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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
SB3071
Introduced 2/6/2004, by Don Harmon SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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415 ILCS 5/22.3 |
from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.3 |
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Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a
Section
concerning hazardous waste disposal sites.
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A BILL FOR
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SB3071 |
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LRB093 20371 BDD 46140 b |
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| AN ACT in relation to environmental safety.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by |
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| changing Section
22.3 as follows:
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| (415 ILCS 5/22.3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.3)
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| Sec. 22.3. Post-closure responsibility. The owner and |
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| operator of a
hazardous waste disposal site
shall, without |
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| limitation, be responsible for the site for a period of 20
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| years after closure of the site, or such longer period of time |
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| as required by
the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery |
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| Act of 1976, P.L. 94-580,
or regulations issued thereunder, or |
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| by Board regulation adopted pursuant
to subsection 22(a) or (f) |
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| of this Act. The owner and operator shall monitor
such site for |
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| gas migration, drainage problems, erosion, settling, ground
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| and surface water pollution and other environmental and safety |
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| problems
which occur, and shall take whatever remedial action |
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| is necessary to solve
any such problems which occur at the site |
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| during the period of
responsibility. Notwithstanding the |
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| provisions of this Section, nothing
contained herein shall be |
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| construed to limit any duties or liabilities
imposed on an |
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| owner or operator of a solid waste disposal site pursuant to
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| this Act or regulations thereunder or arising by operation of |
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| law.
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| (Source: P.A. 81-856.)
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