Bill Text: IL HB1209 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Hazardous Waste Technology Exchange Service Act, the Green Governments Illinois Act, the University of Illinois Exercise of Functions and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the University of Illinois Scientific Surveys Act, the Toxic Pollution Prevention Act, the Illinois Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Act, and the Wildlife Code. Changes references from the Waste Management and Research Center to the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center. Makes changes concerning the Green Governments Coordinating Council and references to the Illinois Natural History Survey, the Illinois State Water Survey, and the Illinois State Geological Survey. Makes changes with respect to the Prairie Research Institute, including providing that the Institute shall contain the Illinois State Archaeological Survey and changing the powers and duties of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois and the Scientific Surveys. Repeals a Section of the State Finance Act in relation to certain revenues deposited into the University of Illinois Income Fund and appropriations from the Natural Resources Information Fund. Makes technical changes. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 7-4)
Status: (Passed) 2013-08-14 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0346 [HB1209 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB1209-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Hazardous Waste Technology Exchange Service Act, the Green Governments Illinois Act, the University of Illinois Exercise of Functions and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the University of Illinois Scientific Surveys Act, the Toxic Pollution Prevention Act, the Illinois Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Act, and the Wildlife Code. Changes references from the Waste Management and Research Center to the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center. Makes changes concerning the Green Governments Coordinating Council and references to the Illinois Natural History Survey, the Illinois State Water Survey, and the Illinois State Geological Survey. Makes changes with respect to the Prairie Research Institute, including providing that the Institute shall contain the Illinois State Archaeological Survey and changing the powers and duties of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois and the Scientific Surveys. Repeals a Section of the State Finance Act in relation to certain revenues deposited into the University of Illinois Income Fund and appropriations from the Natural Resources Information Fund. Makes technical changes. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 7-4)
Status: (Passed) 2013-08-14 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0346 [HB1209 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB1209-Engrossed.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning conservation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic | ||||||
5 | Opportunity Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | ||||||
6 | amended by changing Section 605-515 as follows:
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7 | (20 ILCS 605/605-515) (was 20 ILCS 605/46.13a)
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8 | Sec. 605-515. Environmental Regulatory Assistance Program.
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9 | (a) In this Section, except where the
context clearly | ||||||
10 | requires otherwise, "small business stationary source" means a
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11 | business that is owned
or operated by a person that employs 100 | ||||||
12 | or fewer individuals; is a small
business; is not a major | ||||||
13 | stationary source as defined in Titles I and III
of the federal | ||||||
14 | 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments; does not emit 50 tons or more
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15 | per year of any regulated pollutant (as defined under the | ||||||
16 | federal Clean Air
Act); and emits less than 75 tons per year of | ||||||
17 | all regulated pollutants.
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18 | (b) The Department may:
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19 | (1) Provide access to technical and compliance | ||||||
20 | information for
Illinois firms, including small and middle | ||||||
21 | market companies, to facilitate
local business compliance | ||||||
22 | with the federal, State, and local environmental
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23 | regulations.
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1 | (2) Coordinate and enter into cooperative agreements | ||||||
2 | with a State
ombudsman office, which shall be established | ||||||
3 | in accordance with the federal
1990 Clean Air Act | ||||||
4 | Amendments to provide direct oversight to the program
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5 | established under that Act.
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6 | (3) Enter into contracts, cooperative agreements, and | ||||||
7 | financing
agreements and establish and collect charges and | ||||||
8 | fees necessary or
incidental to the performance of duties | ||||||
9 | and the execution of powers
under this Section.
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10 | (4) Accept and expend, subject to appropriation, | ||||||
11 | gifts, grants,
awards, funds, contributions, charges, | ||||||
12 | fees, and other financial or
nonfinancial aid from federal, | ||||||
13 | State, and local governmental agencies,
businesses, | ||||||
14 | educational agencies, not-for-profit organizations, and | ||||||
15 | other
entities, for the purposes of this Section.
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16 | (5) Establish, staff, and administer programs and | ||||||
17 | services and adopt
such rules and regulations necessary to | ||||||
18 | carry out the intent of
this Section and Section 507, | ||||||
19 | "Small Business Stationary Source Technical
and | ||||||
20 | Environmental Compliance Assistance Program", of the | ||||||
21 | federal 1990
Clean Air Act Amendments.
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22 | (c) The Department's environmental compliance programs and | ||||||
23 | services for
businesses may include, but need not be limited | ||||||
24 | to, the following:
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25 | (1) Communication and outreach services to or on behalf | ||||||
26 | of individual
companies, including collection and |
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1 | compilation of appropriate information
on regulatory | ||||||
2 | compliance issues and control technologies, and | ||||||
3 | dissemination
of that information through publications, | ||||||
4 | direct mailings,
electronic
communications, conferences, | ||||||
5 | workshops, one-on-one counseling, and other
means of | ||||||
6 | technical assistance.
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7 | (2) Provision of referrals and access to technical
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8 | assistance, pollution prevention and facility audits, and | ||||||
9 | otherwise
serving as an information clearinghouse on | ||||||
10 | pollution prevention through the
coordination of the | ||||||
11 | Illinois Sustainable Technology Waste Management and | ||||||
12 | Research Center of the University of Illinois. In addition,
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13 | environmental and regulatory compliance issues and | ||||||
14 | techniques, which may
include business rights and | ||||||
15 | responsibilities, applicable permitting and
compliance | ||||||
16 | requirements, compliance methods and acceptable control
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17 | technologies, release detection, and other applicable | ||||||
18 | information may be
provided.
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19 | (3) Coordination with and provision of administrative | ||||||
20 | and logistical
support to the State
Compliance Advisory | ||||||
21 | Panel.
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22 | (d) There is hereby created a special fund in the State | ||||||
23 | Treasury to be
known as the Small Business Environmental | ||||||
24 | Assistance Fund. Monies received
under subdivision (b)(4) of | ||||||
25 | this Section shall be deposited into the Fund.
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26 | Monies in the Small Business Environmental Assistance Fund |
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1 | may be used,
subject to appropriation, only for the purposes | ||||||
2 | authorized by this Section.
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3 | (Source: P.A. 95-728, eff. 7-1-08 - See Sec. 999 .)
