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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 Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is
5amended by changing Section 1-5 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 100/1-5)  (from Ch. 127, par. 1001-5)
7    Sec. 1-5. Applicability.
8    (a) This Act applies to every agency as defined in this
9Act. Beginning January 1, 1978, in case of conflict between the
10provisions of this Act and the Act creating or conferring power
11on an agency, this Act shall control. If, however, an agency
12(or its predecessor in the case of an agency that has been
13consolidated or reorganized) has existing procedures on July 1,
141977, specifically for contested cases or licensing, those
15existing provisions control, except that this exception
16respecting contested cases and licensing does not apply if the
17Act creating or conferring power on the agency adopts by
18express reference the provisions of this Act. Where the Act
19creating or conferring power on an agency establishes
20administrative procedures not covered by this Act, those
21procedures shall remain in effect.
22    (b) The provisions of this Act do not apply to (i)
23preliminary hearings, investigations, or practices where no

 

 

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1final determinations affecting State funding are made by the
2State Board of Education, (ii) legal opinions issued under
3Section 2-3.7 of the School Code, (iii) as to State colleges
4and universities, their disciplinary and grievance
5proceedings, academic irregularity and capricious grading
6proceedings, and admission standards and procedures, and (iv)
7the class specifications for positions and individual position
8descriptions prepared and maintained under the Personnel Code.
9Those class specifications shall, however, be made reasonably
10available to the public for inspection and copying. The
11provisions of this Act do not apply to hearings under Section
1220 of the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act.
13    (c) Section 5-35 of this Act relating to procedures for
14rulemaking does not apply to the following:
15        (1) Rules adopted by the Pollution Control Board that,
16    in accordance with Section 7.2 of the Environmental
17    Protection Act, are identical in substance to federal
18    regulations or amendments to those regulations
19    implementing the following: Sections 3001, 3002, 3003,
20    3004, 3005, and 9003 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act;
21    Section 105 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
22    Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980; Sections 307(b),
23    307(c), 307(d), 402(b)(8), and 402(b)(9) of the Federal
24    Water Pollution Control Act; Sections 1412(b), 1414(c),
25    1417(a), 1421, and 1445(a) of the Safe Drinking Water Act;
26    and Section 109 of the Clean Air Act.

 

 

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1        (2) Rules adopted by the Pollution Control Board that
2    establish or amend standards for the emission of
3    hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide from gasoline powered
4    motor vehicles subject to inspection under the Vehicle
5    Emissions Inspection Law of 2005 or its predecessor laws.
6        (3) Procedural rules adopted by the Pollution Control
7    Board governing requests for exceptions under Section 14.2
8    of the Environmental Protection Act.
9        (4) The Pollution Control Board's grant, pursuant to an
10    adjudicatory determination, of an adjusted standard for
11    persons who can justify an adjustment consistent with
12    subsection (a) of Section 27 of the Environmental
13    Protection Act.
14        (4.5) The Pollution Control Board's adoption of
15    time-limited water quality standards under Section 38.5 of
16    the Environmental Protection Act.
17        (5) Rules adopted by the Pollution Control Board that
18    are identical in substance to the regulations adopted by
19    the Office of the State Fire Marshal under clause (ii) of
20    paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of Section 2 of the
21    Gasoline Storage Act.
22    (d) Pay rates established under Section 8a of the Personnel
23Code shall be amended or repealed pursuant to the process set
24forth in Section 5-50 within 30 days after it becomes necessary
25to do so due to a conflict between the rates and the terms of a
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1an employee subject to that Code.
2    (e) Section 10-45 of this Act shall not apply to any
3hearing, proceeding, or investigation conducted under Section
413-515 of the Public Utilities Act.
5    (f) Article 10 of this Act does not apply to any hearing,
6proceeding, or investigation conducted by the State Council for
7the State of Illinois created under Section 3-3-11.05 of the
8Unified Code of Corrections or by the Interstate Commission for
9Adult Offender Supervision created under the Interstate
10Compact for Adult Offender Supervision or by the Interstate
11Commission for Juveniles created under the Interstate Compact
12for Juveniles.
13    (g) This Act is subject to the provisions of Article XXI of
14the Public Utilities Act. To the extent that any provision of
15this Act conflicts with the provisions of that Article XXI, the
16provisions of that Article XXI control.
17(Source: P.A. 97-95, eff. 7-12-11; 97-945, eff. 8-10-12;
1897-1081, eff. 8-24-12; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13.)
 
19    Section 10. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
20changing Sections 4, 5, 7.5, 29, and 41 and the heading of
21Title IX and by adding Sections 3.488 and 38.5 as follows:
 
22    (415 ILCS 5/3.488 new)
23    Sec. 3.488. Time-limited water quality standard.
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1to the term "water quality standards variance" in 40 CFR
2131.3(o).
 
