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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1379

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 1379 by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 4        "Section  5.  The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by
 5    adding Section 50-12 as follows:

 6        (30 ILCS 500/50-12 new)
 7        Sec. 50-12.  Environmental Protection Act violations.
 8        (a)  Unless otherwise provided,  no  person  or  business
 9    found  by  a  court  or  the  Pollution Control Board to have
10    committed a willful or knowing violation of the Environmental
11    Protection Act shall do business with the State  of  Illinois
12    or any State agency from the date of the order containing the
13    finding  of  violation  until 5 years after that date, unless
14    the person or business can show that no  person  involved  in
15    the  violation  continues  to  have  any involvement with the
16    business.
17        (b)  A person or business  otherwise  barred  from  doing
18    business with the State of Illinois or any State agency under
19    subsection  (a)  may be allowed to do business with the State
20    of Illinois or any State agency if it is shown that there  is
21    no  practicable  alternative to the State to contracting with
22    that person or business.
 
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 1        (c)  Every bid submitted to and contract executed by  the
 2    State   shall  contain  a  certification  by  the  bidder  or
 3    contractor that the bidder or contractor is not  barred  from
 4    being  awarded  a  contract  under  this Section and that the
 5    contractor acknowledges that the contracting State agency may
 6    declare the contract  void  if  the  certification  completed
 7    pursuant to this subsection (c) is false.

 8        Section  10.  The Environmental Protection Act is amended
 9    by changing Sections 39 and 42 as follows:

10        (415 ILCS 5/39) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1039)
11        Sec. 39. Issuance of permits; procedures.
12        (a)  When the Board has by regulation required  a  permit
13    for  the construction, installation, or operation of any type
14    of facility, equipment, vehicle,  vessel,  or  aircraft,  the
15    applicant  shall  apply  to the Agency for such permit and it
16    shall be the duty of the Agency to issue such a  permit  upon
17    proof by the applicant that the facility, equipment, vehicle,
18    vessel, or aircraft will not cause a violation of this Act or
19    of  regulations  hereunder.   The  Agency  shall  adopt  such
20    procedures  as  are  necessary  to carry out its duties under
21    this  Section.  In  making  its  determinations   on   permit
22    applications  under  this Section granting permits the Agency
23    may consider prior adjudications of noncompliance  with  this
24    Act  by  the  applicant.  In granting permits, the Agency may
25    impose  reasonable  conditions  related  to  the  applicant's
26    history of compliance or noncompliance with this Act  and may
27    impose such conditions as may be necessary to accomplish  the
28    purposes  of  this  Act, and as are not inconsistent with the
29    regulations promulgated by the  Board  hereunder.  Except  as
30    otherwise  provided  in  this  Act,  a bond or other security
31    shall not be required as a condition for the  issuance  of  a
32    permit.   If the Agency denies any permit under this Section,
 
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 1    the Agency shall transmit to the applicant  within  the  time
 2    limitations  of this Section specific, detailed statements as
 3    to the reasons  the  permit  application  was  denied.   Such
 4    statements   shall   include,  but  not  be  limited  to  the
 5    following:
 6             (i)  the Sections of this Act which may be  violated
 7        if the permit were granted;
 8             (ii)  the  provision of the regulations, promulgated
 9        under this Act, which may be violated if the permit  were
10        granted;
11             (iii)  the  specific  type  of  information, if any,
12        which the Agency deems the applicant did not provide  the
13        Agency; and
14             (iv)  a  statement  of  specific reasons why the Act
15        and the regulations might not be met if the  permit  were
16        granted.
17        If  there is no final action by the Agency within 90 days
18    after the filing of the application for permit, the applicant
19    may deem the permit issued;  except  that  this  time  period
20    shall be extended to 180 days when (1) notice and opportunity
21    for  public  hearing  are required by State or federal law or
22    regulation, (2) the application which was filed  is  for  any
23    permit  to develop a landfill subject to issuance pursuant to
24    this subsection, or (3) the application that was filed is for
25    a MSWLF unit required to issue public notice under subsection
26    (p) of Section 39.  The 90-day and 180-day time  periods  for
27    the  Agency to take final action do not apply to NPDES permit
28    applications under subsection (b) of this  Section,  to  RCRA
29    permit  applications under subsection (d) of this Section, or
30    to UIC permit  applications  under  subsection  (e)  of  this
31    Section.
32        The  Agency  shall  publish  notice  of  all final permit
33    determinations for development permits for  MSWLF  units  and
34    for  significant  permit modifications for lateral expansions
 
