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      415 ILCS 5/21             from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1021
      415 ILCS 5/22.2           from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.2
      415 ILCS 5/44             from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1044
          Amends the Environmental Protection Act  to  require  the
      Environmental  Protection  Agency  to  implement  the Uniform
      State Hazardous  Materials  Transportation  Registration  and
      Permit    Program.    Requires   persons   engaged   in   the
      transportation of hazardous waste to register  and  obtain  a
      permit  under  the  Uniform  Program  before transporting the
      waste. Provides that the Agency shall collect an  application
      fee  of  no  more  than  $250  and an apportioned, annual $20
      registration fee from transporters under the Uniform Program.
      Allows the Agency to enter into  reciprocal  agreements  with
      federal  agencies,  national repositories, or other states to
      implement  the  Uniform  Program.  Defines  terms.  Effective
      immediately.
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 1        AN ACT to  amend  the  Environmental  Protection  Act  by
 2    changing Sections 21, 22.2, and 44.
 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 by
 6    changing Sections 21, 22.2, and 44 as follows:
 7        (415 ILCS 5/21) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1021)
 8        Sec. 21.  No person shall:
 9        (a)  Cause or allow the open dumping of any waste.
10        (b)  Abandon, dump, or deposit any waste upon the  public
11    highways  or  other  public  property,  except  in a sanitary
12    landfill approved  by  the  Agency  pursuant  to  regulations
13    adopted by the Board.
14        (c)  Abandon  any  vehicle in violation of the "Abandoned
15    Vehicles Amendment to the Illinois Vehicle Code", as  enacted
16    by the 76th General Assembly.
17        (d)  Conduct   any   waste-storage,  waste-treatment,  or
18    waste-disposal operation:
19             (1)  without a permit granted by the  Agency  or  in
20        violation  of  any  conditions  imposed  by  such permit,
21        including periodic reports and full  access  to  adequate
22        records  and  the  inspection  of  facilities,  as may be
23        necessary to assure compliance with  this  Act  and  with
24        regulations  and  standards adopted thereunder; provided,
25        however, that, except for municipal solid waste  landfill
26        units  that receive waste on or after October 9, 1993, no
27        permit shall be required for (i) any person conducting  a
28        waste-storage,    waste-treatment,    or   waste-disposal
29        operation for  wastes  generated  by  such  person's  own
30        activities  which are stored, treated, or disposed within
31        the site where such wastes are generated, or (ii)  for  a
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 1        corporation  organized  under  the General Not For Profit
 2        Corporation Act of 1986, as now or hereafter amended,  or
 3        a   predecessor   Act,   constructing   a  land  form  in
 4        conformance  with  local  zoning  provisions,  within   a
 5        municipality  having  a population of more than 1,000,000
 6        inhabitants, with clean construction or demolition debris
 7        generated within  the  municipality,  provided  that  the
 8        corporation   has   contracts  for  economic  development
 9        planning with the municipality; or
10             (2)  in violation of any  regulations  or  standards
11        adopted by the Board under this Act; or
12             (3)  which  receives  waste  after  August 31, 1988,
13        does not have a permit issued by the Agency, and is (i) a
14        landfill used  exclusively  for  the  disposal  of  waste
15        generated   at  the  site,  (ii)  a  surface  impoundment
16        receiving special waste not listed in  an  NPDES  permit,
17        (iii)  a waste pile in which the total volume of waste is
18        greater than 100 cubic yards or the waste is  stored  for
19        over   one  year,  or  (iv)  a  land  treatment  facility
20        receiving special waste generated at  the  site;  without
21        giving  notice  of the operation to the Agency by January
22        1, 1989, or 30 days after the date on which the operation
23        commences,  whichever  is  later,  and  every   3   years
24        thereafter.   The  form  for  such  notification shall be
25        specified  by  the  Agency,  and  shall  be  limited   to
26        information  regarding:  the  name  and  address  of  the
27        location  of  the  operation;  the type of operation; the
28        types and amounts of waste stored, treated or disposed of
29        on  an  annual  basis;  the  remaining  capacity  of  the
30        operation;  and  the  remaining  expected  life  of   the
31        operation.
32        Paragraph  (3)  of this subsection (d) shall not apply to
33    any person engaged in agricultural activity who is  disposing
34    of a substance that constitutes solid waste, if the substance
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 1    was  acquired for use by that person on his own property, and
 2    the  substance  is  disposed  of  on  his  own  property   in
 3    accordance  with  regulations  or  standards  adopted  by the
 4    Board.
 5        This subsection (d) shall not apply to hazardous waste.
 6        (e)  Dispose, treat,  store  or  abandon  any  waste,  or
 7    transport  any waste into this State for disposal, treatment,
 8    storage or abandonment, except at a site  or  facility  which
 9    meets  the  requirements  of  this Act and of regulations and
10    standards thereunder.
11        (f)  Conduct  any  hazardous   waste-storage,   hazardous
12    waste-treatment or hazardous waste-disposal operation:
13             (1)  without  a  RCRA  permit for the site issued by
14        the Agency under subsection (d) of  Section  39  of  this
15        Act,  or  in  violation  of any condition imposed by such
16        permit, including periodic reports  and  full  access  to
17        adequate records and the inspection of facilities, as may
18        be  necessary to assure compliance with this Act and with
19        regulations and standards adopted thereunder; or
20             (2)  in violation of any  regulations  or  standards
21        adopted by the Board under this Act; or
22             (3)  in   violation   of   any  RCRA  permit  filing
23        requirement established under standards  adopted  by  the
24        Board under this Act; or
25             (4)  in  violation of any order adopted by the Board
26        under this Act.
27        Notwithstanding  the  above,  no  RCRA  permit  shall  be
28    required under this subsection or subsection (d)  of  Section
29    39  of  this  Act  for  any  person  engaged in  agricultural
30    activity who is disposing  of  a  substance  which  has  been
31    identified   as   a  hazardous  waste,  and  which  has  been
32    designated by Board regulations  as  being  subject  to  this
33    exception,  if  the  substance  was  acquired for use by that
34    person on his own property and the substance is  disposed  of
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 1    on  his  own  property  in  accordance  with  regulations  or
 2    standards adopted by the Board.
 3        (g)  Conduct     any    hazardous    waste-transportation
 4    operation:
 5             (1)  without registering with and obtaining a permit
 6        from the Agency in accordance with  the  Uniform  Program
 7        implemented  under  subsection  (l-5)  of  Section 22.2 a
 8        permit issued by  the  Agency  or  in  violation  of  any
 9        conditions  imposed  by  such  permit, including periodic
10        reports and full  access  to  adequate  records  and  the
11        inspection  of  facilities, as may be necessary to assure
12        compliance  with  this  Act  and  with   regulations   or
13        standards adopted thereunder; or
14             (2)  in  violation  of  any regulations or standards
15        adopted by the Board under this Act.
16        (h)  Conduct any hazardous waste-recycling  or  hazardous
17    waste-reclamation   or  hazardous  waste-reuse  operation  in
18    violation   of   any   regulations,   standards   or   permit
19    requirements adopted by the Board under this Act.
20        (i)  Conduct any process  or  engage  in  any  act  which
21    produces  hazardous  waste in violation of any regulations or
22    standards adopted by the Board under subsections (a) and  (c)
23    of Section 22.4 of this Act.
24        (j)  Conduct  any  special waste transportation operation
25    in  violation  of  any  regulations,  standards   or   permit
26    requirements  adopted  by the Board under this Act.  However,
27    sludge from a water  or  sewage  treatment  plant  owned  and
28    operated  by  a unit of local government which (1) is subject
29    to a sludge management plan  approved  by  the  Agency  or  a
30    permit  granted  by  the  Agency, and (2) has been tested and
31    determined not  to  be  a  hazardous  waste  as  required  by
32    applicable  State  and  federal  laws and regulations, may be
33    transported in this State without  a  special  waste  hauling
34    permit,  and the preparation and carrying of a manifest shall
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 1    not be required for  such  sludge  under  the  rules  of  the
 2    Pollution  Control  Board. The unit of local government which
 3    operates the treatment plant producing such sludge shall file
 4    a semiannual report with the Agency identifying the volume of
 5    such sludge transported  during  the  reporting  period,  the
 6    hauler  of the sludge, and the disposal sites to which it was
 7    transported. This subsection (j) shall not apply to hazardous
 8    waste.
 9        (k)  Fail or refuse to pay any  fee  imposed  under  this
10    Act.
11        (l)  Locate  a  hazardous  waste  disposal  site above an
12    active or inactive shaft or tunneled mine or within  2  miles
13    of  an  active  fault  in  the earth's crust.  In counties of
14    population less than 225,000 no hazardous waste disposal site
15    shall be located (1) within 1  1/2  miles  of  the  corporate
16    limits  as  defined  on  June  30,  1978, of any municipality
17    without  the  approval  of  the   governing   body   of   the
18    municipality  in  an official action; or (2) within 1000 feet
19    of an existing private well  or  the  existing  source  of  a
20    public  water supply measured from the boundary of the actual
21    active permitted site and excluding existing private wells on
22    the property of the permit applicant. The provisions of  this
23    subsection do not apply to publicly-owned sewage works or the
24    disposal  or utilization of sludge from publicly-owned sewage
25    works.
26        (m)  Transfer interest in any land which has been used as
27    a hazardous waste disposal site without written  notification
28    to  the  Agency  of the transfer and to the transferee of the
29    conditions  imposed  by  the  Agency  upon  its   use   under
30    subsection (g) of Section 39.
31        (n)  Use  any  land  which  has  been used as a hazardous
32    waste disposal site  except  in  compliance  with  conditions
33    imposed by the Agency under subsection (g) of Section 39.
