093_HB0369
LRB093 05591 AMC 05683 b
1 AN ACT concerning environmental safety.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended
5 by changing Section 39.4 as follows:
6 (415 ILCS 5/39.4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1039.4)
7 Sec. 39.4. Agrichemical facility permit or lawncare
8 containment permit endorsement.
9 (a) Upon receipt of a joint application transmitted from
10 the Department of Agriculture for an agrichemical facility
11 construction or operation permit or a lawncare containment
12 permit, the Agency may provide a written endorsement of the
13 permit to be issued by the Department for such agrichemical
14 facility or lawncare wash water containment area. The
15 Agency's endorsement may be provided at any time prior to
16 final action by the Department regarding the subject permit.
17 (b) For all purposes of this Act, an agrichemical
18 facility permit or lawncare containment permit endorsed by
19 the Agency pursuant to this Section shall be deemed to be a
20 permit issued by the Agency pursuant to subsection (b) of
21 Section 9 and subsection (b) of Section 12 of this Act. An
22 agrichemical facility or a lawncare wash water containment
23 area remains subject to all applicable permit requirements
24 under this Act if the Department of Agriculture's
25 agrichemical facility permit or lawncare containment permit
26 has not been endorsed pursuant to subsection (a) of this
27 Section.
28 (c) An agrichemical facility permit or a lawncare
29 containment permit endorsed by the Agency shall not be
30 subject to the annual fee provisions of Section 9.6 of this
31 Act.
-2- LRB093 05591 AMC 05683 b
1 (Source: P.A. 88-474.)