3    (415 ILCS 5/4)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1004)
4    Sec. 4. Environmental Protection Agency; establishment;
5duties.
6    (a) There is established in the Executive Branch of the
7State Government an agency to be known as the Environmental
8Protection Agency. This Agency shall be under the supervision
9and direction of a Director who shall be appointed by the
10Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. The term of
11office of the Director shall expire on the third Monday of
12January in odd numbered years, provided that he or she shall
13hold office until a successor is appointed and has qualified.
14The Director shall receive an annual salary as set by the
15Compensation Review Board. The Director, in accord with the
16Personnel Code, shall employ and direct such personnel, and
17shall provide for such laboratory and other facilities, as may
18be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. In
19addition, the Director may by agreement secure such services as
20he or she may deem necessary from any other department, agency,
21or unit of the State Government, and may employ and compensate
22such consultants and technical assistants as may be required.
23    (b) The Agency shall have the duty to collect and
24disseminate such information, acquire such technical data, and
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1purposes of this Act, including ascertainment of the quantity
2and nature of discharges from any contaminant source and data
3on those sources, and to operate and arrange for the operation
4of devices for the monitoring of environmental quality.
5    (c) The Agency shall have authority to conduct a program of
6continuing surveillance and of regular or periodic inspection
7of actual or potential contaminant or noise sources, of public
8water supplies, and of refuse disposal sites.
9    (d) In accordance with constitutional limitations, the
10Agency shall have authority to enter at all reasonable times
11upon any private or public property for the purpose of:
12        (1) Inspecting and investigating to ascertain possible
13    violations of this Act, any rule or regulation adopted
14    under this Act, any permit or term or condition of a
15    permit, or any Board order; or
16        (2) In accordance with the provisions of this Act,
17    taking whatever preventive or corrective action, including
18    but not limited to removal or remedial action, that is
19    necessary or appropriate whenever there is a release or a
20    substantial threat of a release of (A) a hazardous
21    substance or pesticide or (B) petroleum from an underground
22    storage tank.
23    (e) The Agency shall have the duty to investigate
24violations of this Act, any rule or regulation adopted under
25this Act, any permit or term or condition of a permit, or any
26Board order; to issue administrative citations as provided in

 

 

