Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson

Filed: 5/11/2012

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 6153

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 6153 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
5adding Section 21.7 and by changing Section 44 as follows:
 
6    (415 ILCS 5/21.7 new)
7    Sec. 21.7. Disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls in sites
8and facilities that threaten a source of potable water for a
9community water supply. Notwithstanding any other provision of
10this Act or any other law to the contrary, notwithstanding any
11Agency approvals granted before the effective date of this
12amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, notwithstanding
13any approval granted by the U.S. Environmental Protection
14Agency pursuant to Subpart D of 40 C.F.R. 761, and in order to
15prevent a public health emergency that might arise from the
16introduction of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) into a source

 

 

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1of potable water for a community water supply, no person shall,
2on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
397th General Assembly, dispose of, or accept for disposal, PCBs
4or material containing PCBs at a site or facility that is less
5than 500 feet above an aquifer and that currently provides the
6only source of potable water for a community water supply
7serving a municipality with a population in excess of the
8entire population of the county where the site or facility is
9located, according to the last decennial U.S. Decennial Census.
 
10    (415 ILCS 5/44)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1044)
11    Sec. 44. Criminal acts; penalties.
12    (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, it shall
13be a Class A misdemeanor to violate this Act or regulations
14thereunder, or any permit or term or condition thereof, or
15knowingly to submit any false information under this Act or
16regulations adopted thereunder, or under any permit or term or
17condition thereof. A court may, in addition to any other
18penalty herein imposed, order a person convicted of any
19violation of this Act to perform community service for not less
20than 100 hours and not more than 300 hours if community service
21is available in the jurisdiction. It shall be the duty of all
22State and local law-enforcement officers to enforce such Act
23and regulations, and all such officers shall have authority to
24issue citations for such violations.
 

 

 

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1    (b) Calculated Criminal Disposal of Hazardous Waste.
2        (1) A person commits the offense of Calculated Criminal
3    Disposal of Hazardous Waste when, without lawful
4    justification, he knowingly disposes of hazardous waste
5    while knowing that he thereby places another person in
6    danger of great bodily harm or creates an immediate or
7    long-term danger to the public health or the environment.
8        (2) Calculated Criminal Disposal of Hazardous Waste is
9    a Class 2 felony. In addition to any other penalties
10    prescribed by law, a person convicted of the offense of
11    Calculated Criminal Disposal of Hazardous Waste is subject
12    to a fine not to exceed $500,000 for each day of such
13    offense.
 
14    (c) Criminal Disposal of Hazardous Waste.
15        (1) A person commits the offense of Criminal Disposal
16    of Hazardous Waste when, without lawful justification, he
17    knowingly disposes of hazardous waste or knowingly
18    violates Section 21.7 of this Act.
19        (2) Criminal Disposal of Hazardous Waste is a Class 3
20    felony. In addition to any other penalties prescribed by
21    law, a person convicted of the offense of Criminal Disposal
22    of Hazardous Waste is subject to a fine not to exceed
23    $250,000 for each day of such offense.
 
24    (d) Unauthorized Use of Hazardous Waste.

 

 

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1        (1) A person commits the offense of Unauthorized Use of
2    Hazardous Waste when he, being required to have a permit,
3    registration, or license under this Act or any other law
4    regulating the treatment, transportation, or storage of
5    hazardous waste, knowingly:
6            (A) treats, transports, or stores any hazardous
7        waste without such permit, registration, or license;
8            (B) treats, transports, or stores any hazardous
9        waste in violation of the terms and conditions of such
10        permit or license;
11            (C) transports any hazardous waste to a facility
12        which does not have a permit or license required under
13        this Act; or
14            (D) transports by vehicle any hazardous waste
15        without having in each vehicle credentials issued to
16        the transporter by the transporter's base state
17        pursuant to procedures established under the Uniform
18        Program.
19        (2) A person who is convicted of a violation of
20    subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (1) of this
21    subsection is guilty of a Class 4 felony. A person who is
22    convicted of a violation of subparagraph (D) of paragraph
23    (1) of this subsection is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
24    In addition to any other penalties prescribed by law, a
25    person convicted of violating subparagraph (A), (B), or (C)
26    of paragraph (1) of this subsection is subject to a fine

 

 

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1    not to exceed $100,000 for each day of such violation, and
2    a person who is convicted of violating subparagraph (D) of
3    paragraph (1) of this subsection is subject to a fine not
4    to exceed $1,000.
 
