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415 ILCS 5/25c-1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 415 - ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY|415 ILCS 5/ - Environmental Protection Act.|Title VI-C - Oil Spill Response

(415 ILCS 5/25c-1)Sec. 25c-1.     Oil Spill Response Fund.(a) There is hereby created within the State treasury an interest-bearing  special fund to be known as the Oil Spill Response Fund.  There shall be  deposited into the Fund all monies recovered as reimbursement for response  costs incurred by the Agency from parties responsible for releases or threats  of release of petroleum, monies provided to the State from the federal Oil  Spill  Liability Trust Fund, and such other monies as may be received for this purpose  through contributions, gifts, or supplemental environmental projects, pursuant  to court orders or decrees, or from any other source.(b) Pursuant to appropriation, all monies in the Oil Spill Response Fund may  be used by the Agency for all of the following purposes:(1) Responding to releases or threats of release of     petroleum that may constitute a substantial danger to the environment or human health or welfare.(2) Contractual expenses and purchases of equipment     or supplies necessary to enable prompt response to releases or threats of release of petroleum and to provide effective mitigation of such releases or threats of release.(3) Costs of investigation and assessment of the     source, nature, and extent of a release or threatened release of petroleum and any resulting injuries or damages.(4) Costs associated with planning and training for     response to releases and threats of release of petroleum.(5) Costs associated with preparing and submitting     claims of the Agency to the federal Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund.(c) For the purposes of implementing this Section, "petroleum" means crude  oil, refined petroleum, intermediates, fractions or constituents of petroleum,  brine or salt water from oil production, oil sheens, hydrocarbon vapors, and  any other form of oil or petroleum.(d) In addition to any other authority provided by State or federal law, the  Agency shall be entitled to recovery of costs incurred by it in response to  releases and threats of release of petroleum from any persons who are  responsible for causing, allowing, or threatening such releases.    (Source: P.A. 93-152, eff. 7-10-03.)
415 ILCS 5/Tit. VI-D heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 415 - ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY|415 ILCS 5/ - Environmental Protection Act.|Title VI-D - Right-to-Know

              TITLE VI-D.      RIGHT-TO-KNOW    (Source: P.A. 94-314, eff. 7-25-05.)
415 ILCS 5/25d-1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 415 - ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY|415 ILCS 5/ - Environmental Protection Act.|Title VI-D - Right-to-Know

Sec. 25d-1. Definitions. For the purposes of this Title, the terms "community water system", "non-community water system", "potable", "private water system", and "semi-private water system"  have the meanings ascribed to them in the Illinois Groundwater Protection Act. For the purposes of this Title, the term "soil gas" means the air existing in void spaces in the soil between the groundwater table and the ground surface.   (Source: P.A. 96-603, eff. 8-24-09.)
415 ILCS 5/25d-2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 415 - ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY|415 ILCS 5/ - Environmental Protection Act.|Title VI-D - Right-to-Know

Sec. 25d-2. Contaminant evaluation. The Agency shall evaluate releases of contaminants whenever it determines that the extent of soil, soil gas, or groundwater contamination  may extend beyond the boundary of the site where the release occurred.  The Agency shall take appropriate actions in response to the release, which may include, but shall not be limited to, public notices, investigations, administrative orders under Sections 22.2d or 57.12(d) of this Act, and enforcement referrals. Except as provided in Section 25d-3 of this Act, for releases undergoing investigation or remediation under Agency oversight the Agency may determine that no further action is necessary to comply with this Section.  (Source: P.A. 96-603, eff. 8-24-09.)
415 ILCS 5/25d-4
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 415 - ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY|415 ILCS 5/ - Environmental Protection Act.|Title VI-D - Right-to-Know

