Rep. Thomas Holbrook

Filed: 3/8/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1953

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1953 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust
5Fund Act is amended by changing Sections 40 and 60 as follows:
 
6    (415 ILCS 135/40)
7    Sec. 40. Remedial action account.
8    (a) The remedial action account is established to provide
9reimbursement to eligible claimants for drycleaning solvent
10investigation, remedial action planning, and remedial action
11activities for existing drycleaning solvent contamination
12discovered at their drycleaning facilities.
13    (b) The following persons are eligible for reimbursement
14from the remedial action account:
15        (1) In the case of claimant who is the owner or
16    operator of an active drycleaning facility licensed by the

 

 

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1    Council under this Act at the time of application for
2    remedial action benefits afforded under the Fund, the
3    claimant is only eligible for reimbursement of remedial
4    action costs incurred in connection with a release from
5    that drycleaning facility, subject to any other
6    limitations under this Act.
7        (2) In the case of a claimant who is the owner of an
8    inactive drycleaning facility and was the owner or operator
9    of the drycleaning facility when it was an active
10    drycleaning facility, the claimant is only eligible for
11    reimbursement of remedial action costs incurred in
12    connection with a release from the drycleaning facility,
13    subject to any other limitations under this Act.
14    (c) An eligible claimant requesting reimbursement from the
15remedial action account shall meet all of the following:
16        (1) The claimant demonstrates that the source of the
17    release is from the claimant's drycleaning facility.
18        (2) At the time the release was discovered by the
19    claimant, the claimant and the drycleaning facility were in
20    compliance with the Agency reporting and technical
21    operating requirements.
22        (3) The claimant reported the release in a timely
23    manner to the Agency in accordance with State law.
24        (4) (Blank). The claimant applying for reimbursement
25    has not filed for bankruptcy on or after the date of his or
26    her discovery of the release.

 

 

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1        (5) If the claimant is the owner or operator of an
2    active drycleaning facility, the claimant has provided to
3    the Council proof of implementation and maintenance of the
4    following pollution prevention measures:
5            (A) That all drycleaning solvent wastes generated
6        at a drycleaning facility be managed in accordance with
7        applicable State waste management laws and rules.
8            (B) A prohibition on the discharge of wastewater
9        from drycleaning machines or of drycleaning solvent
10        from drycleaning operations to a sanitary sewer or
11        septic tank or to the surface or in groundwater.
12            (C) That every drycleaning facility:
13                (I) install a containment dike or other
14            containment structure around each machine, item of
15            equipment, drycleaning area, and portable waste
16            container in which any drycleaning solvent is
17            utilized, which shall be capable of containing
18            leaks, spills, or releases of drycleaning solvent
19            from that machine, item, area, or container. The
20            containment dike or other containment structure
21            shall be capable of at least the following: (i)
22            containing a capacity of 110% of the drycleaning
23            solvent in the largest tank or vessel within the
24            machine; (ii) containing 100% of the drycleaning
25            solvent of each item of equipment or drycleaning
26            area; and (iii) containing 100% of the drycleaning

 

 

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1            solvent of the largest portable waste container or
2            at least 10% of the total volume of the portable
3            waste containers stored within the containment
4            dike or structure, whichever is greater.
5                Petroleum underground storage tank systems
6            that are upgraded in accordance with USEPA upgrade
7            standards pursuant to 40 CFR Part 280 for the tanks
8            and related piping systems and use a leak detection
9            system approved by the USEPA or IEPA are exempt
10            from this secondary containment requirement; and
11                (II) seal or otherwise render impervious those
12            portions of diked floor surfaces on which a
13            drycleaning solvent may leak, spill, or otherwise
14            be released.
15            (D) A requirement that all drycleaning solvent
16        shall be delivered to drycleaning facilities by means
17        of closed, direct-coupled delivery systems.
18        (6) An active drycleaning facility has maintained
19    continuous financial assurance for environmental liability
20    coverage in the amount of at least $500,000 at least since
21    the date of award of benefits under this Section or July 1,
22    2000, whichever is earlier. An uninsured drycleaning
23    facility that has filed an application for insurance with
24    the Fund by January 1, 2004, obtained insurance through
25    that application, and maintained that insurance coverage
26    continuously shall be considered to have conformed with the

