Rep. Daniel J. Burke

Filed: 11/28/2016

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1673

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1673, AS AMENDED,
3by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4following:
 
5    "Section 5. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is
6amended by changing Section 1-5 as follows:
 
7    (5 ILCS 100/1-5)  (from Ch. 127, par. 1001-5)
8    Sec. 1-5. Applicability.
9    (a) This Act applies to every agency as defined in this
10Act. Beginning January 1, 1978, in case of conflict between the
11provisions of this Act and the Act creating or conferring power
12on an agency, this Act shall control. If, however, an agency
13(or its predecessor in the case of an agency that has been
14consolidated or reorganized) has existing procedures on July 1,
151977, specifically for contested cases or licensing, those
16existing provisions control, except that this exception

 

 

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1respecting contested cases and licensing does not apply if the
2Act creating or conferring power on the agency adopts by
3express reference the provisions of this Act. Where the Act
4creating or conferring power on an agency establishes
5administrative procedures not covered by this Act, those
6procedures shall remain in effect.
7    (b) The provisions of this Act do not apply to (i)
8preliminary hearings, investigations, or practices where no
9final determinations affecting State funding are made by the
10State Board of Education, (ii) legal opinions issued under
11Section 2-3.7 of the School Code, (iii) as to State colleges
12and universities, their disciplinary and grievance
13proceedings, academic irregularity and capricious grading
14proceedings, and admission standards and procedures, and (iv)
15the class specifications for positions and individual position
16descriptions prepared and maintained under the Personnel Code.
17Those class specifications shall, however, be made reasonably
18available to the public for inspection and copying. The
19provisions of this Act do not apply to hearings under Section
2020 of the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act.
21    (c) Section 5-35 of this Act relating to procedures for
22rulemaking does not apply to the following:
23        (1) Rules adopted by the Pollution Control Board that,
24    in accordance with Section 7.2 of the Environmental
25    Protection Act, are identical in substance to federal
26    regulations or amendments to those regulations

 

 

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1    implementing the following: Sections 3001, 3002, 3003,
2    3004, 3005, and 9003 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act;
3    Section 105 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
4    Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980; Sections 307(b),
5    307(c), 307(d), 402(b)(8), and 402(b)(9) of the Federal
6    Water Pollution Control Act; Sections 1412(b), 1414(c),
7    1417(a), 1421, and 1445(a) of the Safe Drinking Water Act;
8    and Section 109 of the Clean Air Act.
9        (2) Rules adopted by the Pollution Control Board that
10    establish or amend standards for the emission of
11    hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide from gasoline powered
12    motor vehicles subject to inspection under the Vehicle
13    Emissions Inspection Law of 2005 or its predecessor laws.
14        (3) Procedural rules adopted by the Pollution Control
15    Board governing requests for exceptions under Section 14.2
16    of the Environmental Protection Act.
17        (4) The Pollution Control Board's grant, pursuant to an
18    adjudicatory determination, of an adjusted standard for
19    persons who can justify an adjustment consistent with
20    subsection (a) of Section 27 of the Environmental
21    Protection Act.
22        (4.5) The Pollution Control Board's adoption of
23    time-limited water quality standards under Section 38.5 of
24    the Environmental Protection Act.
25        (5) Rules adopted by the Pollution Control Board that
26    are identical in substance to the regulations adopted by

 

 

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1    the Office of the State Fire Marshal under clause (ii) of
2    paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of Section 2 of the
3    Gasoline Storage Act.
4    (d) Pay rates established under Section 8a of the Personnel
5Code shall be amended or repealed pursuant to the process set
6forth in Section 5-50 within 30 days after it becomes necessary
7to do so due to a conflict between the rates and the terms of a
8collective bargaining agreement covering the compensation of
9an employee subject to that Code.
10    (e) Section 10-45 of this Act shall not apply to any
11hearing, proceeding, or investigation conducted under Section
1213-515 of the Public Utilities Act.
13    (f) Article 10 of this Act does not apply to any hearing,
14proceeding, or investigation conducted by the State Council for
15the State of Illinois created under Section 3-3-11.05 of the
16Unified Code of Corrections or by the Interstate Commission for
17Adult Offender Supervision created under the Interstate
18Compact for Adult Offender Supervision or by the Interstate
19Commission for Juveniles created under the Interstate Compact
20for Juveniles.
21    (g) This Act is subject to the provisions of Article XXI of
22the Public Utilities Act. To the extent that any provision of
23this Act conflicts with the provisions of that Article XXI, the
24provisions of that Article XXI control.
25(Source: P.A. 97-95, eff. 7-12-11; 97-945, eff. 8-10-12;
2697-1081, eff. 8-24-12; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 10. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
2changing Sections 4, 5, 7.5, 29, and 41 and the heading of
3Title IX and by adding Sections 3.488 and 38.5 as follows:
 
4    (415 ILCS 5/3.488 new)
5    Sec. 3.488. Time-limited water quality standard.
6"Time-limited water quality standard" has the meaning ascribed
7to the term "water quality standards variance" in 40 CFR
8131.3(o).
 
