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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Oil and Gas Act is amended by
5adding Section 7.5 as follows:
 
6    (225 ILCS 725/7.5 new)
7    Sec. 7.5. Gas storage field inspection. The Department
8shall conduct annual inspections at all gas storage fields
9lying on the footprint of a Sole Source Aquifer designated as
10such in 2015 by the United States Environmental Protection
11Agency in the State to ensure that there are no infrastructure
12deficiencies or failures that could pose any harm to public
13health. The owner of the gas storage field shall cover the
14costs of the annual inspection.