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1Section 31.1 of this Act; and to take such summary enforcement
2action as is provided for by Section 34 of this Act.
3    (f) The Agency shall appear before the Board in any hearing
4upon a petition for variance or time-limited water quality
5standard, the denial of a permit, or the validity or effect of
6a rule or regulation of the Board, and shall have the authority
7to appear before the Board in any hearing under the Act.
8    (g) The Agency shall have the duty to administer, in accord
9with Title X of this Act, such permit and certification systems
10as may be established by this Act or by regulations adopted
11thereunder. The Agency may enter into written delegation
12agreements with any department, agency, or unit of State or
13local government under which all or portions of this duty may
14be delegated for public water supply storage and transport
15systems, sewage collection and transport systems, air
16pollution control sources with uncontrolled emissions of 100
17tons per year or less and application of algicides to waters of
18the State. Such delegation agreements will require that the
19work to be performed thereunder will be in accordance with
20Agency criteria, subject to Agency review, and shall include
21such financial and program auditing by the Agency as may be
22required.
23    (h) The Agency shall have authority to require the
24submission of complete plans and specifications from any
25applicant for a permit required by this Act or by regulations
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1regarding actual or potential violations of this Act, any rule
2or regulation adopted under this Act, any permit or term or
3condition of a permit, or any Board order, as may be necessary
4for the purposes of this Act.
5    (i) The Agency shall have authority to make recommendations
6to the Board for the adoption of regulations under Title VII of
7the Act.
8    (j) The Agency shall have the duty to represent the State
9of Illinois in any and all matters pertaining to plans,
10procedures, or negotiations for interstate compacts or other
11governmental arrangements relating to environmental
12protection.
13    (k) The Agency shall have the authority to accept, receive,
14and administer on behalf of the State any grants, gifts, loans,
15indirect cost reimbursements, or other funds made available to
16the State from any source for purposes of this Act or for air
17or water pollution control, public water supply, solid waste
18disposal, noise abatement, or other environmental protection
19activities, surveys, or programs. Any federal funds received by
20the Agency pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited in a
21trust fund with the State Treasurer and held and disbursed by
22him in accordance with Treasurer as Custodian of Funds Act,
23provided that such monies shall be used only for the purposes
24for which they are contributed and any balance remaining shall
25be returned to the contributor.
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1enter into such contracts as it may deem necessary for carrying
2out the provisions of this subsection.
3    (l) The Agency is hereby designated as water pollution
4agency for the state for all purposes of the Federal Water
5Pollution Control Act, as amended; as implementing agency for
6the State for all purposes of the Safe Drinking Water Act,
7Public Law 93-523, as now or hereafter amended, except Section
81425 of that Act; as air pollution agency for the state for all
9purposes of the Clean Air Act of 1970, Public Law 91-604,
10approved December 31, 1970, as amended; and as solid waste
11agency for the state for all purposes of the Solid Waste
12Disposal Act, Public Law 89-272, approved October 20, 1965, and
13amended by the Resource Recovery Act of 1970, Public Law
1491-512, approved October 26, 1970, as amended, and amended by
15the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, (P.L.
1694-580) approved October 21, 1976, as amended; as noise control
17agency for the state for all purposes of the Noise Control Act
18of 1972, Public Law 92-574, approved October 27, 1972, as
19amended; and as implementing agency for the State for all
20purposes of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
21Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (P.L. 96-510), as
22amended; and otherwise as pollution control agency for the
23State pursuant to federal laws integrated with the foregoing
24laws, for financing purposes or otherwise. The Agency is hereby
25authorized to take all action necessary or appropriate to
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1that the Agency shall transmit to the United States without
2change any standards adopted by the Pollution Control Board
3pursuant to Section 5(c) of this Act. This subsection (l) of
4Section 4 shall not be construed to bar or prohibit the
5Environmental Protection Trust Fund Commission from accepting,
6receiving, and administering on behalf of the State any grants,
7gifts, loans or other funds for which the Commission is
8eligible pursuant to the Environmental Protection Trust Fund
9Act. The Agency is hereby designated as the State agency for
10all purposes of administering the requirements of Section 313
11of the federal Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know
12Act of 1986.
13    Any municipality, sanitary district, or other political
14subdivision, or any Agency of the State or interstate Agency,
15which makes application for loans or grants under such federal
16Acts shall notify the Agency of such application; the Agency
17may participate in proceedings under such federal Acts.
18    (m) The Agency shall have authority, consistent with
19Section 5(c) and other provisions of this Act, and for purposes
20of Section 303(e) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act,
21as now or hereafter amended, to engage in planning processes
22and activities and to develop plans in cooperation with units
23of local government, state agencies and officers, and other
24appropriate persons in connection with the jurisdiction or
25duties of each such unit, agency, officer or person. Public
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1person shall be permitted to appear and be heard, pursuant to
2procedural regulations promulgated by the Agency.
3    (n) In accordance with the powers conferred upon the Agency
4by Sections 10(g), 13(b), 19, 22(d) and 25 of this Act, the
5Agency shall have authority to establish and enforce minimum
6standards for the operation of laboratories relating to
7analyses and laboratory tests for air pollution, water
8pollution, noise emissions, contaminant discharges onto land
9and sanitary, chemical, and mineral quality of water
10distributed by a public water supply. The Agency may enter into
11formal working agreements with other departments or agencies of
12state government under which all or portions of this authority
13may be delegated to the cooperating department or agency.
14    (o) The Agency shall have the authority to issue
15certificates of competency to persons and laboratories meeting