9    (415 ILCS 5/4)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1004)
10    Sec. 4. Environmental Protection Agency; establishment;
11duties.
12    (a) There is established in the Executive Branch of the
13State Government an agency to be known as the Environmental
14Protection Agency. This Agency shall be under the supervision
15and direction of a Director who shall be appointed by the
16Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. The term of
17office of the Director shall expire on the third Monday of
18January in odd numbered years, provided that he or she shall
19hold office until a successor is appointed and has qualified.
20The Director shall receive an annual salary as set by the
21Compensation Review Board. The Director, in accord with the
22Personnel Code, shall employ and direct such personnel, and
23shall provide for such laboratory and other facilities, as may

 

 

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1be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. In
2addition, the Director may by agreement secure such services as
3he or she may deem necessary from any other department, agency,
4or unit of the State Government, and may employ and compensate
5such consultants and technical assistants as may be required.
6    (b) The Agency shall have the duty to collect and
7disseminate such information, acquire such technical data, and
8conduct such experiments as may be required to carry out the
9purposes of this Act, including ascertainment of the quantity
10and nature of discharges from any contaminant source and data
11on those sources, and to operate and arrange for the operation
12of devices for the monitoring of environmental quality.
13    (c) The Agency shall have authority to conduct a program of
14continuing surveillance and of regular or periodic inspection
15of actual or potential contaminant or noise sources, of public
16water supplies, and of refuse disposal sites.
17    (d) In accordance with constitutional limitations, the
18Agency shall have authority to enter at all reasonable times
19upon any private or public property for the purpose of:
20        (1) Inspecting and investigating to ascertain possible
21    violations of this Act, any rule or regulation adopted
22    under this Act, any permit or term or condition of a
23    permit, or any Board order; or
24        (2) In accordance with the provisions of this Act,
25    taking whatever preventive or corrective action, including
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1    necessary or appropriate whenever there is a release or a
2    substantial threat of a release of (A) a hazardous
3    substance or pesticide or (B) petroleum from an underground
4    storage tank.
5    (e) The Agency shall have the duty to investigate
6violations of this Act, any rule or regulation adopted under
7this Act, any permit or term or condition of a permit, or any
8Board order; to issue administrative citations as provided in
9Section 31.1 of this Act; and to take such summary enforcement
10action as is provided for by Section 34 of this Act.
11    (f) The Agency shall appear before the Board in any hearing
12upon a petition for variance or time-limited water quality
13standard, the denial of a permit, or the validity or effect of
14a rule or regulation of the Board, and shall have the authority
15to appear before the Board in any hearing under the Act.
16    (g) The Agency shall have the duty to administer, in accord
17with Title X of this Act, such permit and certification systems
18as may be established by this Act or by regulations adopted
19thereunder. The Agency may enter into written delegation
20agreements with any department, agency, or unit of State or
21local government under which all or portions of this duty may
22be delegated for public water supply storage and transport
23systems, sewage collection and transport systems, air
24pollution control sources with uncontrolled emissions of 100
25tons per year or less and application of algicides to waters of
26the State. Such delegation agreements will require that the

 

 

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1work to be performed thereunder will be in accordance with
2Agency criteria, subject to Agency review, and shall include
3such financial and program auditing by the Agency as may be
4required.
5    (h) The Agency shall have authority to require the
6submission of complete plans and specifications from any
7applicant for a permit required by this Act or by regulations
8thereunder, and to require the submission of such reports
9regarding actual or potential violations of this Act, any rule
10or regulation adopted under this Act, any permit or term or
11condition of a permit, or any Board order, as may be necessary
12for the purposes of this Act.
13    (i) The Agency shall have authority to make recommendations
14to the Board for the adoption of regulations under Title VII of
15the Act.
16    (j) The Agency shall have the duty to represent the State
17of Illinois in any and all matters pertaining to plans,
18procedures, or negotiations for interstate compacts or other
19governmental arrangements relating to environmental
20protection.
21    (k) The Agency shall have the authority to accept, receive,
22and administer on behalf of the State any grants, gifts, loans,
23indirect cost reimbursements, or other funds made available to
24the State from any source for purposes of this Act or for air
25or water pollution control, public water supply, solid waste
26disposal, noise abatement, or other environmental protection

 

 