34        (o)  Conduct  a  sanitary  landfill  operation  which  is
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 1    required  to  have  a  permit  under  subsection  (d) of this
 2    Section, in a manner which results in any  of  the  following
 3    conditions:
 4             (1)  refuse in standing or flowing waters;
 5             (2)  leachate flows entering waters of the State;
 6             (3)  leachate  flows  exiting  the landfill confines
 7        (as determined by  the  boundaries  established  for  the
 8        landfill by a permit issued by the Agency);
 9             (4)  open  burning of refuse in violation of Section
10        9 of this Act;
11             (5)  uncovered refuse remaining  from  any  previous
12        operating  day or at the conclusion of any operating day,
13        unless authorized by permit;
14             (6)  failure to  provide  final  cover  within  time
15        limits established by Board regulations;
16             (7)  acceptance of wastes without necessary permits;
17             (8)  scavenging as defined by Board regulations;
18             (9)  deposition of refuse in any unpermitted portion
19        of the landfill;
20             (10)  acceptance   of  a  special  waste  without  a
21        required manifest;
22             (11)  failure to submit reports required by  permits
23        or Board regulations;
24             (12)  failure to collect and contain litter from the
25        site by the end of each operating day;
26             (13)  failure  to  submit  any cost estimate for the
27        site or any performance bond or other  security  for  the
28        site as required by this Act or Board rules.
29        The  prohibitions  specified in this subsection (o) shall
30    be  enforceable  by  the  Agency  either  by   administrative
31    citation  under  Section  31.1  of  this  Act or as otherwise
32    provided by this Act.   The  specific  prohibitions  in  this
33    subsection  do  not limit the power of the Board to establish
34    regulations or standards applicable to sanitary landfills.
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 1        (p)  In violation of subdivision  (a)  of  this  Section,
 2    cause  or  allow  the  open  dumping of any waste in a manner
 3    which results in any of the following occurrences at the dump
 4    site:
 5             (1)  litter;
 6             (2)  scavenging;
 7             (3)  open burning;
 8             (4)  deposition of  waste  in  standing  or  flowing
 9        waters;
10             (5)  proliferation of disease vectors;
11             (6)  standing  or  flowing liquid discharge from the
12        dump site.
13        The prohibitions specified in this subsection  (p)  shall
14    be   enforceable  by  the  Agency  either  by  administrative
15    citation under Section 31.1  of  this  Act  or  as  otherwise
16    provided  by  this  Act.   The  specific prohibitions in this
17    subsection do not limit the power of the Board  to  establish
18    regulations or standards applicable to open dumping.
19        (q)  Conduct   a  landscape  waste  composting  operation
20    without an Agency permit, provided, however, that  no  permit
21    shall be required for any person:
22             (1)  conducting   a   landscape   waste   composting
23        operation for landscape wastes generated by such person's
24        own  activities  which are stored, treated or disposed of
25        within the site where such wastes are generated; or
26             (2)  applying landscape waste or composted landscape
27        waste at agronomic rates; or
28             (3)  operating a landscape waste composting facility
29        on a farm, if the facility meets  all  of  the  following
30        criteria:
31                  (A)  the composting facility is operated by the
32             farmer  on property on which the composting material
33             is utilized, and the composting facility constitutes
34             no more than 2% of  the  property's  total  acreage,
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 1             except that the Agency may allow a higher percentage
 2             for individual sites where the owner or operator has
 3             demonstrated  to  the  Agency  that  the site's soil
 4             characteristics or crop needs require a higher rate;
 5                  (B)  the  property  on  which  the   composting
 6             facility  is located, and any associated property on
 7             which  the  compost  is  used,  is  principally  and
 8             diligently devoted to the production of agricultural
 9             crops  and  is  not  owned,  leased   or   otherwise
10             controlled  by  any  waste  hauler  or  generator of
11             nonagricultural compost materials, and the  operator
12             of  the  composting  facility  is  not  an employee,
13             partner, shareholder, or in any way  connected  with
14             or controlled by any such waste hauler or generator;
15                  (C)  all  compost  generated  by the composting
16             facility is applied at agronomic rates and  used  as
17             mulch,   fertilizer  or  soil  conditioner  on  land
18             actually  farmed  by  the   person   operating   the
19             composting facility, and the finished compost is not
20             stored  at  the  composting site for a period longer
21             than 18 months prior to its  application  as  mulch,
22             fertilizer, or soil conditioner;
23                  (D)  the  owner or operator, by January 1, 1990
24             (or  the  January  1   following   commencement   of
25             operation, whichever is later) and January 1 of each
26             year  thereafter,  (i)  registers  the site with the
27             Agency, (ii) reports to the Agency on the volume  of
28             composting  material  received and used at the site,
29             (iii) certifies to the Agency that the site complies
30             with the requirements  set  forth  in  subparagraphs
31             (A),  (B) and (C) of this paragraph (q)(3), and (iv)
32             certifies to the Agency that all composting material
33             was placed more  than  200  feet  from  the  nearest
34             potable  water  supply  well, was placed outside the
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 1             boundary of the 10-year floodplain or on a  part  of
 2             the  site  that is floodproofed, was placed at least
 3             1/4 mile from the nearest residence  (other  than  a
 4             residence  located  on  the  same  property  as  the
 5             facility)  and  there  are not more than 10 occupied
 6             non-farm  residences  within   1/2   mile   of   the
 7             boundaries  of  the site on the date of application,
 8             and was placed more than  5  feet  above  the  water
 9             table.
10        For  the  purposes  of  this  subsection  (q), "agronomic
11    rates" means the application of not more  than  20  tons  per
12    acre per year, except that the Agency may allow a higher rate
13    for   individual  sites  where  the  owner  or  operator  has
14    demonstrated   to   the   Agency   that   the   site's   soil
15    characteristics or crop needs require a higher rate.
16        (r)  Cause or allow  the  storage  or  disposal  of  coal
17    combustion waste unless:
18             (1)  such  waste  is stored or disposed of at a site
19        or facility for which a permit has been  obtained  or  is
20        not  otherwise  required  under  subsection  (d)  of this
21        Section; or
22             (2)  such waste is stored or disposed of as  a  part
23        of the design and reclamation of a site or facility which
24        is   an  abandoned  mine  site  in  accordance  with  the
25        Abandoned Mined Lands and Water Reclamation Act; or
26             (3)  such waste is stored or disposed of at  a  site
27        or facility which is operating under NPDES and Subtitle D
28        permits  issued  by  the  Agency  pursuant to regulations
29        adopted by the Board for mine-related water pollution and
30        permits issued pursuant to  the  Federal  Surface  Mining
31        Control  and  Reclamation Act of 1977 (P.L. 95-87) or the
32        rules and regulations thereunder or any law  or  rule  or
33        regulation  adopted  by  the  State  of Illinois pursuant
34        thereto, and the owner or operator of the facility agrees
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 1        to accept the waste; and either
 2                  (i)  such waste is stored  or  disposed  of  in
 3             accordance  with  requirements  applicable to refuse
 4             disposal under regulations adopted by the Board  for
 5             mine-related  water  pollution and pursuant to NPDES
 6             and Subtitle D permits issued by  the  Agency  under
 7             such regulations; or
 8                  (ii)  the  owner  or  operator  of the facility
 9             demonstrates all of the following to the Agency, and
10             the facility is  operated  in  accordance  with  the
11             demonstration  as  approved  by  the Agency: (1) the
12             disposal area will be covered in a manner that  will
13             support continuous vegetation, (2) the facility will
14             be adequately protected from wind and water erosion,
15             (3)  the  pH  will  be  maintained  so as to prevent
16             excessive leaching of metal ions, and  (4)  adequate
17             containment  or  other  measures will be provided to
18             protect   surface   water   and   groundwater   from
19             contamination at levels prohibited by this Act,  the
20             Illinois  Groundwater Protection Act, or regulations
21             adopted pursuant thereto.
22        Notwithstanding any other provision of  this  Title,  the
23    disposal of coal combustion waste pursuant to item (2) or (3)
24    of  this  subdivision  (r)  shall  be  exempt  from the other
25    provisions  of  this  Title  V,   and   notwithstanding   the
26    provisions  of  Title X of this Act, the Agency is authorized
27    to grant experimental permits which include provision for the
28    disposal of wastes from the  combustion  of  coal  and  other
29    materials  pursuant  to items (2) and (3) of this subdivision
30    (r).
31        (s)  After  April  1,  1989,  offer  for  transportation,
32    transport, deliver, receive or accept special waste for which
33    a manifest is required, unless the  manifest  indicates  that
34    the  fee  required  under  Section  22.8 of this Act has been
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 1    paid.
 2        (t)  Cause or allow a lateral expansion  of  a  municipal
 3    solid  waste  landfill  unit  on  or  after  October 9, 1993,
 4    without a permit modification, granted by  the  Agency,  that
 5    authorizes the lateral expansion.
 6        (u)  Conduct any vegetable by-product treatment, storage,
 7    disposal  or  transportation  operation  in  violation of any
 8    regulation, standards or permit requirements adopted  by  the
 9    Board  under  this  Act. However, no permit shall be required
10    under this Title V for  the  land  application  of  vegetable
11    by-products  conducted pursuant to Agency permit issued under
12    Title III of this Act  to  the  generator  of  the  vegetable
13    by-products.   In  addition,  vegetable  by-products  may  be
14    transported in this State without  a  special  waste  hauling
15    permit,  and  without  the  preparation  and  carrying  of  a
16    manifest.
17    (Source:  P.A.  88-454;  88-496; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-93,
18    eff. 7-6-95; 89-535, eff. 7-19-96.)
19        (415 ILCS 5/22.2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1022.2)
20        Sec. 22.2.  Hazardous waste; fees; liability.
21        (a)  There are hereby created within the State Treasury 2
22    special funds to be  known  respectively  as  the  "Hazardous
23    Waste   Fund"   and  the  "Hazardous  Waste  Research  Fund",
24    constituted from the fees collected pursuant to this Section.
