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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB2040
Introduced 2/25/2005, by Sen. Deanna Demuzio SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change to a
Section concerning the intent and purpose of the Leaking Underground Storage
Tank Program.
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A BILL FOR
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SB2040 |
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LRB094 11530 RSP 42497 b |
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| AN ACT concerning 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 57 as follows:
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| (415 ILCS 5/57)
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| Sec. 57. Intent and purpose. This Title shall be
known and
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| and may be cited as the Leaking Underground Storage Tank |
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| Program
(LUST).
The purpose of this Title is, in accordance |
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| with the
requirements of the
Hazardous and Solid Waste |
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| Amendments of 1984 of the Resource Conservation and
Recovery |
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| Act of 1976 and in accordance with the State's interest in the
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| protection of Illinois' land and water resources: (1) to adopt
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| procedures for the
remediation of underground storage tank |
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| sites due to the release of petroleum
and other substances |
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| regulated under this Title from certain underground
storage |
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| tanks or related tank systems; (2) to establish and provide
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| procedures for
a Leaking Underground Storage Tank Program which |
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| will oversee and review any
remediation required for leaking |
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| underground storage tanks, and administer
the Underground |
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| Storage Tank Fund; (3) to establish an Underground Storage
Tank
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| Fund intended to be a State fund by which persons who qualify |
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| for access to the
Underground Storage Tank Fund may satisfy the |
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| financial responsibility
requirements under applicable State |
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| law and regulations; (4) to establish
requirements for eligible |
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| owners and operators of underground storage tanks to
seek |
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| payment for any costs associated with physical soil |
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| classification,
groundwater investigation, site classification |
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| and corrective action from the
Underground Storage Tank Fund; |
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| and (5) to audit and approve
corrective action efforts |
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| performed by Licensed Professional Engineers. |
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| (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
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