Sec. 25d-4. Agency authority. Whenever the Agency determines that a public notice should be issued under this Title, the Agency has  the authority to issue an information demand letter to the owner or operator of the site or facility where the release occurred or is suspected to have occurred that requires the owner or operator to provide the Agency with the information necessary, to the extent practicable, to give the notices required under Section 25d-3 of this Title.  In the case of a release or suspected release from an underground storage tank subject to Title XVI of this Act, the Agency has  the authority to issue such a letter to the owner or operator of the underground storage tank.  Within 30 days after the issuance of a letter under this Section, or within a greater period specified by the Agency, the person who receives the letter shall provide the Agency with the required information.   Any person who, without sufficient cause, willfully violates, or fails or refuses to comply with, any letter issued under this Section is in violation of this Act.  (Source: P.A. 94-314, eff. 7-25-05.)
415 ILCS 5/25d-5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 415 - ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY|415 ILCS 5/ - Environmental Protection Act.|Title VI-D - Right-to-Know

Sec. 25d-5. Contamination information. Beginning July 1, 2006, the Agency shall make all of the following information available on the Internet:(i) Copies of all notifications given under Section     25d-3 of this Section.  The copies must be indexed and the index shall, at a minimum, be searchable by notification date, zip code, site or facility name, and geographic location.(ii) Appropriate Agency databases containing     information about releases or suspected releases of contaminants in the State.  The databases must, at a minimum, be searchable by notification date, zip code, site or facility name, and geographic location.(iii) Links to appropriate USEPA databases containing     information about releases or suspected releases of contaminants in the State.  (Source: P.A. 94-314, eff. 7-25-05.)
415 ILCS 5/25d-6
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 415 - ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY|415 ILCS 5/ - Environmental Protection Act.|Title VI-D - Right-to-Know

Sec. 25d-6. Agency coordination. Beginning January 1, 2006, the Agency shall coordinate with the Department of Public Health to provide training to regional and local health department staff on the use of the information posted on the Internet under Section 25d-5 of this Title.  Also beginning January 1, 2006, the Agency shall coordinate with the Department of Public Health to provide training to licensed water well drillers on the use of the information posted on the Internet under Section 25d-5 of this Title in relation to the location and installation of new wells serving private, semi-private, and non-community water systems.  (Source: P.A. 94-314, eff. 7-25-05.)
415 ILCS 5/25d-7
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 415 - ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY|415 ILCS 5/ - Environmental Protection Act.|Title VI-D - Right-to-Know

Sec. 25d-7. Rulemaking.(a) Within 180 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, the Agency shall evaluate the Board's rules and propose amendments to the rules as necessary to require potable water supply well surveys and community relations activities where such surveys and activities are appropriate in response to releases of contaminants that have impacted or that may impact offsite potable water supply wells.  Within 240 days after receiving the Agency's proposal, the Board shall amend its rules as necessary to require potable water supply well surveys and community relations activities where such surveys and activities are appropriate in response to releases of contaminants that have impacted or that may impact offsite potable water supply wells.  Community relations activities required by the Board shall include, but shall not be limited to, submitting a community relations plan for Agency approval, maintaining a public information repository that contains timely information about the actions being taken in response to a release, and maintaining dialogue with the community through means such as public meetings, fact sheets, and community advisory groups.(b)  The Agency shall adopt rules setting forth costs for which persons may be liable to the State under Section 25d-3(d) of this Act.  In addition, the Agency shall have the authority to adopt other rules as necessary for the administration of this Title.         (Source: P.A. 94-314, eff. 7-25-05.)
415 ILCS 5/25d-8
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 415 - ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY|415 ILCS 5/ - Environmental Protection Act.|Title VI-D - Right-to-Know

Sec. 25d-8. Liability.   Except for willful and wanton misconduct, neither the State,  the Director, nor any State employee shall be liable for any damages or injuries arising out of or resulting from any act or omission occurring under this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly.  (Source: P.A. 94-314, eff. 7-25-05.)
415 ILCS 5/25d-9
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 415 - ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY|415 ILCS 5/ - Environmental Protection Act.|Title VI-D - Right-to-Know