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 1    for existing MSWLF units one time in a newspaper  of  general
 2    circulation in the county in which the unit is or is proposed
 3    to be located.
 4        After  January  1, 1994 and until July 1, 1998, operating
 5    permits issued under this Section by the Agency  for  sources
 6    of air pollution permitted to emit less than 25 tons per year
 7    of any combination of regulated air pollutants, as defined in
 8    Section  39.5  of  this  Act, shall be required to be renewed
 9    only upon written  request  by  the  Agency  consistent  with
10    applicable provisions of this Act and regulations promulgated
11    hereunder.   Such  operating  permits  shall  expire 180 days
12    after the date of such a request.  The Board shall revise its
13    regulations for the existing State  air  pollution  operating
14    permit  program  consistent with this provision by January 1,
15    1994.
16        After June 30, 1998, operating permits issued under  this
17    Section  by  the Agency for sources of air pollution that are
18    not subject to Section 39.5 of this Act and are not  required
19    to  have a federally enforceable State operating permit shall
20    be required to be renewed only upon written  request  by  the
21    Agency  consistent with applicable provisions of this Act and
22    its rules.  Such operating  permits  shall  expire  180  days
23    after  the  date  of such a request. Before July 1, 1998, the
24    Board shall revise its  rules  for  the  existing  State  air
25    pollution  operating  permit  program  consistent  with  this
26    paragraph  and  shall  adopt  rules  that require a source to
27    demonstrate  that  it  qualifies  for  a  permit  under  this
28    paragraph.
29        (b)  The Agency may issue NPDES permits exclusively under
30    this subsection for the discharge of contaminants from  point
31    sources  into navigable waters, all as defined in the Federal
32    Water Pollution Control Act, as  now  or  hereafter  amended,
33    within the jurisdiction of the State, or into any well.
34        All   NPDES   permits   shall  contain  those  terms  and
 
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 1    conditions,  including  but  not  limited  to  schedules   of
 2    compliance,  which may be required to accomplish the purposes
 3    and provisions of this Act.
 4        The Agency may issue general NPDES permits for discharges
 5    from categories of point sources which  are  subject  to  the
 6    same  permit limitations and conditions. Such general permits
 7    may be  issued  without  individual  applications  and  shall
 8    conform  to  regulations promulgated under Section 402 of the
 9    Federal Water Pollution Control  Act,  as  now  or  hereafter
10    amended.
11        The  Agency  may include, among such conditions, effluent
12    limitations and other  requirements  established  under  this
13    Act,  Board  regulations, the Federal Water Pollution Control
14    Act, as now or hereafter amended,  and  regulations  pursuant
15    thereto,  and schedules for achieving compliance therewith at
16    the earliest reasonable date.
17        The Agency shall adopt filing requirements and procedures
18    which are necessary and appropriate for the issuance of NPDES
19    permits, and which are consistent with the Act or regulations
20    adopted by the Board, and with the  Federal  Water  Pollution
21    Control  Act,  as  now  or hereafter amended, and regulations
22    pursuant thereto.
23        The Agency,  subject  to  any  conditions  which  may  be
24    prescribed  by  Board regulations, may issue NPDES permits to
25    allow discharges beyond deadlines established by this Act  or
26    by  regulations  of  the  Board  without the requirement of a
27    variance, subject to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act,
28    as  now  or  hereafter  amended,  and  regulations   pursuant
29    thereto.
30        (c)  Except  for  those  facilities  owned or operated by
31    sanitary districts organized  under  the  Metropolitan  Water
32    Reclamation  District  Act,  no permit for the development or
33    construction of a  new  pollution  control  facility  may  be
34    granted  by  the Agency unless the applicant submits proof to
 
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 1    the Agency  that  the  location  of  the  facility  has  been
 2    approved  by  the  County  Board  of  the  county  if  in  an
 3    unincorporated   area,   or   the   governing   body  of  the
 4    municipality when in  an  incorporated  area,  in  which  the
 5    facility  is to be located in accordance with Section 39.2 of
 6    this Act.
 7        In the event that siting  approval  granted  pursuant  to
 8    Section  39.2  has  been transferred to a subsequent owner or
 9    operator, that subsequent owner or operator may apply to  the
10    Agency  for,  and  the  Agency  may  grant,  a development or
11    construction permit for the facility for which  local  siting
12    approval  was  granted.  Upon application to the Agency for a
13    development or construction permit by that  subsequent  owner
14    or  operator, the permit applicant shall cause written notice
15    of the permit application to be served upon  the  appropriate
16    county  board  or  governing  body  of  the municipality that
17    granted siting approval for that facility and upon any  party
18    to  the  siting  proceeding pursuant to which siting approval
19    was granted.  In that event,  the  Agency  shall  conduct  an
20    evaluation  of  the  subsequent  owner  or  operator's  prior
21    experience  in  waste  management  operations  in  the manner
22    conducted under subsection (i) of Section 39 of this Act.
23        Beginning August  20,  1993,  if  the  pollution  control
24    facility  consists  of  a  hazardous  or solid waste disposal
25    facility for  which  the  proposed  site  is  located  in  an
26    unincorporated  area  of  a  county with a population of less
27    than 100,000 and includes all or a portion  of  a  parcel  of
28    land  that  was, on April 1, 1993, adjacent to a municipality
29    having a population of less than 5,000, then the local siting
30    review required under this subsection (c) in conjunction with
31    any permit applied for after that date shall be performed  by
32    the  governing body of that adjacent municipality rather than
33    the county board of the county in which the proposed site  is
34    located;  and  for  the purposes of that local siting review,
 