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4 | Section 10. The Business Assistance and Regulatory Reform | ||||||
5 | Act is amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
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6 | (20 ILCS 608/15)
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7 | Sec. 15. Providing Information and Expediting Permit | ||||||
8 | Reviews.
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9 | (a) The office shall provide an information system using a | ||||||
10 | toll-free
business assistance number. The number shall be | ||||||
11 | advertised throughout the
State. If requested, the caller will | ||||||
12 | be sent a basic business kit, describing
the basic requirements | ||||||
13 | and procedures for doing business in Illinois. If
requested, | ||||||
14 | the caller shall be directed to one or more of the additional
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15 | services provided by the office. All persons providing advice | ||||||
16 | to callers on
behalf of
the office and all persons responsible | ||||||
17 | for directly providing services to
persons visiting the office | ||||||
18 | or one of its branches shall be persons with small
business | ||||||
19 | experience in an administrative or managerial capacity.
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20 | (b) (Blank).
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21 | (c) Any applicant for permits required for a business | ||||||
22 | activity may confer
with the office to obtain assistance in the | ||||||
23 | prompt and efficient processing and
review of applications. The | ||||||
24 | office may designate an employee of the office to
act as a |
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1 | permit assistance manager to:
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2 | (1) facilitate contacts for the applicant with | ||||||
3 | responsible agencies;
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4 | (2) arrange conferences to clarify the requirements of | ||||||
5 | interested
agencies;
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6 | (3) consider with State agencies the feasibility of | ||||||
7 | consolidating
hearings and data required of the applicant;
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8 | (4) assist the applicant in resolution of outstanding | ||||||
9 | issues identified by
State agencies; and
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10 | (5) coordinate federal, State and local regulatory | ||||||
11 | procedures and permit
review actions to the extent | ||||||
12 | possible.
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13 | (d) The office shall publish a directory of State business | ||||||
14 | permits and State
programs to assist small businesses.
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15 | (e) The office shall attempt to establish
agreements with | ||||||
16 | local governments to
allow the office to provide assistance to | ||||||
17 | applicants for permits required by
these local governments.
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18 | (f) Interested
State agencies shall, to the maximum extent | ||||||
19 | feasible, establish procedures to
expedite applications for | ||||||
20 | infrastructure projects. Applications for permits
for | ||||||
21 | infrastructure projects shall be approved or disapproved | ||||||
22 | within 45 days of
submission, unless law or regulations specify | ||||||
23 | a different period. If the
interested agency is unable to act | ||||||
24 | within that period, the agency shall provide
a written | ||||||
25 | notification to the office specifying reasons for its inability | ||||||
26 | to
act and the date by which approval or disapproval shall be |
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1 | determined. The
office may require any interested State agency | ||||||
2 | to designate an employee who
will coordinate the handling of | ||||||
3 | permits in that area.
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4 | (g) In addition to its responsibilities in connection with | ||||||
5 | permit
assistance, the office shall provide general regulatory | ||||||
6 | information by
directing businesses to appropriate officers in | ||||||
7 | State agencies to supply the
information requested.
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8 | (h) The office shall help businesses to locate and apply to | ||||||
9 | training
programs available to train current employees in | ||||||
10 | particular skills, techniques
or areas of knowledge relevant to | ||||||
11 | the employees' present or anticipated job
duties. In pursuit of | ||||||
12 | this objective, the office shall provide businesses with
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13 | pertinent information about training programs offered by State | ||||||
14 | agencies, units
of local government, public universities and | ||||||
15 | colleges, community colleges, and
school districts in | ||||||
16 | Illinois.
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17 | (i) The office shall help businesses to locate and apply to | ||||||
18 | State programs
offering to businesses grants, loans, loan or | ||||||
19 | bond guarantees, investment
partnerships, technology or | ||||||
20 | productivity consultation, or other forms of
business | ||||||
21 | assistance.
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22 | (j) To the extent authorized by federal law, the office | ||||||
23 | shall assist
businesses in ascertaining and complying with the | ||||||
24 | requirements of the federal
Americans with Disabilities Act.
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25 | (k) The office shall provide confidential on-site | ||||||
26 | assistance in identifying
problems and solutions in compliance |
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1 | with requirements of State and federal
environmental | ||||||
2 | regulations. The office shall work through and contract with | ||||||
3 | the Illinois Sustainable Technology
Waste Management and | ||||||
4 | Research Center to provide confidential on-site
consultation | ||||||
5 | audits that (i) assist regulatory compliance and (ii) identify
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6 | pollution prevention opportunities.
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7 | (k-5) Until July 1, 2012, the office shall provide | ||||||
8 | confidential on-site assistance, including, but not limited | ||||||
9 | to, consultation audits, to identify
problems and solutions | ||||||
10 | regarding compliance with the requirements of the federal
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11 | Occupational Safety and Health Administration. On and after | ||||||
12 | July 1, 2012, the Department of Labor shall provide | ||||||
13 | confidential on-site assistance, including, but not limited | ||||||
14 | to, consultation audits, to identify
problems and solutions | ||||||
15 | regarding compliance with the requirements of the federal
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16 | Occupational Safety and Health Administration. | ||||||
17 | (l) The office shall provide information on existing loan | ||||||
18 | and business
assistance programs provided by the State.
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19 | (m) Each State agency having jurisdiction to approve or | ||||||
20 | deny a permit shall
have the continuing power heretofore or | ||||||
21 | hereafter vested in it to make such
determinations. The | ||||||
22 | provisions of this Act shall not lessen or reduce such
powers | ||||||
23 | and shall modify the procedures followed in carrying out such | ||||||
24 | powers
only to the extent provided in this Act.
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25 | (n) (1) Each State agency shall fully cooperate with the | ||||||
26 | office in
providing information, documentation, personnel or |
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1 | facilities requested by the
office.
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2 | (2) Each State agency having jurisdiction of any permit to | ||||||
3 | which the
master application procedure is applicable shall | ||||||
4 | designate an employee to act
as permit liaison office with the | ||||||
5 | office in carrying out the provisions of this
Act.
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6 | (o) (1) The office has authority, but is not required, to | ||||||
7 | keep and analyze
appropriate statistical data regarding the | ||||||
8 | number of permits issued by State
agencies, the amount of time | ||||||
9 | necessary for the permits to be issued, the cost
of obtaining | ||||||
10 | such permits, the types of projects for which specific permits | ||||||
11 | are
issued, a geographic distribution of permits, and other | ||||||
12 | pertinent data the
office deems appropriate.
