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420 ILCS 40/38 (420 ILCS 40/38) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 210-38)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 38. Authority of Agency in cases constituting an
immediate
threat to health.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, whenever the
Agency finds that a condition exists that constitutes an
immediate threat
to health, the Agency is authorized to do all of the
following:
(1) Enter onto public or private property and take | | possession of sources of radiation that pose an immediate threat to health.
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(2) Enter an order for abatement of a violation of
| | any provisions of this Act or any code, rule, regulation, or order promulgated under this Act that requires immediate action to protect the public health or welfare, which order shall recite the existence of the immediate threat and the findings of the Agency pertaining to the threat. The order shall direct a response that the Agency determines appropriate under the circumstances, including but not limited to all of the following:
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(A) Discontinuance of the violation.
(B) Decontamination of any property or structure
| | that has been contaminated as a result of the violation.
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(C) Restriction of access to property that has
| | been contaminated as a result of the violation.
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(D) Impounding of radiation sources possessed by
| | a person engaging in the violation.
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Such order shall be effective immediately but shall
| | include notice of the time and place of a public hearing before the Agency to be held within 30 days of the date of such order to assure the justification of such order. On the basis of such hearing the Agency shall continue such order in effect, revoke it or modify it. Any party affected by an order of the Agency shall have the right to waive the public hearing proceedings.
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(3) Direct the Attorney General to obtain an
| | injunction against any person responsible for causing or allowing the continuance of the immediate threat to health.
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(b) In responding to an immediate threat to health, as defined in
subsection (a), the Agency is authorized to request the
assistance of
other units of government, including agencies of the federal government, and
to assume reasonable costs of other units of government as agreed by the
Agency. The Agency is authorized to
assess the costs of its response and the response of its predecessor agency,
the Department of Nuclear Safety, against the person or persons responsible
for the creation or continuation of
the threat. The costs may include costs for personnel, equipment,
transportation, special services, and
treatment, storage, and disposal of sources of radiation, including costs
incurred by the Agency or the Department and costs incurred by other
units of government that
assist the Agency or the Department. If the Agency is
unable to
determine who is
responsible for the creation or continuation of the threat, the costs shall be
assessed against the owner of the property and shall constitute a lien against
the property until paid. Any person
assessed costs under this subsection shall have the right to a hearing
before the Agency provided a written request for a hearing
is served on the
Agency within 10 days of notice of the assessment. In the
absence of
receipt of a request for a hearing, the affected party shall be deemed to have
waived the right to a hearing.
(Source: P.A. 94-104, eff. 7-1-05.)
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