection
(n) of Section 4. The Agency also shall collect an annual
certification assessment for
each certification requested,
as listed below.
Until the Agency and the Environmental Laboratory Certification Committee
establish administrative and
certification assessment schedules in accordance with the procedures of
subsections (c) and (d-5) of this Section,
the following assessment schedules shall remain in effect:
(1) For certification to conduct public water supply analyses:
(A) $1,000 per year for inorganic parameters; and
(B) $1,000 per year for organic parameters.
(2) For certification to conduct water pollution analyses:
(A) $1,000 per year for inorganic parameters; and
(B) $1,000 per year for organic parameters.
(3) For certification to conduct analyses of solid or liquid samples for hazardous or |
(b) Until the Agency and the
Environmental Laboratory Certification
Committee establish administrative and certification assessment schedules in
accordance with the procedures of
subsections (c) and (d-5) of this Section, the following payment schedules
shall remain in effect. The administrative and certification assessments shall be paid at the
time the laboratory
submits an application for certification or renewal of
certification. Assessments paid under this
Section may not be
refunded.
(c) The Agency may establish procedures relating to the
certification of
laboratories, analyses of samples, development of alternative assessment
schedules,
assessment schedule
dispute resolution, and collection of assessments. No
assessment for the certification of environmental laboratories shall be due
under this Section from any department, agency, or unit of State
government. No assessments
shall be due from any municipal
government for certification to conduct public water supply
analyses. The Agency's
cost for certification of laboratories that are exempt from the
assessment shall be excluded from the calculation of the alternative assessment
schedules.
(d) All moneys collected by the Agency under this Section shall be deposited
into the Environmental Laboratory Certification Fund, a special fund hereby
created in the State treasury. Subject to appropriation, the Agency shall use
the moneys in the Fund to pay expenses incurred in the administration of
laboratory certification duties. All interest or other income earned from the
investment of the moneys in the Fund shall be deposited into the Fund.
(d-5) The Agency, with the concurrence with the Environmental Laboratory
Certification Committee, shall
determine the assessment schedules for participation in the environmental
laboratory certification program. The
Agency, with the concurrence of the Committee, shall base the assessment
schedules upon actual and
anticipated costs for certification under State and federal programs and the
associated costs of the Agency and
Committee.
If the Committee concurs with the Agency's assessment schedule determination,
it shall thereupon take effect.
(e) The Director shall establish an Environmental Laboratory
Certification Committee consisting of (i) one person representing accredited
county or municipal public water supply laboratories, (ii) one person
representing the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago,
(iii) one person representing accredited sanitary district or waste water
treatment plant laboratories, (iv) 3 persons representing accredited
environmental commercial laboratories duly incorporated in the State of
Illinois and employing 20 or more people, (v) 2 persons representing accredited
environmental commercial laboratories duly incorporated in the State of
Illinois employing less than 20 people, and (vi) one person representing the
Illinois Association of Environmental Laboratories, all appointed by the
Director. If no accredited laboratories are available to fill one of the
categories
under item (iv) or (v)
then any laboratory that has applied for accreditation may be
eligible to fill that position. Beginning in 2002, the Director shall appoint
3 members of the Committee for a one-year term, 3 members of the Committee for
2-year terms, and 3 members of the Committee for 3-year terms.
Thereafter, all terms shall be for 3 years, provided that all appointments made on or before December 31, 2012 shall end on December 31, 2012. Beginning on January 1, 2013, the Director shall appoint all members of the Committee for 6-year terms.
In the case of a
vacancy, the Director
may appoint a successor to fill the remaining term of the vacancy. Members of
the Committee shall serve until a successor is appointed by the Director. No
member of the Committee shall serve more than 6 consecutive years. The
Committee shall select from its members a Chairperson and any other officers
that it deems necessary. The Committee shall meet at the call of the Chairperson or the Director. The Agency shall provide the Committee with any supporting services
that the Director and the Chairperson may designate. Members of the Committee
shall be reimbursed for ordinary and necessary expenses incurred in the
performance of their duties. The Committee shall have the following duties:
(1) To consider any alternative assessment schedules submitted by the Agency pursuant to
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