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 1    any references in this Act  to  the  county  board  shall  be
 2    deemed   to   mean   the  governing  body  of  that  adjacent
 3    municipality; provided, however, that the provisions of  this
 4    paragraph  shall not apply to any proposed site which was, on
 5    April  1,  1993,  owned  in  whole  or  in  part  by  another
 6    municipality.
 7        In the case of a pollution control facility for  which  a
 8    development permit was issued before November 12, 1981, if an
 9    operating  permit  has not been issued by the Agency prior to
10    August 31, 1989 for any portion of  the  facility,  then  the
11    Agency  may  not  issue  or  renew any development permit nor
12    issue an original operating permit for any  portion  of  such
13    facility  unless  the  applicant  has  submitted proof to the
14    Agency that the location of the facility has been approved by
15    the appropriate county  board  or  municipal  governing  body
16    pursuant to Section 39.2 of this Act.
17        After   January  1,  1994,  if  a  solid  waste  disposal
18    facility, any portion for which an operating permit has  been
19    issued  by  the Agency, has not accepted waste disposal for 5
20    or more consecutive calendars years, before that facility may
21    accept any new or additional waste for  disposal,  the  owner
22    and  operator  must  obtain a new operating permit under this
23    Act for that facility unless  the  owner  and  operator  have
24    applied  to the Agency for a permit authorizing the temporary
25    suspension of waste acceptance.  The Agency may not  issue  a
26    new  operation  permit under this Act for the facility unless
27    the applicant has submitted proof  to  the  Agency  that  the
28    location  of the facility has been approved or re-approved by
29    the appropriate county  board  or  municipal  governing  body
30    under  Section  39.2  of  this  Act after the facility ceased
31    accepting waste.
32        Except for those facilities owned or operated by sanitary
33    districts organized under the Metropolitan Water  Reclamation
34    District Act, and except for new pollution control facilities
 
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 1    governed  by  Section 39.2, and except for fossil fuel mining
 2    facilities, the granting of a permit under this Act shall not
 3    relieve the applicant from meeting and securing all necessary
 4    zoning approvals from the unit of  government  having  zoning
 5    jurisdiction over the proposed facility.
 6        Before beginning construction on any new sewage treatment
 7    plant  or  sludge  drying  site  to be owned or operated by a
 8    sanitary district  organized  under  the  Metropolitan  Water
 9    Reclamation District Act  for which a new permit (rather than
10    the  renewal or amendment of an existing permit) is required,
11    such sanitary district shall hold a public hearing within the
12    municipality within which the  proposed  facility  is  to  be
13    located,  or  within  the  nearest  community if the proposed
14    facility is to be located within an unincorporated  area,  at
15    which  information  concerning the proposed facility shall be
16    made available to the public, and members of the public shall
17    be given the opportunity to express  their  views  concerning
18    the proposed facility.
19        The  Agency  may  issue  a  permit  for a municipal waste
20    transfer  station  without  requiring  approval  pursuant  to
21    Section 39.2 provided that  the  following  demonstration  is
22    made:
23             (1)  the  municipal  waste  transfer  station was in
24        existence on  or  before  January  1,  1979  and  was  in
25        continuous  operation  from January 1, 1979 to January 1,
26        1993;
27             (2)  the operator submitted a permit application  to
28        the  Agency  to  develop  and operate the municipal waste
29        transfer station during April of 1994;
30             (3)  the operator can demonstrate  that  the  county
31        board  of  the  county,  if  the municipal waste transfer
32        station is in an unincorporated area,  or  the  governing
33        body  of  the  municipality,  if  the  station  is  in an
34        incorporated area, does not object to resumption  of  the
 
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 1        operation of the station; and
 2             (4)  the site has local zoning approval.
 3        (d)  The  Agency may issue RCRA permits exclusively under
 4    this subsection to persons owning or operating a facility for
 5    the treatment, storage, or disposal  of  hazardous  waste  as
 6    defined under this Act.
 7        All   RCRA   permits   shall   contain  those  terms  and
 8    conditions,  including  but  not  limited  to  schedules   of
 9    compliance,  which may be required to accomplish the purposes
10    and provisions of this Act.  The  Agency  may  include  among
11    such  conditions standards and other requirements established
12    under this Act, Board regulations, the Resource  Conservation
13    and  Recovery  Act  of  1976  (P.L.  94-580), as amended, and
14    regulations pursuant thereto, and may include  schedules  for
15    achieving  compliance  therewith  as  soon  as possible.  The
16    Agency  shall  require  that  a  performance  bond  or  other
17    security be provided as a condition for  the  issuance  of  a
18    RCRA permit.
19        In  the  case of a permit to operate a hazardous waste or
20    PCB incinerator as defined in subsection (k) of  Section  44,
21    the  Agency shall require, as a condition of the permit, that
22    the operator of the facility perform  such  analyses  of  the
23    waste  to  be incinerated as may be necessary and appropriate
24    to ensure the safe operation of the incinerator.
25        The Agency shall adopt filing requirements and procedures
26    which are necessary and appropriate for the issuance of  RCRA
27    permits, and which are consistent with the Act or regulations
28    adopted  by the Board, and with the Resource Conservation and
29    Recovery  Act  of  1976  (P.L.  94-580),  as   amended,   and
30    regulations pursuant thereto.
31        The  applicant  shall  make  available  to the public for
32    inspection all documents submitted by the  applicant  to  the
33    Agency  in  furtherance of an application, with the exception
34    of trade secrets, at  the  office  of  the  county  board  or
 
