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| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB1463 Introduced 2/20/2015, by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff 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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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning safety.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 57 as follows:
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| 6 | | (415 ILCS 5/57)
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| 7 | | Sec. 57. Intent and purpose. This Title shall be
known and
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| 8 | | and may be cited as the Leaking Underground Storage Tank |
| 9 | | Program
(LUST).
The purpose of this Title is, in accordance |
| 10 | | with the
requirements of the
Hazardous and Solid Waste |
| 11 | | Amendments of 1984 of the Resource Conservation and
Recovery |
| 12 | | Act of 1976 and in accordance with the State's interest in the
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| 13 | | protection of Illinois' land and water resources: (1) to adopt
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| 14 | | procedures for the
remediation of underground storage tank |
| 15 | | sites due to the release of petroleum
and other substances |
| 16 | | regulated under this Title from certain underground
storage |
| 17 | | tanks or related tank systems; (2) to establish and provide
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| 18 | | procedures for
a Leaking Underground Storage Tank Program which |
| 19 | | will oversee and review any
remediation required for leaking |
| 20 | | underground storage tanks, and administer
the Underground |
| 21 | | Storage Tank Fund; (3) to establish an Underground Storage
Tank
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| 22 | | Fund intended to be a State fund by which persons who qualify |
| 23 | | for access to the
Underground Storage Tank Fund may satisfy the |