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415 ILCS 85/4

(415 ILCS 85/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7954)

Sec. 4.

Toxic Pollution Prevention Program.

There is hereby
established within the Agency a Toxic Pollution Prevention Program.  The
Program, at a minimum, shall:

(1) Identify all federal and State laws or regulations pertaining to
waste disposal and release of toxic substances into the environment. The
Program shall promote increased coordination of efforts to administer and
enforce these laws and regulations, review draft administrative rules
before submission to determine their potential impact on toxic pollution
prevention and determine how Agency programs should be coordinated or
modified to promote toxic pollution prevention.

(2) Develop a toxic pollution prevention manual for
Agency inspectors and permit reviewers.

(3) Establish procedures for expediting permit
application review for process or equipment modifications that involve
toxic pollution prevention.

(4) Develop a list of toxic substances which it believes should receive
priority consideration for toxic pollution prevention based upon an
examination of toxic release inventory reports filed with the Agency
pursuant to Section 313 of the federal Emergency Planning and Community
Right to Know Act of 1986.  The Program shall take into account available
health and environmental effects data, volumes of toxic releases and degree
of hazard.  The Program shall review and update the list at least once
every 2 years.

(5) Establish, in cooperation with the Center, methods and procedures
for managing toxic pollution prevention information and for assessing the
progress of toxic pollution prevention statewide.

(6) To the extent practicable, use the forms, practices and procedures
already in place in established environmental protection programs.

(Source: P.A. 86-914; 86-1363.)