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 1    governing  body  of  the municipality.  Such documents may be
 2    copied upon payment of the actual cost of reproduction during
 3    regular business hours of the local office.  The Agency shall
 4    issue a written statement concurrent with its grant or denial
 5    of the permit explaining the basis for its decision.
 6        (e)  The Agency may issue UIC permits  exclusively  under
 7    this subsection to persons owning or operating a facility for
 8    the  underground  injection  of contaminants as defined under
 9    this Act.
10        All UIC permits shall contain those terms and conditions,
11    including but not limited to schedules of  compliance,  which
12    may  be required to accomplish the purposes and provisions of
13    this Act.  The  Agency  may  include  among  such  conditions
14    standards  and other requirements established under this Act,
15    Board regulations, the Safe Drinking Water Act (P.L. 93-523),
16    as amended, and regulations pursuant thereto, and may include
17    schedules for  achieving  compliance  therewith.  The  Agency
18    shall  require  that  a performance bond or other security be
19    provided as a condition for the issuance of a UIC permit.
20        The Agency shall adopt filing requirements and procedures
21    which are necessary and appropriate for the issuance  of  UIC
22    permits, and which are consistent with the Act or regulations
23    adopted  by  the  Board, and with the Safe Drinking Water Act
24    (P.L. 93-523), as amended, and regulations pursuant thereto.
25        The applicant shall make  available  to  the  public  for
26    inspection,  all  documents submitted by the applicant to the
27    Agency in furtherance of an application, with  the  exception
28    of  trade  secrets,  at  the  office  of  the county board or
29    governing body of the municipality.  Such  documents  may  be
30    copied upon payment of the actual cost of reproduction during
31    regular business hours of the local office.  The Agency shall
32    issue a written statement concurrent with its grant or denial
33    of the permit explaining the basis for its decision.
34        (f)  In  making any determination pursuant to Section 9.1
 
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 1    of this Act:
 2             (1)  The Agency shall have  authority  to  make  the
 3        determination  of  any question required to be determined
 4        by the Clean Air Act, as now or hereafter  amended,  this
 5        Act,  or  the  regulations  of  the  Board, including the
 6        determination of the  Lowest  Achievable  Emission  Rate,
 7        Maximum  Achievable Control Technology, or Best Available
 8        Control   Technology,   consistent   with   the   Board's
 9        regulations, if any.
10             (2)  The Agency shall,  after  conferring  with  the
11        applicant,  give  written  notice to the applicant of its
12        proposed decision on the application including the  terms
13        and  conditions of the permit to be issued and the facts,
14        conduct or other basis upon which the Agency will rely to
15        support its proposed action.
16             (3)  Following such notice, the  Agency  shall  give
17        the  applicant an opportunity for a hearing in accordance
18        with the provisions of Sections 10-25  through  10-60  of
19        the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
20        (g)  The  Agency  shall  include  as  conditions upon all
21    permits  issued  for  hazardous  waste  disposal  sites  such
22    restrictions upon  the  future  use  of  such  sites  as  are
23    reasonably   necessary  to  protect  public  health  and  the
24    environment, including permanent prohibition of  the  use  of
25    such sites for purposes which may create an unreasonable risk
26    of  injury  to  human  health  or  to the environment.  After
27    administrative and judicial challenges to  such  restrictions
28    have  been exhausted, the Agency shall file such restrictions
29    of record in the Office of the  Recorder  of  the  county  in
30    which the hazardous waste disposal site is located.
31        (h)  A  hazardous  waste stream may not be deposited in a
32    permitted hazardous waste site unless specific  authorization
33    is  obtained  from  the  Agency by the generator and disposal
34    site owner and operator for  the  deposit  of  that  specific
 
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 1    hazardous  waste  stream.   The  Agency  may  grant  specific
 2    authorization  for  disposal  of hazardous waste streams only
 3    after  the  generator  has  reasonably   demonstrated   that,
 4    considering    technological    feasibility    and   economic
 5    reasonableness, the  hazardous  waste  cannot  be  reasonably
 6    recycled for reuse, nor incinerated or chemically, physically
 7    or  biologically  treated  so  as to neutralize the hazardous
 8    waste and render it nonhazardous.  In granting  authorization
 9    under  this Section, the Agency may impose such conditions as
10    may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of  the  Act  and
11    are  consistent  with this Act and regulations promulgated by
12    the  Board  hereunder.   If  the  Agency  refuses  to   grant
13    authorization under this Section, the applicant may appeal as
14    if  the  Agency  refused  to  grant a permit, pursuant to the
15    provisions of subsection (a) of Section 40 of this Act.   For
16    purposes of this subsection (h), the term "generator" has the
17    meaning  given  in Section 3.205 of this Act, unless: (1) the
18    hazardous  waste  is  treated,  incinerated,   or   partially
19    recycled  for reuse prior to disposal, in which case the last
20    person who treats, incinerates,  or  partially  recycles  the
21    hazardous  waste  prior  to disposal is the generator; or (2)
22    the hazardous waste is from a response action, in which  case
23    the  person  performing the response action is the generator.
24    This subsection (h) does not apply  to  any  hazardous  waste
25    that is restricted from land disposal under 35 Ill. Adm. Code
26    728.
27        (i)  Before  issuing  any RCRA permit or any permit for a
28    waste storage site, sanitary landfill, waste  disposal  site,
29    waste  transfer  station,  waste  treatment  facility,  waste
30    incinerator,   or  any  waste-transportation  operation,  the
31    Agency shall conduct an evaluation of the prospective owner's
32    or  operator's   prior   experience   in   waste   management
33    operations.   The  Agency  may  deny  such  a  permit  if the
34    prospective owner or operator or any employee or  officer  of
 
