(420 ILCS 37/15)
Sec. 15. Permit requirements for the storage, treatment, and disposal of
waste at a disposal facility.
(a) Upon adoption of regulations under subsection (c) of this Section,
no person
shall deposit any low-level radioactive waste at a storage, treatment, or
disposal facility in Illinois licensed under Section 8 of the Illinois
Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Act without a permit granted by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency.
(b) Upon adoption of regulations under subsection (c) of this Section,
no person
shall operate a storage, treatment, or disposal facility licensed under Section
8 of the Illinois Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Act without a permit
granted by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency.
(c) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall adopt regulations providing
for the
issuance, suspension, and revocation of permits required under subsections (a)
and (b) of this Section. The regulations may provide a system for tracking
low-level radioactive
waste to ensure that waste that other states are responsible for disposing of
under federal law does not become the responsibility of the State of Illinois.
The regulations shall be consistent with the Federal Hazardous Materials
Transportation Act.
(d) The Agency may enter into a contract or contracts for operation of
the system for tracking low-level radioactive waste as provided in subsection
(c) of this Section.
(e) A person who violates this Section or any regulation promulgated under
this Section shall be subject to a civil penalty, not to exceed $10,000, for
each violation. Each day a violation continues shall constitute a separate
offense. A person who fails to pay a civil penalty imposed by a regulation
adopted under this Section, or any portion of the penalty, is liable in a civil
action in an amount not to exceed 4 times the amount imposed and not paid. At
the request of the Agency, the Attorney General shall, on behalf of the
State, bring an action for the recovery of any civil penalty provided for by
this Section. Any civil penalties so recovered shall be deposited in the
Low-Level Radioactive Waste Facility Closure, Post-Closure Care and
Compensation Fund.
(Source: P.A. 95-777, eff. 8-4-08.)
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