16the minimum standards established by the Agency in accordance
17with Section 4(n) of this Act and to promulgate and enforce
18regulations relevant to the issuance and use of such
19certificates. The Agency may enter into formal working
20agreements with other departments or agencies of state
21government under which all or portions of this authority may be
22delegated to the cooperating department or agency.
23    (p) Except as provided in Section 17.7, the Agency shall
24have the duty to analyze samples as required from each public
25water supply to determine compliance with the contaminant
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1number of samples which the Agency shall be required to analyze
2for microbiological quality shall be 6 per month, but the
3Agency may, at its option, analyze a larger number each month
4for any supply. Results of sample analyses for additional
5required bacteriological testing, turbidity, residual chlorine
6and radionuclides are to be provided to the Agency in
7accordance with Section 19. Owners of water supplies may enter
8into agreements with the Agency to provide for reduced Agency
9participation in sample analyses.
10    (q) The Agency shall have the authority to provide notice
11to any person who may be liable pursuant to Section 22.2(f) of
12this Act for a release or a substantial threat of a release of
13a hazardous substance or pesticide. Such notice shall include
14the identified response action and an opportunity for such
15person to perform the response action.
16    (r) The Agency may enter into written delegation agreements
17with any unit of local government under which it may delegate
18all or portions of its inspecting, investigating and
19enforcement functions. Such delegation agreements shall
20require that work performed thereunder be in accordance with
21Agency criteria and subject to Agency review. Notwithstanding
22any other provision of law to the contrary, no unit of local
23government shall be liable for any injury resulting from the
24exercise of its authority pursuant to such a delegation
25agreement unless the injury is proximately caused by the
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1unit of local government, and any policy of insurance coverage
2issued to a unit of local government may provide for the denial
3of liability and the nonpayment of claims based upon injuries
4for which the unit of local government is not liable pursuant
5to this subsection (r).
6    (s) The Agency shall have authority to take whatever
7preventive or corrective action is necessary or appropriate,
8including but not limited to expenditure of monies appropriated
9from the Build Illinois Bond Fund and the Build Illinois
10Purposes Fund for removal or remedial action, whenever any
11hazardous substance or pesticide is released or there is a
12substantial threat of such a release into the environment. The
13State, the Director, and any State employee shall be
14indemnified for any damages or injury arising out of or
15resulting from any action taken under this subsection. The
16Director of the Agency is authorized to enter into such
17contracts and agreements as are necessary to carry out the
18Agency's duties under this subsection.
19    (t) The Agency shall have authority to distribute grants,
20subject to appropriation by the General Assembly, to units of
21local government for financing and construction of wastewater
22facilities in both incorporated and unincorporated areas. With
23respect to all monies appropriated from the Build Illinois Bond
24Fund and the Build Illinois Purposes Fund for wastewater
25facility grants, the Agency shall make distributions in
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1to the Anti-Pollution Bond Act, as now or hereafter amended.
2    (u) Pursuant to the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act,
3the Agency shall have the authority to adopt such rules as are
4necessary or appropriate for the Agency to implement Section
531.1 of this Act.
6    (v) (Blank.)
7    (w) Neither the State, nor the Director, nor the Board, nor
8any State employee shall be liable for any damages or injury
9arising out of or resulting from any action taken under
10subsection (s).
11    (x)(1) The Agency shall have authority to distribute
12    grants, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly,
13    to units of local government for financing and construction
14    of public water supply facilities. With respect to all
15    monies appropriated from the Build Illinois Bond Fund or
16    the Build Illinois Purposes Fund for public water supply
17    grants, such grants shall be made in accordance with rules
18    promulgated by the Agency. Such rules shall include a
19    requirement for a local match of 30% of the total project
20    cost for projects funded through such grants.
21        (2) The Agency shall not terminate a grant to a unit of
22    local government for the financing and construction of
23    public water supply facilities unless and until the Agency
24    adopts rules that set forth precise and complete standards,
25    pursuant to Section 5-20 of the Illinois Administrative
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1    Agency shall not make determinations on whether specific
2    grant conditions are necessary to ensure the integrity of a
3    project or on whether subagreements shall be awarded, with
4    respect to grants 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 making such determinations. The Agency
9    shall not issue a stop-work order in relation to such
10    grants unless and until the Agency adopts precise and
11    complete standards, pursuant to Section 5-20 of the
12    Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, for determining
13    whether to issue a stop-work order.
14    (y) The Agency shall have authority to release any person
15from further responsibility for preventive or corrective
16action under this Act following successful completion of
17preventive or corrective action undertaken by such person upon
18written request by the person.
19    (z) To the extent permitted by any applicable federal law
20or regulation, for all work performed for State construction
21projects which are funded in whole or in part by a capital
22infrastructure bill enacted by the 96th General Assembly by
23sums appropriated to the Environmental Protection Agency, at
24least 50% of the total labor hours must be performed by actual
25residents of the State of Illinois. For purposes of this
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1persons domiciled in the State of Illinois. The Department of
2Labor shall promulgate rules providing for the enforcement of
3this subsection.
4    (aa) The Agency may adopt rules requiring the electronic
5submission of any information required to be submitted to the
6Agency pursuant to any State or federal law or regulation or
7any court or Board order. Any rules adopted under this
8subsection (aa) must include, but are not limited to,
9identification of the information to be submitted
10electronically.
11(Source: P.A. 98-72, eff. 7-15-13.)
 