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 1    the prospective owner or operator has a history of:
 2             (1)  repeated violations of federal, State, or local
 3        laws,   regulations,  standards,  or  ordinances  in  the
 4        operation of waste management facilities or sites; or
 5             (2)  conviction in this  or  another  State  of  any
 6        crime  which is a felony under the laws of this State, or
 7        conviction of a felony in a federal court; or
 8             (3)  proof of gross carelessness or incompetence  in
 9        handling,  storing, processing, transporting or disposing
10        of waste.
11        (j)  The issuance under this Act of a permit to engage in
12    the surface mining of any resources other than  fossil  fuels
13    shall  not relieve the permittee from its duty to comply with
14    any  applicable  local  law  regulating   the   commencement,
15    location or operation of surface mining facilities.
16        (k)  A  development permit issued under subsection (a) of
17    Section 39 for any facility or site which is required to have
18    a permit under subsection (d) of Section 21 shall  expire  at
19    the  end  of 2 calendar years from the date upon which it was
20    issued, unless within that period  the  applicant  has  taken
21    action to develop the facility or the site. In the event that
22    review  of the conditions of the development permit is sought
23    pursuant to Section 40 or 41, or permittee is prevented  from
24    commencing  development  of the facility or site by any other
25    litigation beyond  the  permittee's  control,  such  two-year
26    period  shall  be deemed to begin on the date upon which such
27    review  process or litigation is concluded.
28        (l)  No permit shall be issued by the Agency  under  this
29    Act  for  construction  or  operation of any facility or site
30    located within the boundaries of any setback zone established
31    pursuant to this Act, where such construction or operation is
32    prohibited.
33        (m)  The Agency may issue permits to  persons  owning  or
34    operating  a  facility  for  composting  landscape  waste. In
 
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 1    granting such permits, the Agency may impose such  conditions
 2    as  may  be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Act,
 3    and as  are  not  inconsistent  with  applicable  regulations
 4    promulgated  by  the  Board.  Except as otherwise provided in
 5    this Act, a bond or other security shall not be required as a
 6    condition for the issuance of a permit.  If the Agency denies
 7    any permit pursuant to  this  subsection,  the  Agency  shall
 8    transmit to the applicant within the time limitations of this
 9    subsection  specific,  detailed  statements as to the reasons
10    the permit application was  denied.   Such  statements  shall
11    include but not be limited to the following:
12             (1)  the  Sections  of this Act that may be violated
13        if the permit were granted;
14             (2)  the specific regulations  promulgated  pursuant
15        to  this  Act  that  may  be  violated if the permit were
16        granted;
17             (3)  the specific information, if  any,  the  Agency
18        deems the applicant did not provide in its application to
19        the Agency; and
20             (4)  a statement of specific reasons why the Act and
21        the  regulations  might  be  violated  if the permit were
22        granted.
23        If no final action is taken by the Agency within 90  days
24    after the filing of the application for permit, the applicant
25    may  deem  the  permit issued. Any applicant for a permit may
26    waive the 90 day limitation by  filing  a  written  statement
27    with the Agency.
28        The  Agency  shall issue permits for such facilities upon
29    receipt of an application that includes a  legal  description
30    of the site, a topographic map of the site drawn to the scale
31    of  200  feet  to  the  inch  or larger, a description of the
32    operation, including the area  served,  an  estimate  of  the
33    volume of materials to be processed, and documentation that:
34             (1)  the facility includes a setback of at least 200
 
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 1        feet from the nearest potable water supply well;
 2             (2)  the facility is located outside the boundary of
 3        the 10-year floodplain or the site will be floodproofed;
 4             (3)  the  facility  is  located  so  as  to minimize
 5        incompatibility with the  character  of  the  surrounding
 6        area,  including  at  least  a  200 foot setback from any
 7        residence,  and  in  the  case  of  a  facility  that  is
 8        developed or the permitted composting area  of  which  is
 9        expanded  after November 17, 1991, the composting area is
10        located at least 1/8  mile  from  the  nearest  residence
11        (other  than  a residence located on the same property as
12        the facility);
13             (4)  the design of the  facility  will  prevent  any
14        compost  material  from being placed within 5 feet of the
15        water table, will  adequately  control  runoff  from  the
16        site,  and  will  collect and manage any leachate that is
17        generated on the site;
18             (5)  the operation  of  the  facility  will  include
19        appropriate  dust  and odor control measures, limitations
20        on operating hours, appropriate  noise  control  measures
21        for shredding, chipping and similar equipment, management
22        procedures  for  composting,  containment and disposal of
23        non-compostable  wastes,  procedures  to  be   used   for
24        terminating  operations  at  the  site, and recordkeeping
25        sufficient to document the amount of materials  received,
26        composted and otherwise disposed of; and
27             (6)  the  operation  will be conducted in accordance
28        with any applicable rules adopted by the Board.
29        The Agency shall issue renewable permits  of  not  longer
30    than  10  years  in  duration for the composting of landscape
31    wastes, as defined in Section 3.155 of this Act, based on the
32    above requirements.
33        The  operator  of  any  facility  permitted  under   this
34    subsection  (m) must submit a written annual statement to the
 