25        (b) (1)  On and after January 1, 1989, the  Agency  shall
26        collect  from  the  owner  or  operator  of  each  of the
27        following sites a fee in the amount of:
28                  (A)  6 cents per gallon  or  $12.12  per  cubic
29             yard of hazardous waste disposed for 1989, 7.5 cents
30             per  gallon  or $15.15 per cubic yard for 1990 and 9
31             cents  per  gallon  or   $18.18   per   cubic   yard
32             thereafter,  if the hazardous waste disposal site is
33             located off the site where such waste was  produced.
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 1             The  maximum  amount  payable under this subdivision
 2             (A) with respect to the hazardous waste generated by
 3             a single generator and  deposited  in  monofills  is
 4             $20,000  for 1989, $25,000 for 1990, and $30,000 per
 5             year thereafter.  If, as a  result  of  the  use  of
 6             multiple  monofills,  waste  fees  in  excess of the
 7             maximum are assessed with respect to a single  waste
 8             generator, the generator may apply to the Agency for
 9             a credit.
10                  (B)  6  cents  per  gallon  or $12.12 per cubic
11             yard of hazardous waste disposed for 1989, 7.5 cents
12             per gallon or $15.15 per cubic yard for 1990  and  9
13             cents  or  $18.18  per cubic yard thereafter, if the
14             hazardous waste disposal site is located on the site
15             where such waste was produced, provided however  the
16             maximum  amount of fees payable under this paragraph
17             (B) is  $20,000  for  1989,  $25,000  for  1990  and
18             $30,000  per year thereafter for each such hazardous
19             waste disposal site.
20                  (C)  If the hazardous waste disposal site is an
21             underground injection well, $6,000 per year  if  not
22             more  than 10,000,000 gallons per year are injected,
23             $15,000 per year if more than 10,000,000 gallons but
24             not  more  than  50,000,000  gallons  per  year  are
25             injected,  and  $27,000  per  year  if   more   than
26             50,000,000 gallons per year are injected.
27                  (D)  2 cents per gallon or $4.04 per cubic yard
28             for  1989,  2.5  cents per gallon or $5.05 per cubic
29             yard for 1990, and 3 cents per gallon or  $6.06  per
30             cubic  yard  thereafter  of hazardous waste received
31             for treatment at a hazardous waste  treatment  site,
32             if the hazardous waste treatment site is located off
33             the  site  where such waste was produced and if such
34             hazardous waste treatment site is owned,  controlled
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 1             and operated by a person other than the generator of
 2             such  waste. After treatment at such hazardous waste
 3             treatment site, the waste shall not  be  subject  to
 4             any  other  fee imposed by this subsection (b).  For
 5             purposes  of   this   subsection   (b),   the   term
 6             "treatment"  is defined as in Section 3.49 but shall
 7             not include recycling, reclamation or reuse.
 8             (2)  The General Assembly shall annually appropriate
 9        to the Fund such amounts as it deems necessary to fulfill
10        the purposes of this Act.
11             (3)  Whenever  the  unobligated   balance   of   the
12        Hazardous  Waste  Fund  exceeds  $10,000,000,  the Agency
13        shall suspend the collection of the fees provided for  in
14        this  Section  until  the unobligated balance of the Fund
15        falls below $8,000,000.
16             (4)  Of the amount collected as fees provided for in
17        this Section, the Agency shall manage  the  use  of  such
18        funds  to  assure that sufficient funds are available for
19        match towards federal expenditures for response action at
20        sites which are listed on the National  Priorities  List;
21        provided,   however,   that   this  shall  not  apply  to
22        additional monies appropriated to the Fund by the General
23        Assembly, nor shall  it  apply  in  the  event  that  the
24        Director  finds that revenues in the Hazardous Waste Fund
25        must be used to address conditions which  create  or  may
26        create  an  immediate danger to the environment or public
27        health or to the welfare of the people of  the  State  of
28        Illinois.
29             (5)  Notwithstanding  the  other  provisions of this
30        subsection (b), sludge from a publicly-owned sewage works
31        generated in Illinois,  coal  mining  wastes  and  refuse
32        generated in Illinois, bottom boiler ash, flyash and flue
33        gas  desulphurization sludge from public utility electric
34        generating facilities located  in  Illinois,  and  bottom
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 1        boiler ash and flyash from all incinerators which process
 2        solely municipal waste shall not be subject to the fee.
 3             (6)  For   the  purposes  of  this  subsection  (b),
 4        "monofill" means a facility, or a  unit  at  a  facility,
 5        that accepts only wastes bearing the same USEPA hazardous
 6        waste  identification  number,  or  compatible  wastes as
 7        determined by the Agency.
 8        (c)  The Agency shall  establish  procedures,  not  later
 9    than  January 1, 1984, relating to the collection of the fees
10    authorized by this Section. Such  procedures  shall  include,
11    but  not be limited to: (1) necessary records identifying the
12    quantities of hazardous waste received or disposed;  (2)  the
13    form  and  submission  of reports to accompany the payment of
14    fees to the Agency; and (3) the time and manner of payment of
15    fees to the Agency, which payments shall be  not  more  often
16    than quarterly.
17        (d)  Beginning July 1, 1996, the Agency shall deposit all
18    such  receipts  in  the  State  Treasury to the credit of the
19    Hazardous Waste Fund, except as provided in subsection (e) of
20    this Section. All monies in the Hazardous Waste Fund shall be
21    used by the Agency for the following purposes:
22             (1)  Taking whatever preventive or corrective action
23        is necessary or appropriate, in  circumstances  certified
24        by  the Director, including but not limited to removal or
25        remedial  action  whenever  there   is   a   release   or
26        substantial  threat of a release of a hazardous substance
27        or pesticide; provided, the Agency shall expend  no  more
28        than   $1,000,000   on   any   single   incident  without
29        appropriation by the General Assembly.
30             (2)  To meet any requirements which must be  met  by
31        the  State  in  order to obtain federal funds pursuant to
32        the Comprehensive  Environmental  Response,  Compensation
33        and Liability Act of 1980, (P.L. 96-510).
34             (3)  In  an amount up to 30% of the amount collected
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 1        as fees provided for in this  Section,  for  use  by  the
 2        Agency  to  conduct  groundwater  protection  activities,
 3        including  providing grants to appropriate units of local
 4        government which are addressing protection of underground
 5        waters pursuant to the provisions of this Act.
 6             (4)  To fund the development and  implementation  of
 7        the model pesticide collection program under Section 19.1
 8        of the Illinois Pesticide Act.
 9             (5)  To  the  extent  the  Agency  has  received and
10        deposited monies in the Fund other  than  fees  collected
11        under subsection (b) of this Section, to pay for the cost
12        of  Agency  employees  for services provided in reviewing
13        the performance of response  actions  pursuant  to  Title
14        XVII of this Act.
15             (6)  In  an  amount  up to 15% of the fees collected
16        annually under subsection (b) of this Section, for use by
17        the Agency for administration of the provisions  of  this
18        Section. of Public Health
19        (e)  The   Agency  shall  deposit  10%  of  all  receipts
20    collected under subsection (b) of this Section,  but  not  to
21    exceed $200,000 per year, in the State Treasury to the credit
22    of the Hazardous Waste Research Fund established by this Act.
23    Pursuant  to  appropriation, all monies in such Fund shall be
24    used by the Department of Natural Resources for the  purposes
25    set forth in this subsection.
26        The  Department  of  Natural  Resources  may  enter  into
27    contracts with business, industrial, university, governmental
28    or  other qualified individuals or organizations to assist in
29    the research and development intended to recycle, reduce  the
30    volume   of,  separate,  detoxify  or  reduce  the  hazardous
31    properties of hazardous wastes in Illinois.   Monies  in  the
32    Fund  may also be used by the Department of Natural Resources
33    for technical studies, monitoring activities, and educational
34    and research activities which are related to  the  protection
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 1    of   underground  waters.   Monies  in  the  Hazardous  Waste
 2    Research Fund may be used to administer the  Illinois  Health
 3    and   Hazardous  Substances  Registry  Act.   Monies  in  the
 4    Hazardous Waste Research Fund  shall  not  be  used  for  any
 5    sanitary  landfill  or the acquisition or construction of any
 6    facility.  This does not preclude the purchase  of  equipment
 7    for  the  purpose  of  public  demonstration  projects.   The
 8    Department  of  Natural  Resources shall adopt guidelines for
 9    cost sharing, selecting,  and  administering  projects  under
10    this subsection.
11        (f)  Notwithstanding  any other provision or rule of law,
12    and subject only to the defenses set forth in subsection  (j)
13    of  this  Section,  the following persons shall be liable for
14    all costs of removal or remedial action incurred by the State
15    of Illinois or any unit of local government as a result of  a
16    release  or  substantial  threat  of a release of a hazardous
17    substance or pesticide:
18             (1)  the owner and operator of a facility or  vessel
19        from  which  there  is a release or substantial threat of
20        release of a hazardous substance or pesticide;
21             (2)  any  person  who  at  the  time  of   disposal,
22        transport,  storage or treatment of a hazardous substance
23        or pesticide owned or operated  the  facility  or  vessel
24        used  for  such disposal, transport, treatment or storage
25        from which there was a release or substantial threat of a
26        release of any such hazardous substance or pesticide;
27             (3)  any  person  who  by  contract,  agreement,  or
28        otherwise has arranged with another party or  entity  for
29        transport,  storage,  disposal  or treatment of hazardous
30        substances or pesticides owned, controlled  or  possessed
31        by such person at a facility owned or operated by another
32        party or entity from which facility there is a release or
33        substantial   threat  of  a  release  of  such  hazardous
34        substances or pesticides; and
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 1             (4)  any  person  who  accepts   or   accepted   any
 2        hazardous  substances  or  pesticides  for  transport  to
 3        disposal,  storage  or treatment facilities or sites from
 4        which there is a release or a  substantial  threat  of  a
 5        release of a hazardous substance or pesticide.