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13 | The office shall make such data and any analysis of the | ||||||
14 | data available to
the public.
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15 | (2) The office has authority, but is not required, to | ||||||
16 | conduct or cause to be
conducted a thorough review of any | ||||||
17 | agency's permit requirements and the need
by the State to | ||||||
18 | require such permits. The office shall draw on the review, on
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19 | its direct experience, and on its statistical analyses to | ||||||
20 | prepare
recommendations regarding how to:
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21 | (i) eliminate unnecessary or antiquated permit | ||||||
22 | requirements;
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23 | (ii) consolidate duplicative or overlapping permit | ||||||
24 | requirements;
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25 | (iii) simplify overly complex or lengthy application | ||||||
26 | procedures;
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1 | (iv) expedite time-consuming agency review and | ||||||
2 | approval procedures; or
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3 | (v) otherwise improve the permitting processes in the | ||||||
4 | State.
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5 | The office shall submit copies of all recommendations | ||||||
6 | within 5 days of
issuance to the affected agency, the Governor, | ||||||
7 | the General Assembly, and the
Joint Committee on Administrative | ||||||
8 | Rules.
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9 | (p) The office has authority to review State forms on its | ||||||
10 | own initiative or
upon the request of another State agency to | ||||||
11 | ascertain the burden, if any, of
complying with those forms. If | ||||||
12 | the office determines that a form is unduly
burdensome to | ||||||
13 | business, it may recommend to the agency issuing the form | ||||||
14 | either
that the form be eliminated or that specific changes be | ||||||
15 | made in the form.
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16 | (q) Not later than March 1 of each year, beginning March 1, | ||||||
17 | 1995, the office
shall submit an annual
report of its | ||||||
18 | activities during the preceding year to the Governor and | ||||||
19 | General
Assembly. The report shall describe the activities of | ||||||
20 | the office during the
preceding year and shall contain | ||||||
21 | statistical information on the permit
assistance activities of | ||||||
22 | the office.
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23 | (Source: P.A. 97-787, eff. 7-13-12.)
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24 | Section 15. The Hazardous Waste Technology Exchange | ||||||
25 | Service Act is amended by changing Sections 3, 4, and 6 as |
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1 | follows:
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2 | (20 ILCS 1130/3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6803)
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3 | Sec. 3. For the purposes of this Act, unless the context | ||||||
4 | otherwise requires:
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5 | (a) "Board" means the Board of Trustees of the University | ||||||
6 | of Illinois.
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7 | (b) "Center" means the Illinois Sustainable Technology | ||||||
8 | Waste Management and Research Center
of the University of | ||||||
9 | Illinois.
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10 | (Source: P.A. 95-728, eff. 7-1-08 - See Sec. 999 .)
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11 | (20 ILCS 1130/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6804)
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12 | Sec. 4. Illinois Sustainable Technology Waste Management | ||||||
13 | and Research Center. The Illinois Sustainable Technology | ||||||
14 | Center (formerly known as the Waste Management and Research | ||||||
15 | Center ) is transferred to the University of Illinois.
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16 | (Source: P.A. 95-728, eff. 7-1-08 - See Sec. 999 .)
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17 | (20 ILCS 1130/6) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6806)
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18 | Sec. 6. Appropriations. For the purpose of maintaining the | ||||||
19 | Illinois Sustainable Technology Waste
Management and Research | ||||||
20 | Center, paying the expenses and providing the
facilities and | ||||||
21 | structures incident thereto, appropriations shall be made to
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22 | the University of Illinois, payable from the Hazardous Waste | ||||||
23 | Research Fund and other
funds in the State Treasury.
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1 | (Source: P.A. 95-728, eff. 7-1-08 - See Sec. 999 .)
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2 | Section 20. The Green Governments Illinois Act is amended | ||||||
3 | by changing Section 15 as follows:
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4 | (20 ILCS 3954/15)
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5 | Sec. 15. Composition of the Council membership and | ||||||
6 | administrative support . Representatives The Council shall be | ||||||
7 | composed of representatives from various State agencies and | ||||||
8 | State universities with specific fiscal, procurement, | ||||||
9 | educational, and environmental policy expertise shall comprise | ||||||
10 | the Council . Until the effective date of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
11 | the 97th General Assembly, the Lieutenant Governor is the chair | ||||||
12 | of the Council. On and after the effective date of this | ||||||
13 | amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, the Governor is | ||||||
14 | the chair of the Council, and the Lieutenant Governor, or his | ||||||
15 | or her designee, shall be a member of the council. The director | ||||||
16 | or President, respectively, of each of the following State | ||||||
17 | agencies and State universities, or his or her designee, is a | ||||||
18 | member of the Council: the Department of Commerce and Economic | ||||||
19 | Opportunity, the Environmental Protection Agency, the | ||||||
20 | University of Illinois, the Department of Natural Resources, | ||||||
21 | the Department of Central Management Services, the Governor's | ||||||
22 | Office of Management and Budget, the Department of Agriculture, | ||||||
23 | the Department of Transportation, the Department of | ||||||
24 | Corrections, the Department of Human Services, the Department |
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1 | of Public Health, the State Board of Education, the Board of | ||||||
2 | Higher Education, and the Capital Development Board. | ||||||
3 | The Office of the Governor shall provide administrative | ||||||
4 | support to the Council. A minimum of one staff position in the | ||||||
5 | Office of the Governor shall be dedicated to the Green | ||||||
6 | Governments Illinois program.
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7 | (Source: P.A. 96-74, eff. 7-24-09; 97-573, eff. 8-25-11.)
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8 | Section 25. The University of Illinois Exercise of | ||||||
9 | Functions and Duties Law
of the Civil Administrative Code of | ||||||
10 | Illinois is amended by changing Section 3000-5 as follows:
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11 | (110 ILCS 355/3000-5) (was 110 ILCS 355/62)
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12 | Sec. 3000-5. Retention of duties by University of Illinois. | ||||||
13 | Unless
otherwise
provided by law, the functions and duties
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14 | formerly exercised by the State entomologist, the Illinois | ||||||
15 | Natural History Survey State laboratory of
natural history , the | ||||||
16 | Illinois State Water Survey water survey , and the Illinois | ||||||
17 | State Geological Survey geological survey
and the functions and | ||||||
18 | duties of the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (formerly | ||||||
19 | known as the Waste Management and
Research Center ) and its | ||||||
20 | Hazardous Materials Laboratory as authorized by
the Hazardous | ||||||
21 | Waste Technology Exchange Service Act shall continue to be | ||||||
22 | exercised at the
University of Illinois in buildings and places | ||||||
23 | provided by the trustees
of the University.