Sec. 25d-9. Admissibility. The Agency's giving of notice or failure to give notice under Section 25d-3 of this Title shall not be admissible for any purpose in any administrative or judicial proceeding.  (Source: P.A. 94-314, eff. 7-25-05.)
415 ILCS 5/25d-10
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 415 - ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY|415 ILCS 5/ - Environmental Protection Act.|Title VI-D - Right-to-Know

(415 ILCS 5/25d-10)Sec. 25d-10. Avoiding duplication. The Agency shall take whatever steps it deems necessary to eliminate the potential for duplicative notices required by this Title and Section 9.1 of the Illinois Groundwater Protection Act.  (Source: P.A. 94-314, eff. 7-25-05.)
415 ILCS 5/Tit. VII heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 415 - ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY|415 ILCS 5/ - Environmental Protection Act.|Title VII - Regulations

 TITLE VII:      REGULATIONS
415 ILCS 5/26
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 415 - ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY|415 ILCS 5/ - Environmental Protection Act.|Title VII - Regulations

 (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1026)Sec. 26.         The Board may adopt such procedural rules as may be necessary to  accomplish the purposes of this Act.  In adopting such rules the Board  shall follow the rulemaking procedures of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.Without limiting the generality of this grant of authority, and  notwithstanding any requirement that hearings be held in actions brought  pursuant to Titles VIII and X of the Act, the Board may adopt procedural  rules for resolution of such actions by summary judgment prior to hearing  upon motion by either party except as otherwise required by federal law, as  well as procedural rules requiring the parties to perfect their pleadings  to conform to the evidence as presented to the Board.    (Source: P.A. 85-1048.)
415 ILCS 5/28.2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 415 - ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY|415 ILCS 5/ - Environmental Protection Act.|Title VII - Regulations

 (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1028.2)Sec. 28.2.     Federally required rules.(a) For the purposes of this Section, "required rule" means  a rule that is needed to meet the requirements of the federal Clean Water  Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, Clean Air Act (including required submission  of a State Implementation Plan), or Resource Conservation and Recovery Act,  other than a rule required to be adopted under subsection (c) of Section  13, Section 13.3, Section 17.5, subsection (a) or (d) of Section 22.4,  subsection (a) of Section 22.7, or subsection (a) of Section 22.40.(b) When the Agency proposes a rule that it believes to be a required  rule, the Agency shall so certify in its proposal, identifying the federal  law to which the proposed rule will respond and the rationale upon which  the certification is based.  If the certification is accompanied by a  written confirmation from USEPA, the certification shall be under the  signature of the regional administrator, the deputy regional administrator,  the appropriate division director or a responsible senior official from  USEPA headquarters.  The Board shall either accept or reject the  certification within 45 days and shall reference the certification in the  first notice of the proposal published in the Illinois Register as provided  by the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.  First notice of the proposal  shall be submitted for publication in the Illinois Register as expeditiously as  is practicable, but in no event later than 6 months from the date the Board  determines whether an economic impact study should be conducted.  Should  the Board reject an Agency certification, the proposal shall not be  considered a required rule.  If the Board fails to act within the requisite  45 day period, the certification shall be deemed granted.(c) Whenever a required rule is needed, the Board shall adopt a rule  (i) that fully meets the applicable federal law and (ii) that is not  inconsistent with any substantive environmental standard or prohibition  that is specifically and completely contained and fully set forth within  any Illinois statute, except as authorized by this Act.  In determining  whether the rule fully meets the applicable federal law, the Board shall  consider all relevant evidence in the record.    (Source: P.A. 87-860; 88-496.)
415 ILCS 5/28.4
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 415 - ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY|415 ILCS 5/ - Environmental Protection Act.|Title VII - Regulations

 (from Ch 111 1/2, par. 1028.4)Sec. 28.4.     (Repealed).     (Source: P.A. 87-1213.  Repealed internally, eff. 12-31-97.)
415 ILCS 5/28.6
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 415 - ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY|415 ILCS 5/ - Environmental Protection Act.|Title VII - Regulations