 6        Any  monies received by the State of Illinois pursuant to
 7    this subsection (f) shall be deposited in the State  Treasury
 8    to the credit of the Hazardous Waste Fund.
 9        In  accordance with the other provisions of this Section,
10    costs of removal or remedial action incurred  by  a  unit  of
11    local  government  may  be  recovered in an action before the
12    Board  brought  by  the  unit  of  local   government   under
13    subsection  (i)  of  this  Section.   Any monies so recovered
14    shall be paid to the unit of local government.
15        (g)(1)  No indemnification,  hold  harmless,  or  similar
16        agreement  or  conveyance  shall be effective to transfer
17        from the owner or operator of any vessel or  facility  or
18        from  any  person  who  may  be  liable  for a release or
19        substantial threat of a release under  this  Section,  to
20        any   other  person  the  liability  imposed  under  this
21        Section.  Nothing in this Section shall bar any agreement
22        to insure, hold harmless or indemnify  a  party  to  such
23        agreements for any liability under this Section.
24             (2)  Nothing   in   this   Section,   including  the
25        provisions of paragraph (g)(1) of this Section, shall bar
26        a cause of action that an owner or operator or any  other
27        person  subject  to  liability  under  this Section, or a
28        guarantor, has or would have, by reason of subrogation or
29        otherwise against any person.
30        (h)  For purposes of this Section:
31             (1)  The term "facility" means:
32                  (A)  any  building,  structure,   installation,
33             equipment,   pipe  or  pipeline  including  but  not
34             limited to any pipe into a sewer or  publicly  owned
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 1             treatment    works,   well,   pit,   pond,   lagoon,
 2             impoundment,  ditch,  landfill,  storage  container,
 3             motor vehicle, rolling stock, or aircraft; or
 4                  (B)  any  site  or  area  where   a   hazardous
 5             substance  has  been deposited, stored, disposed of,
 6             placed, or otherwise come to be located.
 7             (2)  The term "owner or operator" means:
 8                  (A)  any person owning or operating a vessel or
 9             facility;
10                  (B)  in the case of an abandoned facility,  any
11             person owning or operating the abandoned facility or
12             any   person   who  owned,  operated,  or  otherwise
13             controlled  activities  at  the  abandoned  facility
14             immediately prior to such abandonment;
15                  (C)  in the case of a land trust as defined  in
16             Section  2 of the Land Trustee as Creditor Act,  the
17             person owning the beneficial interest  in  the  land
18             trust;
19                  (D)  in  the  case of a fiduciary (other than a
20             land trustee), the estate, trust  estate,  or  other
21             interest  in  property held in a fiduciary capacity,
22             and not the fiduciary.  For  the  purposes  of  this
23             Section,  "fiduciary"  means  a  trustee,  executor,
24             administrator,  guardian,  receiver,  conservator or
25             other person holding  a  facility  or  vessel  in  a
26             fiduciary capacity;
27                  (E)  in  the case of a "financial institution",
28             meaning the Illinois Housing  Development  Authority
29             and  that  term  as  defined  in  Section  2  of the
30             Illinois Banking Act, that has  acquired  ownership,
31             operation,  management,  or  control  of a vessel or
32             facility through foreclosure or under the terms of a
33             security interest held by the financial  institution
34             or under the terms of an extension of credit made by
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 1             the financial institution, the financial institution
 2             only  if  the financial institution takes possession
 3             of  the  vessel  or  facility  and   the   financial
 4             institution  exercises actual, direct, and continual
 5             or recurrent managerial control in the operation  of
 6             the  vessel  or  facility  that  causes a release or
 7             substantial threat  of  a  release  of  a  hazardous
 8             substance  or  pesticide  resulting  in  removal  or
 9             remedial action;
10                  (F)  In  the  case  of  an owner of residential
11             property, the owner if the owner is a  person  other
12             than an individual, or if the owner is an individual
13             who owns more than 10 dwelling units in Illinois, or
14             if   the   owner,   or   an  agent,  representative,
15             contractor, or employee of the  owner,  has  caused,
16             contributed to, or allowed the release or threatened
17             release  of  a hazardous substance or pesticide. The
18             term  "residential  property"  means  single  family
19             residences of one to  4  dwelling  units,  including
20             accessory    land,    buildings,   or   improvements
21             incidental to those dwellings that  are  exclusively
22             used  for  the residential use. For purposes of this
23             subparagraph (F),  the  term  "individual"  means  a
24             natural  person, and shall not include corporations,
25             partnerships, trusts, or other non-natural persons.
26                  (G)  In the case  of  any  facility,  title  or
27             control  of  which  was  conveyed due to bankruptcy,
28             foreclosure,  tax   delinquency,   abandonment,   or
29             similar   means   to   a  unit  of  State  or  local
30             government,  any  person  who  owned,  operated,  or
31             otherwise  controlled  activities  at  the  facility
32             immediately beforehand.
33                  (H)  The term  "owner  or  operator"  does  not
34             include  a  unit  of State or local government which
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 1             acquired ownership or  control  through  bankruptcy,
 2             tax delinquency, abandonment, or other circumstances
 3             in  which the government acquires title by virtue of
 4             its function as sovereign.  The  exclusion  provided
 5             under this paragraph shall not apply to any State or
 6             local  government which has caused or contributed to
 7             the release or threatened  release  of  a  hazardous
 8             substance  from  the  facility,  and such a State or
 9             local government shall be subject to the  provisions
10             of  this  Act  in  the  same  manner and to the same
11             extent, both procedurally and substantively, as  any
12             nongovernmental  entity,  including  liability under
13             Section 22.2(f).
14        (i)  The costs and damages provided for in  this  Section
15    may  be  imposed by the Board in an action brought before the
16    Board in accordance with Title VIII of this Act, except  that
17    Section 33(c) of this Act shall not apply to any such action.
18        (j) (1)  There  shall  be no liability under this Section
19    for  a  person  otherwise  liable  who  can  establish  by  a
20    preponderance of the evidence that the release or substantial
21    threat of release of a hazardous substance  and  the  damages
22    resulting therefrom were caused solely by:
23             (A)  an act of God;
24             (B)  an act of war;
25             (C)  an  act or omission of a third party other than
26        an employee or agent of the defendant, or other than  one
27        whose  act  or  omission  occurs  in  connection  with  a
28        contractual    relationship,    existing    directly   or
29        indirectly, with the defendant  (except  where  the  sole
30        contractual  arrangement  arises  from a published tariff
31        and acceptance for carriage by a common carrier by rail),
32        if the defendant establishes by a  preponderance  of  the
33        evidence  that  (i) he exercised due care with respect to
34        the   hazardous   substance   concerned,   taking    into
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 1        consideration   the  characteristics  of  such  hazardous
 2        substance,  in  light   of   all   relevant   facts   and
 3        circumstances,  and  (ii)  he  took  precautions  against
 4        foreseeable acts or omissions of any such third party and
 5        the  consequences that could foreseeably result from such
 6        acts or omissions; or
 7             (D)  any combination of the foregoing paragraphs.
 8        (2)  There shall be no liability under this  Section  for
 9    any release permitted by State or federal law.
10        (3)  There  shall  be no liability under this Section for
11    damages as a result of actions taken or omitted in the course
12    of rendering care, assistance, or advice in  accordance  with
13    this Section or the National Contingency Plan pursuant to the
14    Comprehensive   Environmental   Response,   Compensation  and
15    Liability Act of 1980 (P.L. 96-510) or at the direction of an
16    on-scene coordinator appointed under such plan, with  respect
17    to  an incident creating a danger to public health or welfare
18    or the environment as a result of any release of a  hazardous
19    substance  or  a substantial threat thereof.  This subsection
20    shall not preclude liability for damages  as  the  result  of
21    gross  negligence  or  intentional  misconduct on the part of
22    such person.  For the purposes  of  the  preceding  sentence,
23    reckless,  willful,  or  wanton  misconduct  shall constitute
24    gross negligence.
25        (4)  There shall be no liability under this  Section  for
26    any  person  (including,  but  not  limited  to,  an owner of
27    residential  property  who  applies  a   pesticide   to   the
28    residential  property  or  who  has  another  person  apply a
29    pesticide to the residential property) for response costs  or
30    damages  as  the  result of the storage, handling and use, or
31    recommendation for storage, handling and use, of a  pesticide
32    consistent with:
33             (A)  its directions for storage, handling and use as
34        stated in its label or labeling;
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 1             (B)  its  warnings  and  cautions  as  stated in its
 2        label or labeling; and
 3             (C)  the uses for which it is registered  under  the
 4        Federal  Insecticide,  Fungicide  and Rodenticide Act and
 5        the Illinois Pesticide Act.
 6        (4.5)  There shall  be  no  liability  under  subdivision
 7    (f)(1)  of  this Section for response costs or damages as the
 8    result of a release  of  a  pesticide  from  an  agrichemical
 9    facility  site  if  the  Agency  has received notice from the
10    Department of Agriculture pursuant to  Section  19.3  of  the
11    Illinois   Pesticide  Act,  the  owner  or  operator  of  the
12    agrichemical facility is proceeding with a corrective  action
13    plan  under the Agrichemical Facility Response Action Program
14    implemented under that Section, and the Agency has provided a
15    written endorsement of a corrective action plan.