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24 | (Source: P.A. 95-728, eff. 7-1-08 - See Sec. 999 .)
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1 | Section 30. The University of Illinois Scientific Surveys | ||||||
2 | Act is amended by changing Sections 5, 10, 15, 20, and 55 as | ||||||
3 | follows:
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4 | (110 ILCS 425/5)
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5 | Sec. 5. Purposes. The purposes of this Act are to establish | ||||||
6 | at the University of Illinois the Prairie Research Institute an | ||||||
7 | institute for natural resources sustainability and to transfer | ||||||
8 | to it all rights, powers, duties, property, and functions | ||||||
9 | currently vested in the Department of Natural Resources | ||||||
10 | pertaining to its Illinois Natural History Survey division , | ||||||
11 | Illinois State Water Survey division , Illinois State | ||||||
12 | Geological Survey division , and Illinois Sustainable | ||||||
13 | Technology Center (formerly known as the Waste Management and | ||||||
14 | Research Center ) division (which may also be referred to as the | ||||||
15 | Illinois Sustainable Technology Center) .
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16 | (Source: P.A. 95-728, eff. 7-1-08 - See Sec. 999 .)
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17 | (110 ILCS 425/10)
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18 | Sec. 10. Definitions. For the purposes of this Act, unless | ||||||
19 | the context otherwise requires: | ||||||
20 | "Board of Trustees" means the Board of Trustees of the | ||||||
21 | University of Illinois. | ||||||
22 | "Scientific Surveys" means, collectively, the Illinois | ||||||
23 | State Natural History Survey division , the Illinois State Water |
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1 | Survey division , the Illinois State Geological Survey | ||||||
2 | division , and the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center | ||||||
3 | (formerly known as the Waste Management and Research Center ) | ||||||
4 | division transferred by this Act from the Department of Natural | ||||||
5 | Resources to the Board of Trustees.
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6 | (Source: P.A. 95-728, eff. 7-1-08 - See Sec. 999 .)
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7 | (110 ILCS 425/15)
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8 | Sec. 15. Organization. The Board of Trustees shall | ||||||
9 | establish and operate the Prairie Research Institute an | ||||||
10 | institute for natural sciences and sustainability . The | ||||||
11 | Institute institute shall contain within it the Illinois State | ||||||
12 | Natural History Survey division , the Illinois State Water | ||||||
13 | Survey division , the Illinois State Geological Survey | ||||||
14 | division , the Illinois Sustainable Technology Waste Management | ||||||
15 | and Research Center division , the Illinois State | ||||||
16 | Archaeological Survey, and such other related entities, | ||||||
17 | research functions, and responsibilities as may be | ||||||
18 | appropriate. The Institute institute shall be under the | ||||||
19 | governance and control of the Board of Trustees.
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20 | (Source: P.A. 95-728, eff. 7-1-08 - See Sec. 999 .)
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21 | (110 ILCS 425/20)
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22 | Sec. 20. General powers and duties. In addition to its | ||||||
23 | other powers and duties, the Board of Trustees shall have the | ||||||
24 | power to provide for the management and operation of the |
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1 | Prairie Research Institute Scientific Surveys including, but | ||||||
2 | not limited to, the following powers and duties which shall be | ||||||
3 | performed by the Scientific Surveys: | ||||||
4 | (1) To investigate and study the natural and cultural | ||||||
5 | resources of the State and to prepare reports and furnish | ||||||
6 | information fundamental to the conservation and | ||||||
7 | development of natural and cultural resources , and, for | ||||||
8 | that purpose, the officers and employees thereof shall have | ||||||
9 | the authority to enter and cross all lands in this State, | ||||||
10 | doing no damage to private property. | ||||||
11 | (2) To collaborate with and advise departments having | ||||||
12 | administrative powers and duties relating to the natural | ||||||
13 | resources of the State, and to collaborate with similar | ||||||
14 | departments in other states and with the United States | ||||||
15 | Government. | ||||||
16 | (3) To conduct a natural history survey of the State, | ||||||
17 | giving preference to subjects of educational and | ||||||
18 | economical importance. The Illinois State Biologist shall | ||||||
19 | be an employee of the Illinois Natural History Survey. | ||||||
20 | (4) To investigate the entomology of the State. The | ||||||
21 | Illinois State Entomologist shall be an employee of the | ||||||
22 | Illinois Natural History Survey. | ||||||
23 | (5) To investigate all insects dangerous or injurious | ||||||
24 | to agricultural or horticultural plants and crops, to | ||||||
25 | livestock, to nursery trees and plants, to the products of | ||||||
26 | the truck farm and vegetable garden, to shade trees and |
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1 | other ornamental vegetation of cities and villages, and to | ||||||
2 | the products of the mills and the contents of warehouses, | ||||||
3 | and all insects injurious or dangerous to the public | ||||||
4 | health. | ||||||
5 | (6) To study the geological formation of the State with | ||||||
6 | reference to its resources of coal, ores, clays, building | ||||||
7 | stones, cement, materials suitable for use in the | ||||||
8 | construction of the roads, gas, oil, mineral and artesian | ||||||
9 | water, aquifers and aquitards, and other resources and | ||||||
10 | products. The Illinois State Geologist shall be an employee | ||||||
11 | of the Illinois State Geological Survey. | ||||||
12 | (7) To cooperate with United States federal agencies in | ||||||
13 | the preparation of geological and land surface maps and | ||||||
14 | completion of a contour topographic map and the collection, | ||||||
15 | recording, and printing of water and atmospheric resource | ||||||
16 | data , including stream flow measurements ; and to collect | ||||||
17 | facts and data concerning the volumes and flow of | ||||||
18 | underground, surface, and atmospheric waters of the State ; | ||||||