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1activities, surveys, or programs. Any federal funds received by
2the Agency pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited in a
3trust fund with the State Treasurer and held and disbursed by
4him in accordance with Treasurer as Custodian of Funds Act,
5provided that such monies shall be used only for the purposes
6for which they are contributed and any balance remaining shall
7be returned to the contributor.
8    The Agency is authorized to promulgate such regulations and
9enter into such contracts as it may deem necessary for carrying
10out the provisions of this subsection.
11    (l) The Agency is hereby designated as water pollution
12agency for the state for all purposes of the Federal Water
13Pollution Control Act, as amended; as implementing agency for
14the State for all purposes of the Safe Drinking Water Act,
15Public Law 93-523, as now or hereafter amended, except Section
161425 of that Act; as air pollution agency for the state for all
17purposes of the Clean Air Act of 1970, Public Law 91-604,
18approved December 31, 1970, as amended; and as solid waste
19agency for the state for all purposes of the Solid Waste
20Disposal Act, Public Law 89-272, approved October 20, 1965, and
21amended by the Resource Recovery Act of 1970, Public Law
2291-512, approved October 26, 1970, as amended, and amended by
23the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, (P.L.
2494-580) approved October 21, 1976, as amended; as noise control
25agency for the state for all purposes of the Noise Control Act
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1amended; and as implementing agency for the State for all
2purposes of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
3Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (P.L. 96-510), as
4amended; and otherwise as pollution control agency for the
5State pursuant to federal laws integrated with the foregoing
6laws, for financing purposes or otherwise. The Agency is hereby
7authorized to take all action necessary or appropriate to
8secure to the State the benefits of such federal Acts, provided
9that the Agency shall transmit to the United States without
10change any standards adopted by the Pollution Control Board
11pursuant to Section 5(c) of this Act. This subsection (l) of
12Section 4 shall not be construed to bar or prohibit the
13Environmental Protection Trust Fund Commission from accepting,
14receiving, and administering on behalf of the State any grants,
15gifts, loans or other funds for which the Commission is
16eligible pursuant to the Environmental Protection Trust Fund
17Act. The Agency is hereby designated as the State agency for
18all purposes of administering the requirements of Section 313
19of the federal Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know
20Act of 1986.
21    Any municipality, sanitary district, or other political
22subdivision, or any Agency of the State or interstate Agency,
23which makes application for loans or grants under such federal
24Acts shall notify the Agency of such application; the Agency
25may participate in proceedings under such federal Acts.
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1Section 5(c) and other provisions of this Act, and for purposes
2of Section 303(e) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act,
3as now or hereafter amended, to engage in planning processes
4and activities and to develop plans in cooperation with units
5of local government, state agencies and officers, and other
6appropriate persons in connection with the jurisdiction or
7duties of each such unit, agency, officer or person. Public
8hearings shall be held on the planning process, at which any
9person shall be permitted to appear and be heard, pursuant to
10procedural regulations promulgated by the Agency.
11    (n) In accordance with the powers conferred upon the Agency
12by Sections 10(g), 13(b), 19, 22(d) and 25 of this Act, the
13Agency shall have authority to establish and enforce minimum
14standards for the operation of laboratories relating to
15analyses and laboratory tests for air pollution, water
16pollution, noise emissions, contaminant discharges onto land
17and sanitary, chemical, and mineral quality of water
18distributed by a public water supply. The Agency may enter into
19formal working agreements with other departments or agencies of
20state government under which all or portions of this authority
21may be delegated to the cooperating department or agency.
22    (o) The Agency shall have the authority to issue
23certificates of competency to persons and laboratories meeting
24the minimum standards established by the Agency in accordance
25with Section 4(n) of this Act and to promulgate and enforce
26regulations relevant to the issuance and use of such

 

 

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1certificates. The Agency may enter into formal working
2agreements with other departments or agencies of state
3government under which all or portions of this authority may be
4delegated to the cooperating department or agency.
5    (p) Except as provided in Section 17.7, the Agency shall
6have the duty to analyze samples as required from each public
7water supply to determine compliance with the contaminant
8levels specified by the Pollution Control Board. The maximum
9number of samples which the Agency shall be required to analyze
10for microbiological quality shall be 6 per month, but the
11Agency may, at its option, analyze a larger number each month
12for any supply. Results of sample analyses for additional
13required bacteriological testing, turbidity, residual chlorine
14and radionuclides are to be provided to the Agency in
15accordance with Section 19. Owners of water supplies may enter
16into agreements with the Agency to provide for reduced Agency
17participation in sample analyses.
18    (q) The Agency shall have the authority to provide notice
19to any person who may be liable pursuant to Section 22.2(f) of
20this Act for a release or a substantial threat of a release of
21a hazardous substance or pesticide. Such notice shall include
22the identified response action and an opportunity for such
23person to perform the response action.
24    (r) The Agency may enter into written delegation agreements
25with any unit of local government under which it may delegate
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1enforcement functions. Such delegation agreements shall
2require that work performed thereunder be in accordance with
3Agency criteria and subject to Agency review. Notwithstanding
4any other provision of law to the contrary, no unit of local
5government shall be liable for any injury resulting from the
6exercise of its authority pursuant to such a delegation
7agreement unless the injury is proximately caused by the
8willful and wanton negligence of an agent or employee of the
9unit of local government, and any policy of insurance coverage
10issued to a unit of local government may provide for the denial
11of liability and the nonpayment of claims based upon injuries
12for which the unit of local government is not liable pursuant
13to this subsection (r).
14    (s) The Agency shall have authority to take whatever
15preventive or corrective action is necessary or appropriate,
16including but not limited to expenditure of monies appropriated
17from the Build Illinois Bond Fund and the Build Illinois
18Purposes Fund for removal or remedial action, whenever any
19hazardous substance or pesticide is released or there is a
20substantial threat of such a release into the environment. The
21State, the Director, and any State employee shall be
22indemnified for any damages or injury arising out of or
23resulting from any action taken under this subsection. The
24Director of the Agency is authorized to enter into such
25contracts and agreements as are necessary to carry out the
26Agency's duties under this subsection.

