(415 ILCS 5/13.5)
Sec. 13.5.
Sewage works; operator certification.
(a) For the purposes of this Section, the term "sewage works" includes,
without limitation, wastewater treatment works, pretreatment works, and sewers
and collection systems.
(b) The Agency may establish and enforce standards for the definition and
certification of the technical competency of personnel who operate sewage
works, and for ascertaining that sewage works are under the supervision of
trained individuals whose qualifications have been approved by the Agency.
(c) The Agency may issue certificates of competency to persons meeting the
standards of technical competency established by the Agency under this Section,
and may promulgate and enforce regulations pertaining to the issuance and use
of those certificates.
(d) The Agency shall administer the certification program established under
this Section. The Agency may enter into formal working agreements with other
departments or agencies of State or local government under which all or
portions of its authority under this Section may be delegated to the
cooperating department or agency.
(e) This Section and the changes made to subdivision (a)(4) of Section
13 by this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly do not invalidate
the operator certification rules previously adopted by the Agency and
codified as Part 380 of Title 35, Subtitle C, Chapter II of the Illinois
Administrative Code. Those rules, as amended from time to time, shall
continue in effect until they are superseded or repealed.
(Source: P.A. 93-170, eff. 7-10-03.)
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