Public Act 094-1048
 
SB1028 Enrolled LRB094 04721 RSP 34750 b

    AN ACT concerning safety.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
changing Section 3.350 as follows:
 
    (415 ILCS 5/3.350)  (was 415 ILCS 5/3.58)
    Sec. 3.350. Potential route. "Potential route" means
abandoned and improperly plugged wells of all kinds, drainage
wells, all injection wells, including closed loop heat pump
wells, and any excavation for the discovery, development or
production of stone, sand or gravel. This term does not include
closed loop heat pump wells using USP food grade propylene
glycol.
    A new potential route is:
        (1) a potential route which is not in existence or for
    which construction has not commenced at its location as of
    January 1, 1988, or
        (2) a potential route which expands laterally beyond
    the currently permitted boundary or, if the potential route
    is not permitted, the boundary in existence as of January
    1, 1988.
    Construction shall be deemed commenced when all necessary
federal, State and local approvals have been obtained, and work
at the site has been initiated and proceeds in a reasonably
continuous manner to completion.
(Source: P.A. 92-574, eff. 6-26-02.)