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 1        AN  ACT  to amend the Livestock Management Facilities Act
 2    by changing Section 25.

 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section  5.   The  Livestock Management Facilities Act is
 6    amended by changing Section 25 as follows:

 7        (510 ILCS 77/25)
 8        Sec. 25.  Odor control.
 9        (a)  Operators of  livestock  waste  handling  facilities
10    shall  practice  odor  control  methods  during the course of
11    manure removal and field application.  Odor  control  methods
12    shall  be those methods identified in the rules adopted under
13    pursuant  to  the  Illinois  Environmental   Protection   Act
14    concerning agriculture related pollution.
15        (b) Every single-stage livestock waste lagoon constructed
16    after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997 shall
17    comply with the following operational guidelines:
18             (1)  In  operation, the lagoon must be maintained at
19        not less than the minimum design volume.
20             (2) The livestock waste supply to the lagoon must be
21        below the minimum design volume level.
22             (3) The livestock  waste  storage  capacity  of  the
23        lagoon must be greater than 270 days.
24        (c)  Above-ground livestock waste holding structures must
25    be operated using odor control management guidelines based on
26    scientific  peer  review  accepted  by  the  Department   and
27    determined  to  be  economically  feasible  to  the  specific
28    operation.
29        (d)  For  a  first violation of this Section by the owner
30    or operator of a livestock management facility  or  livestock
31    waste  handling facility, the Department shall send the owner
 
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 1    or operator a written notice of the  violation  by  certified
 2    mail, return receipt requested.
 3        If  after  an administrative hearing the Department finds
 4    that the owner or operator of a livestock management facility
 5    or livestock waste handling facility has committed  a  second
 6    violation of this Section, the Department shall impose on the
 7    owner or operator a civil administrative penalty in an amount
 8    not  exceeding  $1,000.   The  Attorney  General may bring an
 9    action in the circuit court to enforce the  collection  of  a
10    penalty imposed under this Section.
11        If  after  an administrative hearing the Department finds
12    that the owner or operator of a livestock management facility
13    or livestock waste handling facility has  committed  a  third
14    violation  of  this  Section,  the  Department shall enter an
15    administrative order directing that  the  owner  or  operator
16    cease  operation  of  the  facility  until  the  violation is
17    corrected.
18        If a livestock management  facility  or  livestock  waste
19    handling  facility  has  not  committed  a  violation of this
20    Section within the 5 years immediately preceding a violation,
21    the violation shall be considered construed and treated as  a
22    first violation.
23    (Source: P.A. 89-456, eff. 5-21-96; 90-565, eff. 6-1-98.)

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