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 1    Agency on or before April 1 of each  year  that  includes  an
 2    estimate  of  the  amount  of material, in tons, received for
 3    composting.
 4        (n)  The Agency shall  issue  permits  jointly  with  the
 5    Department  of  Transportation for the dredging or deposit of
 6    material in Lake Michigan in accordance with  Section  18  of
 7    the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act.
 8        (o)  (Blank.)
 9        (p) (1)  Any  person  submitting  an  application  for  a
10    permit  for a new MSWLF unit or for a lateral expansion under
11    subsection (t) of Section 21 of  this  Act  for  an  existing
12    MSWLF  unit that has not received and is not subject to local
13    siting approval under Section 39.2 of this Act shall  publish
14    notice   of   the  application  in  a  newspaper  of  general
15    circulation in the county in which the MSWLF unit  is  or  is
16    proposed  to  be  located.   The  notice must be published at
17    least 15 days before submission of the permit application  to
18    the  Agency.   The notice shall state the name and address of
19    the applicant, the location of the  MSWLF  unit  or  proposed
20    MSWLF unit, the nature and size of the MSWLF unit or proposed
21    MSWLF unit, the nature of the activity proposed, the probable
22    life   of   the   proposed  activity,  the  date  the  permit
23    application will be submitted, and a statement  that  persons
24    may  file  written  comments  with  the Agency concerning the
25    permit application within 30 days after  the  filing  of  the
26    permit  application unless the time period to submit comments
27    is extended by the Agency.
28        When a permit applicant submits information to the Agency
29    to supplement a permit  application  being  reviewed  by  the
30    Agency,  the  applicant  shall not be required to reissue the
31    notice under this subsection.
32        (2)  The Agency shall accept written comments  concerning
33    the  permit  application that are postmarked no later than 30
34    days after the filing of the permit application,  unless  the
 
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 1    time period to accept comments is extended by the Agency.
 2        (3)  Each applicant for a permit described in part (1) of
 3    this  subsection  shall file a copy of the permit application
 4    with the county board or governing body of  the  municipality
 5    in  which  the  MSWLF unit is or is proposed to be located at
 6    the same time the application is  submitted  to  the  Agency.
 7    The  permit  application  filed  with  the  county  board  or
 8    governing   body   of  the  municipality  shall  include  all
 9    documents submitted to or to  be  submitted  to  the  Agency,
10    except  trade secrets as determined under Section 7.1 of this
11    Act.  The permit application and other documents on file with
12    the county board or governing body of the municipality  shall
13    be  made  available  for  public  inspection  during  regular
14    business  hours  at  the  office  of  the county board or the
15    governing body of the municipality and  may  be  copied  upon
16    payment of the actual cost of reproduction.
17    (Source: P.A. 92-574, eff. 6-26-02.)

18        (415 ILCS 5/42) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1042)
19        Sec. 42. Civil penalties.
20        (a)  Except  as provided in this Section, any person that
21    violates any provision of this Act or any regulation  adopted
22    by  the Board, or any permit or term or condition thereof, or
23    that  violates  any  determination  or  order  of  the  Board
24    pursuant to this Act, shall be liable to a civil  penalty  of
25    not  to  exceed  $50,000  for the violation and an additional
26    civil penalty of not to exceed $10,000 for  each  day  during
27    which the violation continues; such penalties may, upon order
28    of  the  Board  or a court of competent jurisdiction, be made
29    payable to the Environmental Protection  Trust  Fund,  to  be
30    used  in  accordance with the provisions of the Environmental
31    Protection Trust Fund Act.
32        (b)  Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a)  of
33    this Section:
 
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 1             (1)  Any  person that violates Section 12(f) of this
 2        Act or any NPDES permit or term or condition thereof,  or
 3        any  filing  requirement, regulation or order relating to
 4        the NPDES permit program, shall  be  liable  to  a  civil
 5        penalty of not to exceed $10,000 per day of violation.
 6             (2)  Any  person that violates Section 12(g) of this
 7        Act or any UIC permit or term or  condition  thereof,  or
 8        any  filing  requirement, regulation or order relating to
 9        the State UIC program for  all  wells,  except  Class  II
10        wells  as  defined  by the Board under this Act, shall be
11        liable to a civil penalty not to exceed $2,500 per day of
12        violation; provided, however, that any person who commits
13        such violations relating to the  State  UIC  program  for
14        Class  II  wells, as defined by the Board under this Act,
15        shall be liable to a  civil  penalty  of  not  to  exceed
16        $10,000 for the violation and an additional civil penalty
17        of  not  to  exceed  $1,000 for each day during which the
18        violation continues.
19             (3)  Any person that violates Sections 21(f), 21(g),
20        21(h) or 21(i) of this Act, or any RCRA permit or term or
21        condition thereof, or any filing requirement,  regulation
22        or  order  relating  to  the State RCRA program, shall be
23        liable to a civil penalty of not to  exceed  $25,000  per
24        day of violation.
25             (4)  In  an  administrative  citation  action  under
26        Section  31.1  of  this  Act,  any  person  found to have
27        violated any provision of subsection (o) of Section 21 of
28        this Act shall pay a  civil  penalty  of  $500  for  each
29        violation  of each such provision, plus any hearing costs
30        incurred by the Board and  the  Agency.   Such  penalties
31        shall  be  made  payable  to the Environmental Protection
32        Trust Fund, to be used in accordance with the  provisions
33        of  the  Environmental  Protection Trust Fund Act; except
34        that  if  a  unit  of   local   government   issued   the
 