12    (415 ILCS 5/5)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1005)
13    Sec. 5. Pollution Control Board.
14    (a) There is hereby created an independent board to be
15known as the Pollution Control Board.
16    Until July 1, 2003 or when all of the new members to be
17initially appointed under this amendatory Act of the 93rd
18General Assembly have been appointed by the Governor, whichever
19occurs later, the Board shall consist of 7 technically
20qualified members, no more than 4 of whom may be of the same
21political party, to be appointed by the Governor with the
22advice and consent of the Senate.
23    The term of each appointed member of the Board who is in
24office on June 30, 2003 shall terminate at the close of
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1initially appointed under this amendatory Act of the 93rd
2General Assembly have been appointed by the Governor, whichever
3occurs later.
4    Beginning on July 1, 2003 or when all of the new members to
5be initially appointed under this amendatory Act of the 93rd
6General Assembly have been appointed by the Governor, whichever
7occurs later, the Board shall consist of 5 technically
8qualified members, no more than 3 of whom may be of the same
9political party, to be appointed by the Governor with the
10advice and consent of the Senate. Members shall have verifiable
11technical, academic, or actual experience in the field of
12pollution control or environmental law and regulation.
13    Of the members initially appointed pursuant to this
14amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, one shall be
15appointed for a term ending July 1, 2004, 2 shall be appointed
16for terms ending July 1, 2005, and 2 shall be appointed for
17terms ending July 1, 2006. Thereafter, all members shall hold
18office for 3 years from the first day of July in the year in
19which they were appointed, except in case of an appointment to
20fill a vacancy. In case of a vacancy in the office when the
21Senate is not in session, the Governor may make a temporary
22appointment until the next meeting of the Senate, when he or
23she shall nominate some person to fill such office; and any
24person so nominated, who is confirmed by the Senate, shall hold
25the office during the remainder of the term.
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1respective successors have been appointed and qualified. Any
2member may resign from office, such resignation to take effect
3when a successor has been appointed and has qualified.
4    Board members shall be paid $37,000 per year or an amount
5set by the Compensation Review Board, whichever is greater, and
6the Chairman shall be paid $43,000 per year or an amount set by
7the Compensation Review Board, whichever is greater. Each
8member shall devote his or her entire time to the duties of the
9office, and shall hold no other office or position of profit,
10nor engage in any other business, employment, or vocation. Each
11member shall be reimbursed for expenses necessarily incurred
12and shall make a financial disclosure upon appointment.
13    Each Board member may employ one secretary and one
14assistant, and the Chairman one secretary and 2 assistants. The
15Board also may employ and compensate hearing officers to
16preside at hearings under this Act, and such other personnel as
17may be necessary. Hearing officers shall be attorneys licensed
18to practice law in Illinois.
19    The Board may have an Executive Director; if so, the
20Executive Director shall be appointed by the Governor with the
21advice and consent of the Senate. The salary and duties of the
22Executive Director shall be fixed by the Board.
23    The Governor shall designate one Board member to be
24Chairman, who shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor.
25    The Board shall hold at least one meeting each month and
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1In addition, special meetings may be called by the Chairman or
2by any 2 Board members, upon delivery of 24 hours written
3notice to the office of each member. All Board meetings shall
4be open to the public, and public notice of all meetings shall
5be given at least 24 hours in advance of each meeting. In
6emergency situations in which a majority of the Board certifies
7that exigencies of time require the requirements of public
8notice and of 24 hour written notice to members may be
9dispensed with, and Board members shall receive such notice as
10is reasonable under the circumstances.
11    If there is no vacancy on the Board, 4 members of the Board
12shall constitute a quorum to transact business; otherwise, a
13majority of the Board shall constitute a quorum to transact
14business, and no vacancy shall impair the right of the
15remaining members to exercise all of the powers of the Board.
16Every action approved by a majority of the members of the Board
17shall be deemed to be the action of the Board. The Board shall
18keep a complete and accurate record of all its meetings.
19    (b) The Board shall determine, define and implement the
20environmental control standards applicable in the State of
21Illinois and may adopt rules and regulations in accordance with
22Title VII of this Act.
23    (c) The Board shall have authority to act for the State in
24regard to the adoption of standards for submission to the
25United States under any federal law respecting environmental
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1Title VII of the Act and upon adoption shall be forwarded to
2the Environmental Protection Agency for submission to the
3United States pursuant to subsections (l) and (m) of Section 4
4of this Act. Nothing in this paragraph shall limit the
5discretion of the Governor to delegate authority granted to the
6Governor under any federal law.
7    (d) The Board shall have authority to conduct proceedings
8upon complaints charging violations of this Act, any rule or
9regulation adopted under this Act, any permit or term or
10condition of a permit, or any Board order; upon administrative
11citations; upon petitions for variances, or adjusted
12standards, or time-limited water quality standards; upon
13petitions for review of the Agency's final determinations on
14permit applications in accordance with Title X of this Act;
15upon petitions to remove seals under Section 34 of this Act;
16and upon other petitions for review of final determinations
17which are made pursuant to this Act or Board rule and which
18involve a subject which the Board is authorized to regulate.
19The Board may also conduct other proceedings as may be provided
20by this Act or any other statute or rule.
21    (e) In connection with any proceeding pursuant to
22subsection (b) or (d) of this Section, the Board may subpoena
23and compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of
24evidence reasonably necessary to resolution of the matter under
25consideration. The Board shall issue such subpoenas upon the
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1this Section or upon its own motion.
2    (f) The Board may prescribe reasonable fees for permits
3required pursuant to this Act. Such fees in the aggregate may
4not exceed the total cost to the Agency for its inspection and
5permit systems. The Board may not prescribe any permit fees
6which are different in amount from those established by this
7Act.
8(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
 
