Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr.
Filed: 3/23/2022
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3626
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3626 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Solid Waste Site Operator Certification | ||||||
5 | Law is amended by changing Sections 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, | ||||||
6 | 1009, 1010, and 1011 as follows:
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7 | (225 ILCS 230/1004) (from Ch. 111, par. 7854)
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8 | Sec. 1004. Prohibition. Beginning January 1, 1992, no | ||||||
9 | person shall
cause or allow the operation of a landfill | ||||||
10 | permitted or required to be
permitted by the Agency unless the | ||||||
11 | landfill has on its operational staff at
least one natural | ||||||
12 | person certified as competent by the Agency under the
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13 | provisions of this Act.
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14 | (a) For landfill sites which accept non-hazardous solid | ||||||
15 | waste other than
clean construction or demolition debris , the | ||||||
16 | landfill shall have a Class A
Solid Waste Site Operator |
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1 | certified by the Agency who is responsible for
directing | ||||||
2 | landfill operations or supervising other operational staff in
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3 | performing landfill operations.
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4 | (b) (Blank). For landfill sites which accept only clean | ||||||
5 | construction or
demolition debris, the landfill shall have a | ||||||
6 | Class A or B Solid Waste Site
Operator certified by the Agency | ||||||
7 | who is responsible for directing landfill
operations or | ||||||
8 | supervising other operational staff in performing landfill
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9 | operations.
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10 | (c) For landfill sites which accept special waste, the | ||||||
11 | landfill shall
have a Class A Solid Waste Site Operator | ||||||
12 | certified by the Agency who has
received a certification | ||||||
13 | endorsement for the acceptance of special waste
and who is | ||||||
14 | responsible for directing landfill operations or supervising
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15 | other operational staff in performing landfill operations.
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16 | (Source: P.A. 86-1363.)
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17 | (225 ILCS 230/1005) (from Ch. 111, par. 7855)
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18 | Sec. 1005. Agency authority. The Agency is authorized to | ||||||
19 | exercise
the following functions, powers and duties with | ||||||
20 | respect to solid waste site
operator certification:
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21 | (a) To conduct examinations , as well as to approve the | ||||||
22 | use of examinations conducted by third parties, to | ||||||
23 | ascertain the qualifications of applicants
for | ||||||
24 | certificates of competency as solid waste site operators;
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25 | (b) To conduct courses of training on the practical |
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1 | aspects of the design,
operation and maintenance of | ||||||
2 | sanitary landfills;
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3 | (c) To issue a certificate to any applicant who has | ||||||
4 | satisfactorily met all
the requirements pertaining to a | ||||||
5 | certificate of competency as a solid waste
site operator;
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6 | (d) To suspend, revoke or refuse to issue any | ||||||
7 | certificate for any one or
any combination of the | ||||||
8 | following causes:
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9 | (1) The practice of any fraud or deceit in | ||||||
10 | obtaining or attempting to
obtain a certificate of | ||||||
11 | competency;
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12 | (2) Negligence or misconduct in the operation of a | ||||||
13 | sanitary landfill;
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14 | (3) Repeated failure to comply with any of the | ||||||
15 | requirements applicable
to the operation of a sanitary | ||||||
16 | landfill, except for Board requirements
applicable to | ||||||
17 | the collection of litter;
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18 | (4) Repeated violations of federal, State or local | ||||||
19 | laws, regulations,
standards, or ordinances regarding | ||||||
20 | the operation of refuse disposal
facilities or sites;
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21 | (5) For a holder of a certificate, conviction in | ||||||
22 | this or another State of any crime which is a felony
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23 | under the laws of this State or conviction of a felony | ||||||
24 | in a federal court; for an applicant, consideration of | ||||||
25 | such conviction shall be in accordance with Section | ||||||
26 | 1005-1;
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1 | (6) Proof of gross carelessness or incompetence in | ||||||
2 | handling, storing,
processing, transporting, or | ||||||
3 | disposing of any hazardous waste; or
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4 | (7) Being declared to be a person under a legal | ||||||
5 | disability by a court
of competent jurisdiction and | ||||||
6 | not thereafter having been lawfully declared
to be a | ||||||
7 | person not under legal disability or to have | ||||||
8 | recovered.
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9 | (e) To adopt rules necessary to perform its functions, | ||||||
10 | powers, and duties
with respect to solid waste site | ||||||
11 | operator certifications.
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12 | (Source: P.A. 100-286, eff. 1-1-18 .)
