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ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY (415 ILCS 5/) Environmental Protection Act. 415 ILCS 5/Tit. VI-B
(415 ILCS 5/Tit. VI-B heading)
TITLE VI-B:
TOXIC CHEMICAL REPORTING
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415 ILCS 5/25b-1
(415 ILCS 5/25b-1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1025b-1)
Sec. 25b-1.
(a) The General Assembly finds:
(1) That many industrial facilities in the State may | | be emitting or discharging toxic chemicals into the environment on an ongoing basis, and that such releases may pose a chronic threat to public health and the environment.
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(2) That members of the general public have a right
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(3) That the federal Emergency Planning and Community
| | Right-to-Know Act of 1986 requires certain industries to provide information to the State on the types and quantities of toxic chemicals released into the air, ground and water.
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(4) That the federal Pollution Prevention Act of 1990
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(b) It is the purpose of this Title to provide for the coordinated State
implementation of the federal programs that require the disclosure of
information about routine releases, source reduction, and recycling of
toxic chemicals,
and to provide an orderly procedure whereby the public may gain access to
this information.
(Source: P.A. 87-1213.)
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415 ILCS 5/25b-2
(415 ILCS 5/25b-2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1025b-2)
Sec. 25b-2.
(a) Facilities which are required to file toxic chemical
release forms with the State pursuant to Section 313 of the federal
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 shall file such
forms with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
(b) The Agency shall make toxic chemical release forms available to
the public for inspection and copying during regular business hours and,
upon written request, shall send copies of such forms by mail to any
resident of the State.
(Source: P.A. 85-927.)
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415 ILCS 5/25b-3
(415 ILCS 5/25b-3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1025b-3)
Sec. 25b-3. In cooperation with the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the Agency shall provide in a
computer data base an Illinois Toxic Chemical Inventory. The
Inventory shall be based on the toxic chemical release forms filed pursuant to
Section 313 of the federal Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-know Act of 1986 and may include, to the extent practicable, any other
information on emissions, discharges, source reduction
activities, and recycling of toxic contaminants
submitted to the Agency pursuant to this Act. The Agency shall
maintain the data in the Inventory by individual facility and
company name, standard industrial classification, type of chemical,
and geographic location.
(Source: P.A. 94-580, eff. 8-12-05.)
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415 ILCS 5/25b-4
(415 ILCS 5/25b-4)
Sec. 25b-4. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 94-580, eff. 8-12-05. Repealed by P.A. 97-220, eff. 7-28-11.)
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415 ILCS 5/25b-5
(415 ILCS 5/25b-5) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1025b-5)
Sec. 25b-5.
Review of toxic chemical status.
The Agency shall periodically review the status of toxic
chemicals and types of facilities covered under the reporting requirements
of Section 313 of the federal Emergency Planning and Community
Right-to-Know Act of 1986.
(Source: P.A. 92-574, eff. 6-26-02.)
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415 ILCS 5/25b-6
(415 ILCS 5/25b-6)
Sec. 25b-6.
Failure to receive toxic chemical release form; notice.
Prior
to
taking action pursuant to Title VIII for a violation of Section 25b-2 of this
Act, the Agency shall issue, no earlier than August 1 of each year, by
certified
mail or personal service upon the person complained against, a notice that the
Agency has failed to receive from that person all required toxic chemical
release forms
and provide a period of 30 days to submit the forms to the Agency. In the
event that person fails to file the forms with the Agency within the 30 day
period, the Agency may proceed with enforcement pursuant to Title VIII of this
Act.
(Source: P.A. 88-106.)
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TITLE VI-C:
OIL SPILL RESPONSE
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415 ILCS 5/25c-1
(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.
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(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.
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(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.
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(4) Costs associated with planning and training for
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(5) Costs associated with preparing and submitting
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(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.)
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415 ILCS 5/Tit. VI-D
(415 ILCS 5/Tit. VI-D heading)
TITLE VI-D.
RIGHT-TO-KNOW
(Source: P.A. 94-314, eff. 7-25-05.)
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415 ILCS 5/25d-1 (415 ILCS 5/25d-1) 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.) |
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