9    (415 ILCS 5/7.5)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1007.5)
10    Sec. 7.5. Filing Fees.
11    (a) The Board shall collect filing fees as prescribed in
12this Act. The fees shall be deposited in the Pollution Control
13Board Fund. The filing fees shall be as follows:
14    Petition for site-specific regulation, $75.
15    Petition for variance, $75.
16    Petition for review of permit, $75.
17    Petition to contest local government decision pursuant to
18Section 40.1, $75.
19    Petition for an adjusted standard, pursuant to Section
2028.1, $75.
21    Petition for a time-limited water quality standard, $75 per
22petitioner.
23    (b) A person who has filed a petition for a variance from a
24water quality standard and paid the filing fee set forth in
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1variance petition is thereafter converted into a petition for a
2time-limited water quality standard under Section 38.5 of this
3Act shall not be required to pay a separate filing fee upon the
4conversion of the variance petition into a petition for a
5time-limited water quality standard.
6(Source: P.A. 85-1440.)
 
7    (415 ILCS 5/29)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1029)
8    Sec. 29. (a) Any person adversely affected or threatened by
9any rule or regulation of the Board may obtain a determination
10of the validity or application of such rule or regulation by
11petition for review under Section 41 of this Act.
12    (b) Action by the Board in adopting any regulation for
13which judicial review could have been obtained under Section 41
14of this Act shall not be subject to review regarding the
15regulation's validity or application in any subsequent
16proceeding under Title VIII, Title IX or Section 40 of this
17Act.
18    (c) This Section does not apply to orders entered by the
19Board pursuant to Section 38.5 of this Act. Final orders
20entered by the Board pursuant to Section 38.5 of this Act are
21subject to judicial review under subsection (j) of that
22Section. Interim orders entered by the Board pursuant to
23Section 38.5 are not subject to judicial review under this
24Section or Section 38.5.
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1    (415 ILCS 5/Tit. IX heading)
2
TITLE IX: VARIANCES AND TIME-LIMITED WATER QUALITY STANDARDS

