93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB4268

 

Introduced 1/29/2004, by John A. Fritchey

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
415 ILCS 5/25b-2   from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1025b-2
415 ILCS 5/25d-1 new
415 ILCS 5/25d-2 new
415 ILCS 5/25d-3 new
415 ILCS 5/25d-4 new
415 ILCS 5/25d-5 new

    Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to give notice concerning: (i) toxic chemical release forms received through the federal government; (ii) violations of the Environmental Protection Act; (iii) remedial actions; (iv) contamination information provided by the federal government; or (v) any other contamination. Sets forth the requirements for the notice. Provides that the Agency is not liable for the accuracy, availability, or use of the information provided in the notice. Effective immediately.


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1     AN ACT concerning environmental protection.
 
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 by
5 changing Section 25b-2 and by adding Sections 25d-1, 25d-2,
6 25d-3, 25d-4, and 25d-5 as follows:
 
7     (415 ILCS 5/25b-2)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1025b-2)
8     Sec. 25b-2. (a) Facilities which are required to file toxic
9 chemical release forms with the State pursuant to Section 313
10 of the federal Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know
11 Act of 1986 shall file such forms with the Illinois
12 Environmental Protection Agency.
13     (b) Beginning October 1, 2004, the Agency shall make
14 available, through its website, a searchable database of all
15 toxic chemical release forms it has received pursuant to
16 Section 313 of the federal Emergency Planning and Community
17 Right-to-Know Act of 1986 and shall make available, through its
18 website, the United States Environmental Protection Agency's
19 searchable data bases identifying listed locations where the
20 presence of hazardous substances have been identified pursuant
21 to the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response
22 Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) either in the CERCLA
23 Information System list or the National Contingency Plan list,
24 pursuant to 40 CFR Part 300. Furthermore, the The Agency shall
25 make toxic chemical release forms available to the public for
26 inspection and copying during regular business hours and, upon
27 written request, shall send copies of such forms by mail to any
28 resident of the State.
29 (Source: P.A. 85-927.)
 
30     (415 ILCS 5/25d-1 new)
31     Sec. 25d-1. Notification of violations of the Act.

 

 

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1     (a) Whenever the Agency issues a notice pursuant to Section
2 31 of this Act and as a result of any spilling, leaking,
3 pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting,
4 escaping, leaching, dumping, or disposing into the environment
5 any of the items listed in item (2)(A) of subsection (b)
6 subsequently initiates an enforcement action or enters into a
7 Compliance Commitment Agreement, as defined by Title VII of
8 this Act, it shall post information regarding the enforcement
9 action or Compliance Commitment Agreement on its website.
10     (b) The information shall be posted on the website within
11 30 days after when the Agency initiates the enforcement action
12 or enters into a Compliance Commitment Agreement. The
13 information shall contain, at a minimum, the following:
14         (1) The address and physical description of the site or
15     sites subject to the enforcement action or Compliance
16     Commitment Agreement; and
17         (2) A brief description of the events alleged to have
18     occurred that led to an enforcement action or entering into
19     a Compliance Commitment Agreement, including, but not
20     limited to:
21             (A) the presence of any waste, special waste,
22         potentially infectious medical waste, pollution
23         control waste, industrial process waste, hazardous
24         waste, hazardous substance, or contaminant; and
25             (B) whether there was any spilling, leaking,
26         pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging,
27         injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, or disposing
28         any of the items listed in item (A) above into or onto
29         the land, water, or air.
30         (3) The case number of the enforcement action.
31     (c) Whenever the Agency issues a notice pursuant to Section
32     31 of this Act and as a result of any spilling, leaking,
33     pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting,
34     escaping, leaching, dumping, or disposing into the environment
35     of any of the items listed in item (2)(A) of subsection (b)
36     subsequently initiates an enforcement action or enters into a

 

 

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1     Compliance Commitment Agreement, as defined by Title VII of
2     this Act, the Agency shall give notice to all households and
3     businesses within 2,500 feet of the site subject to the
4     enforcement action or a Compliance Commitment Agreement.
5     Notice shall occur within 60 days after the date that the
6     Agency initiates an enforcement action or enters into a
7     Compliance Commitment Agreement. Notice shall be given, at a
8     minimum, by direct mailing to households and businesses and by
9     notice in a local newspaper of general circulation. The notice
10     shall contain information similar to that called for in
11     subsection (b) above. The duties of this subsection are in
12     addition to the duties required by subsection (b).
 
