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90_HB1795

      415 ILCS 5/22.3           from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.3
          Amends  the  Environmental  Protection  Act  to  make   a
      technical change.
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  Environmental  Protection Act by
 2    changing Section 22.3.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.   The Environmental Protection Act is amended
 6    by changing Section 22.3 as follows:
 7        (415 ILCS 5/22.3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.3)
 8        Sec. 22.3. Post-closure  responsibility.  The  owner  and
 9    operator  of  a  hazardous waste disposal site shall, without
10    limitation, be responsible for the site for a  period  of  20
11    years  after  closure  of  the site, or such longer period of
12    time as required by the  federal  Resource  Conservation  and
13    Recovery  Act  of  1976,  P.L.  94-580, or regulations issued
14    thereunder,  or  by  Board  regulation  adopted  pursuant  to
15    subsection 22(a) or (f) of this Act.  The owner and  operator
16    shall monitor such site for gas migration, drainage problems,
17    erosion,  settling,  ground  and  surface water pollution and
18    other environmental and  safety  problems  which  occur,  and
19    shall take whatever remedial action is necessary to solve any
20    such  problems  which  occur at the site during the period of
21    responsibility.  Notwithstanding  the  provisions   of   this
22    Section, nothing contained herein shall be construed to limit
23    any  duties or liabilities imposed on an owner or operator of
24    a  solid  waste  disposal  site  pursuant  to  this  Act   or
25    regulations thereunder or arising by operation of law.
26    (Source: P.A. 81-856.)

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