Sec. 28.6.     Rulemaking to update incorporation by reference.(a) Any person may file a proposal with the Board to update an incorporation  by reference included in a Board rule.  The Board or the Agency may also make  such a proposal on its own initiative.(b) A rulemaking to update an incorporation by reference under this Section  shall be for the sole purpose of replacing a reference to an older or obsolete  version of a document with a reference to the current version of that document  or its successor document.(c) A rulemaking to update an incorporation by reference under this Section  shall comply with Sections 5-40 and 5-75 of the Illinois Administrative  Procedure Act. Sections 27 and 28 of this Act do not apply to rulemaking  under this Section.(d) If an objection to the proposed amendment is filed during the public  comment period required under Section 5-40 of the Illinois Administrative  Procedure Act, then the proposed amendment shall not be adopted pursuant to  this Section.  Nothing in this Section precludes the adoption of a change to  an incorporation by reference through other lawful rulemaking procedures.(e) The Board may adopt procedural rules to implement this Section.    (Source: P.A. 93-152, eff. 7-10-03.)
415 ILCS 5/29
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 415 - ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY|415 ILCS 5/ - Environmental Protection Act.|Title VII - Regulations

(415 ILCS 5/29) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1029)Sec. 29.   (a) Any person adversely affected or threatened by any rule  or regulation of the Board may obtain a determination of the validity or  application of such rule or regulation by petition under subsection (a) of Section  41 of this Act for judicial review of the Board's final order adopting the rule or regulation. For purposes of the 35-day appeal period of subsection (a) of Section 41, a person is deemed to have been served with the Board's final order on the date on which the rule or regulation becomes effective pursuant to the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.(b) Action by the Board in adopting any regulation for which judicial  review could have been obtained under Section 41 of this Act shall not be  subject to review regarding the regulation's validity or application in any  subsequent proceeding under Title VIII, Title IX, or Section 40 of this Act.(c) This Section does not apply to orders entered by the Board pursuant to Section 38.5 of this Act. Final orders entered by the Board pursuant to Section 38.5 of this Act are subject to judicial review under subsection (j) of that Section. Interim orders entered by the Board pursuant to Section 38.5 are not subject to judicial review under this Section or Section 38.5. (Source: P.A. 99-934, eff. 1-27-17; 99-937, eff. 2-24-17; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18.)
415 ILCS 5/Tit. VIII heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 415 - ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY|415 ILCS 5/ - Environmental Protection Act.|Title VIII - Enforcement

 TITLE VIII:      ENFORCEMENT
415 ILCS 5/30
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 415 - ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY|415 ILCS 5/ - Environmental Protection Act.|Title VIII - Enforcement

 (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1030)Sec. 30.     Investigations.     The Agency shall cause investigations to be made  upon the request of the Board or upon receipt of information concerning an  alleged violation of this Act, any rule or regulation adopted  under this Act, any permit or term or condition of a permit, or  any Board order, and may cause to be made such other investigations as it  shall deem advisable.    (Source: P.A. 92-574, eff. 6-26-02; 93-152, eff. 7-10-03.)
415 ILCS 5/31.2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 415 - ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY|415 ILCS 5/ - Environmental Protection Act.|Title VIII - Enforcement

 (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1031.2)Sec. 31.2.         A landowner who provides information to the Agency in good faith  concerning a name, address or other evidence of a person's identity found  in garbage or other solid waste illegally dumped on the landowner's land  shall have no liability to that person for any action taken by the Agency  against the person as a result of the information provided by the landowner.    (Source: P.A. 86-1195.)
415 ILCS 5/32
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 415 - ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY|415 ILCS 5/ - Environmental Protection Act.|Title VIII - Enforcement

