Bill Text: IL HB4144 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-11-06 - Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading November 12, 2024 [HB4144 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB4144-Engrossed.html

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AN ACT concerning safety.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
changing Section 19.11 as follows:
(415 ILCS 5/19.11)
Sec. 19.11. Public water supply disruption; notification.
(a) In this Section:
"Disruption event" means any:
(1) change to a disinfection technique, practice, or
technology, including each instance of any change in the
concentration of any disinfectant in the water of a public
water supply that results in residual concentrations of
the disinfectant in the water either exceeding 50% or
falling below 20% of the monthly average concentration of
disinfectant reported to the Agency in a public water
distribution entity's most recent monthly submission of
Daily Operating Reports;
(2) planned or unplanned work on or damage to a water
main or fire hydrant;
(3) change in a treatment application or source of
water that results in an altered finished water quality;
(4) event that results in a public water supply's

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operating pressure falling below 20 PSI; or
(5) condition that results in the issuance of a boil
water order.
"Fire department" means a fire protection service provider
(i) organized under the Illinois Municipal Code or the Fire
Protection District Act and (ii) recognized by the Office of
the State Fire Marshal.
"Health care facility" means a facility, hospital, or
establishment licensed or organized under the Ambulatory
Surgical Treatment Center Act, the University of Illinois
Hospital Act, the Hospital Licensing Act, the Nursing Home
Care Act, the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act, or the
Community Living Facilities Licensing Act.
"Disruption notification Health care facility list" means
a list enumerating health care facilities, fire departments,
dispatch centers, and their designees that are served by a
public water supply and maintained by a public water
distribution entity.
"Public water distribution entity" means any of the
following entities that are responsible for the direct
supervision of a public water supply: a municipality, a
private corporation, an individual private owner, or a
regularly organized body governed by a constitution and
by-laws requiring regular election of officers.
"Public water supply" has the same meaning as defined in
Section 3.365.

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"State agencies" means the Illinois Environmental
Protection Agency and the Illinois Department of Public
Health.
"Water supply operator" means any individual trained in
the treatment or distribution of water who has practical,
working knowledge of the chemical, biological, and physical
sciences essential to the practical mechanics of water
treatment or distribution and who is capable of conducting and
maintaining the water treatment or distribution processes of a
public water supply in a manner that will provide safe,
potable water for human consumption.
(b) A public water distribution entity, through its
designated employees or contractors, shall notify its water
supply operator and all affected health care facilities, fire
departments, and dispatch centers on the public water supply's
disruption notification health care facility list not less
than 14 days before any known, planned, or anticipated
disruption event. An anticipated disruption event includes for
purposes of this subsection any disruption event that could or
should be reasonably anticipated by a public water
distribution entity.
(c) A public water distribution entity, through its
designated employees or contractors, shall notify its water
supply operator, and all affected health care facilities, all
affected fire departments, and all affected dispatch centers
on a disruption notification list that are served by the

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public water supply and affected by any unplanned disruption
event in the public water supply's water distribution system.
The notification required under this subsection shall be
provided within 2 hours after the public water distribution
entity becomes aware of the unplanned disruption event.
(d) A health care facility, fire department, and dispatch
center shall designate an email address to receive electronic
notifications from the public water distribution entity
concerning planned or unplanned disruption events. The email
account shall be accessible to the health care facility's
designated water management plan administrator, the fire
department's chief officer, the dispatch center's chief
officer, and other responsible administrative personnel.
(e) Any planned or unplanned disruption event notification
sent to a health care facility, fire department, or dispatch
center under this Section shall also be sent to the State
agencies via email to the email addresses designated by the
State agencies within 5 business days. The State agencies
shall establish, maintain, and retain a list of notifications
received pursuant to this subsection.
The notice required under this Section shall include, but
shall not be limited to, the following:
(1) a detailed description of the disruption event;
(2) the date, time, and location of the disruption
event;
(3) the expected time needed to resolve the disruption

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event; and
(4) a list of the health care facilities, fire
departments, and dispatch centers notified by the public
water distribution entity.
Beginning one year after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, the State
agencies shall make available upon request a list of
disruption events, in an electronic format, sorted by the year
and month of each occurrence.
(Source: P.A. 102-960, eff. 5-27-22.)