5    (e) Unlawful Delivery of Hazardous Waste.
6        (1) Except as authorized by this Act or the federal
7    Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, and the
8    regulations promulgated thereunder, it is unlawful for any
9    person to knowingly deliver hazardous waste.
10        (2) Unlawful Delivery of Hazardous Waste is a Class 3
11    felony. In addition to any other penalties prescribed by
12    law, a person convicted of the offense of Unlawful Delivery
13    of Hazardous Waste is subject to a fine not to exceed
14    $250,000 for each such violation.
15        (3) For purposes of this Section, "deliver" or
16    "delivery" means the actual, constructive, or attempted
17    transfer of possession of hazardous waste, with or without
18    consideration, whether or not there is an agency
19    relationship.
 
20    (f) Reckless Disposal of Hazardous Waste.
21        (1) A person commits Reckless Disposal of Hazardous
22    Waste if he disposes of hazardous waste, and his acts which
23    cause the hazardous waste to be disposed of, whether or not
24    those acts are undertaken pursuant to or under color of any

 

 

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1    permit or license, are performed with a conscious disregard
2    of a substantial and unjustifiable risk that such disposing
3    of hazardous waste is a gross deviation from the standard
4    of care which a reasonable person would exercise in the
5    situation.
6        (2) Reckless Disposal of Hazardous Waste is a Class 4
7    felony. In addition to any other penalties prescribed by
8    law, a person convicted of the offense of Reckless Disposal
9    of Hazardous Waste is subject to a fine not to exceed
10    $50,000 for each day of such offense.
 
11    (g) Concealment of Criminal Disposal of Hazardous Waste.
12        (1) A person commits the offense of Concealment of
13    Criminal Disposal of Hazardous Waste when he conceals,
14    without lawful justification, the disposal of hazardous
15    waste with the knowledge that such hazardous waste has been
16    disposed of in violation of this Act.
17        (2) Concealment of Criminal Disposal of a Hazardous
18    Waste is a Class 4 felony. In addition to any other
19    penalties prescribed by law, a person convicted of the
20    offense of Concealment of Criminal Disposal of Hazardous
21    Waste is subject to a fine not to exceed $50,000 for each
22    day of such offense.
 
23    (h) Violations; False Statements.
24        (1) Any person who knowingly makes a false material

 

 

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1    statement in an application for a permit or license
2    required by this Act to treat, transport, store, or dispose
3    of hazardous waste commits the offense of perjury and shall
4    be subject to the penalties set forth in Section 32-2 of
5    the Criminal Code of 1961.
6        (2) Any person who knowingly makes a false material
7    statement or representation in any label, manifest,
8    record, report, permit or license, or other document filed,
9    maintained, or used for the purpose of compliance with this
10    Act in connection with the generation, disposal,
11    treatment, storage, or transportation of hazardous waste
12    commits a Class 4 felony. A second or any subsequent
13    offense after conviction hereunder is a Class 3 felony.
14        (3) Any person who knowingly destroys, alters, or
15    conceals any record required to be made by this Act in
16    connection with the disposal, treatment, storage, or
17    transportation of hazardous waste commits a Class 4 felony.
18    A second or any subsequent offense after a conviction
19    hereunder is a Class 3 felony.
20        (4) Any person who knowingly makes a false material
21    statement or representation in any application, bill,
22    invoice, or other document filed, maintained, or used for
23    the purpose of receiving money from the Underground Storage
24    Tank Fund commits a Class 4 felony. A second or any
25    subsequent offense after conviction hereunder is a Class 3
26    felony.

 

 

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1        (5) Any person who knowingly destroys, alters, or
2    conceals any record required to be made or maintained by
3    this Act or required to be made or maintained by Board or
4    Agency rules for the purpose of receiving money from the
5    Underground Storage Tank Fund commits a Class 4 felony. A
6    second or any subsequent offense after a conviction
7    hereunder is a Class 3 felony.
8        (6) A person who knowingly and falsely certifies under
9    Section 22.48 that an industrial process waste or pollution
10    control waste is not special waste commits a Class 4 felony
11    for a first offense and commits a Class 3 felony for a
12    second or subsequent offense.
13        (7) In addition to any other penalties prescribed by
14    law, a person convicted of violating this subsection (h) is
15    subject to a fine not to exceed $50,000 for each day of
16    such violation.
17        (8) Any person who knowingly makes a false, fictitious,
18    or fraudulent material statement, orally or in writing, to
19    the Agency, or to a unit of local government to which the
20    Agency has delegated authority under subsection (r) of
21    Section 4 of this Act, related to or required by this Act,
22    a regulation adopted under this Act, any federal law or
23    regulation for which the Agency has responsibility, or any
24    permit, term, or condition thereof, commits a Class 4
25    felony, and each such statement or writing shall be
26    considered a separate Class 4 felony. A person who, after

 

 

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1    being convicted under this paragraph (8), violates this
2    paragraph (8) a second or subsequent time, commits a Class
3    3 felony.
 
