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91_SB0265
LRB9101409ACtm
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.)