13     (415 ILCS 5/25d-2 new)
14     Sec. 25d-2. Notification of remedial actions.
15     (a) Whenever the Agency first becomes aware of a site or
16 sites undergoing remedial action, as defined by Title XVII of
17 this Act, it shall post information regarding the remedial
18 action on its website.
19     (b) The information shall be posted on the website within
20 30 days after the date that the Agency first becomes aware of
21 the remedial action. The information shall contain, at a
22 minimum, the following:
23         (1) The address and physical description of the site or
24     sites undergoing remedial action;
25         (2) A brief description of the events alleged to have
26     occurred that led to an enforcement action or entering into
27     a Compliance Commitment Agreement, including, but not
28     limited to:
29             (A) the presence of any waste, special waste,
30         potentially infectious medical waste, pollution
31         control waste, industrial process waste, hazardous
32         waste, hazardous substance, or contaminant; and
33             (B) whether there was any spilling, leaking,
34         pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging,
35         injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, or disposing

 

 

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1         of any of the items listed in item (A) above into or
2         onto the land, water, or air; and
3         (3) The case number of the remedial action.
4     (c) Whenever the Agency first becomes aware of a site or
5     sites undergoing remedial action, as defined by to Title XVII
6     of this Act, the Agency shall give notice to all households and
7     businesses within 2,500 feet of the site subject to the
8     remedial action. Notice must occur within 60 days after the
9     date that the Agency first becomes aware of a site or sites
10     undergoing remedial action, as defined by Title XVII of this
11     Act. Notice shall be given, at a minimum, by direct mailing to
12     households and businesses and by notice in a local newspaper of
13     general circulation. The notice shall contain information
14     similar to that called for in subsection (b) above. The duties
15     of this subsection are in addition to the duties required by
16     subsection (b) above.
 
17     (415 ILCS 5/25d-3 new)
18     Sec. 25d-3. Notification of federal actions.
19     (a) Whenever the Agency becomes aware, pursuant to
20 notification required by the federal Comprehensive
21 Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act
22 (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 9603(a) and 9603(c), pursuant to actions
23 undertaken under CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. § 9604(a) or listing
24 pursuant to the National Contingency Plan, or pursuant to any
25 action for judicial relief undertaken pursuant to the federal
26 Solid Waste Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 6973 or 6972(a), of the existence
27 of the presence of a contaminant or hazardous substance that
28 may pose an imminent or substantial endangerment to human
29 health or the environment, then the Agency shall give notice to
30 all households and businesses within 2,500 feet of the
31 contamination. Notice shall be given, at a minimum, by direct
32 mailing to households and businesses, posting on the Agency's
33 website, and notice in a local newspaper of general
34 circulation.
35     (b) The notice must contain, at a minimum, the following:

 

 

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1         (1) The address and physical description of the site or
2     sites undergoing remedial or removal action or for which
3     remedial or removal action is sought;
4         (2) A brief description of the circumstances alleged to
5     be present that led to the remedial action or listing for
6     enforcement action, including, but not limited to:
7             (A) the presence of any waste, special waste,
8         potentially infectious medical waste, pollution
9         control waste, industrial process waste, hazardous
10         waste, hazardous substance, or contaminant; and
11             (B) whether there was any spilling, leaking,
12         pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging,
13         injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, or disposing
14         any of the items listed in item (A) above into or onto
15         the land, water, or air; and
16         (3) Information regarding any potential adverse health
17     effects posed by the contamination.
 
18     (415 ILCS 5/25d-4 new)
19     Sec. 25d-4. Notification of other contamination.
20     (a) Whenever the Agency has confirmed, through sound
21 scientific methods, the presence of an environmental
22 contaminant that exceeds the applicable federal or State health
23 and safety standards and that may pose an imminent or
24 substantial endangerment to human health or the environment,
25 then the Agency shall give notice to all households and
26 businesses within 2,500 feet of the contamination. Notice shall
27 be given, at a minimum, by direct mailing to households and
28 businesses, posting on the Agency's website, and notice in a
29 local newspaper of general circulation.
30     (b) The notice shall contain, at a minimum, the following:
31         (1) The address and physical description of the site or
32     sites undergoing remedial action;
33         (2) A brief description of the events alleged to have
34     occurred that led to the remedial action, including, but
35     not limited to:

 

 

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1             (A) the presence of any waste, special waste,
2         potentially infectious medical waste, pollution
3         control waste, industrial process waste, hazardous
4         waste, hazardous substance, or contaminant; and
5             (B) whether there was any spilling, leaking,
6         pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging,
7         injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, or disposing
8         any of the items listed in item (A) above into or onto
9         the land, water, or air; and
10     (c) Information regarding any potential adverse health
11     effects posed by the contamination.
12     (d) The requirements of this Section shall not apply in
13     instances where the Agency has already given notice under
14     Sections 25d-1, 25d-2, or 25d-3.
 
15     (415 ILCS 5/25d-5 new)
16     Sec. 25d-5. Liability. The Agency is not liable for the
17 accuracy, availability, or use of the information provided
18 under Sections 25d-1, 25d-2, 25d-3, or 25d-4.
 
19     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20 becoming law.