 

 

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1    (t) The Agency shall have authority to distribute grants,
2subject to appropriation by the General Assembly, to units of
3local government for financing and construction of wastewater
4facilities in both incorporated and unincorporated areas. With
5respect to all monies appropriated from the Build Illinois Bond
6Fund and the Build Illinois Purposes Fund for wastewater
7facility grants, the Agency shall make distributions in
8conformity with the rules and regulations established pursuant
9to the Anti-Pollution Bond Act, as now or hereafter amended.
10    (u) Pursuant to the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act,
11the Agency shall have the authority to adopt such rules as are
12necessary or appropriate for the Agency to implement Section
1331.1 of this Act.
14    (v) (Blank.)
15    (w) Neither the State, nor the Director, nor the Board, nor
16any State employee shall be liable for any damages or injury
17arising out of or resulting from any action taken under
18subsection (s).
19    (x)(1) The Agency shall have authority to distribute
20    grants, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly,
21    to units of local government for financing and construction
22    of public water supply facilities. With respect to all
23    monies appropriated from the Build Illinois Bond Fund or
24    the Build Illinois Purposes Fund for public water supply
25    grants, such grants shall be made in accordance with rules
26    promulgated by the Agency. Such rules shall include a

 

 

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1    requirement for a local match of 30% of the total project
2    cost for projects funded through such grants.
3        (2) The Agency shall not terminate a grant to a unit of
4    local government for the financing and construction of
5    public water supply facilities unless and until the Agency
6    adopts rules that set forth precise and complete standards,
7    pursuant to Section 5-20 of the Illinois Administrative
8    Procedure Act, for the termination of such grants. The
9    Agency shall not make determinations on whether specific
10    grant conditions are necessary to ensure the integrity of a
11    project or on whether subagreements shall be awarded, with
12    respect to grants for the financing and construction of
13    public water supply facilities, unless and until the Agency
14    adopts rules that set forth precise and complete standards,
15    pursuant to Section 5-20 of the Illinois Administrative
16    Procedure Act, for making such determinations. The Agency
17    shall not issue a stop-work order in relation to such
18    grants unless and until the Agency adopts precise and
19    complete standards, pursuant to Section 5-20 of the
20    Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, for determining
21    whether to issue a stop-work order.
22    (y) The Agency shall have authority to release any person
23from further responsibility for preventive or corrective
24action under this Act following successful completion of
25preventive or corrective action undertaken by such person upon
26written request by the person.

 

 

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1    (z) To the extent permitted by any applicable federal law
2or regulation, for all work performed for State construction
3projects which are funded in whole or in part by a capital
4infrastructure bill enacted by the 96th General Assembly by
5sums appropriated to the Environmental Protection Agency, at
6least 50% of the total labor hours must be performed by actual
7residents of the State of Illinois. For purposes of this
8subsection, "actual residents of the State of Illinois" means
9persons domiciled in the State of Illinois. The Department of
10Labor shall promulgate rules providing for the enforcement of
11this subsection.
12    (aa) The Agency may adopt rules requiring the electronic
13submission of any information required to be submitted to the
14Agency pursuant to any State or federal law or regulation or
15any court or Board order. Any rules adopted under this
16subsection (aa) must include, but are not limited to,
17identification of the information to be submitted
18electronically.
19(Source: P.A. 98-72, eff. 7-15-13.)
 