16        (4.6)  There shall  be  no  liability  under  subdivision
17    (f)(1)  of  this Section for response costs or damages as the
18    result of a substantial threat of a release  of  a  pesticide
19    from an agrichemical facility site if the Agency has received
20    notice from the Department of Agriculture pursuant to Section
21    19.3  of the Illinois Pesticide Act and the owner or operator
22    of the agrichemical facility is proceeding with a  corrective
23    action  plan  under the Agrichemical Facility Response Action
24    Program implemented under that Section.
25        (5)  Nothing in  this  subsection  (j)  shall  affect  or
26    modify  in any way the obligations or liability of any person
27    under any other provision of this Act  or  State  or  Federal
28    law,  including  common  law,  for  damages,  injury, or loss
29    resulting from a release or substantial threat of  a  release
30    of  any hazardous substance or for removal or remedial action
31    or the costs of removal or remedial action of such  hazardous
32    substance.
33        (6)(A)  The  term  "contractual  relationship",  for  the
34    purpose  of  this subsection includes, but is not limited to,
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 1    land contracts, deeds or other instruments transferring title
 2    or possession, unless the real property on which the facility
 3    concerned is located was acquired by the defendant after  the
 4    disposal  or  placement of the hazardous substance on, in, or
 5    at the  facility,  and  one  or  more  of  the  circumstances
 6    described  in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of this paragraph is
 7    also established by the defendant by a preponderance  of  the
 8    evidence:
 9             (i)  At the time the defendant acquired the facility
10        the defendant did not know and had no reason to know that
11        any  hazardous  substance  which  is  the  subject of the
12        release or threatened release was disposed of on,  in  or
13        at the facility.
14             (ii)  The  defendant  is  a  government entity which
15        acquired the facility by escheat, or  through  any  other
16        involuntary  transfer  or  acquisition,  or  through  the
17        exercise  of  eminent  domain  authority  by  purchase or
18        condemnation.
19             (iii)  The  defendant  acquired  the   facility   by
20        inheritance or bequest.
21        In  addition to establishing the foregoing, the defendant
22    must establish that he  has  satisfied  the  requirements  of
23    subparagraph (C) of paragraph (l) of this subsection (j).
24        (B)  To establish the defendant had no reason to know, as
25    provided in clause (i) of subparagraph (A) of this paragraph,
26    the   defendant   must   have  undertaken,  at  the  time  of
27    acquisition,  all  appropriate  inquiry  into  the   previous
28    ownership  and  uses  of  the  property  consistent with good
29    commercial or customary practice in  an  effort  to  minimize
30    liability.  For purposes of the preceding sentence, the court
31    shall   take   into  account  any  specialized  knowledge  or
32    experience on the part of the defendant, the relationship  of
33    the   purchase   price  to  the  value  of  the  property  if
34    uncontaminated, commonly known  or  reasonably  ascertainable
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 1    information  about  the  property,  the  obviousness  of  the
 2    presence or likely presence of contamination at the property,
 3    and  the  ability to detect such contamination by appropriate
 4    inspection.
 5        (C)  Nothing in this paragraph (6) or in subparagraph (C)
 6    of paragraph  (1)  of  this  subsection  shall  diminish  the
 7    liability  of any previous owner or operator of such facility
 8    who would otherwise be liable under this Act. Notwithstanding
 9    this  paragraph  (6),  if  the  defendant   obtained   actual
10    knowledge of the release or threatened release of a hazardous
11    substance  at such facility when the defendant owned the real
12    property and then subsequently transferred ownership  of  the
13    property to another person without disclosing such knowledge,
14    such  defendant  shall  be treated as liable under subsection
15    (f) of this Section and no defense under subparagraph (C)  of
16    paragraph  (1)  of this subsection shall be available to such
17    defendant.
18        (D)  Nothing in  this  paragraph  (6)  shall  affect  the
19    liability  under  this  Act of a defendant who, by any act or
20    omission, caused or contributed to the release or  threatened
21    release  of a hazardous substance which is the subject of the
22    action relating to the facility.
23        (E) (i)  Except  as  provided  in  clause  (ii)  of  this
24    subparagraph (E), a defendant who has acquired real  property
25    shall  have  established a rebuttable presumption against all
26    State claims and a conclusive presumption against all private
27    party claims that the  defendant  has  made  all  appropriate
28    inquiry  within  the  meaning  of  subdivision (6)(B) of this
29    subsection (j) if the defendant proves that immediately prior
30    to or at the time of the acquisition:
31             (I)  the defendant obtained a Phase I  Environmental
32        Audit  of  the  real  property  that meets or exceeds the
33        requirements of this subparagraph (E), and  the  Phase  I
34        Environmental  Audit  did  not  disclose  the presence or
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 1        likely presence of a release or a substantial threat of a
 2        release of a hazardous substance or pesticide at, on, to,
 3        or from the real property; or
 4             (II)  the   defendant   obtained    a    Phase    II
 5        Environmental  Audit  of  the real property that meets or
 6        exceeds the requirements of this  subparagraph  (E),  and
 7        the  Phase  II  Environmental  Audit did not disclose the
 8        presence or likely presence of a release or a substantial
 9        threat of a release of a hazardous substance or pesticide
10        at, on, to, or from the real property.
11        (ii)  No presumption shall be created under clause (i) of
12    this subparagraph (E), and a  defendant  shall  be  precluded
13    from   demonstrating   that   the   defendant  has  made  all
14    appropriate inquiry within the meaning of subdivision  (6)(B)
15    of this subsection (j), if:
16             (I)  the defendant fails to obtain all Environmental
17        Audits  required  under this subparagraph (E) or any such
18        Environmental  Audit  fails  to  meet   or   exceed   the
19        requirements of this subparagraph (E);
20             (II)  a  Phase  I  Environmental Audit discloses the
21        presence or likely presence of a release or a substantial
22        threat of a release of a hazardous substance or pesticide
23        at, on, to, or from  real  property,  and  the  defendant
24        fails to obtain a Phase II Environmental Audit;
25             (III)  a  Phase II Environmental Audit discloses the
26        presence or likely presence of a release or a substantial
27        threat of a release of a hazardous substance or pesticide
28        at, on, to, or from the real property;
29             (IV)  the defendant  fails  to  maintain  a  written
30        compilation   and   explanatory  summary  report  of  the
31        information reviewed in the course of each  Environmental
32        Audit under this subparagraph (E); or
33             (V)  there   is  any  evidence  of  fraud,  material
34        concealment,  or  material   misrepresentation   by   the
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 1        defendant  of  environmental  conditions  or  of  related
 2        information   discovered   during   the   course   of  an
 3        Environmental Audit.
 4        (iii)  For purposes of this subparagraph  (E),  the  term
 5    "environmental  professional" means an individual (other than
 6    a  practicing  attorney)  who,  through  academic   training,
 7    occupational  experience,  and reputation (such as engineers,
 8    industrial hygienists, or geologists) can objectively conduct
 9    one or more aspects of an Environmental Audit and who either:
10             (I)  maintains at  the  time  of  the  Environmental
11        Audit  and  for  at  least  one  year thereafter at least
12        $500,000  of  environmental   consultants'   professional
13        liability  insurance  coverage  issued  by  an  insurance
14        company licensed to do business in Illinois; or
15             (II)  is  an Illinois licensed professional engineer
16        or an Illinois licensed industrial hygienist.
17        An environmental professional may employ persons who  are
18    not  environmental professionals to assist in the preparation
19    of an Environmental Audit  if  such  persons  are  under  the
20    direct   supervision   and   control   of  the  environmental
21    professional.
22        (iv)  For purposes of this  subparagraph  (E),  the  term
23    "real property" means any interest in any parcel of land, and
24    shall  not  be  limited  to  the definition of the term "real
25    property" contained in the Responsible Property Transfer  Act
26    of  1988.   For  purposes  of this subparagraph (E), the term
27    "real property" includes, but is not limited  to,  buildings,
28    fixtures, and improvements.
29        (v)  For  purposes  of  this  subparagraph  (E), the term
30    "Phase I Environmental Audit" means an investigation of  real
31    property,   conducted   by  environmental  professionals,  to
32    discover the presence or likely presence of a  release  or  a
33    substantial  threat  of a release of a hazardous substance or
34    pesticide at, on, to, or from real property,  and  whether  a
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 1    release  or  a substantial threat of a release of a hazardous
 2    substance or pesticide has occurred or may occur at, on,  to,
 3    or from the real property.  The investigation shall include a
 4    review   of  at  least  each  of  the  following  sources  of
 5    information concerning the current and previous ownership and
 6    use of the real property:
 7             (I)  Recorded chain of title documents regarding the
 8        real property, including all  deeds,  easements,  leases,
 9        restrictions, and covenants for a period of 50 years.
10             (II)  Aerial photographs that may reflect prior uses
11        of  the  real property and that are reasonably obtainable
12        through State, federal, or local government  agencies  or
13        bodies.
14             (III)  Recorded environmental cleanup liens, if any,
15        against  the  real  property that have arisen pursuant to
16        this Act or federal statutes.
17             (IV)  Reasonably  obtainable  State,  federal,   and
18        local  government  records of sites or facilities at, on,
19        or near the real property to  discover  the  presence  or
20        likely  presence  of  a hazardous substance or pesticide,
21        and whether a  release  or  a  substantial  threat  of  a
22        release   of  a  hazardous  substance  or  pesticide  has
23        occurred or may occur  at,  on,  to,  or  from  the  real
24        property.  Such government records shall include, but not
25        be limited to:  reasonably obtainable State, federal, and
26        local government investigation reports for those sites or
27        facilities;  reasonably  obtainable  State,  federal, and
28        local government records of activities likely to cause or
29        contribute to a release or  a  threatened  release  of  a
30        hazardous  substance or pesticide at, on, to, or from the
31        real property, including landfill  and  other  treatment,
32        storage,   and  disposal  location  records,  underground
33        storage tank records,  hazardous  waste  transporter  and
34        generator records, and spill reporting records; and other
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 1        reasonably   obtainable   State,   federal,   and   local
 2        government environmental records that report incidents or
 3        activities  that  are  likely to cause or contribute to a
 4        release or a threatened release of a hazardous  substance
 5        or  pesticide  at, on, to, or from the real property.  In
 6        order to be deemed "reasonably  obtainable"  as  required
 7        herein, a copy or reasonable facsimile of the record must
 8        be  obtainable  from the government agency by request and
 9        upon payment of a processing fee, if any, established  by
10        the  government  agency.   The  Agency  is  authorized to
11        establish  a  reasonable  fee  for  processing   requests
12        received  under  this  subparagraph (E) for records.  All
13        fees collected by the Agency under  this  clause  (v)(IV)
14        shall  be  deposited  into  the  Environmental Protection
15        Permit and Inspection Fund  in  accordance  with  Section
16        22.8.  Notwithstanding any other law, if the fee is paid,
17        commencing  on  the effective date of this amendatory Act
18        of 1993 and until one year after the  effective  date  of
19        this  amendatory  Act  of  1993, the Agency shall use its
20        best efforts to process a  request  received  under  this
21        subparagraph    (E)   as   expeditiously   as   possible.