 (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1032)Sec. 32.         All hearings under this Title shall be held before a qualified hearing  officer, who may be attended by at least one member of the Board,  designated by the Chairman. All such hearings shall be open to the public,  and any person may submit written statements to the Board in connection  with the subject thereof. In addition, the Board may permit any person to  offer oral testimony.Any party to a hearing under this subsection may be represented by  counsel, may make oral or written argument, offer testimony, cross-examine  witnesses, or take any combination of such actions. All testimony taken  before the Board shall be recorded stenographically. The transcript so  recorded, and any additional matter accepted for the record, shall be open  to public inspection, and copies thereof shall be made available to any  person upon payment of the actual cost of reproducing the original.    (Source: P.A. 76-2429.)
415 ILCS 5/34
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 415 - ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY|415 ILCS 5/ - Environmental Protection Act.|Title VIII - Enforcement

(415 ILCS 5/34) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1034)Sec. 34. (a) Upon a finding that episode or emergency conditions  specified in Board regulations exist, the Agency shall declare such alerts  or emergencies as provided by those regulations. While such an alert or  emergency is in effect, the Agency may seal any equipment, vehicle, vessel,  aircraft, or other facility operated in violation of such regulations.(b) In cases other than those identified in subsection (a) of this Section:(1) At any pollution control facility where  the     Agency finds that an emergency condition exists creating an immediate danger to public health or welfare or the environment, the Agency may seal any equipment, vehicle, vessel, aircraft, or other facility contributing to the emergency condition; and(2) At any other site or facility where the Agency     finds that an imminent and substantial endangerment to the public health or welfare or the environment exists, the Agency may seal any equipment, vehicle, vessel, aircraft, or other facility contributing to the imminent and substantial endangerment.(c) It shall be a Class A misdemeanor to break any seal affixed under  this section, or to operate any sealed equipment, vehicle, vessel,  aircraft, or other facility until the seal is removed according to law.(d) The owner or operator of any equipment, vehicle, vessel, aircraft or  other facility sealed pursuant to this section is entitled to a hearing in  accord with Section 32 of this Act to determine whether the seal should be  removed; except that in such hearing at least one Board member shall be  present, and those Board members present may render a final decision  without regard to the requirements of paragraph (a) of Section 5 of this  Act. The petitioner may also seek immediate injunctive relief.       (Source: P.A. 94-272, eff. 7-19-05.)
415 ILCS 5/Tit. IX heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 415 - ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY|415 ILCS 5/ - Environmental Protection Act.|Title IX - Variances and Time-Limited Water Quality Standards

 TITLE IX:  VARIANCES AND TIME-LIMITED WATER QUALITY STANDARDS     (Source: P.A. 99-937, eff. 2-24-17.)
415 ILCS 5/35
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 415 - ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY|415 ILCS 5/ - Environmental Protection Act.|Title IX - Variances and Time-Limited Water Quality Standards

 (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1035)Sec. 35.     Variances; general provisions.     To the extent consistent with applicable provisions of the  Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as now or hereafter amended, the Federal  Safe Drinking Water Act (P.L. 93-523), as now or hereafter amended, the Clean  Air Act as amended in 1977 (P.L. 95-95), and regulations pursuant thereto, and  to the extent consistent with applicable provisions of the Federal Resource  Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (P.L. 94-580), and regulations pursuant  thereto:(a) The Board may grant individual  variances beyond the limitations prescribed in this Act, whenever it  is found, upon presentation of adequate proof, that compliance with any  rule or regulation, requirement or order of the Board would impose an  arbitrary or unreasonable hardship.  However, the Board is not required to  find that an arbitrary or unreasonable hardship exists exclusively because  the regulatory standard is under review and the costs of compliance are  substantial and certain.  In granting or denying a variance the Board shall  file and publish a written opinion stating the facts and reasons leading to  its decision.(b) The Agency shall grant provisional variances whenever  it is found, upon presentation of adequate proof, that compliance on a short  term basis with any rule or  regulation, requirement or order of the Board, or with any permit  requirement, would impose an arbitrary or unreasonable hardship.    (Source: P.A. 93-152, eff. 7-10-03.)