20    (415 ILCS 5/5)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1005)
21    Sec. 5. Pollution Control Board.
22    (a) There is hereby created an independent board to be
23known as the Pollution Control Board.
24    Until July 1, 2003 or when all of the new members to be
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1General Assembly have been appointed by the Governor, whichever
2occurs later, the Board shall consist of 7 technically
3qualified members, no more than 4 of whom may be of the same
4political party, to be appointed by the Governor with the
5advice and consent of the Senate.
6    The term of each appointed member of the Board who is in
7office on June 30, 2003 shall terminate at the close of
8business on that date or when all of the new members to be
9initially appointed under this amendatory Act of the 93rd
10General Assembly have been appointed by the Governor, whichever
11occurs later.
12    Beginning on July 1, 2003 or when all of the new members to
13be initially appointed under this amendatory Act of the 93rd
14General Assembly have been appointed by the Governor, whichever
15occurs later, the Board shall consist of 5 technically
16qualified members, no more than 3 of whom may be of the same
17political party, to be appointed by the Governor with the
18advice and consent of the Senate. Members shall have verifiable
19technical, academic, or actual experience in the field of
20pollution control or environmental law and regulation.
21    Of the members initially appointed pursuant to this
22amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, one shall be
23appointed for a term ending July 1, 2004, 2 shall be appointed
24for terms ending July 1, 2005, and 2 shall be appointed for
25terms ending July 1, 2006. Thereafter, all members shall hold
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1which they were appointed, except in case of an appointment to
2fill a vacancy. In case of a vacancy in the office when the
3Senate is not in session, the Governor may make a temporary
4appointment until the next meeting of the Senate, when he or
5she shall nominate some person to fill such office; and any
6person so nominated, who is confirmed by the Senate, shall hold
7the office during the remainder of the term.
8    Members of the Board shall hold office until their
9respective successors have been appointed and qualified. Any
10member may resign from office, such resignation to take effect
11when a successor has been appointed and has qualified.
12    Board members shall be paid $37,000 per year or an amount
13set by the Compensation Review Board, whichever is greater, and
14the Chairman shall be paid $43,000 per year or an amount set by
15the Compensation Review Board, whichever is greater. Each
16member shall devote his or her entire time to the duties of the
17office, and shall hold no other office or position of profit,
18nor engage in any other business, employment, or vocation. Each
19member shall be reimbursed for expenses necessarily incurred
20and shall make a financial disclosure upon appointment.
21    Each Board member may employ one secretary and one
22assistant, and the Chairman one secretary and 2 assistants. The
23Board also may employ and compensate hearing officers to
24preside at hearings under this Act, and such other personnel as
25may be necessary. Hearing officers shall be attorneys licensed
26to practice law in Illinois.

 

 

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1    The Board may have an Executive Director; if so, the
2Executive Director shall be appointed by the Governor with the
3advice and consent of the Senate. The salary and duties of the
4Executive Director shall be fixed by the Board.
5    The Governor shall designate one Board member to be
6Chairman, who shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor.
7    The Board shall hold at least one meeting each month and
8such additional meetings as may be prescribed by Board rules.
9In addition, special meetings may be called by the Chairman or
10by any 2 Board members, upon delivery of 24 hours written
11notice to the office of each member. All Board meetings shall
12be open to the public, and public notice of all meetings shall
13be given at least 24 hours in advance of each meeting. In
14emergency situations in which a majority of the Board certifies
15that exigencies of time require the requirements of public
16notice and of 24 hour written notice to members may be
17dispensed with, and Board members shall receive such notice as
18is reasonable under the circumstances.
19    If there is no vacancy on the Board, 4 members of the Board
20shall constitute a quorum to transact business; otherwise, a
21majority of the Board shall constitute a quorum to transact
22business, and no vacancy shall impair the right of the
23remaining members to exercise all of the powers of the Board.
24Every action approved by a majority of the members of the Board
25shall be deemed to be the action of the Board. The Board shall
26keep a complete and accurate record of all its meetings.

 

 

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1    (b) The Board shall determine, define and implement the
2environmental control standards applicable in the State of
3Illinois and may adopt rules and regulations in accordance with
4Title VII of this Act.
5    (c) The Board shall have authority to act for the State in
6regard to the adoption of standards for submission to the
7United States under any federal law respecting environmental
8protection. Such standards shall be adopted in accordance with
9Title VII of the Act and upon adoption shall be forwarded to
10the Environmental Protection Agency for submission to the
11United States pursuant to subsections (l) and (m) of Section 4
12of this Act. Nothing in this paragraph shall limit the
13discretion of the Governor to delegate authority granted to the
14Governor under any federal law.
15    (d) The Board shall have authority to conduct proceedings
16upon complaints charging violations of this Act, any rule or
17regulation adopted under this Act, any permit or term or
18condition of a permit, or any Board order; upon administrative
19citations; upon petitions for variances, or adjusted
20standards, or time-limited water quality standards; upon
21petitions for review of the Agency's final determinations on
22permit applications in accordance with Title X of this Act;
23upon petitions to remove seals under Section 34 of this Act;
24and upon other petitions for review of final determinations
25which are made pursuant to this Act or Board rule and which
26involve a subject which the Board is authorized to regulate.