19 | and to determine the mineral and chemical qualities of | ||||||
20 | water from different geological formations and surface and | ||||||
21 | atmospheric waters for the various sections of the State. | ||||||
22 | (8) To act as the central data repository and research | ||||||
23 | coordinator for the State in matters related to water and | ||||||
24 | atmospheric resources. The Illinois State Water Survey of | ||||||
25 | the University of Illinois may monitor and evaluate all | ||||||
26 | weather modification operations in Illinois. The Illinois |
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| |||||||
1 | State Climatologist and the Illinois State Hydrologist | ||||||
2 | shall be employees of the Illinois State Water Survey. | ||||||
3 | (9) To provide To collaborate with the Illinois State | ||||||
4 | Academy of Science and to publish the results of the | ||||||
5 | investigations and research in the field of natural science | ||||||
6 | to the end that the same may be distributed to the | ||||||
7 | interested public. | ||||||
8 | (10) To perform all other duties and assume all | ||||||
9 | obligations of the Department of Natural Resources | ||||||
10 | pertaining to the Illinois State Water Survey, the Illinois | ||||||
11 | State Geological Survey, the Illinois State Natural | ||||||
12 | History Survey, and the Illinois Sustainable Technology | ||||||
13 | Waste Management and Research Center , and the Illinois | ||||||
14 | State Archaeological Survey . | ||||||
15 | (11) To maintain all previously existing relationships | ||||||
16 | between the Illinois State Water Survey, the Illinois State | ||||||
17 | Geological Survey, the Illinois State Natural History | ||||||
18 | Survey, and the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center , | ||||||
19 | and the Illinois State Archaeological Survey and the public | ||||||
20 | and private colleges and universities in Illinois. | ||||||
21 | (12) To participate in federal and State geologic | ||||||
22 | mapping programs. | ||||||
23 | (13) To conduct educational programs to further the | ||||||
24 | exchange of information
to reduce the generation of | ||||||
25 | hazardous wastes or to treat or dispose of
such wastes so | ||||||
26 | as to make them nonhazardous.
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1 | (14) To provide a technical information service for | ||||||
2 | industries involved in
the generation, treatment, or | ||||||
3 | disposal of hazardous wastes.
| ||||||
4 | (15) To disseminate information regarding advances in | ||||||
5 | hazardous waste
management technology and sustainability | ||||||
6 | practices that could both protect the environment and | ||||||
7 | further
industrial productivity.
| ||||||
8 | (16) To provide research in areas related to reduction | ||||||
9 | of the generation of
hazardous wastes; treatment, | ||||||
10 | recycling and reuse; toxic pollution prevention; and other | ||||||
11 | issues that
the Board may suggest. The Illinois Pollution | ||||||
12 | Prevention Scientist shall be an employee of the Illinois | ||||||
13 | Sustainable Technology Center.
| ||||||
14 | (17) To investigate, preserve, and interpret the | ||||||
15 | archaeological heritage of this State within the contexts | ||||||
16 | of public needs and sustainable economic development | ||||||
17 | through scientific research, public service, education, | ||||||
18 | and outreach activities. The Illinois State Archaeologist | ||||||
19 | shall be an employee of the Illinois State Archeological | ||||||
20 | Survey. | ||||||
21 | (Source: P.A. 95-728, eff. 7-1-08 - See Sec. 999 .)
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22 | (110 ILCS 425/55)
| ||||||
23 | Sec. 55. Successor agency. For purposes of the Successor | ||||||
24 | Agency Act and Section 9b of the State Finance Act, the Board | ||||||
25 | of Trustees is the successor to the Department of Natural |
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| |||||||
1 | Resources and the Illinois Board of Natural Resources and | ||||||
2 | Conservation with respect to the rights, powers, duties, | ||||||
3 | property, functions, and other matters transferred by this Act.
| ||||||
4 | (Source: P.A. 95-728, eff. 7-1-08 - See Sec. 999 .)
| ||||||
5 | Section 35. The Well Abandonment Act is amended by changing | ||||||
6 | Section 1 as follows:
| ||||||
7 | (225 ILCS 730/1) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 5201)
| ||||||
8 | Sec. 1. It is the duty of the permittee of any well drilled | ||||||
9 | or deepened
for oil or gas, to file all geophysical logs and a | ||||||
10 | well drilling report of
said well in the office of the State | ||||||
11 | Geological Survey of the University of Illinois within 90 days
| ||||||
12 | after drilling ceases.
| ||||||
13 | The well drilling report: (1) shall show the character
and | ||||||
14 | depth of the formations passed through or encountered in the | ||||||
15 | drilling
of the well, particularly showing the depth and | ||||||
16 | thickness of oil-bearing
strata, and gas-bearing strata, (2) | ||||||
17 | shall show the position and thickness
of coal beds and deposits | ||||||
18 | of mineral materials of economic value, and (3)
shall give the | ||||||
19 | location of the hole.
| ||||||
20 | The Department of Natural Resources shall supply
to the | ||||||
21 | Illinois State Geological Survey a copy of each permit, showing | ||||||
22 | the location of the
well.
| ||||||
23 | (Source: P.A. 95-728, eff. 7-1-08 - See Sec. 999 .)
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1 | Section 40. The Toxic Pollution Prevention Act is amended | ||||||
2 | by changing Sections 3 and 5 as follows:
| ||||||
3 | (415 ILCS 85/3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7953)
| ||||||
4 | Sec. 3. Definitions. As used in this Act:
| ||||||
5 | "Agency" means the Illinois Environmental Protection | ||||||
6 | Agency.
| ||||||
7 | "Center" means the Illinois Sustainable Technology Waste | ||||||
8 | Management and Research Center.
| ||||||
9 | "Person" means any individual, partnership, | ||||||
10 | co-partnership, firm,
company, corporation, association, joint | ||||||
11 | stock company, trust, political
subdivision, State agency, or | ||||||
12 | any other legal entity, or its legal
representative, agent or | ||||||
13 | assigns.
| ||||||
14 | "Release" means emission to the air, discharge to surface | ||||||
15 | waters or
off-site wastewater treatment facilities, or on-site | ||||||
16 | release to the land,
including but not limited to landfills, | ||||||
17 | surface impoundments and injection
wells.
| ||||||
18 | "Toxic substance" means any substance listed by the Agency | ||||||
19 | pursuant
to Section 4 of this Act.