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 1        administrative  citation,  50% of the civil penalty shall
 2        be payable to the unit of local government.
 3             (4-5)  In an administrative  citation  action  under
 4        Section  31.1  of  this  Act,  any  person  found to have
 5        violated any provision of subsection (p) of Section 21 of
 6        this Act shall pay a civil penalty of $1,500 for a  first
 7        offense  and  $3,000  for a second or subsequent offense,
 8        plus any hearing costs incurred  by  the  Board  and  the
 9        Agency.   The  penalties  shall  be  deposited  into  the
10        Environmental  Protection  Trust  Fund,  to  be  used  in
11        accordance  with  the  provisions  of  the  Environmental
12        Protection Trust Fund Act; except that if a unit of local
13        government issued the administrative citation, 50% of the
14        civil  penalty  shall  be  payable  to  the unit of local
15        government.
16             (5)  Any person who violates subsection 6 of Section
17        39.5 of  this  Act  or  any  CAAPP  permit,  or  term  or
18        condition  thereof,  or any fee or filing requirement, or
19        any duty to allow  or  carry  out  inspection,  entry  or
20        monitoring   activities,   or  any  regulation  or  order
21        relating to the CAAPP shall be liable for a civil penalty
22        not to exceed $10,000 per day of violation.
23        (b.5)  In lieu of the penalties set forth in  subsections
24    (a) and (b) of this Section, any person who fails to file, in
25    a timely manner, toxic chemical release forms with the Agency
26    pursuant  to  Section 25b-2 of this Act shall be liable for a
27    civil penalty of $100 per day for  each  day  the  forms  are
28    late,  not  to exceed a maximum total penalty of $6,000. This
29    daily penalty shall begin accruing on  the  thirty-first  day
30    after  the  date  that the person receives the warning notice
31    issued by the Agency pursuant to Section 25b-6 of  this  Act;
32    and  the  penalty  shall  be  paid  to  the Agency. The daily
33    accrual of penalties shall cease  as  of  January  1  of  the
34    following   year.  All  penalties  collected  by  the  Agency
 
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 1    pursuant to this  subsection  shall  be  deposited  into  the
 2    Environmental Protection Permit and Inspection Fund.
 3        (c)  Any  person  that  violates this Act, or an order or
 4    other determination of the Board under this  Act  and  causes
 5    the  death  of fish or aquatic life shall, in addition to the
 6    other penalties provided by this Act, be liable to pay to the
 7    State an additional sum for the reasonable value of the  fish
 8    or  aquatic  life  destroyed. Any money so recovered shall be
 9    placed in the Wildlife and Fish Fund in the State Treasury.
10        (d)  The penalties provided for in this  Section  may  be
11    recovered in a civil action.
12        (e)  The  State's  Attorney  of  the  county in which the
13    violation occurred, or the  Attorney  General,  may,  at  the
14    request of the Agency or on his own motion, institute a civil
15    action for an injunction to restrain violations of this Act.
16        (f)  The  State's  Attorney  of  the  county in which the
17    violation occurred, or the Attorney General, shall bring such
18    actions in the name of the people of the State  of  Illinois.
19    Without  limiting any other authority which may exist for the
20    awarding of attorney's fees and costs, the Board or  a  court
21    of  competent  jurisdiction  may  award  costs and reasonable
22    attorney's fees, including the  reasonable  costs  of  expert
23    witnesses  and  consultants,  to  the State's Attorney or the
24    Attorney General in a case where he has prevailed  against  a
25    person  who  has  committed  a  wilful,  knowing  or repeated
26    violation of the Act.
27        Any funds collected under this subsection  (f)  in  which
28    the  Attorney General has prevailed shall be deposited in the
29    Hazardous Waste Fund created in Section 22.2 of this Act. Any
30    funds collected under this subsection (f) in which a  State's
31    Attorney  has  prevailed  shall  be retained by the county in
32    which he serves.
33        (g)  All final orders imposing civil  penalties  pursuant
34    to  this Section shall prescribe the time for payment of such
 