 

 

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1The Board may also conduct other proceedings as may be provided
2by this Act or any other statute or rule.
3    (e) In connection with any proceeding pursuant to
4subsection (b) or (d) of this Section, the Board may subpoena
5and compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of
6evidence reasonably necessary to resolution of the matter under
7consideration. The Board shall issue such subpoenas upon the
8request of any party to a proceeding under subsection (d) of
9this Section or upon its own motion.
10    (f) The Board may prescribe reasonable fees for permits
11required pursuant to this Act. Such fees in the aggregate may
12not exceed the total cost to the Agency for its inspection and
13permit systems. The Board may not prescribe any permit fees
14which are different in amount from those established by this
15Act.
16(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
 
17    (415 ILCS 5/7.5)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1007.5)
18    Sec. 7.5. Filing Fees.
19(a) The Board shall collect filing fees as prescribed in this
20Act. The fees shall be deposited in the Pollution Control Board
21Fund. The filing fees shall be as follows:
22    Petition for site-specific regulation, $75.
23    Petition for variance, $75.
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1Section 40.1, $75.
2    Petition for an adjusted standard, pursuant to Section
328.1, $75.
4    Petition for a time-limited water quality standard, $75 per
5petitioner.
6    (b) A person who has filed a petition for a variance from a
7water quality standard and paid the filing fee set forth in
8subsection (a) of this Section for that petition and whose
9variance petition is thereafter converted into a petition for a
10time-limited water quality standard under Section 38.5 of this
11Act shall not be required to pay a separate filing fee upon the
12conversion of the variance petition into a petition for a
13time-limited water quality standard.
14(Source: P.A. 85-1440.)
 
15    (415 ILCS 5/29)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1029)
16    Sec. 29. (a) Any person adversely affected or threatened by
17any rule or regulation of the Board may obtain a determination
18of the validity or application of such rule or regulation by
19petition for review under Section 41 of this Act.
20    (b) Action by the Board in adopting any regulation for
21which judicial review could have been obtained under Section 41
22of this Act shall not be subject to review regarding the
23regulation's validity or application in any subsequent
24proceeding under Title VIII, Title IX or Section 40 of this
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1    (c) This Section does not apply to orders entered by the
2Board pursuant to Section 38.5 of this Act. Final orders
3entered by the Board pursuant to Section 38.5 of this Act are
4subject to judicial review under subsection (j) of that
5Section. Interim orders entered by the Board pursuant to
6Section 38.5 are not subject to judicial review under this
7Section or Section 38.5.
8(Source: P.A. 85-1048.)
 