 

 

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1    requirements of this subdivision (6). To conform with this
2    requirement the applicant must pay the equivalent of the
3    total premiums due for the period beginning June 30, 2000
4    through the date of application plus a 20% penalty of the
5    total premiums due for that period.
6        (7) The release was discovered on or after July 1, 1997
7    and before July 1, 2006.
8    (d) A claimant shall submit a completed application form
9provided by the Council. The application shall contain
10documentation of activities, plans, and expenditures
11associated with the eligible costs incurred in response to a
12release of drycleaning solvent from a drycleaning facility.
13Application for remedial action account benefits must be
14submitted to the Council on or before June 30, 2005.
15    (e) Claimants shall be subject to the following deductible
16requirements, unless modified pursuant to the Council's
17authority under Section 75:
18        (1) An eligible claimant submitting a claim for an
19    active drycleaning facility is responsible for the first
20    $5,000 of eligible investigation costs and for the first
21    $10,000 of eligible remedial action costs incurred in
22    connection with the release from the drycleaning facility
23    and is only eligible for reimbursement for costs that
24    exceed those amounts, subject to any other limitations of
25    this Act.
26        (2) An eligible claimant submitting a claim for an

 

 

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1    inactive drycleaning facility is responsible for the first
2    $10,000 of eligible investigation costs and for the first
3    $10,000 of eligible remedial action costs incurred in
4    connection with the release from that drycleaning
5    facility, and is only eligible for reimbursement for costs
6    that exceed those amounts, subject to any other limitations
7    of this Act.
8    (f) Claimants are subject to the following limitations on
9reimbursement:
10        (1) Subsequent to meeting the deductible requirements
11    of subsection (e), and pursuant to the requirements of
12    Section 75, reimbursement shall not exceed $300,000 per
13    active drycleaning facility and $50,000 per inactive
14    drycleaning facility.
15        (2) A contract in which one of the parties to the
16    contract is a claimant, for goods or services that may be
17    payable or reimbursable from the Council, is void and
18    unenforceable unless and until the Council has found that
19    the contract terms are within the range of usual and
20    customary rates for similar or equivalent goods or services
21    within this State and has found that the goods or services
22    are necessary for the claimant to comply with Council
23    standards or other applicable regulatory standards.
24        (3) A claimant may appoint the Council as an agent for
25    the purposes of negotiating contracts with suppliers of
26    goods or services reimbursable by the Fund. The Council may

 

 

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1    select another contractor for goods or services other than
2    the one offered by the claimant if the scope of the
3    proposed work or actual work of the claimant's offered
4    contractor does not reflect the quality of workmanship
5    required or if the costs are determined to be excessive, as
6    determined by the Council.
7        (4) The Council may require a claimant to obtain and
8    submit 3 bids and may require specific terms and conditions
9    in a contract subject to approval.
10        (5) The Council may enter into a contract or an
11    exclusive contract with the supplier of goods or services
12    required by a claimant or class of claimants, in connection
13    with an expense reimbursable from the Fund, for a specified
14    good or service at a gross maximum price or fixed rate, and
15    may limit reimbursement accordingly.
16        (6) Unless emergency conditions exist, a service
17    provider shall obtain the Council's approval of the budget
18    for the remediation work before commencing the work. No
19    expense incurred that is above the budgeted amount shall be
20    paid unless the Council approves the expense prior to its
21    being incurred. All invoices and bills relating to the
22    remediation work shall be submitted with appropriate
23    documentation, as deemed necessary by the Council.
24        (7) Neither the Council nor an eligible claimant is
25    responsible for payment for costs incurred that have not
26    been previously approved by the Council, unless an

 

 

