Bill Text: IL SB3164 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Requires all water main-related appurtenances, including fire hydrants and valves, to be included in the Environmental Protection Agency's written approval of a proposed water main installation project.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB3164 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB3164-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 SB3164 Introduced 2/11/2020, by Sen. Donald P. DeWitte SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
415 ILCS 5/15 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1015
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Requires all water main-related appurtenances, including fire hydrants and valves, to be included in the Environmental Protection Agency's written approval of a proposed water main installation project.
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A BILL FOR
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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 15 as follows:
(415 ILCS 5/15) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1015)
Sec. 15. Plans and specifications; demonstration of
capability; record retention.
(a) Owners of public water supplies, their authorized
representative, or legal custodians, shall submit plans and
specifications to the Agency and obtain written approval before
construction of any proposed public water supply
installations, changes, or additions is started. Plans and
specifications shall be complete and of sufficient detail to
show all proposed construction, changes, or additions that may
affect sanitary quality, mineral quality, or adequacy of the
public water supply; and, where necessary, said plans and
specifications shall be accompanied by supplemental data as may
be required by the Agency to permit a complete review thereof.
In the case of water main installation projects, all water
main-related appurtenances, including, but not limited to,
fire hydrants and valves, shall be included in the Agency's
written approval.

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(b) All new public water supplies established after October
1, 1999 shall demonstrate technical, financial, and managerial
capacity as a condition for issuance of a construction or
operation permit by the Agency or its designee. The
demonstration shall be consistent with the technical,
financial, and managerial provisions of the federal Safe
Drinking Water Act (P.L. 93-523), as now or hereafter amended.
The Agency is authorized to adopt rules in accordance with the
Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to implement the
purposes of this subsection. Such rules must take into account
the need for the facility, facility size, sophistication of
treatment of the water supply, and financial requirements
needed for operation of the facility.
(c) Except as otherwise provided under Board rules, owners
and operators of community water systems must maintain all
records, reports, and other documents related to the operation
of the community water system for a minimum of 10 years.
Documents required to be maintained under this subsection (c)
include, but are not limited to, all billing records and other
documents related to the purchase of water from other community
water systems. Documents required to be maintained under this
subsection (c) must be maintained on the premises of the
community water system, or at a convenient location near its
premises, and must be made available to the Agency for
inspection and copying during normal business hours.
(Source: P.A. 96-603, eff. 8-24-09.)