| ||||||
20 | "Toxic pollution prevention" means in-plant practices that | ||||||
21 | reduce, avoid or
eliminate: (i) the use of toxic substances, | ||||||
22 | (ii) the generation of toxic
constituents in wastes, (iii) the | ||||||
23 | disposal or release of toxic substances into
the environment, | ||||||
24 | or (iv) the development or manufacture of products with toxic
| ||||||
25 | constituents, through the application of any of the following |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | techniques:
| ||||||
2 | (1) input substitution, which refers to replacing a | ||||||
3 | toxic substance or
raw material used in a production | ||||||
4 | process with a nontoxic or less toxic
substance;
| ||||||
5 | (2) product reformulation, which refers to | ||||||
6 | substituting for an existing
end product an end product | ||||||
7 | which is nontoxic or less toxic upon use, release or
| ||||||
8 | disposal;
| ||||||
9 | (3) production process redesign or modification, which | ||||||
10 | refers to
developing and using production processes of a | ||||||
11 | different design than those
currently used;
| ||||||
12 | (4) production process modernization, which refers to | ||||||
13 | upgrading or
replacing existing production process | ||||||
14 | equipment or methods with other
equipment or methods based | ||||||
15 | on the same production process;
| ||||||
16 | (5) improved operation and maintenance of existing | ||||||
17 | production
process equipment and methods, which refers to | ||||||
18 | modifying or adding to
existing equipment or methods, | ||||||
19 | including but not limited to such
techniques as improved | ||||||
20 | housekeeping practices, system adjustments, product
and | ||||||
21 | process inspections, and production process control | ||||||
22 | equipment or methods;
| ||||||
23 | (6) recycling, reuse or extended use of toxic | ||||||
24 | substances by using
equipment or methods which become an | ||||||
25 | integral part of the production
process, including but not | ||||||
26 | limited to filtration and other closed loop methods.
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1 | However, "toxic pollution prevention" shall not include or | ||||||
2 | in any way be
inferred to promote or require incineration, | ||||||
3 | transfer from one medium of
release to another, off-site or out | ||||||
4 | of process waste recycling, or end of
pipe treatment of toxic | ||||||
5 | substances.
| ||||||
6 | "Trade secret" means any information concerning production | ||||||
7 | processes
employed or substances manufactured, processed or | ||||||
8 | otherwise used within a
facility which the Agency determines to | ||||||
9 | satisfy the criteria established
under Section 3.490 of the | ||||||
10 | Environmental Protection Act, and to
which specific trade | ||||||
11 | secret status has been granted by the Agency.
| ||||||
12 | (Source: P.A. 92-574, eff. 6-26-02.)
| ||||||
13 | (415 ILCS 85/5) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7955)
| ||||||
14 | Sec. 5. Toxic Pollution Prevention Assistance Program. | ||||||
15 | There is
hereby established a Toxic Pollution Prevention | ||||||
16 | Assistance Program at the Illinois Sustainable Technology
| ||||||
17 | Waste Management and Research
Center. The Center may establish
| ||||||
18 | cooperative programs with public and private colleges and | ||||||
19 | universities
designed to augment the implementation of this | ||||||
20 | Section. The Center may
establish fees, tuition, or other | ||||||
21 | financial charges for participation in
the Assistance Program. | ||||||
22 | These monies shall be deposited in the Toxic
Pollution | ||||||
23 | Prevention Fund established in Section 7 of this Act. Through | ||||||
24 | the
Assistance Program, the Center:
| ||||||
25 | (1) Shall provide general information about and actively |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | publicize the
advantages of and developments in toxic pollution | ||||||
2 | prevention and sustainability practices .
| ||||||
3 | (2) May establish courses, seminars, conferences and other | ||||||
4 | events, and
reports, updates, guides and other publications and | ||||||
5 | other means of
providing technical information for industries, | ||||||
6 | local governments and
citizens concerning toxic pollution | ||||||
7 | prevention strategies, and may, as
appropriate, work in | ||||||
8 | cooperation with the Agency.
| ||||||
9 | (3) Shall engage in research on toxic pollution prevention
| ||||||
10 | methods. Such research shall include assessments of the impact
| ||||||
11 | of adopting toxic pollution prevention methods on the | ||||||
12 | environment, the
public health, and worker exposure, and | ||||||
13 | assessments of the impact on
profitability and employment | ||||||
14 | within affected industries.
| ||||||
15 | (4) Shall provide on-site technical
consulting, to the | ||||||
16 | extent practicable, to help facilities to
identify | ||||||
17 | opportunities for toxic pollution prevention, and to develop
| ||||||
18 | comprehensive toxic pollution prevention plans that would | ||||||
19 | include water, energy, and solid waste . To be eligible for such
| ||||||
20 | consulting, the owner or operator of a facility must agree to | ||||||
21 | allow
information regarding the results of such consulting to | ||||||
22 | be shared with the
public, provided that the identity of the | ||||||
23 | facility shall be made available only
with its consent, and | ||||||
24 | trade secret information shall remain protected.
| ||||||
25 | (5) May sponsor pilot projects in cooperation with the
| ||||||
26 | Agency, or an institute of higher education to develop
and |
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| |||||||
1 | demonstrate innovative technologies and methods for toxic | ||||||
2 | pollution
prevention and sustainable development . The results | ||||||
3 | of all such projects shall be available for use by
the public, | ||||||
4 | but trade secret information shall remain protected.
| ||||||
5 | (6) May award grants for activities that further the | ||||||
6 | purposes of this
Act, including but not limited to the | ||||||
7 | following:
| ||||||
8 | (A) grants to not-for-profit organizations to | ||||||
9 | establish free or
low-cost technical assistance or | ||||||
10 | educational programs to supplement the
toxic pollution | ||||||
11 | prevention activities of the Center;
| ||||||
12 | (B) grants to assist trade associations, business | ||||||
13 | organizations, labor
organizations and educational | ||||||
14 | institutions in developing training materials
to foster | ||||||
15 | toxic pollution prevention; and
| ||||||
16 | (C) grants to assist industry, business organizations, | ||||||
17 | labor
organizations, education institutions and industrial | ||||||
18 | hygienists to
identify, evaluate and implement toxic | ||||||
19 | pollution prevention measures and
alternatives through | ||||||
20 | audits, plans and programs.
