093_HB1560

 
                                     LRB093 10158 EFG 10412 b

 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
 5    by changing Section 15 as follows:

 6        (415 ILCS 5/15) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1015)
 7        Sec.  15.  Plans  and  specifications;  demonstration  of
 8    capability.
 9        (a)  Owners of public water  supplies,  their  authorized
10    representative,  or  legal custodians, shall submit plans and
11    specifications to the  Agency  and  obtain  written  approval
12    before  construction  of  any  proposed  public  water supply
13    installations, changes, or additions is started.   Plans  and
14    specifications  shall be complete and of sufficient detail to
15    show all proposed construction, changes,  or  additions  that
16    may  affect sanitary quality, mineral quality, or adequacy of
17    the public water supply; and, where necessary, the said plans
18    and specifications shall be accompanied by supplemental  data
19    as  may be required by the Agency to permit a complete review
20    thereof.
21        (b)  All new  public  water  supplies  established  after
22    October  1,  1999 shall demonstrate technical, financial, and
23    managerial  capacity  as  a  condition  for  issuance  of   a
24    construction  or  operation  permit  by  the  Agency  or  its
25    designee.  The  demonstration  shall  be  consistent with the
26    technical,  financial,  and  managerial  provisions  of   the
27    federal  Safe  Drinking  Water  Act  (P.L. 93-523), as now or
28    hereafter amended.  The Agency is authorized to  adopt  rules
29    in  accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act
30    to implement the purposes of  this  subsection.   Such  rules
31    must  take  into  account the need for the facility, facility
 
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 1    size, sophistication of treatment of the  water  supply,  and
 2    financial requirements needed for operation of the facility.
 3    (Source: P.A. 92-651, eff. 7-11-02.)