 
3    (415 ILCS 5/38.5 new)
4    Sec. 38.5. Time-limited water quality standards.
5    (a) To the extent consistent with the Federal Water
6Pollution Control Act, rules adopted by the United States
7Environmental Protection Agency under that Act, this Section,
8and rules adopted by the Board under this Section, the Board
9may adopt, and may conduct non-adjudicatory proceedings to
10adopt, a time-limited water quality standard for a watershed or
11one or more of the following:
12        (1) water bodies;
13        (2) waterbody segments; or
14        (3) dischargers.
15    (b) A time-limited water quality standard may be sought by:
16
17        (1) persons who file with the Board a petition for a
18    time-limited water quality standard under this Section;
19    and
20        (2) persons who have a petition for a variance from a
21    water quality standard under Section 35 of this Act
22    converted into a petition for a time-limited water quality
23    standard under subsection (c) of this Section.
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1standard under Section 35 of this Act that was filed with the
2Board before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
399th General Assembly and that has not been disposed of by the
4Board shall be converted, by operation of law, into a petition
5for a time-limited water quality standard under this Section on
6the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General
7Assembly.
8    (d) The Board's hearings concerning the adoption of
9time-limited water quality standards shall be open to the
10public and must be held in compliance with 40 CFR 131.14,
11including, but not limited to, the public notice and
12participation requirements referenced in 40 CFR 25 and 40 CFR
13131.20(b); this Section; and rules adopted by the Board under
14this Section.
15    (e) Within 21 days after any petition for a time-limited
16water quality standard is filed with the Board under this
17Section, or within 21 days after the effective date of this
18amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly in the case of a
19petition for time-limited water quality standard created under
20subsection (c) of this Section, the Agency shall file with the
21Board a response that:
22        (1) identifies the discharger or classes of
23    dischargers affected by the water quality standard from
24    which relief is sought;
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1    from which relief is sought;
2        (3) identifies the appropriate type of time-limited
3    water quality standard, based on factors, such as the
4    nature of the pollutant, the condition of the affected
5    water body, and the number and type of dischargers; and
6        (4) recommends, for the purposes of subsection (h),
7    prompt deadlines for the classes of dischargers to file a
8    substantially compliant petition.
9    (f) Within 30 days after receipt of a response from the
10Agency under subsection (e) of this Section, the Board shall
11enter a final order that establishes the discharger or classes
12of dischargers that may be covered by the time-limited water
13quality standard and prompt deadlines by which the discharger
14and dischargers in the identified classes must, for the
15purposes of subsection (h), file with the Board either:
16        (1) a petition for a time-limited water quality
17    standard, if the petition has not been previously filed; or
18        (2) an amended petition for a time-limited water
19    quality standard, if the petition has been previously filed
20    and it is necessary to file an amended petition to maintain
21    a stay under paragraph (3) of subsection (h) of this
22    Section.
23    (g) As soon as practicable after entering an order under
24subsection (f), the Board shall conduct an evaluation of the
25petition to assess its substantial compliance with 40 CFR
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1Section. After the Board determines that a petition is in
2substantial compliance with those requirements, the Agency
3shall file a recommendation concerning the petition.
4    (h)(1) The effectiveness of a water quality standard from
5which relief is sought shall be stayed as to the following
6persons from the effective date of the water quality standard
7until the stay is terminated as provided in this subsection:
8            (A) any person who has a petition for a variance
9        seeking relief from a water quality standard under
10        Section 35 of this Act converted into a petition for a
11        time-limited water quality standard under subsection
12        (c) of this Section;
13            (B) any person who files a petition for a
14        time-limited water quality standard within 35 days
15        after the effective date of the water quality standard
16        from which relief is sought; and
17            (C) any person, not covered by subparagraph (B) of
18        this subsection, who is a member of a class of
19        dischargers that is identified in a Board order under
20        subsection (f) that concerns a petition for a
21        time-limited water quality standard that was filed
22        within 35 days after the effective date of the water
23        quality standard from which relief is sought and who
24        files a petition for a time-limited water quality
25        standard before the deadline established for that
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1        (2) If the Board determines that the petition of a
2    person described in paragraph (1) of this subsection is in
3    substantial compliance, then the stay shall continue until
4    the Board:
5            (A) denies the petition and all rights to judicial
6        review of the Board order denying the petition are
7        exhausted; or
8            (B) adopts the time-limited water quality standard
9        and the United States Environmental Protection Agency
10        either:
11                (i) approves the time-limited water quality
12            standard; or
13                (ii) disapproves the time-limited water
14            quality standard for failure to comply with 40 CFR
15            131.14.
16        (3) If the Board determines that the petition of a
17    person described in paragraph (1) of this subsection is not
18    in substantial compliance, then the Board shall enter an
19    interim order that identifies the deficiencies in the
20    petition that must be corrected for the petition to be in
21    substantial compliance. The petitioner must file an
22    amended petition by the deadlines adopted by the Board
23    pursuant to subsection (f), and the Board shall enter,
24    after the applicable Board-established deadline, a final
25    order that determines whether the amended petition is in
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1        (4) If the Board determines that the amended petition
2    described in paragraph (3) of this subsection is in
3    substantial compliance, then the stay shall continue until
4    the Board:
5            (A) denies the petition and all rights to judicial
6        review of the Board order denying the petition are
7        exhausted; or
8            (B) adopts the time-limited water quality standard
9        and the United States Environmental Protection Agency
10        either:
11                (i) approves the time-limited water quality
12            standard; or
13                (ii) disapproves the time-limited water
14            quality standard for failure to comply with 40 CFR
15            131.14.
16        (5) If the Board determines that the amended petition
17    described in paragraph (3) of this subsection is not in
18    substantial compliance by the Board-established deadline,
19    the Board shall deny the petition and the stay shall
20    continue until all rights to judicial review are exhausted.
21        (6) If the Board determines that a petition for a
22    time-limited water quality standard is not in substantial
23    compliance and if the person fails to file, on or before
24    the Board-established deadline, an amended petition, the
25    Board shall dismiss the petition and the stay shall
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1        (7) If a person other than a person described in
2    paragraph (1) of subsection (h) of this Section files a
3    petition for a time-limited water quality standard, then
4    the effectiveness of the water quality standard from which
5    relief is sought shall not be stayed as to that person.
6    However, the person may seek a time-limited water quality
7    standard from the Board by complying with 40 CFR 131.14,
8    this Section, and rules adopted pursuant to this Section.
9    (i) Each time-limited water quality standard adopted by the
10Board for more than one discharger shall set forth criteria
11that may be used by dischargers or classes of dischargers to
12obtain coverage under the time-limited water quality standard
13during its duration. Any discharger that has not obtained a
14time-limited water quality standard may obtain coverage under a
15Board-approved time-limited water quality standard by
16satisfying, at the time of the renewal or modification of that
17person's federal National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
18System (NPDES) permit or at the time the person files an
19application for certification under Section 401 of the federal
20Clean Water Act, the Board-approved criteria for coverage under
21the time-limited water quality standard.
22    (j) Any person who is adversely affected or threatened by a
23final Board order entered pursuant to this Section may obtain
24judicial review of the Board order by filing a petition for
25review within 35 days after the date the Board order was served
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1the Administrative Review Law, and the rules adopted pursuant
2thereto, except that review shall be afforded directly in the
3appellate court for the district in which the cause of action
4arose and not in the circuit court. For purposes of judicial
5review under this subsection, a person is deemed to have been
6served with the Board's final order on the date on which the
7order is first published by the Board on its website.
8    No challenge to the validity of a final Board order under
9this Section shall be made in any enforcement proceeding under
10Title XII of this Act as to any issue that could have been
11raised in a timely petition for review under this subsection.
12    (k) Not later than 6 months after the effective date of
13this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly, the Agency
14shall propose, and not later than 9 months thereafter the Board
15shall adopt, rules that prescribe specific procedures and
16standards to be used by the Board when adopting time-limited
17water quality standards. The public notice and participation
18requirements in 40 CFR 25 and 40 CFR 131.20(b) shall be
19incorporated into the rules adopted under this subsection.
20    Until the rules adopted under this subsection are
21effective, the Board may adopt time-limited water quality
22standards to the full extent allowed under this Section and 40
23C.F.R. 131.14.
24    (l) Section 5-35 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure
25Act, Title VII of this Act, and the other Sections in Title IX
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1Section.
 