9    (415 ILCS 5/Tit. IX heading)
10
TITLE IX: VARIANCES AND TIME-LIMITED WATER QUALITY STANDARDS

 
11    (415 ILCS 5/38.5 new)
12    Sec. 38.5. Time-limited water quality standards.
13    (a) To the extent consistent with the Federal Water
14Pollution Control Act, rules adopted by the United States
15Environmental Protection Agency under that Act, this Section,
16and rules adopted by the Board under this Section, the Board
17may adopt, and may conduct non-adjudicatory proceedings to
18adopt, a time-limited water quality standard for a watershed or
19one or more of the following:
20        (1) water bodies;
21        (2) waterbody segments; or
22        (3) dischargers.
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1        (1) persons who file with the Board a petition for a
2    time-limited water quality standard under this Section;
3    and
4        (2) persons who have a petition for a variance from a
5    water quality standard under Section 35 of this Act
6    converted into a petition for a time-limited water quality
7    standard under subsection (c) of this Section.
8    (c) Any petition for a variance from a water quality
9standard under Section 35 of this Act that was filed with the
10Board before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
1199th General Assembly and that has not been disposed of by the
12Board shall be converted, by operation of law, into a petition
13for a time-limited water quality standard under this Section on
14the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General
15Assembly.
16    (d) The Board's hearings concerning the adoption of
17time-limited water quality standards shall be open to the
18public and must be held in compliance with 40 CFR 131.14,
19including, but not limited to, the public notice and
20participation requirements referenced in 40 CFR 25 and 40 CFR
21131.20(b); this Section; and rules adopted by the Board under
22this Section.
23    (e) Within 21 days after any petition for a time-limited
24water quality standard is filed with the Board under this
25Section, or within 21 days after the effective date of this
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1petition for time-limited water quality standard created under
2subsection (c) of this Section, the Agency shall file with the
3Board a response that:
4        (1) identifies the discharger or classes of
5    dischargers affected by the water quality standard from
6    which relief is sought;
7        (2) identifies the watershed, water bodies, or
8    waterbody segments affected by the water quality standard
9    from which relief is sought;
10        (3) identifies the appropriate type of time-limited
11    water quality standard, based on factors, such as the
12    nature of the pollutant, the condition of the affected
13    water body, and the number and type of dischargers; and
14        (4) recommends, for the purposes of subsection (h),
15    prompt deadlines for the classes of dischargers to file a
16    substantially compliant petition.
17    (f) Within 30 days after receipt of a response from the
18Agency under subsection (e) of this Section, the Board shall
19enter a final order that establishes the discharger or classes
20of dischargers that may be covered by the time-limited water
21quality standard and prompt deadlines by which the discharger
22and dischargers in the identified classes must, for the
23purposes of subsection (h), file with the Board either:
24        (1) a petition for a time-limited water quality
25    standard, if the petition has not been previously filed; or
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1    quality standard, if the petition has been previously filed
2    and it is necessary to file an amended petition to maintain
3    a stay under paragraph (3) of subsection (h) of this
4    Section.
5    (g) As soon as practicable after entering an order under
6subsection (f), the Board shall conduct an evaluation of the
7petition to assess its substantial compliance with 40 CFR
8131.14, this Section, and rules adopted pursuant to this
9Section. After the Board determines that a petition is in
10substantial compliance with those requirements, the Agency
11shall file a recommendation concerning the petition.
12    (h)(1) The effectiveness of a water quality standard from
13which relief is sought shall be stayed as to the following
14persons from the effective date of the water quality standard
15until the stay is terminated as provided in this subsection:
16            (A) any person who has a petition for a variance
17        seeking relief from a water quality standard under
18        Section 35 of this Act converted into a petition for a
19        time-limited water quality standard under subsection
20        (c) of this Section;
21            (B) any person who files a petition for a
22        time-limited water quality standard within 35 days
23        after the effective date of the water quality standard
24        from which relief is sought; and
25            (C) any person, not covered by subparagraph (B) of
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1        dischargers that is identified in a Board order under
2        subsection (f) that concerns a petition for a
3        time-limited water quality standard that was filed
4        within 35 days after the effective date of the water
5        quality standard from which relief is sought and who
6        files a petition for a time-limited water quality
7        standard before the deadline established for that
8        class under subsection (f) of this Section.
9        (2) If the Board determines that the petition of a
10    person described in paragraph (1) of this subsection is in
11    substantial compliance, then the stay shall continue until
12    the Board:
13            (A) denies the petition and all rights to judicial
14        review of the Board order denying the petition are
15        exhausted; or
16            (B) adopts the time-limited water quality standard
17        and the United States Environmental Protection Agency
18        either:
19                (i) approves the time-limited water quality
20            standard; or
21                (ii) disapproves the time-limited water
22            quality standard for failure to comply with 40 CFR
23            131.14.
24        (3) If the Board determines that the petition of a
25    person described in paragraph (1) of this subsection is not
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1    interim order that identifies the deficiencies in the
2    petition that must be corrected for the petition to be in
3    substantial compliance. The petitioner must file an
4    amended petition by the deadlines adopted by the Board
5    pursuant to subsection (f), and the Board shall enter,
6    after the applicable Board-established deadline, a final
7    order that determines whether the amended petition is in
8    substantial compliance.
9        (4) If the Board determines that the amended petition
10    described in paragraph (3) of this subsection is in
11    substantial compliance, then the stay shall continue until
12    the Board:
13            (A) denies the petition and all rights to judicial
14        review of the Board order denying the petition are
15        exhausted; or
16            (B) adopts the time-limited water quality standard
17        and the United States Environmental Protection Agency
18        either:
19                (i) approves the time-limited water quality
20            standard; or
21                (ii) disapproves the time-limited water
22            quality standard for failure to comply with 40 CFR
23            131.14.
24        (5) If the Board determines that the amended petition
25    described in paragraph (3) of this subsection is not in
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1    the Board shall deny the petition and the stay shall
2    continue until all rights to judicial review are exhausted.
3        (6) If the Board determines that a petition for a
4    time-limited water quality standard is not in substantial
5    compliance and if the person fails to file, on or before
6    the Board-established deadline, an amended petition, the
7    Board shall dismiss the petition and the stay shall
8    continue until all rights to judicial review are exhausted.
9        (7) If a person other than a person described in
10    paragraph (1) of subsection (h) of this Section files a
11    petition for a time-limited water quality standard, then
12    the effectiveness of the water quality standard from which
13    relief is sought shall not be stayed as to that person.
14    However, the person may seek a time-limited water quality
15    standard from the Board by complying with 40 CFR 131.14,
16    this Section, and rules adopted pursuant to this Section.
17    (i) Each time-limited water quality standard adopted by the
18Board for more than one discharger shall set forth criteria
19that may be used by dischargers or classes of dischargers to
20obtain coverage under the time-limited water quality standard
21during its duration. Any discharger that has not obtained a
22time-limited water quality standard may obtain coverage under a
23Board-approved time-limited water quality standard by
24satisfying, at the time of the renewal or modification of that
25person's federal National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
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1application for certification under Section 401 of the federal
2Clean Water Act, the Board-approved criteria for coverage under
3the time-limited water quality standard.
4    (j) Any person who is adversely affected or threatened by a
5final Board order entered pursuant to this Section may obtain
6judicial review of the Board order by filing a petition for
7review within 35 days after the date the Board order was served
8on the person affected by the order, under the provisions of
9the Administrative Review Law, and the rules adopted pursuant
10thereto, except that review shall be afforded directly in the
11appellate court for the district in which the cause of action
12arose and not in the circuit court. For purposes of judicial
13review under this subsection, a person is deemed to have been
14served with the Board's final order on the date on which the
15order is first published by the Board on its website.
16    No challenge to the validity of a final Board order under
17this Section shall be made in any enforcement proceeding under
18Title XII of this Act as to any issue that could have been
19raised in a timely petition for review under this subsection.
20    (k) Not later than 6 months after the effective date of
21this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly, the Agency
22shall propose, and not later than 9 months thereafter the Board
23shall adopt, rules that prescribe specific procedures and
24standards to be used by the Board when adopting time-limited
25water quality standards. The public notice and participation
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1incorporated into the rules adopted under this subsection.
2    Until the rules adopted under this subsection are
3effective, the Board may adopt time-limited water quality
4standards to the full extent allowed under this Section and 40
5C.F.R. 131.14.
6    (l) Section 5-35 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure
7Act, Title VII of this Act, and the other Sections in Title IX
8of this Act do not apply to Board proceedings under this
9Section.
 
