Bill Text: IL HB1547 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change to a Section concerning public water supplies.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-23 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1547 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB1547-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning safety.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | changing Section 15 as follows:
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| 6 | (415 ILCS 5/15) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1015)
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| 7 | Sec. 15. Plans and specifications; demonstration of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | capability; record retention.
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| 9 | (a) Owners of public water supplies, their authorized | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | representative, or
legal custodians, shall submit plans and
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| 11 | and specifications to the Agency and
obtain written approval | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | before construction of any proposed public water
supply | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | installations, changes, or additions is started. Plans and
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| 14 | specifications shall be complete and of sufficient detail to | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | show all
proposed construction, changes, or additions that may | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | affect sanitary
quality, mineral quality, or adequacy of the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | public water supply; and,
where necessary, said plans and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | specifications shall be accompanied by
supplemental data as | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | may be required by the Agency to permit a complete
review | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | thereof. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | (b) All new public water supplies established after | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | October 1, 1999 shall
demonstrate technical, financial, and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | managerial capacity as a condition for
issuance of a | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | construction or operation permit by the Agency or its | ||||||
| 2 | designee.
The demonstration shall be consistent with the | ||||||
| 3 | technical, financial, and
managerial provisions of the federal | ||||||
| 4 | Safe Drinking Water Act (P.L. 93-523), as
now or hereafter | ||||||
| 5 | amended. The Agency is authorized to adopt
rules in accordance | ||||||
| 6 | with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to implement
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| 7 | the purposes of this subsection. Such rules must take into | ||||||
| 8 | account the need
for the facility, facility size, | ||||||
| 9 | sophistication of treatment of the water
supply, and financial | ||||||
| 10 | requirements needed for operation of the facility.
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| 11 | (c) Except as otherwise provided under Board rules, owners | ||||||
| 12 | and operators of community water systems must maintain all | ||||||
| 13 | records, reports, and other documents related to the operation | ||||||
| 14 | of the community water system for a minimum of 10 years. | ||||||
| 15 | Documents required to be maintained under this subsection (c) | ||||||
| 16 | include, but are not limited to, all billing records and other | ||||||
| 17 | documents related to the purchase of water from other | ||||||
| 18 | community water systems. Documents required to be maintained | ||||||
| 19 | under this subsection (c) must be maintained on the premises | ||||||
| 20 | of the community water system, or at a convenient location | ||||||
| 21 | near its premises, and must be made available to the Agency for | ||||||
| 22 | inspection and copying during normal business hours. | ||||||
| 23 | (Source: P.A. 96-603, eff. 8-24-09.)
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