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1    emergency exists.
2        (8) The Council may determine the usual and customary
3    costs of each item for which reimbursement may be awarded
4    under this Section. The Council may revise the usual and
5    customary costs from time to time as necessary, but costs
6    submitted for reimbursement shall be subject to the rates
7    in effect at the time the costs were incurred.
8        (9) If a claimant has pollution liability insurance
9    coverage other than coverage provided by the insurance
10    account under this Act, that coverage shall be primary.
11    Reimbursement from the remedial account shall be limited to
12    the deductible amounts under the primary coverage and the
13    amount that exceeds the policy limits of the primary
14    coverage, subject to the deductible amounts of this Act. If
15    there is a dispute between the claimant and the primary
16    insurance provider, reimbursement from the remedial action
17    account may be made to the claimant after the claimant
18    assigns all of his or her interests in the insurance
19    coverage to the Council.
20    (g) The source of funds for the remedial action account
21shall be moneys allocated to the account by the Council
22according to the Fund budget approved by the Council.
23    (h) A drycleaning facility will be classified as active or
24inactive for purposes of determining benefits under this
25Section based on the status of the facility on the date a claim
26is filed.

 

 

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1    (i) Eligible claimants shall conduct remedial action in
2accordance with the Site Remediation Program under the
3Environmental Protection Act and Part 740 of Title 35 of the
4Illinois Administrative Code and the Tiered Approach to Cleanup
5Objectives under Part 742 of Title 35 of the Illinois
6Administrative Code.
7    (j) Effective January 1, 2012, an active drycleaning
8facility that has previously received or is currently receiving
9reimbursement for the costs of a remedial action, as defined in
10this Act, shall maintain continuous financial assurance for
11environmental liability coverage in the amount of at least
12$500,000 until the earlier of (i) January 1, 2020 or (ii) the
13date the Council determines the drycleaning facility is an
14inactive drycleaning facility. Failure to comply with this
15requirement will result in the revocation of the drycleaning
16facility's existing license and in the inability of the
17drycleaning facility to obtain or renew a license under Section
1860 of this Act.
19(Source: P.A. 96-774, eff. 1-1-10.)
 
20    (415 ILCS 135/60)
21    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020)
22    Sec. 60. Drycleaning facility license.
23    (a) On and after January 1, 1998, no person shall operate a
24drycleaning facility in this State without a license issued by
25the Council.

 

 

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1    (b) The Council shall issue an initial or renewal license
2to a drycleaning facility on submission by an applicant of a
3completed form prescribed by the Council, and proof of payment
4of the required fee to the Department of Revenue, and, if the
5drycleaning facility has previously received or is currently
6receiving reimbursement for the costs of a remedial action, as
7defined in this Act, proof of compliance with subsection (j) of
8Section 40.
9    (c) On or after January 1, 2004, the annual fees for
10licensure are as follows:
11        (1) $500 for a facility that uses (i) 50 gallons or
12    less of chlorine-based or green drycleaning solvents
13    annually, (ii) 250 or less gallons annually of
14    hydrocarbon-based drycleaning solvents in a drycleaning
15    machine equipped with a solvent reclaimer, or (iii) 500
16    gallons or less annually of hydrocarbon-based drycleaning
17    solvents in a drycleaning machine without a solvent
18    reclaimer.
19        (2) $500 for a facility that uses (i) more than 50
20    gallons but not more than 100 gallons of chlorine-based or
21    green drycleaning solvents annually, (ii) more than 250
22    gallons but not more 500 gallons annually of
23    hydrocarbon-based solvents in a drycleaning machine
24    equipped with a solvent reclaimer, or (iii) more than 500
25    gallons but not more than 1,000 gallons annually of
26    hydrocarbon-based drycleaning solvents in a drycleaning

 

 