22        Notwithstanding any other law, commencing one year  after
23        the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1993, if the
24        fee  is paid, the Agency shall process a request received
25        under this subparagraph (E) for records within 30 days of
26        the receipt of such request.
27             (V)  A visual site inspection of the  real  property
28        and  all facilities and improvements on the real property
29        and  a  visual  inspection  of   properties   immediately
30        adjacent to the real property, including an investigation
31        of  any  use,  storage,  treatment,  spills  from use, or
32        disposal of hazardous substances, hazardous wastes, solid
33        wastes, or pesticides.   If  the  person  conducting  the
34        investigation  is  denied access to any property adjacent
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 1        to the real property, the person shall conduct  a  visual
 2        inspection of that adjacent property from the property to
 3        which  the  person  does  have  access  and  from  public
 4        rights-of-way.
 5             (VI)  A review of business records for activities at
 6        or on the real property for a period of 50 years.
 7        (vi)  For  purposes  of subparagraph (E), the term "Phase
 8    II  Environmental  Audit"  means  an  investigation  of  real
 9    property,   conducted   by    environmental    professionals,
10    subsequent  to a Phase I Environmental Audit.  If the Phase I
11    Environmental Audit discloses the presence or likely presence
12    of a hazardous substance or a pesticide or  a  release  or  a
13    substantial  threat  of a release of a hazardous substance or
14    pesticide:
15             (I)  In or to soil, the defendant, as  part  of  the
16        Phase  II  Environmental Audit, shall perform a series of
17        soil borings sufficient to determine whether there  is  a
18        presence  or  likely presence of a hazardous substance or
19        pesticide and whether there is or has been a release or a
20        substantial threat of a release of a hazardous  substance
21        or pesticide at, on, to, or from the real property.
22             (II)  In  or  to groundwater, the defendant, as part
23        of  the  Phase  II  Environmental  Audit,  shall:  review
24        information   regarding   local   geology,   water   well
25        locations, and locations of waters of the State as may be
26        obtained  from  State,  federal,  and  local   government
27        records,  including  but not limited to the United States
28        Geological Service, the State Geological Survey  Division
29        of  the  Department  of  Natural Resources, and the State
30        Water  Survey  Division  of  the  Department  of  Natural
31        Resources; and perform groundwater monitoring  sufficient
32        to  determine  whether  there  is  a  presence  or likely
33        presence of  a  hazardous  substance  or  pesticide,  and
34        whether  there  is or has been a release or a substantial
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 1        threat of a release of a hazardous substance or pesticide
 2        at, on, to, or from the real property.
 3             (III)  On  or  to   media   other   than   soil   or
 4        groundwater,  the  defendant,  as  part  of  the Phase II
 5        Environmental  Audit,  shall  perform  an   investigation
 6        sufficient  to  determine  whether there is a presence or
 7        likely presence of a hazardous  substance  or  pesticide,
 8        and  whether  there  is  or  has  been  a  release  or  a
 9        substantial  threat of a release of a hazardous substance
10        or pesticide at, on, to, or from the real property.
11        (vii)  The findings of each Environmental Audit  prepared
12    under  this  subparagraph (E) shall be set forth in a written
13    audit report.  Each audit report shall contain an affirmation
14    by the defendant and by each environmental  professional  who
15    prepared the Environmental Audit that the facts stated in the
16    report  are  true  and are made under a penalty of perjury as
17    defined in Section 32-2 of the Criminal Code of 1961.  It  is
18    perjury  for any person to sign an audit report that contains
19    a false material statement that the person does  not  believe
20    to be true.
21        (viii)  The Agency is not required to review, approve, or
22    certify   the   results  of  any  Environmental  Audit.   The
23    performance of an Environmental Audit shall in no way entitle
24    a  defendant  to  a  presumption  of   Agency   approval   or
25    certification of the results of the Environmental Audit.
26        The presence or absence of a disclosure document prepared
27    under the Responsible Property Transfer Act of 1988 shall not
28    be  a  defense  under  this  Act  and  shall  not satisfy the
29    requirements of subdivision (6)(A) of this subsection (j).
30        (7)  No person shall be liable  under  this  Section  for
31    response  costs  or  damages  as  the  result  of a pesticide
32    release if the Agency has  found  that  a  pesticide  release
33    occurred  based  on  a  Health  Advisory  issued  by the U.S.
34    Environmental Protection Agency or an action level  developed
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 1    by the Agency, unless the Agency notified the manufacturer of
 2    the pesticide and provided an opportunity of not less than 30
 3    days  for  the  manufacturer  to comment on the technical and
 4    scientific justification supporting the  Health  Advisory  or
 5    action level.
 6        (8)  No  person  shall  be  liable under this Section for
 7    response costs or  damages  as  the  result  of  a  pesticide
 8    release  that  occurs  in  the  course  of  a  farm pesticide
 9    collection  program  operated  under  Section  19.1  of   the
10    Illinois Pesticide Act, unless the release results from gross
11    negligence or intentional misconduct.
12        (k)  If  any  person  who  is  liable  for  a  release or
13    substantial threat of release of  a  hazardous  substance  or
14    pesticide  fails  without sufficient cause to provide removal
15    or remedial action upon or in accordance with  a  notice  and
16    request by the Agency or upon or in accordance with any order
17    of  the  Board or any court, such person may be liable to the
18    State for punitive damages in an amount at  least  equal  to,
19    and  not  more than 3 times, the amount of any costs incurred
20    by the State of Illinois as a result of such failure to  take
21    such  removal  or  remedial  action.   The  punitive  damages
22    imposed  by  the  Board  shall  be  in  addition to any costs
23    recovered from such person pursuant to this  Section  and  in
24    addition  to any other penalty or relief provided by this Act
25    or any other law.
26        Any  monies  received  by  the  State  pursuant  to  this
27    subsection (k) shall be  deposited  in  the  Hazardous  Waste
28    Fund.
29        (l)  Beginning January 1, 1988, the Agency shall annually
30    collect  a  $250  fee  for  each Special Waste Hauling Permit
31    Application and, in addition, shall collect a fee of $20  for
32    each  waste  hauling  vehicle identified in the annual permit
33    application and for each vehicle which is added to the permit
34    during the annual period. The Agency  shall  deposit  85%  of
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 1    such  fees  collected  under this subsection (l) in the State
 2    Treasury to the credit of the Hazardous Waste Research  Fund;
 3    and shall deposit the remaining 15% of such fees collected in
 4    the  State  Treasury  to  the  credit  of  the  Environmental
 5    Protection  Permit and Inspection Fund.  The majority of such
 6    receipts which are deposited in the Hazardous Waste  Research
 7    Fund  pursuant  to  this  subsection  shall  be  used  by the
 8    Department of Natural Resources for activities  which  relate
 9    to  the  protection of underground waters. Persons engaged in
10    the offsite transportation of hazardous waste by highway  and
11    participating  in  the Uniform Program under subsection (l-5)
12    are not required to  file  a  Special  Waste  Hauling  Permit
13    Application.
14        (l-5) (1)  As used in this subsection:
15             "Base   state"   means   the  state  selected  by  a
16        transporter according to the procedures established under
17        the Uniform Program.
18             "Base state agreement" means  an  agreement  between
19        participating  states  electing  to  register  or  permit
20        transporters.
21             "Participating  state"  means  a  state  electing to
22        participate in the Uniform Program  by  entering  into  a
23        base state agreement.
24             "Transporter"  means a person engaged in the offsite
25        transportation of hazardous waste by highway.
26             "Uniform application" means the uniform registration
27        and permit application form prescribed under the  Uniform
28        Program.
29             "Uniform  Program" means the Uniform State Hazardous
30        Materials Transportation Registration and Permit  Program
31        established  in the report submitted and amended pursuant
32        to 49 U.S.C.  Section  5119(b),  as  implemented  by  the
33        Agency under this subsection.
34             "Vehicle"  means  any  self-propelled motor vehicle,
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 1        except a truck tractor without  a  trailer,  designed  or
 2        used for the transportation of hazardous waste subject to
 3        the hazardous waste manifesting requirements of 40 U.S.C.
 4        Section 6923(a)(3).
 5             (2)  Beginning   July  1,  1998,  the  Agency  shall
 6        implement   the   Uniform   State   Hazardous   Materials
 7        Transportation Registration and Permit  Program.  On  and
 8        after  that  date,  no person shall engage in the offsite
 9        transportation of  hazardous  waste  by  highway  without
10        registering  and  obtaining  a  permit  under the Uniform
11        Program.  A  transporter  with  its  principal  place  of
12        business in Illinois shall register  with  and  obtain  a
13        permit  from  the  Agency.  A transporter that designates
14        another participating state in the Uniform Program as its
15        base state shall likewise  register  with  and  obtain  a
16        permit  from  that  state  before  transporting hazardous
17        waste in Illinois.