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13 | (225 ILCS 230/1006) (from Ch. 111, par. 7856)
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14 | Sec. 1006. Certification classifications . Solid Waste Site | ||||||
15 | Operators
shall be certified in accordance with the following | ||||||
16 | classifications :
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17 | (a) Class "A" Solid Waste Site Operator certificates shall | ||||||
18 | be issued to
those persons who in accordance with the | ||||||
19 | provisions of this Section
demonstrate a practical working | ||||||
20 | knowledge of the design, operation, and
maintenance of | ||||||
21 | sanitary landfills in the following areas:
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22 | (1) unloading, spreading, and compacting of waste, | ||||||
23 | litter collection,
and vector abatement;
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24 | (2) traffic control of vehicles delivering waste;
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25 | (3) application, maintenance, and inspection of cover |
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1 | and cover
requirements under Board rules and Agency | ||||||
2 | permits;
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3 | (4) fire control, on-site personnel safety | ||||||
4 | requirements, and
contingency plan implementation;
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5 | (5) leachate control operation, leachate management, | ||||||
6 | and landfill
gas management;
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7 | (6) identification of classes of waste;
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8 | (7) causes for revocation or suspension of | ||||||
9 | certificates;
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10 | (8) reporting and recordkeeping required by Board and | ||||||
11 | Agency
regulations and Agency permits;
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12 | (9) financial assurance and groundwater monitoring | ||||||
13 | requirements;
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14 | (10) development and implementation of contingency | ||||||
15 | plans, closure
plans, post closure plans, and corrective | ||||||
16 | action; and
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17 | (11) requirements for payment of fees.
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18 | (b) (Blank). Class "B" Solid Waste Operator Certificates | ||||||
19 | shall be issued to those
persons who demonstrate a practical | ||||||
20 | working knowledge of the design,
operation, and maintenance of | ||||||
21 | landfill sites accepting only clean
construction or demolition | ||||||
22 | debris in the following areas:
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23 | (1) unloading and spreading of waste;
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24 | (2) traffic control of vehicles delivering waste;
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25 | (3) application, maintenance, and inspection of cover | ||||||
26 | and cover
requirement under Board rules and Agency |
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1 | permits;
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2 | (4) fire control, on-site personnel safety segments | ||||||
3 | and contingency
plan implementation;
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4 | (5) leachate control operation and leachate | ||||||
5 | management;
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6 | (6) identification of classes of waste;
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7 | (7) causes for revocation or suspension of | ||||||
8 | certificates;
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9 | (8) reporting and recordkeeping required by Board and | ||||||
10 | Agency
regulations and Agency permits;
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11 | (9) financial assurance and groundwater requirements; | ||||||
12 | and
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13 | (10) development and implementation of contingency | ||||||
14 | plans, closure
plans, post closure plans, and corrective | ||||||
15 | action.
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16 | (c) Special waste certificate endorsements shall be issued | ||||||
17 | to those
persons who are certified as Class A Solid Waste Site | ||||||
18 | Operators in
accordance with the provisions of this Section, | ||||||
19 | and who demonstrate a
practical working knowledge of the | ||||||
20 | design, operation, and maintenance of
sanitary landfills | ||||||
21 | relative to the acceptance and disposal of special wastes.
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22 | (Source: P.A. 86-1363.)
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23 | (225 ILCS 230/1007) (from Ch. 111, par. 7857)
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24 | Sec. 1007. Qualifications. Every solid waste site operator | ||||||
25 | certified
by the Agency shall be capable of performing his |
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1 | duties without endangering
the public health or the | ||||||
2 | environment and without violating the requirements
applicable | ||||||
3 | to operation of sanitary landfills; shall be able to read and
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4 | write English; shall produce evidence acceptable to the Agency | ||||||
5 | as to his
ability to maintain and operate properly the | ||||||
6 | structures and equipment
entrusted to his care; and shall | ||||||
7 | satisfactorily demonstrate to the Agency a
practical working | ||||||
8 | knowledge of the design, operation, and maintenance of
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9 | sanitary landfills appropriate to the classification for which
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10 | certification is sought . In addition, persons shall be | ||||||
11 | certified as Class
"A" or Class "B" based on level of | ||||||
12 | competency determined by examination and
in accordance with | ||||||
13 | educational and experience levels as follows:
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14 | (a) Class "A" Certificates.
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15 | (1) Graduation from high school or equivalent and not | ||||||
16 | less than 2
years of acceptable study, training, and | ||||||
17 | responsible experience in sanitary
landfill operation or | ||||||
18 | management, or not less than 7 years of acceptable
study | ||||||
19 | training and responsible experience in operation or | ||||||
20 | management of
earth moving equipment; or
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21 | (2) Grammar school completion or equivalent and not | ||||||
22 | less than 15 years
of acceptable study, training, and | ||||||
23 | responsible experience in sanitary
landfill operation or | ||||||
24 | management.