4    (i) Verification.
5        (1) Each application for a permit or license to dispose
6    of, transport, treat, store, or generate hazardous waste
7    under this Act shall contain an affirmation that the facts
8    are true and are made under penalty of perjury as defined
9    in Section 32-2 of the Criminal Code of 1961. It is perjury
10    for a person to sign any such application for a permit or
11    license which contains a false material statement, which he
12    does not believe to be true.
13        (2) Each request for money from the Underground Storage
14    Tank Fund shall contain an affirmation that the facts are
15    true and are made under penalty of perjury as defined in
16    Section 32-2 of the Criminal Code of 1961. It is perjury
17    for a person to sign any request that contains a false
18    material statement that he does not believe to be true.
 
19    (j) Violations of Other Provisions.
20        (1) It is unlawful for a person knowingly to violate:
21            (A) subsection (f) of Section 12 of this Act;
22            (B) subsection (g) of Section 12 of this Act;
23            (C) any term or condition of any Underground
24        Injection Control (UIC) permit;

 

 

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1            (D) any filing requirement, regulation, or order
2        relating to the State Underground Injection Control
3        (UIC) program;
4            (E) any provision of any regulation, standard, or
5        filing requirement under subsection (b) of Section 13
6        of this Act;
7            (F) any provision of any regulation, standard, or
8        filing requirement under subsection (b) of Section 39
9        of this Act;
10            (G) any National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
11        System (NPDES) permit issued under this Act or any term
12        or condition of such permit;
13            (H) subsection (h) of Section 12 of this Act;
14            (I) subsection 6 of Section 39.5 of this Act;
15            (J) any provision of any regulation, standard or
16        filing requirement under Section 39.5 of this Act;
17            (K) a provision of the Procedures for Asbestos
18        Emission Control in subsection (c) of Section 61.145 of
19        Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations; or
20            (L) the standard for waste disposal for
21        manufacturing, fabricating, demolition, renovation,
22        and spraying operations in Section 61.150 of Title 40
23        of the Code of Federal Regulations.
24        (2) A person convicted of a violation of subdivision
25    (1) of this subsection commits a Class 4 felony, and in
26    addition to any other penalty prescribed by law is subject

 

 

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1    to a fine not to exceed $25,000 for each day of such
2    violation.
3        (3) A person who negligently violates the following
4    shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $10,000 for each
5    day of such violation:
6            (A) subsection (f) of Section 12 of this Act;
7            (B) subsection (g) of Section 12 of this Act;
8            (C) any provision of any regulation, standard, or
9        filing requirement under subsection (b) of Section 13
10        of this Act;
11            (D) any provision of any regulation, standard, or
12        filing requirement under subsection (b) of Section 39
13        of this Act;
14            (E) any National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
15        System (NPDES) permit issued under this Act;
16            (F) subsection 6 of Section 39.5 of this Act; or
17            (G) any provision of any regulation, standard, or
18        filing requirement under Section 39.5 of this Act.
19        (4) It is unlawful for a person knowingly to:
20            (A) make any false statement, representation, or
21        certification in an application form, or form
22        pertaining to, a National Pollutant Discharge
23        Elimination System (NPDES) permit;
24            (B) render inaccurate any monitoring device or
25        record required by the Agency or Board in connection
26        with any such permit or with any discharge which is

 

 

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1        subject to the provisions of subsection (f) of Section
2        12 of this Act;
3            (C) make any false statement, representation, or
4        certification in any form, notice, or report
5        pertaining to a CAAPP permit under Section 39.5 of this
6        Act;
7            (D) render inaccurate any monitoring device or
8        record required by the Agency or Board in connection
9        with any CAAPP permit or with any emission which is
10        subject to the provisions of Section 39.5 of this Act;
11        or
12            (E) violate subsection 6 of Section 39.5 of this
13        Act or any CAAPP permit, or term or condition thereof,
14        or any fee or filing requirement.
15        (5) A person convicted of a violation of paragraph (4)
16    of this subsection commits a Class A misdemeanor, and in
17    addition to any other penalties provided by law is subject
18    to a fine not to exceed $10,000 for each day of violation.
 
19    (k) Criminal operation of a hazardous waste or PCB
20incinerator.
21        (1) A person commits the offense of criminal operation
22    of a hazardous waste or PCB incinerator when, in the course
23    of operating a hazardous waste or PCB incinerator, he
24    knowingly and without justification operates the
25    incinerator (i) without an Agency permit, or in knowing

 

 

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1    violation of the terms of an Agency permit, and (ii) as a
2    result of such violation, knowingly places any person in
3    danger of great bodily harm or knowingly creates an
4    immediate or long term material danger to the public health
5    or the environment.
6        (2) Any person who commits the offense of criminal
7    operation of a hazardous waste or PCB incinerator for the
8    first time commits a Class 4 felony and, in addition to any
9    other penalties prescribed by law, shall be subject to a
10    fine not to exceed $100,000 for each day of the offense.
11        Any person who commits the offense of criminal
12    operation of a hazardous waste or PCB incinerator for a
13    second or subsequent time commits a Class 3 felony and, in
14    addition to any other penalties prescribed by law, shall be
15    subject to a fine not to exceed $250,000 for each day of
16    the offense.
17        (3) For the purpose of this subsection (k), the term
18    "hazardous waste or PCB incinerator" means a pollution
19    control facility at which either hazardous waste or PCBs,
20    or both, are incinerated. "PCBs" means any substance or
21    mixture of substances that contains one or more
22    polychlorinated biphenyls in detectable amounts.
 
