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91_HB3712

 
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 1        AN ACT regarding environmental safety.

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

 4        Section   5.  The Environmental Protection Act is amended
 5    by changing Section 58.11 as follows:

 6        (415 ILCS 5/58.11)
 7        Sec. 58.11. Regulations  and  Site  Remediation  Advisory
 8    Committee; rules.
 9        (a)  There   is   hereby  established  a  10-member  Site
10    Remediation Advisory Committee, which shall be  appointed  by
11    the   Governor.   The  Committee  shall  include  one  member
12    recommended by the Illinois State Chamber  of  Commerce,  one
13    member    recommended    by   the   Illinois   Manufacturers'
14    Association, one member recommended by the Chemical  Industry
15    Council of Illinois, one member recommended by the Consulting
16    Engineers  Council of Illinois, one member recommended by the
17    Illinois Bankers Association, one member recommended  by  the
18    Community   Bankers   Association  of  Illinois,  one  member
19    recommended  by   the   National   Solid   Waste   Management
20    Association,  and  3  other  members  as  determined  by  the
21    Governor.    Members  of  the Advisory Committee may organize
22    themselves as they deem necessary  and  shall  serve  without
23    compensation.
24        (b)  The Committee shall:
25             (1)  Review,   evaluate,  and  make  recommendations
26        regarding State laws, rules, and procedures  that  relate
27        to site remediations.
28             (2)  Review,   evaluate,  and  make  recommendations
29        regarding the  review  and  approval  activities  of  the
30        Agency  and  Review  and Evaluation Licensed Professional
31        Engineers.
 
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 1             (3)  Make recommendations relating  to  the  State's
 2        efforts to  implement this Title.
 3             (4)  Review,   evaluate,  and  make  recommendations
 4        regarding the procedures  for  determining  proportionate
 5        degree  of  responsibility  for  a  release  of regulated
 6        substances.
 7             (5)  Review,  evaluate,  and  make   recommendations
 8        regarding   the   reports   prepared  by  the  Agency  in
 9        accordance with subsection (e) of this Section.
10        (c)  Within 9 months after the  effective  date  of  this
11    amendatory  Act  of  1995, the Agency, after consideration of
12    the recommendations of the  Committee,  shall  propose  rules
13    prescribing  procedures  and standards for its administration
14    of this Title.  Within 9 months after receipt of the Agency's
15    proposed rules, the Board shall adopt, pursuant  to  Sections
16    27  and  28  of this Act, rules that are consistent with this
17    Title, including classifications of land use  and  provisions
18    for the voidance of No Further Remediation Letters.
19        (d)  Until  such  time  as  the rules required under this
20    Section  take  effect,  the  Agency  shall   administer   its
21    activities   under  this  Title  in  accordance  with  Agency
22    procedures and applicable provisions of this Act.
23        (e)  By  July  1,  1997   and   as   deemed   appropriate
24    thereafter,  the Agency shall prepare reports to the Governor
25    and the General Assembly concerning the status of  all  sites
26    for  which  the  Agency has expended money from the Hazardous
27    Waste Fund.  The reports shall include  specific  information
28    on the financial, technical, and cost recovery status of each
29    site.
30    (Source: P.A.  89-431,  eff.  12-15-95;  89-443, eff. 7-1-96;
31    89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)

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