| ||||||
21 | The Center may establish criteria and terms for such | ||||||
22 | grants, including a
requirement that a grantee provide | ||||||
23 | matching funds. Grant money awarded
under this Section may | ||||||
24 | not be spent for capital improvements or equipment.
| ||||||
25 | In determining whether to award a grant, the Center | ||||||
26 | shall
consider at least the following:
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (i) the potential of the project to prevent | ||||||
2 | pollution;
| ||||||
3 | (ii) the likelihood that the project will develop | ||||||
4 | techniques or
processes that will minimize the | ||||||
5 | transfer of pollution from one
environmental medium to | ||||||
6 | another;
| ||||||
7 | (iii) the extent to which information to be | ||||||
8 | developed through the
project will be applicable to | ||||||
9 | other persons in the State; and
| ||||||
10 | (iv) the willingness of the grant applicant to | ||||||
11 | assist the Center in
disseminating information about | ||||||
12 | the pollution prevention methods to be
developed | ||||||
13 | through the project.
| ||||||
14 | (7) Shall establish and operate a State information | ||||||
15 | clearinghouse
that
assembles, catalogues and disseminates | ||||||
16 | information about toxic pollution
prevention and available | ||||||
17 | consultant services. Such clearinghouse shall
include a | ||||||
18 | computer database containing information on managerial, | ||||||
19 | technical
and operational approaches to achieving toxic | ||||||
20 | pollution prevention. The
computer database must be maintained | ||||||
21 | on a system designed to enable
businesses, governmental | ||||||
22 | agencies and the general public readily to obtain
information | ||||||
23 | specific to production technologies, materials, operations and
| ||||||
24 | products. A business shall not be required to submit to the | ||||||
25 | clearinghouse
any information that is a trade secret.
| ||||||
26 | (8) May contract with an established institution of higher |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | education
to assist the Center in carrying out the provisions | ||||||
2 | of this Section. The
assistance provided by such an institution | ||||||
3 | may include, but need not be
limited to:
| ||||||
4 | (A) engineering field internships to assist industries | ||||||
5 | in
identifying
toxic pollution prevention opportunities;
| ||||||
6 | (B) development of a toxic pollution prevention | ||||||
7 | curriculum for
students and faculty; and
| ||||||
8 | (C) applied toxic pollution prevention and recycling | ||||||
9 | research.
| ||||||
10 | (9) Shall emphasize assistance to businesses that have | ||||||
11 | inadequate
technical and financial resources to obtain | ||||||
12 | information and to assess and
implement toxic pollution | ||||||
13 | prevention methods.
| ||||||
14 | (10) Shall publish a biannual report on its toxic pollution
| ||||||
15 | prevention and sustainable development activities, | ||||||
16 | achievements, identified problems and future goals.
| ||||||
17 | (Source: P.A. 95-728, eff. 7-1-08 - See Sec. 999 .)
| ||||||
18 | Section 45. The Illinois Low-Level Radioactive Waste | ||||||
19 | Management Act is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
| ||||||
20 | (420 ILCS 20/3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 241-3)
| ||||||
21 | Sec. 3. Definitions.
| ||||||
22 | "Agency" means the Illinois Emergency Management Agency. | ||||||
23 | "Broker" means any person who takes possession of low-level | ||||||
24 | waste for
purposes of consolidation and shipment.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | "Compact" means the Central Midwest Interstate Low-Level | ||||||
2 | Radioactive
Waste Compact.
| ||||||
3 | "Decommissioning" means the measures taken at the end of a | ||||||
4 | facility's
operating life to assure the continued protection of | ||||||
5 | the public from any
residual radioactivity or other potential | ||||||
6 | hazards present at a facility.
| ||||||
7 | "Director" means the Director of the Illinois Emergency | ||||||
8 | Management Agency.
| ||||||
9 | "Disposal" means the isolation of waste from the biosphere | ||||||
10 | in a
permanent facility designed for that purpose.
| ||||||
11 | "Facility" means a parcel of land or site, together with | ||||||
12 | structures,
equipment and improvements on or appurtenant to the | ||||||
13 | land or site, which
is used or is being developed for the | ||||||
14 | treatment, storage or disposal of
low-level radioactive waste. | ||||||
15 | "Facility" does not include lands, sites,
structures or | ||||||
16 | equipment used by a generator in the generation of low-level
| ||||||
17 | radioactive wastes.
| ||||||
18 | "Generator" means any person who produces or possesses | ||||||
19 | low-level
radioactive waste in the course of or incident to | ||||||
20 | manufacturing, power
generation, processing, medical diagnosis | ||||||
21 | and treatment, research,
education or other activity.
| ||||||
22 | "Hazardous waste" means a waste, or combination of wastes, | ||||||
23 | which
because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, | ||||||
24 | chemical, or
infectious characteristics may cause or | ||||||
25 | significantly contribute to an
increase in mortality or an | ||||||
26 | increase in serious, irreversible, or
incapacitating |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | reversible, illness; or pose a substantial present or
potential | ||||||
2 | hazard to human health or the environment when improperly
| ||||||
3 | treated, stored, transported, or disposed of, or otherwise | ||||||
4 | managed, and
which has been identified, by characteristics or | ||||||
5 | listing, as hazardous
under Section 3001 of the Resource | ||||||
6 | Conservation and Recovery Act of
1976, P.L. 94-580 or under | ||||||
7 | regulations of the Pollution Control Board.
| ||||||
8 | "High-level radioactive waste" means:
| ||||||
9 | (1) the highly radioactive material resulting from the | ||||||
10 | reprocessing of
spent nuclear fuel including liquid waste | ||||||
11 | produced directly in reprocessing
and any solid material | ||||||
12 | derived from the liquid waste that contains fission
| ||||||
13 | products in sufficient concentrations; and
| ||||||
14 | (2) the highly radioactive material that the Nuclear | ||||||
15 | Regulatory
Commission has determined, on the effective | ||||||
16 | date of this Amendatory Act of
1988, to be high-level | ||||||
17 | radioactive waste requiring permanent isolation.
| ||||||
18 | "Low-level radioactive waste" or "waste" means radioactive | ||||||
19 | waste not
classified as high-level radioactive waste, | ||||||
20 | transuranic waste, spent nuclear
fuel or byproduct material as | ||||||
21 | defined in Section 11e(2) of the Atomic Energy
Act of 1954 (42 | ||||||
22 | U.S.C. 2014).