18             (3)  Beginning  July  1,  1998,  the  Agency   shall
19        annually collect no more than a $250 processing and audit
20        fee  from  each  transporter  of  hazardous waste who has
21        filed a uniform application and, in addition, the  Agency
22        shall    annually    collect   an   apportioned   vehicle
23        registration fee of $20. The amount  of  the  apportioned
24        vehicle  registration  fee shall be calculated consistent
25        with  the  procedures  established  under   the   Uniform
26        Program.
27             All   moneys   received   by  the  Agency  from  the
28        collection of fees pursuant to the Uniform Program  shall
29        be deposited into the Hazardous Waste Transporter account
30        hereby created within the Environmental Protection Permit
31        and  Inspection Fund. The State Treasurer shall credit to
32        the  account   interest   and   earnings   from   account
33        investments. Moneys remaining in the account at the close
34        of the fiscal year shall not lapse to the General Revenue
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 1        Fund.  The  State  Treasurer  may  receive money or other
 2        assets from any source for deposit into the account.  The
 3        Agency   may   expend   moneys  from  the  account,  upon
 4        appropriation, for  the  implementation  of  the  Uniform
 5        Program,  including  the  costs  to  the  Agency  of  fee
 6        collection  and  administration.  In  addition, funds not
 7        expended for the implementation of  the  Uniform  Program
 8        may  be  utilized  for  emergency  response  and  cleanup
 9        activities melated to hazardous waste transportation that
10        are initiated by the Agency.
11             Whenever   the   amount   of   the  Hazardous  Waste
12    Transporter account  exceeds  by  115%  the  amount  annually
13    appropriated by the General Assembly, the Agency shall credit
14    participating  transporters  an amount, proportionately based
15    on the amount of the vehicle fee paid, equal to the excess in
16    the account, and shall  determine  the  need  to  reduce  the
17    amount  of  the  fee  charged  transporters in the subsequent
18    fiscal year by the amount of the credit.
19             (4) (A)  The Agency may propose and the Board  shall
20        adopt  rules  as  necessary  to implement and enforce the
21        Uniform Program. The Agency is authorized to  enter  into
22        agreements with other agencies of this State as necessary
23        to  carry  out administrative functions or enforcement of
24        the Uniform Program.
25             (B)  The Agency shall recognize  a  Uniform  Program
26        registration as valid for one year from the date a notice
27        of  registration form is issued and a permit as valid for
28        3 years from the date issued or until a transporter fails
29        to renew its registration, whichever occurs first.
30             (C)  The Agency may inspect  or  examine  any  motor
31        vehicle  or facility operated by a transporter, including
32        papers, books, records, documents, or other materials  to
33        determine  if a transporter is complying with the Uniform
34        Program. The Agency may also conduct  investigations  and
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 1        audits  as  necessary  to  determine  if a transporter is
 2        entitled to a permit or to make suspension or  revocation
 3        determinations  consistent  with  the  standards  of  the
 4        Uniform Program.
 5             (5)  The  Agency  may  enter  into  agreements  with
 6        federal   agencies,   national   repositories,  or  other
 7        participating  states  as  necessary  to  allow  for  the
 8        reciprocal registration and  permitting  of  transporters
 9        pursuant  to  the  Uniform  Program.  The  agreements may
10        include procedures for  determining  a  base  state,  the
11        collection and distribution of registration fees, dispute
12        resolution, the exchange of information for reporting and
13        enforcement  purposes,  and other provisions necessary to
14        fully implement,  administer,  and  enforce  the  Uniform
15        Program.
16        (m)  (Blank).
17        (n)  (Blank).
18    (Source:  P.A.  88-438;  88-602,  eff.  9-1-94;  89-94,  eff.
19    7-6-95;  89-158,  eff. 1-1-96; 89-431, eff. 12-15-95; 89-443,
20    eff.  7-1-96;  89-445,  eff.  2-7-96;  89-626,  eff.  8-9-96;
21    revised 10-2-96.)
22        (415 ILCS 5/44) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1044)
23        Sec. 44. Criminal acts; penalties.
24        (a)  Except as otherwise provided  in  this  Section,  it
25    shall  be  a  Class  A  misdemeanor  to  violate  this Act or
26    regulations thereunder, or any permit or  term  or  condition
27    thereof,  or  knowingly to submit any false information under
28    this Act or regulations  adopted  thereunder,  or  under  any
29    permit or term or condition thereof. A court may, in addition
30    to any other penalty herein imposed, order a person convicted
31    of  open  dumping  of  construction  debris under this Act to
32    perform community service for not less than 50 hours and  not
33    more  than 300 hours if community service is available in the
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 1    jurisdiction. It shall be the duty of  all  State  and  local
 2    law-enforcement officers to enforce such Act and regulations,
 3    and all such officers shall have authority to issue citations
 4    for such violations.
 5        (b)  Calculated Criminal Disposal of Hazardous Waste.
 6             (1)  A  person  commits  the  offense  of Calculated
 7        Criminal Disposal of Hazardous Waste when, without lawful
 8        justification, he knowingly disposes of  hazardous  waste
 9        while  knowing  that  he thereby places another person in
10        danger of great bodily harm or creates  an  immediate  or
11        long-term danger to the public health or the environment.
12             (2)  Calculated Criminal Disposal of Hazardous Waste
13        is  a  Class 2 felony. In addition to any other penalties
14        prescribed by law, a person convicted of the  offense  of
15        Calculated   Criminal  Disposal  of  Hazardous  Waste  is
16        subject to a fine not to exceed $500,000 for each day  of
17        such offense.
18        (c)  Criminal Disposal of Hazardous Waste.
19             (1)  A   person  commits  the  offense  of  Criminal
20        Disposal  of  Hazardous  Waste   when,   without   lawful
21        justification, he knowingly disposes of hazardous waste.
22             (2)  Criminal Disposal of Hazardous Waste is a Class
23        3  felony.  In addition to any other penalties prescribed
24        by law, a person convicted of  the  offense  of  Criminal
25        Disposal  of  Hazardous Waste is subject to a fine not to
26        exceed $250,000 for each day of such offense.
27        (d)  Unauthorized Use of Hazardous Waste.
28             (1)  A person commits the  offense  of  Unauthorized
29        Use  of Hazardous Waste when he, being required to have a
30        permit, registration, or license under this  Act  or  any
31        other  law  regulating  the treatment, transportation, or
32        storage of hazardous waste, knowingly:
33                  (A)  treats,   transports,   or   stores    any
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 1             hazardous  waste  without such permit, registration,
 2             or license;
 3                  (B)  treats,   transports,   or   stores    any
 4             hazardous  waste  in  violation  of  the  terms  and
 5             conditions of such permit or license;
 6                  (C)  transports   any   hazardous  waste  to  a
 7             facility which does not have  a  permit  or  license
 8             required under this Act; or
 9                  (D)  transports  by vehicle any hazardous waste
10             without having in each vehicle credentials issued to
11             the transporter  by  the  transporter's  base  state
12             pursuant to procedures established under the Uniform
13             Program on his person such permit or license.
14             (2)  A  person  who  is  convicted of a violation of
15        subdivision (1)(A), (1)(B) or (1)(C) of  this  subsection
16        is guilty of a Class 4 felony.  A person who is convicted
17        of a violation of subdivision (1)(D) is guilty of a Class
18        A  misdemeanor.   In  addition  to  any  other  penalties
19        prescribed  by  law,  a  person  convicted  of  violating
20        subdivision (1)(A), (1)(B) or (1)(C) is subject to a fine
21        not  to  exceed  $100,000 for each day of such violation,
22        and a person who is convicted  of  violating  subdivision
23        (1)(D) is subject to a fine not to exceed $1,000.
24        (e)  Unlawful Delivery of Hazardous Waste.
25             (1)  Except as authorized by this Act or the federal
26        Resource   Conservation   and   Recovery   Act,  and  the
27        regulations promulgated thereunder, it  is  unlawful  for
28        any person to knowingly deliver hazardous waste.
29             (2)  Unlawful Delivery of Hazardous Waste is a Class
30        3  felony.  In addition to any other penalties prescribed
31        by law, a person convicted of  the  offense  of  Unlawful
32        Delivery  of  Hazardous Waste is subject to a fine not to
33        exceed $250,000 for each such violation.
34             (3)  For purposes  of  this  Section,  "deliver"  or
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 1        "delivery"  means  the actual, constructive, or attempted
 2        transfer  of  possession  of  hazardous  waste,  with  or
 3        without consideration, whether or not there is an  agency
 4        relationship.
 5        (f)  Reckless Disposal of Hazardous Waste.
 6             (1)  A person commits Reckless Disposal of Hazardous
 7        Waste  if  he  disposes  of hazardous waste, and his acts
 8        which cause  the  hazardous  waste  to  be  disposed  of,
 9        whether  or  not those acts are undertaken pursuant to or
10        under color of any permit or license, are performed  with
11        a  conscious disregard of a substantial and unjustifiable
12        risk that such disposing of hazardous waste  is  a  gross
13        deviation  from  the  standard of care which a reasonable
14        person would exercise in the situation.
15             (2)  Reckless Disposal of Hazardous Waste is a Class
16        4 felony.  In addition to any other penalties  prescribed
17        by  law,  a  person  convicted of the offense of Reckless
18        Disposal of Hazardous Waste is subject to a fine  not  to
19        exceed $50,000 for each day of such offense.
20        (g)  Concealment of Criminal Disposal of Hazardous Waste.
21             (1)  A  person commits the offense of Concealment of
22        Criminal Disposal of Hazardous Waste  when  he  conceals,
23        without  lawful  justification, the disposal of hazardous
24        waste with the knowledge that such  hazardous  waste  has
25        been disposed of in violation of this Act.