10    (415 ILCS 5/41)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1041)
11    Sec. 41. Judicial review.
12    (a) Any party to a Board hearing, any person who filed a
13complaint on which a hearing was denied, any person who has
14been denied a variance or permit under this Act, any party
15adversely affected by a final order or determination of the
16Board, and any person who participated in the public comment
17process under subsection (8) of Section 39.5 of this Act may
18obtain judicial review, by filing a petition for review within
1935 days from the date that a copy of the order or other final
20action sought to be reviewed was served upon the party affected
21by the order or other final Board action complained of, under
22the provisions of the Administrative Review Law, as amended and
23the rules adopted pursuant thereto, except that review shall be
24afforded directly in the Appellate Court for the District in
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1Review of any rule or regulation promulgated by the Board shall
2not be limited by this section but may also be had as provided
3in Section 29 of this Act.
4    (b) Any final order of the Board under this Act shall be
5based solely on the evidence in the record of the particular
6proceeding involved, and any such final order for permit
7appeals, enforcement actions and variance proceedings, shall
8be invalid if it is against the manifest weight of the
9evidence. Notwithstanding this subsection, the Board may
10include such conditions in granting a variance and may adopt
11such rules and regulations as the policies of this Act may
12require. If an objection is made to a variance condition, the
13board shall reconsider the condition within not more than 75
14days from the date of the objection.
15    (c) No challenge to the validity of a Board order shall be
16made in any enforcement proceeding under Title XII of this Act
17as to any issue that could have been raised in a timely
18petition for review under this Section.
19    (d) If there is no final action by the Board within 120
20days on a request for a variance which is subject to subsection
21(c) of Section 38 or a permit appeal which is subject to
22paragraph (a) (3) of Section 40 or paragraph (d) of Section
2340.2 or Section 40.3, the petitioner shall be entitled to an
24Appellate Court order under this subsection. If a hearing is
25required under this Act and was not held by the Board, the
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1hearing, and to make a decision within 90 days from the date of
2the order. If a hearing was held by the Board, or if a hearing
3is not required under this Act and was not held by the Board,
4the Appellate Court shall order the Board to make a decision
5within 90 days from the date of the order.
6    The Appellate Court shall retain jurisdiction during the
7pendency of any further action conducted by the Board under an
8order by the Appellate Court. The Appellate Court shall have
9jurisdiction to review all issues of law and fact presented
10upon appeal.
11    (e) This Section does not apply to orders entered by the
12Board pursuant to Section 38.5 of this Act. Final orders
13entered by the Board pursuant to Section 38.5 of this Act are
14subject to judicial review under subsection (j) of that
15Section. Interim orders entered by the Board pursuant to
16Section 38.5 are not subject to judicial review under this
17Section or Section 38.5.
18(Source: P.A. 99-463, eff. 1-1-16.)
 
19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20becoming law.".