| ||||||
23 | "Mixed waste" means waste that is both "hazardous waste" | ||||||
24 | and "low-level
radioactive waste" as defined in this Act.
| ||||||
25 | "Person" means an individual,
corporation, business | ||||||
26 | enterprise or other legal entity either public or private
and |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | any legal successor, representative, agent or agency of that | ||||||
2 | individual,
corporation, business enterprise, or legal entity.
| ||||||
3 | "Post-closure care" means the continued monitoring of the | ||||||
4 | regional
disposal facility after closure for the purposes of | ||||||
5 | detecting a need for
maintenance, ensuring environmental | ||||||
6 | safety, and determining compliance with
applicable licensure | ||||||
7 | and regulatory requirements, and includes undertaking any
| ||||||
8 | remedial actions necessary to protect public health and the | ||||||
9 | environment from
radioactive releases from the facility.
| ||||||
10 | "Regional disposal facility" or "disposal facility" means | ||||||
11 | the
facility established by the State of Illinois under this | ||||||
12 | Act for disposal
away from the point of generation of waste
| ||||||
13 | generated in the region of the Compact.
| ||||||
14 | "Release" means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, | ||||||
15 | emitting,
emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, | ||||||
16 | leaching, dumping or disposing
into the environment of | ||||||
17 | low-level radioactive waste.
| ||||||
18 | "Remedial action" means those actions taken in the event of | ||||||
19 | a release
or threatened release of low-level radioactive waste | ||||||
20 | into the environment,
to prevent or minimize the release of the | ||||||
21 | waste so that it does not migrate
to cause substantial danger | ||||||
22 | to present or future public health or welfare
or the | ||||||
23 | environment. The term includes, but is not limited to, actions
| ||||||
24 | at the location of the release such as storage, confinement, | ||||||
25 | perimeter
protection using dikes, trenches or ditches, clay | ||||||
26 | cover, neutralization,
cleanup of released low-level |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | radioactive wastes, recycling or reuse,
dredging or | ||||||
2 | excavations, repair or replacement of leaking containers,
| ||||||
3 | collection of leachate and runoff, onsite treatment or | ||||||
4 | incineration,
provision of alternative water supplies and any | ||||||
5 | monitoring reasonably
required to assure that these actions | ||||||
6 | protect human health and the environment.
| ||||||
7 | "Scientific Surveys" means, collectively, the Illinois | ||||||
8 | State Geological
Survey
and the Illinois State Water Survey of | ||||||
9 | the University of Illinois.
| ||||||
10 | "Shallow land burial" means a land disposal facility in | ||||||
11 | which
radioactive waste is disposed of in or within the upper | ||||||
12 | 30 meters of the
earth's surface. However, this definition | ||||||
13 | shall not include an enclosed,
engineered, structurally | ||||||
14 | re-enforced and solidified bunker that extends
below the | ||||||
15 | earth's surface.
| ||||||
16 | "Storage" means the temporary holding of waste for | ||||||
17 | treatment or
disposal for a period determined by Agency | ||||||
18 | regulations.
| ||||||
19 | "Treatment" means any method, technique or process, | ||||||
20 | including storage
for radioactive decay, designed to change the | ||||||
21 | physical, chemical or biological
characteristics or | ||||||
22 | composition of any waste in order to render the waste
safer for | ||||||
23 | transport, storage or disposal, amenable to recovery, | ||||||
24 | convertible
to another usable material or reduced in volume.
| ||||||
25 | "Waste management" means the storage, transportation, | ||||||
26 | treatment or
disposal of waste.
|
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| |||||||
1 | (Source: P.A. 95-728, eff. 7-1-08 - See Sec. 999; 95-777, eff. | ||||||
2 | 8-4-08; 96-328, eff. 8-11-09 .)
| ||||||
3 | Section 50. The Wildlife Code is amended by changing | ||||||
4 | Section 1.3 as follows:
| ||||||
5 | (520 ILCS 5/1.3)
| ||||||
6 | Sec. 1.3. The Department shall have the authority to manage
| ||||||
7 | wildlife and regulate the taking of wildlife for
the
purposes | ||||||
8 | of providing public recreation and controlling wildlife | ||||||
9 | populations.
The seasons during which wildlife may be taken, | ||||||
10 | the methods for taking
wildlife, the daily bag
limits, and the | ||||||
11 | possession limits shall be established by the Department
| ||||||
12 | through
administrative rule,
but the Department may not provide | ||||||
13 | for a longer season, a
larger daily bag limit, or a larger | ||||||
14 | possession limit than is provided in
this Code.
| ||||||
15 | The Natural Resources Advisory Board may also recommend to | ||||||
16 | the Director of
Natural Resources any reductions or increases | ||||||
17 | of seasons and bag or possession
limits or the closure of any | ||||||
18 | season when research and inventory data indicate
the need for | ||||||
19 | such changes.
| ||||||
20 | The Department is authorized to establish seasons for the | ||||||
21 | taking of
migratory birds within the dates established annually | ||||||
22 | by
Proclamation of the
Secretary, United States Department of | ||||||
23 | the Interior, known as the
"Rules and Regulations for Migratory | ||||||
24 | Bird Hunting" (50 CFR 20 et seq.). When
the biological balance |
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| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | of any
species is affected, the Director may with the approval | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | of the
Conservation Advisory Board, by administrative rule, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | lengthen, shorten
or close the season during which waterfowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | may be taken within the
federal limitations prescribed.
If the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Department does not adopt an administrative rule establishing a
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6 | season, then the season shall be as set forth in the current | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | "Rules and
Regulations for Migratory Bird Hunting". The | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Department shall advise the
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9 | dates of the various seasons.
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10 | The Department may utilize the services of the staff of the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Illinois
State Natural History Survey of the University of | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Illinois for making investigations as to the population status | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | of
the various species of wildlife.
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14 | Employees or agents of any state, federal, or municipal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | government or body
when engaged in investigational work and law | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | enforcement, may with prior
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17 | exempted from the provisions of this Act.
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18 | (Source: P.A. 95-728, eff. 7-1-08 - See Sec. 999 .)
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19 | (30 ILCS 105/8.24 rep.)
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20 | Section 55. The State Finance Act is amended by repealing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Section 8.24.
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22 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | becoming law.
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