2    (415 ILCS 5/41)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1041)
3    Sec. 41. Judicial review.
4    (a) Any party to a Board hearing, any person who filed a
5complaint on which a hearing was denied, any person who has
6been denied a variance or permit under this Act, any party
7adversely affected by a final order or determination of the
8Board, and any person who participated in the public comment
9process under subsection (8) of Section 39.5 of this Act may
10obtain judicial review, by filing a petition for review within
1135 days from the date that a copy of the order or other final
12action sought to be reviewed was served upon the party affected
13by the order or other final Board action complained of, under
14the provisions of the Administrative Review Law, as amended and
15the rules adopted pursuant thereto, except that review shall be
16afforded directly in the Appellate Court for the District in
17which the cause of action arose and not in the Circuit Court.
18Review of any rule or regulation promulgated by the Board shall
19not be limited by this section but may also be had as provided
20in Section 29 of this Act.
21    (b) Any final order of the Board under this Act shall be
22based solely on the evidence in the record of the particular
23proceeding involved, and any such final order for permit
24appeals, enforcement actions and variance proceedings, shall
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1evidence. Notwithstanding this subsection, the Board may
2include such conditions in granting a variance and may adopt
3such rules and regulations as the policies of this Act may
4require. If an objection is made to a variance condition, the
5board shall reconsider the condition within not more than 75
6days from the date of the objection.
7    (c) No challenge to the validity of a Board order shall be
8made in any enforcement proceeding under Title XII of this Act
9as to any issue that could have been raised in a timely
10petition for review under this Section.
11    (d) If there is no final action by the Board within 120
12days on a request for a variance which is subject to subsection
13(c) of Section 38 or a permit appeal which is subject to
14paragraph (a) (3) of Section 40 or paragraph (d) of Section
1540.2 or Section 40.3, the petitioner shall be entitled to an
16Appellate Court order under this subsection. If a hearing is
17required under this Act and was not held by the Board, the
18Appellate Court shall order the Board to conduct such a
19hearing, and to make a decision within 90 days from the date of
20the order. If a hearing was held by the Board, or if a hearing
21is not required under this Act and was not held by the Board,
22the Appellate Court shall order the Board to make a decision
23within 90 days from the date of the order.
24    The Appellate Court shall retain jurisdiction during the
25pendency of any further action conducted by the Board under an
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1jurisdiction to review all issues of law and fact presented
2upon appeal.
3    (e) This Section does not apply to orders entered by the
4Board pursuant to Section 38.5 of this Act. Final orders
5entered by the Board pursuant to Section 38.5 of this Act are
6subject to judicial review under subsection (j) of that
7Section. Interim orders entered by the Board pursuant to
8Section 38.5 are not subject to judicial review under this
9Section or Section 38.5.
10(Source: P.A. 99-463, eff. 1-1-16.)
 
11    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12becoming law.