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90_HB2668enr

      415 ILCS 5/57.4
      415 ILCS 5/57.4a new
      415 ILCS 5/57.4b new
      415 ILCS 5/57.4c new
      415 ILCS 5/57.11
      430 ILCS 15/4             from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 156
          Amends the Petroleum Underground Storage  Tank  Title  of
      the  Environmental  Protection  Act to create the Underground
      Storage Tank Management  Board  to  oversee  the  payment  of
      claims under the Underground Storage Tank Fund.  Provides for
      the  competitive  selection  of  a  Program  Administrator to
      handle the processing of claims and other tasks  assigned  by
      the  Management  Board.   Amends  the Gasoline Storage Act to
      provide that the Office  of  the  State  Fire  Marshal  shall
      administer   the   Underground   Storage   Tank   Program  in
      cooperation with the Management Board,  in  addition  to  the
      Environmental Protection Agency.  Effective immediately.
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 1        AN ACT in relation to underground storage tanks, amending
 2    named Acts.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The Gasoline Storage Act is amended by adding
 6    Section 3.5 and amending Section 7 as follows:
 7        (430 ILCS 15/3.5 new)
 8        Sec. 3.5.  Underground Storage Tank Certification.
 9        (a)  For  the  purposes  of  this  Section,  "petroleum",
10    "petroleum product", "hazardous  substance",  and  "regulated
11    substance"  have  the meanings ascribed to them in Subtitle I
12    of the Hazardous and  Solid  Waste  Amendments  of  1984  (42
13    U.S.C.  Sec.  6901  et  seq.),  as  amended  by the Superfund
14    Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986  (42  U.S.C.  Sec.
15    9601  et  seq.).   "Underground storage tank" has the meaning
16    ascribed to it in Section 4(e) of this Act.
17        (b)  The Office of the State Fire Marshal  shall  certify
18    either  that  all  underground  storage  tanks  in a facility
19    comply or that one or more  tanks  in  the  facility  do  not
20    comply with the rules adopted by the Office of the State Fire
21    Marshal.   The  Office  of the State Fire Marshal shall affix
22    evidence of compliance or noncompliance to  the  facility  in
23    which the underground storage tank is located.
24        (c)  Beginning December 22, 1998, no person, corporation,
25    unit  of  local government, firm, or other business entity or
26    political subdivision of the State shall  knowingly  deliver,
27    deposit,  fill,  or  otherwise place any petroleum, petroleum
28    product, hazardous substance, or regulated substance into any
29    underground storage tank in a facility that:
30             (1)  does not display evidence that its  underground
31        storage  tanks  are  in  compliance with the rules of the
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 1        Office of the State Fire Marshal; or
 2             (2)  displays evidence  that  one  or  more  of  its
 3        underground  storage tanks are not in compliance with the
 4        rules of the Office of the State Fire Marshal.
 5        (d)  The Office of the State  Fire  Marshal  shall  adopt
 6    rules,  which may include emergency rules, for certification,
 7    evidence  of  compliance  or  noncompliance,  and  expiration
 8    dates and intervals for reissuance.
 9        (430 ILCS 15/7) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 159)
10        Sec. 7. (a)  A violation of:
11        (1)  paragraph  (a) or (b) of subsection (3) of Section 2
12    of this Act is a business offense punishable by a fine of not
13    more than $10,000 per day;
14        (2)  paragraph (c) of subsection (3) of Section  2  is  a
15    petty  offense punishable by a fine of not less than $100 nor
16    more than $500 per tank tested;
17        (3)  Sections 4 and 5 of this Act is a  business  offense
18    punishable by a fine of not more than $10,000 per day;
19        (3.5)  Section  3.5  of  this  Act  is a business offense
20    punishable by fine of not more than $10,000 per offense;
21        (4)  an administrative order as  described  in  paragraph
22    (e)  of  subsection  (3)  of  Section  2,  paragraph  (b)  of
23    subsection  (4)  of  Section 2 or subsection (c) of Section 6
24    after it has become final is a business offense punishable by
25    a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than $25,000 per day;
26        (5)  any other rule promulgated  by  the  Office  of  the
27    State Fire Marshal is a business offense punishable by a fine
28    of  not  less than $100 nor more than $1,000 for each offense
29    or each day of continued violation.
30        (b)  The State Fire Marshal may  suspend  or  revoke  the
31    registration  of any person who has violated the rules of the
32    State Fire  Marshal  after  notice  and  opportunity  for  an
33    Administrative   hearing  which  shall  be  governed  by  the
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 1    Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.  Any appeal from  such
 2    suspension or revocation shall be to the circuit court of the
 3    county  in  which the hearing was held and be governed by the
 4    Administrative Review Law.
 5        (c)  A civil action to recover such fines may be  brought
 6    by the Attorney General or the State's Attorney of the county
 7    in which the violation occurred.
 8        (d)  Any  monies received by the State under this Section
 9    shall be deposited into the Underground Storage Tank Fund.
10    (Source: P.A. 87-323.)
11        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
12    becoming law.

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