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 1    penalties.  If any such penalty is not paid within  the  time
 2    prescribed, interest on such penalty at the rate set forth in
 3    subsection  (a)  of  Section  1003 of the Illinois Income Tax
 4    Act, shall be paid for the period from the  date  payment  is
 5    due until the date payment is received.  However, if the time
 6    for  payment  is  stayed  during  the  pendency of an appeal,
 7    interest shall not accrue during such stay.
 8        (h)  In determining the appropriate civil penalty  to  be
 9    imposed  under subdivisions  (a), (b)(1), (b)(2),  (b)(3), or
10    (b)(5)  of  this Section, the Board is authorized to consider
11    any  matters  of  record  in  mitigation  or  aggravation  of
12    penalty, including but not limited to the following factors:
13             (1)  the duration and gravity of the violation;
14             (2)  the presence or absence of due diligence on the
15        part of the respondent violator in attempting  to  comply
16        with  requirements of this Act and regulations thereunder
17        or to secure relief therefrom as provided by this Act;
18             (3)  any economic benefits accrued by the respondent
19        violator   because   of   delay   in   compliance    with
20        requirements,  in  which case the economic benefits shall
21        be  determined  by  the  lowest  cost   alternative   for
22        achieving compliance;
23             (4)  the amount of monetary penalty which will serve
24        to  deter  further  violations by the respondent violator
25        and to otherwise aid in  enhancing  voluntary  compliance
26        with  this  Act  by  the  respondent  violator  and other
27        persons similarly subject to the Act; and
28             (5)  the number, proximity in time, and  gravity  of
29        previously  adjudicated  violations  of  this  Act by the
30        respondent; violator.
31             (6)  whether     the     respondent      voluntarily
32        self-disclosed, in accordance with subsection (i) of this
33        Section, the non-compliance to the Agency; and
34             (7)  whether  the respondent has agreed to undertake
 
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 1        a "supplemental environmental project,"  which  means  an
 2        environmentally  beneficial  project  that  a  respondent
 3        agrees  to  undertake  in  settlement  of  an enforcement
 4        action brought under this Act, but which  the  respondent
 5        is not otherwise legally required to perform.
 6        In  determining  the  appropriate  civil  penalty  to  be
 7    imposed  under  subsection (a) or paragraph (1), (2), (3), or
 8    (5) of subsection  (b)  of  this  Section,  the  Board  shall
 9    ensure,  in  all cases, that the penalty is at least as great
10    as the economic benefits, if any, accrued by  the  respondent
11    as  a  result  of  the violation, unless the Board finds that
12    imposition of such penalty would result in  an  arbitrary  or
13    unreasonable  financial hardship. However, such civil penalty
14    may be off-set in whole or in part pursuant to a supplemental
15    environmental project agreed to by the  complainant  and  the
16    respondent.
17        (i)  A     person    who    voluntarily    self-discloses
18    non-compliance to the Agency, of which the  Agency  had  been
19    unaware,  is  entitled  to a 100% reduction in the portion of
20    the penalty that is not based  on  the  economic  benefit  of
21    non-compliance if the person can establish the following:
22             (1)  that  the non-compliance was discovered through
23        an environmental audit, as defined  in  Section  52.2  of
24        this  Act,  and the person waives the environmental audit
25        privileges as provided in that Section  with  respect  to
26        that non-compliance;
27             (2)  that   the   non-compliance  was  disclosed  in
28        writing within 30 days of the date on  which  the  person
29        discovered it;
30             (3)  that  the  non-compliance  was  discovered  and
31        disclosed prior to:
32                  (i)  the  commencement of an Agency inspection,
33             investigation, or request for information;
34                  (ii)  notice of a citizen suit;
 
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 1                  (iii)  the filing of a complaint by a  citizen,
 2             the   Illinois  Attorney  General,  or  the  State's
 3             Attorney  of  the  county  in  which  the  violation
 4             occurred;
 5                  (iv)  the reporting of the non-compliance by an
 6             employee  of  the  person  without   that   person's
 7             knowledge; or
 8                  (v)  imminent  discovery  of the non-compliance
 9             by the Agency;
10             (4)  that the non-compliance is being corrected  and
11        any  environmental  harm  is being remediated in a timely
12        fashion;
13             (5)  that the person agrees to prevent a  recurrence
14        of the non-compliance;
15             (6)  that  no  related  non-compliance  events  have
16        occurred  in  the past 3 years at the same facility or in
17        the past 5  years  as  part  of  a  pattern  at  multiple
18        facilities owned or operated by the person;
19             (7)  that  the  non-compliance  did  not  result  in
20        serious   actual   harm   or   present  an  imminent  and
21        substantial  endangerment  to   human   health   or   the
22        environment or violate the specific terms of any judicial
23        or administrative order or consent agreement;
24             (8)  that   the   person  cooperates  as  reasonably
25        requested by the Agency after the disclosure; and
26             (9)  that   the   non-compliance   was    identified
27        voluntarily  and  not  through a monitoring, sampling, or
28        auditing procedure that is  required  by  statute,  rule,
29        permit,  judicial  or  administrative  order,  or consent
30        agreement.
31        If a person can establish all of the elements under  this
32    subsection  except  the element set forth in paragraph (1) of
33    this subsection, the person is entitled to a 75% reduction in
34    the portion of  the  penalty  that  is  not  based  upon  the
 
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 1    economic benefit of non-compliance.
 2    (Source: P.A. 90-773, eff. 8-14-98; 91-82, eff. 1-1-00.)".