26             (2)  Concealment of Criminal Disposal of a Hazardous
27        Waste  is  a  Class  4  felony.  In addition to any other
28        penalties prescribed by law, a person  convicted  of  the
29        offense  of Concealment of Criminal Disposal of Hazardous
30        Waste is subject to a fine not to exceed $50,000 for each
31        day of such offense.
32        (h)  Violations; False Statements.
33             (1)  Any person who knowingly makes a false material
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 1        statement in an  application  for  a  permit  or  license
 2        required  by  this  Act  to  treat,  transport, store, or
 3        dispose of hazardous waste commits the offense of perjury
 4        and shall be  subject  to  the  penalties  set  forth  in
 5        Section 32-2 of the Criminal Code of 1961.
 6             (2)  Any person who knowingly makes a false material
 7        statement  or  representation  in  any  label,  manifest,
 8        record,  report,  permit  or  license,  or other document
 9        filed, maintained or used for the purpose  of  compliance
10        with   this   Act  in  connection  with  the  generation,
11        disposal,  treatment,  storage,  or   transportation   of
12        hazardous  waste  commits  a Class 4 felony.  A second or
13        any subsequent offense after conviction  hereunder  is  a
14        Class 3 felony.
15             (3)  Any  person  who  knowingly destroys, alters or
16        conceals any record required to be made by  this  Act  in
17        connection  with  the  disposal,  treatment,  storage, or
18        transportation of hazardous  waste,  commits  a  Class  4
19        felony.  A  second  or  any  subsequent  offense  after a
20        conviction hereunder is a Class 3 felony.
21             (4)  Any person who knowingly makes a false material
22        statement or representation  in  any  application,  bill,
23        invoice, or other document filed, maintained, or used for
24        the  purpose  of  receiving  money  from  the Underground
25        Storage Tank Fund commits a Class 4 felony. A  second  or
26        any  subsequent  offense  after conviction hereunder is a
27        Class 3 felony.
28             (5)  Any person who knowingly destroys,  alters,  or
29        conceals  any record required to be made or maintained by
30        this Act or required to be made or maintained by Board or
31        Agency rules for the purpose of receiving money from  the
32        Underground Storage Tank Fund commits a Class 4 felony. A
33        second  or  any  subsequent  offense  after  a conviction
34        hereunder is a Class 3 felony.
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 1             (6)  In addition to any other  penalties  prescribed
 2        by  law,  a person convicted of violating this subsection
 3        (h) is subject to a fine not to exceed $50,000  for  each
 4        day of such violation.
 5        (i)  Verification.
 6             (1)  Each  application  for  a  permit or license to
 7        dispose of, transport, treat, store or generate hazardous
 8        waste under this Act shall contain  an  affirmation  that
 9        the  facts are true and are made under penalty of perjury
10        as defined in Section 32-2 of the Criminal Code of  1961.
11        It  is  perjury for a person to sign any such application
12        for a permit or license which contains a  false  material
13        statement, which he does not believe to be true.
14             (2)  Each  request  for  money  from the Underground
15        Storage Tank Fund shall contain an affirmation  that  the
16        facts  are  true and are made under penalty of perjury as
17        defined in Section 32-2 of the Criminal Code of 1961.  It
18        is perjury for a person to sign any request that contains
19        a false material statement that he does not believe to be
20        true.
21        (j)  Violations of Other Provisions.
22             (1)  It  is  unlawful  for  a  person  knowingly  to
23        violate:
24                  (A)  subsection (f) of Section 12 of this Act;
25                  (B)  subsection (g) of Section 12 of this Act;
26                  (C)  any  term  or condition of any Underground
27             Injection Control (UIC) permit;
28                  (D)  any  filing  requirement,  regulation,  or
29             order relating to the  State  Underground  Injection
30             Control (UIC) program;
31                  (E)  any provision of any regulation, standard,
32             or   filing  requirement  under  subsection  (b)  of
33             Section 13 of this Act;
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 1                  (F)  any provision of any regulation, standard,
 2             or  filing  requirement  under  subsection  (b)   of
 3             Section 39 of this Act;
 4                  (G)  any     National    Pollutant    Discharge
 5             Elimination System (NPDES) permit issued under  this
 6             Act or any term or condition of such permit;
 7                  (H)  subsection (h) of Section 12 of this Act;
 8                  (I)  subsection  6 of Section 39.5 of this Act;
 9             or
10                  (J)  any provision of any regulation,  standard
11             or  filing  requirement  under  Section 39.5 of this
12             Act.
13             (2)  A  person   convicted   of   a   violation   of
14        subdivision  (1)  of  this  subsection  commits a Class 4
15        felony, and in addition to any other  penalty  prescribed
16        by  law  is  subject  to a fine not to exceed $25,000 for
17        each day of such violation.
18             (3)  A person who negligently violates the following
19        shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $10,000 for each
20        day of such violation:
21                  (A)  subsection (f) of Section 12 of this Act;
22                  (B)  subsection (g) of Section 12 of this Act;
23                  (C)  any provision of any regulation, standard,
24             or  filing  requirement  under  subsection  (b)   of
25             Section 13 of this Act;
26                  (D)  any provision of any regulation, standard,
27             or   filing  requirement  under  subsection  (b)  of
28             Section 39 of this Act;
29                  (E)  any    National    Pollutant     Discharge
30             Elimination  System (NPDES) permit issued under this
31             Act;
32                  (F)  subsection 6 of Section 39.5 of this  Act;
33             or
34                  (G)  any provision of any regulation, standard,
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 1             or  filing  requirement  under  Section 39.5 of this
 2             Act.
 3             (4)  It is unlawful for a person knowingly to:
 4                  (A)  make any false statement,  representation,
 5             or  certification  in  an  application form, or form
 6             pertaining  to,  a  National   Pollutant   Discharge
 7             Elimination System (NPDES) permit;
 8                  (B)  render inaccurate any monitoring device or
 9             record required by the Agency or Board in connection
10             with  any such permit or with any discharge which is
11             subject to  the  provisions  of  subsection  (f)  of
12             Section 12 of this Act;
13                  (C)  make  any false statement, representation,
14             or certification  in  any  form,  notice  or  report
15             pertaining  to  a CAAPP permit under Section 39.5 of
16             this Act;
17                  (D)  render inaccurate any monitoring device or
18             record required by the Agency or Board in connection
19             with any CAAPP permit or with any emission which  is
20             subject  to  the  provisions of Section 39.5 of this
21             Act; or
22                  (E)  violate subsection 6 of  Section  39.5  of
23             this  Act  or any CAAPP permit, or term or condition
24             thereof, or any fee or filing requirement.
25             (5)  A  person   convicted   of   a   violation   of
26        subdivision  (4)  of  this  subsection  commits a Class A
27        misdemeanor, and  in  addition  to  any  other  penalties
28        provided  by  law  is  subject  to  a  fine not to exceed
29        $10,000 for each day of violation.
30        (k)  Criminal operation  of  a  hazardous  waste  or  PCB
31    incinerator.
32             (1)  A   person  commits  the  offense  of  criminal
33        operation of a hazardous waste or PCB  incinerator  when,
34        in  the  course  of  operating  a  hazardous waste or PCB
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 1        incinerator,  he  knowingly  and  without   justification
 2        operates the incinerator (i) without an Agency permit, or
 3        in  knowing  violation  of the terms of an Agency permit,
 4        and (ii) as a result of such violation, knowingly  places
 5        any  person  in  danger of great bodily harm or knowingly
 6        creates an immediate or long term material danger to  the
 7        public health or the environment.
 8             (2)  Any  person who commits the offense of criminal
 9        operation of a hazardous waste or PCB incinerator for the
10        first time commits a Class 4 felony and, in  addition  to
11        any  other  penalties prescribed by law, shall be subject
12        to a fine not to exceed $100,000  for  each  day  of  the
13        offense.
14             Any  person  who  commits  the  offense  of criminal
15        operation of a hazardous waste or PCB incinerator  for  a
16        second  or  subsequent time commits a Class 3 felony and,
17        in addition to any other  penalties  prescribed  by  law,
18        shall  be  subject  to  a fine not to exceed $250,000 for
19        each day of the offense.
20             (3)  For the purpose of  this  subsection  (k),  the
21        term   "hazardous  waste  or  PCB  incinerator"  means  a
22        pollution control  facility  at  which  either  hazardous
23        waste or PCBs, or both, are incinerated. "PCBs" means any
24        substance  or  mixture of substances that contains one or
25        more polychlorinated biphenyls in detectable amounts.
26        (l)  It shall be the duty of  all  State  and  local  law
27    enforcement  officers to enforce this Act and the regulations
28    adopted hereunder, and all such officers shall have authority
29    to issue citations for such violations.
30        (m)  Any action  brought  under  this  Section  shall  be
31    brought  by  the  State's Attorney of the county in which the
32    violation occurred, or by the Attorney General, and shall  be
33    conducted in accordance with the applicable provisions of the
34    Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963.
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 1        (n)  For an offense described in this Section, the period
 2    for  commencing  prosecution  prescribed  by  the  statute of
 3    limitations shall not begin  to  run  until  the  offense  is
 4    discovered  by  or reported to a State or local agency having
 5    the authority to investigate violations of this Act.
 6        (o)  In addition to any other  penalties  provided  under
 7    this  Act,  if  a  person  is  convicted  of  (or agrees to a
 8    settlement in an enforcement action over) illegal dumping  of
 9    waste on the person's own property, the Attorney General, the
10    Agency  or  local  prosecuting authority shall file notice of
11    the conviction, finding or agreement in  the  office  of  the
12    Recorder in the county in which the landowner lives.
13    (Source: P.A.  88-45;  88-668,  eff.  9-16-94;  88-681,  eff.
14    12-22-94; 88-690, eff. 1-24-95; 89-235, eff. 8-4-95.)
15        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
16    becoming law.

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