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1    machine without a solvent reclaimer.
2        (3) $500 for a facility that uses (i) more than 100
3    gallons but not more than 150 gallons of chlorine-based or
4    green drycleaning solvents annually, (ii) more than 500
5    gallons but not more than 750 gallons annually of
6    hydrocarbon-based solvents in a drycleaning machine
7    equipped with a solvent reclaimer, or (iii) more than 1,000
8    gallons but not more than 1,500 gallons annually of
9    hydrocarbon-based drycleaning solvents in a drycleaning
10    machine without a solvent reclaimer.
11        (4) $1,000 for a facility that uses (i) more than 150
12    gallons but not more than 200 gallons of chlorine-based or
13    green drycleaning solvents annually, (ii) more than 750
14    gallons but not more than 1,000 gallons annually of
15    hydrocarbon-based solvents in a drycleaning machine
16    equipped with a solvent reclaimer, or (iii) more than 1,500
17    gallons but not more than 2,000 gallons annually of
18    hydrocarbon-based drycleaning solvents in a drycleaning
19    machine without a solvent reclaimer.
20        (5) $1,000 for a facility that uses (i) more than 200
21    gallons but not more than 250 gallons of chlorine-based or
22    green drycleaning solvents annually, (ii) more than 1,000
23    gallons but not more than 1,250 gallons annually of
24    hydrocarbon-based solvents in a drycleaning machine
25    equipped with a solvent reclaimer, or (iii) more than 2,000
26    gallons but not more than 2,500 gallons annually of

 

 

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1    hydrocarbon-based drycleaning solvents in a drycleaning
2    machine without a solvent reclaimer.
3        (6) $1,000 for a facility that uses (i) more than 250
4    gallons but not more than 300 gallons of chlorine-based or
5    green drycleaning solvents annually, (ii) more than 1,250
6    gallons but not more than 1,500 gallons annually of
7    hydrocarbon-based solvents in a drycleaning machine
8    equipped with a solvent reclaimer, or (iii) more than 2,500
9    gallons but not more than 3,000 gallons annually of
10    hydrocarbon-based drycleaning solvents in a drycleaning
11    machine without a solvent reclaimer.
12        (7) $1,000 for a facility that uses (i) more than 300
13    gallons but not more than 350 gallons of chlorine-based or
14    green drycleaning solvents annually, (ii) more than 1,500
15    gallons but not more than 1,750 gallons annually of
16    hydrocarbon-based solvents in a drycleaning machine
17    equipped with a solvent reclaimer, or (iii) more than 3,000
18    gallons but not more than 3,500 gallons annually of
19    hydrocarbon-based drycleaning solvents in a drycleaning
20    machine without a solvent reclaimer.
21        (8) $1,500 for a facility that uses (i) more than 350
22    gallons but not more than 400 gallons of chlorine-based or
23    green drycleaning solvents annually, (ii) more than 1,750
24    gallons but not more than 2,000 gallons annually of
25    hydrocarbon-based solvents in a drycleaning machine
26    equipped with a solvent reclaimer, or (iii) more than 3,500

 

 

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1    gallons but not more than 4,000 gallons annually of
2    hydrocarbon-based drycleaning solvents in a drycleaning
3    machine without a solvent reclaimer.
4        (9) $1,500 for a facility that uses (i) more than 400
5    gallons but not more than 450 gallons of chlorine-based or
6    green drycleaning solvents annually, (ii) more than 2,000
7    gallons but not more than 2,250 gallons annually of
8    hydrocarbon-based solvents in a drycleaning machine
9    equipped with a solvent reclaimer, or (iii) more than 4,000
10    gallons but not more than 4,500 gallons annually of
11    hydrocarbon-based drycleaning solvents in a drycleaning
12    machine without a solvent reclaimer.
13        (10) $1,500 for a facility that uses (i) more than 450
14    gallons but not more than 500 gallons of chlorine-based or
15    green drycleaning solvents annually, (ii) more than 2,250
16    gallons but not more than 2,500 gallons annually of
17    hydrocarbon-based solvents used in a drycleaning machine
18    equipped with a solvent reclaimer, or (iii) more than 4,500
19    gallons but not more than 5,000 gallons annually of
20    hydrocarbon-based drycleaning solvents in a drycleaning
21    machine without a solvent reclaimer.
22        (11) $1,500 for a facility that uses (i) more than 500
23    gallons but not more than 550 gallons of chlorine-based or
24    green drycleaning solvents annually, (ii) more than 2,500
25    gallons but not more than 2,750 gallons annually of
26    hydrocarbon-based solvents in a drycleaning machine

 

 

