97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB2811

 

Introduced 2/18/2011, by Rep. Tom Cross - John D. Cavaletto

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
415 ILCS 5/57

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

 

 

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1financial responsibility requirements under applicable State
2law and regulations; (4) to establish requirements for eligible
3owners and operators of underground storage tanks to seek
4payment for any costs associated with physical soil
5classification, groundwater investigation, site classification
6and corrective action from the Underground Storage Tank Fund;
7and (5) to audit and approve corrective action efforts
8performed by Licensed Professional Engineers.
9(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)