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1     AN ACT concerning safety.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
5 adding Section 17.10 as follows:
 
6     (415 ILCS 5/17.10 new)
7     Sec. 17.10. Carcinogenic volatile organic compounds in
8 community water systems.
9     (a) (1) Findings. The General Assembly finds that
10     carcinogenic volatile organic compounds have been detected
11     in a number of community water systems in this State. The
12     General Assembly further finds that it is in the best
13     interest of the people of the State of Illinois to require
14     owners and operators of community water systems to remove
15     carcinogenic volatile organic compounds from finished
16     water before their maximum contaminant levels are
17     exceeded.
18         (2) Purpose. The purpose of this Section is to prevent
19     carcinogenic volatile organic compounds from exceeding
20     their maximum contaminant levels in the finished water of
21     community water systems by requiring owners and operators
22     of community water systems to take appropriate action when
23     carcinogenic volatile organic compounds are detected in

 

 

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1     finished water.
2     (b) For purposes of this Section:
3         (1) "Carcinogen" means carcinogen as defined in
4     Section 58.2 of this Act.
5         (2) "Community water system", "finished water",
6     "maximum contaminant level", "method detection limit", and
7     "volatile organic compound" shall have the meanings
8     ascribed to them in rules adopted by the Board at Part 611
9     of Title 35 of the Illinois Administrative Code.
10     (c) If a carcinogenic volatile organic compound is detected
11 in the finished water of a community water system at a
12 concentration that equals or exceeds 50 percent of the
13 carcinogenic volatile organic compound's maximum contaminant
14 level, the owner or operator of the community water system
15 must, within 45 days, submit to the Agency a response plan
16 designed to (i) prevent an exceedence of the maximum
17 contaminant level in the finished water and (ii) reduce the
18 concentration of the carcinogenic volatile organic compound so
19 that it does not exceed the applicable method detection limit
20 in the finished water.
21         (1) Upon Agency approval of the plan, with or without
22     modifications, the owner or operator of the community water
23     system must implement the plan. The owner or operator must
24     submit status reports on the plan's implementation in
25     accordance with a schedule approved by the Agency. Upon
26     completion of the plan the owner or operator must submit to

 

 

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1     the Agency for review and approval a response completion
2     report.
3         (2) Any action by the Agency to disapprove or modify a
4     plan or report required under this Section shall be subject
5     to appeal to the Board in accordance with the procedures of
6     Section 40 of this Act.
 
7     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8 becoming law.