Full Text of HB4804 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning safety. | 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 | | represented in the General Assembly: | 4 | | Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 19.11 as follows: | 6 | | (415 ILCS 5/19.11) | 7 | | Sec. 19.11. Public water supply disruption; notification. | 8 | | (a) In this Section: | 9 | | "Disruption event" means any: | 10 | | (1) change to a disinfection technique, practice, or | 11 | | technology, including each instance of any change in the | 12 | | concentration of any disinfectant in the water of a public | 13 | | water supply that results in residual concentrations of | 14 | | the disinfectant in the water either exceeding 50% or | 15 | | falling below 20% of the monthly average concentration of | 16 | | disinfectant reported to the Agency in a public water | 17 | | distribution entity's most recent monthly submission of | 18 | | Daily Operating Reports; | 19 | | (2) planned or unplanned work on or damage to a water | 20 | | main or fire hydrant ; | 21 | | (3) change in a treatment application or source of | 22 | | water that results in an altered finished water quality; | 23 | | (4) event that results in a public water supply's |
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| 1 | | operating pressure falling below 20 PSI; or | 2 | | (5) condition that results in the issuance of a boil | 3 | | water order. | 4 | | "Disruption notification list" means a list enumerating | 5 | | health care facilities, fire departments, dispatch centers, | 6 | | and their designees that are served by a public water supply | 7 | | and maintained by a public water distribution entity. | 8 | | "Fire department" means a fire protection service provider | 9 | | (i) organized under the Illinois Municipal Code or the Fire | 10 | | Protection District Act and (ii) recognized by the Office of | 11 | | the State Fire Marshal. | 12 | | "Health care facility" means a facility, hospital, or | 13 | | establishment licensed or organized under the Ambulatory | 14 | | Surgical Treatment Center Act, the University of Illinois | 15 | | Hospital Act, the Hospital Licensing Act, the Nursing Home | 16 | | Care Act, the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act, or the | 17 | | Community Living Facilities Licensing Act. | 18 | | "Health care facility list" means a list enumerating | 19 | | health care facilities and their designees that are served by | 20 | | a public water supply and maintained by a public water | 21 | | distribution entity. | 22 | | "Public water distribution entity" means any of the | 23 | | following entities that are responsible for the direct | 24 | | supervision of a public water supply: a municipality, a | 25 | | private corporation, an individual private owner, or a | 26 | | regularly organized body governed by a constitution and |
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| 1 | | by-laws requiring regular election of officers. | 2 | | "Public water supply" has the same meaning as defined in | 3 | | Section 3.365. | 4 | | "State agencies" means the Illinois Environmental | 5 | | Protection Agency and the Illinois Department of Public | 6 | | Health. | 7 | | "Water supply operator" means any individual trained in | 8 | | the treatment or distribution of water who has practical, | 9 | | working knowledge of the chemical, biological, and physical | 10 | | sciences essential to the practical mechanics of water | 11 | | treatment or distribution and who is capable of conducting and | 12 | | maintaining the water treatment or distribution processes of a | 13 | | public water supply in a manner that will provide safe, | 14 | | potable water for human consumption. | 15 | | (b) A public water distribution entity, through its | 16 | | designated employees or contractors, shall notify its water | 17 | | supply operator and all affected health care facilities , fire | 18 | | departments, and dispatch centers on the public water supply's | 19 | | disruption notification health care facility list not less | 20 | | than 14 days before any known, planned, or anticipated | 21 | | disruption event. An anticipated disruption event includes for | 22 | | purposes of this subsection any disruption event that could or | 23 | | should be reasonably anticipated by a public water | 24 | | distribution entity. | 25 | | (c) A public water distribution entity, through its | 26 | | designated employees or contractors, shall notify its water |
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| 1 | | supply operator , and all affected health care facilities , all | 2 | | affected fire departments, and all affected dispatch centers | 3 | | on a disruption notification list that are served by the | 4 | | public water supply and affected by any unplanned disruption | 5 | | event in the public water supply's water distribution system. | 6 | | The notification required under this subsection shall be | 7 | | provided within 2 hours after the public water distribution | 8 | | entity becomes aware of the unplanned disruption event. | 9 | | (d) A health care facility , fire department, and dispatch | 10 | | center shall designate an email address to receive electronic | 11 | | notifications from the public water distribution entity | 12 | | concerning planned or unplanned disruption events. The email | 13 | | account shall be accessible to the health care facility's | 14 | | designated water management plan administrator , the fire | 15 | | department's chief officer, the dispatch center's chief | 16 | | officer, and other responsible administrative personnel. | 17 | | (e) Any planned or unplanned disruption event notification | 18 | | sent to a health care facility , fire department, or dispatch | 19 | | center under this Section shall also be sent to the State | 20 | | agencies via email to the email addresses designated by the | 21 | | State agencies within 5 business days. The State agencies | 22 | | shall establish, maintain, and retain a list of notifications | 23 | | received pursuant to this subsection. | 24 | | The notice required under this Section shall include, but | 25 | | shall not be limited to, the following: | 26 | | (1) a detailed description of the disruption event; |
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| 1 | | (2) the date, time, and location of the disruption | 2 | | event; | 3 | | (3) the expected time needed to resolve the disruption | 4 | | event; and | 5 | | (4) a list of the health care facilities , fire | 6 | | departments, and dispatch centers notified by the public | 7 | | water distribution entity. | 8 | | Beginning one year after the effective date of this | 9 | | amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, the State | 10 | | agencies shall make available upon request a list of | 11 | | disruption events, in an electronic format, sorted by the year | 12 | | and month of each occurrence. | 13 | | (f) A public water distribution entity may use contact | 14 | | information in its possession, including phone numbers, email | 15 | | addresses, and residential addresses, that it obtained before | 16 | | or after a planned or an unplanned disruption event in a public | 17 | | water supply in order to inform its customers of the | 18 | | disruption event, regardless of whether consent is expressly | 19 | | given to use the information for that purpose. | 20 | | (Source: P.A. 102-960, eff. 5-27-22.) |
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