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1    equipped with a solvent reclaimer, or (iii) more than 5,000
2    gallons but not more than 5,500 gallons annually of
3    hydrocarbon-based drycleaning solvents in a drycleaning
4    machine without a solvent reclaimer.
5        (12) $1,500 for a facility that uses (i) more than 550
6    gallons but not more than 600 gallons of chlorine-based or
7    green drycleaning solvents annually, (ii) more than 2,750
8    gallons but not more than 3,000 gallons annually of
9    hydrocarbon-based solvents in a drycleaning machine
10    equipped with a solvent reclaimer, or (iii) more than 5,500
11    gallons but not more than 6,000 gallons annually of
12    hydrocarbon-based drycleaning solvents in a drycleaning
13    machine without a solvent reclaimer.
14        (13) $1,500 for a facility that uses (i) more than 600
15    gallons of chlorine-based or green drycleaning solvents
16    annually, (ii) more than 3,000 gallons but not more than
17    3,250 gallons annually of hydrocarbon-based solvents in a
18    drycleaning machine equipped with a solvent reclaimer, or
19    (iii) more than 6,000 gallons of hydrocarbon-based
20    drycleaning solvents annually in a drycleaning machine
21    equipped without a solvent reclaimer.
22        (14) $1,500 for a facility that uses more than 3,250
23    gallons but not more than 3,500 gallons annually of
24    hydrocarbon-based solvents in a drycleaning machine
25    equipped with a solvent reclaimer.
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1    gallons but not more than 3,750 gallons annually of
2    hydrocarbon-based solvents used in a drycleaning machine
3    equipped with a solvent reclaimer.
4        (16) $1,500 for a facility that uses more than 3,750
5    gallons but not more than 4,000 gallons annually of
6    hydrocarbon-based solvents in a drycleaning machine
7    equipped with a solvent reclaimer.
8        (17) $1,500 for a facility that uses more than 4,000
9    gallons annually of hydrocarbon-based solvents in a
10    drycleaning machine equipped with a solvent reclaimer.
11    For purpose of this subsection, the quantity of drycleaning
12solvents used annually shall be determined as follows:
13        (1) in the case of an initial applicant, the quantity
14    of drycleaning solvents that the applicant estimates will
15    be used during his or her initial license year. A fee
16    assessed under this subdivision is subject to audited
17    adjustment for that year; or
18        (2) in the case of a renewal applicant, the quantity of
19    drycleaning solvents actually purchased in the preceding
20    license year.
21    The Council may adjust licensing fees annually based on the
22published Consumer Price Index - All Urban Consumers ("CPI-U")
23or as otherwise determined by the Council.
24    (d) A license issued under this Section shall expire one
25year after the date of issuance and may be renewed on
26reapplication to the Council and submission of proof of payment

 

 

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1of the appropriate fee to the Department of Revenue in
2accordance with subsections (c) and (e). At least 30 days
3before payment of a renewal licensing fee is due, the Council
4shall attempt to:
5        (1) notify the operator of each licensed drycleaning
6    facility concerning the requirements of this Section; and
7        (2) submit a license fee payment form to the licensed
8    operator of each drycleaning facility.
9    (e) An operator of a drycleaning facility shall submit the
10appropriate application form provided by the Council with the
11license fee in the form of cash, or guaranteed remittance, or
12credit card to the Department of Revenue. The license fee
13payment form and the actual license fee payment shall be
14administered by the Department of Revenue under rules adopted
15by that Department.
16    (f) The Department of Revenue shall issue a proof of
17payment receipt to each operator of a drycleaning facility who
18has paid the appropriate fee in cash or by guaranteed
19remittance or credit card. However, the Department of Revenue
20shall not issue a proof of payment receipt to a drycleaning
21facility that is liable to the Department of Revenue for a tax
22imposed under this Act. The original receipt shall be presented
23to the Council by the operator of a drycleaning facility.
24    (g) (Blank).
25    (h) The Council and the Department of Revenue may adopt
26rules as necessary to administer the licensing requirements of

 

 

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1this Act.
2(Source: P.A. 96-774, eff. 1-1-10.)".