23    (l) It shall be the duty of all State and local law
24enforcement officers to enforce this Act and the regulations
25adopted hereunder, and all such officers shall have authority

 

 

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1to issue citations for such violations.
 
2    (m) Any action brought under this Section shall be brought
3by the State's Attorney of the county in which the violation
4occurred, or by the Attorney General, and shall be conducted in
5accordance with the applicable provisions of the Code of
6Criminal Procedure of 1963.
 
7    (n) For an offense described in this Section, the period
8for commencing prosecution prescribed by the statute of
9limitations shall not begin to run until the offense is
10discovered by or reported to a State or local agency having the
11authority to investigate violations of this Act.
 
12    (o) In addition to any other penalties provided under this
13Act, if a person is convicted of (or agrees to a settlement in
14an enforcement action over) illegal dumping of waste on the
15person's own property, the Attorney General, the Agency, or
16local prosecuting authority shall file notice of the
17conviction, finding, or agreement in the office of the Recorder
18in the county in which the landowner lives.
 
19    (p) Criminal Disposal of Waste.
20        (1) A person commits the offense of Criminal Disposal
21    of Waste when he or she:
22            (A) if required to have a permit under subsection

 

 

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1        (d) of Section 21 of this Act, knowingly conducts a
2        waste-storage, waste-treatment, or waste-disposal
3        operation in a quantity that exceeds 250 cubic feet of
4        waste without a permit; or
5            (B) knowingly conducts open dumping of waste in
6        violation of subsection (a) of Section 21 of this Act.
7        (2) (A) A person who is convicted of a violation of
8    subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of this subsection is
9    guilty of a Class 4 felony for a first offense and, in
10    addition to any other penalties provided by law, is subject
11    to a fine not to exceed $25,000 for each day of violation.
12    A person who is convicted of a violation of subparagraph
13    (A) of paragraph (1) of this subsection is guilty of a
14    Class 3 felony for a second or subsequent offense and, in
15    addition to any other penalties provided by law, is subject
16    to a fine not to exceed $50,000 for each day of violation.
17            (B) A person who is convicted of a violation of
18        subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of this subsection is
19        guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. However, a person who
20        is convicted of a violation of subparagraph (B) of
21        paragraph (1) of this subsection for the open dumping
22        of waste in a quantity that exceeds 250 cubic feet or
23        that exceeds 50 waste tires is guilty of a Class 4
24        felony and, in addition to any other penalties provided
25        by law, is subject to a fine not to exceed $25,000 for
26        each day of violation.
 

 

 

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1    (q) Criminal Damage to a Public Water Supply.
2        (1) A person commits the offense of Criminal Damage to
3    a Public Water Supply when, without lawful justification,
4    he knowingly alters, damages, or otherwise tampers with the
5    equipment or property of a public water supply, or
6    knowingly introduces a contaminant into the distribution
7    system of a public water supply so as to cause, threaten,
8    or allow the distribution of water from any public water
9    supply of such quality or quantity as to be injurious to
10    human health or the environment.
11        (2) Criminal Damage to a Public Water Supply is a Class
12    4 felony. In addition to any other penalties prescribed by
13    law, a person convicted of the offense of Criminal Damage
14    to a Public Water Supply is subject to a fine not to exceed
15    $250,000 for each day of such offense.
 
16    (r) Aggravated Criminal Damage to a Public Water Supply.
17        (1) A person commits the offense of Aggravated Criminal
18    Damage to a Public Water Supply when, without lawful
19    justification, he commits Criminal Damage to a Public Water
20    Supply while knowing that he thereby places another person
21    in danger of serious illness or great bodily harm, or
22    creates an immediate or long-term danger to public health
23    or the environment.
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1    is a Class 2 felony. In addition to any other penalties
2    prescribed by law, a person convicted of the offense of
3    Aggravated Criminal Damage to a Public Water Supply is
4    subject to a fine not to exceed $500,000 for each day of
5    such offense.
6(Source: P.A. 96-603, eff. 8-24-09; 97-220, eff. 7-28-11;
797-286, eff. 8-10-11; revised 9-2-11.)
 
8    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
9becoming law.".