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25 | (b) Class "B" Certificates.
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26 | (1) Graduation from high school or equivalent and not |
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1 | less than 6
months of acceptable study, training, and | ||||||
2 | responsible experience in
sanitary landfill operation or | ||||||
3 | management, or not less than 3 years of
acceptable study | ||||||
4 | training and responsible experience in operation or
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5 | management of earth moving equipment; or
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6 | (2) Grammar school completion or equivalent and not | ||||||
7 | less than 5 years
of acceptable study, training, and | ||||||
8 | responsible experience in sanitary
landfill operation or | ||||||
9 | management.
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10 | (Source: P.A. 86-1363.)
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11 | (225 ILCS 230/1009) (from Ch. 111, par. 7859)
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12 | Sec. 1009. Examinations.
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13 | (a) Applicants shall undergo examinations Examinations | ||||||
14 | provided or approved by the Agency
shall be given to | ||||||
15 | applicants for the purpose of determining if the
applicants | ||||||
16 | can demonstrate a practical working knowledge of the design,
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17 | operation, and maintenance of sanitary landfills appropriate | ||||||
18 | to the
classification for which certification is sought . No | ||||||
19 | certificate shall be
issued prior to successful completion of | ||||||
20 | the applicable examination.
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21 | (b) Examinations shall be conducted or approved by the | ||||||
22 | Agency , and shall be held not
less frequently than annually . | ||||||
23 | The Agency shall maintain on its website information regarding | ||||||
24 | the examinations , at times and places prescribed by the
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25 | Agency, of which applicants shall be notified in writing .
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1 | (Source: P.A. 86-1363.)
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2 | (225 ILCS 230/1010) (from Ch. 111, par. 7860)
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3 | Sec. 1010. Certificates.
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4 | (a) The Solid Waste Site Operator
Certificate shall | ||||||
5 | certify the competency of the applicant within the class
of | ||||||
6 | the certificate issued, and shall show the full name of the | ||||||
7 | applicant,
have an identifying number, and be signed by the | ||||||
8 | Director.
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9 | (b) Certificates shall be issued for a period of 3 years, | ||||||
10 | with the
expiration date being 3 years from the first day of | ||||||
11 | October of the calendar
year in which the certificate is | ||||||
12 | issued.
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13 | (c) Every 3 years, on or before the October 1 expiration, a | ||||||
14 | certified
solid waste site operator shall renew his | ||||||
15 | certificate of competency and pay
the required renewal fee. A | ||||||
16 | grace period for renewal will be granted until
November 1 of | ||||||
17 | that year before the reinstatement penalty is assessed.
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18 | (d) At the time of certificate renewal, the applicant | ||||||
19 | shall certify the completion of 15 hours of continuing | ||||||
20 | education covering the operation of landfills during the | ||||||
21 | preceding 3 years. Continuing education used to satisfy this | ||||||
22 | subsection must be approved by the Agency and must cover the | ||||||
23 | design, operation, and maintenance of sanitary landfills as | ||||||
24 | set forth in Section 1006 of this Act, and for certificates | ||||||
25 | that include a special waste endorsement, continuing education |
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1 | must cover the operation of landfills relative to the | ||||||
2 | acceptance and disposal of special wastes demonstrate
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3 | competency in the same manner as a new applicant .
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4 | (Source: P.A. 86-1363.)
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5 | (225 ILCS 230/1011) (from Ch. 111, par. 7861)
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6 | Sec. 1011. Fees.
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7 | (a) Fees for the issuance or renewal of a Solid
Waste Site | ||||||
8 | Operator Certificate shall be as follows:
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9 | (1)(A) $400 for issuance or renewal for Class A Solid | ||||||
10 | Waste Site
Operators; | ||||||
11 | (B) (blank); and $200 for issuance or renewal for | ||||||
12 | Class B Solid Waste Site
Operators; and | ||||||
13 | (C) $100 for issuance or renewal for special waste | ||||||
14 | endorsements.
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15 | (2) If the fee for renewal is not paid within the grace | ||||||
16 | period the
above fees for renewal shall each be increased by $ | ||||||
17 | 50.
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18 | (b) (Blank). Before the effective date of this amendatory | ||||||
19 | Act of the 98th General Assembly, all fees collected by the | ||||||
20 | Agency under this Section shall be
deposited into the | ||||||
21 | Hazardous Waste Occupational Licensing Fund. The Agency
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22 | authorized to use monies in the Hazardous Waste Occupational | ||||||
23 | Licensing Fund to perform its functions, powers,
and duties | ||||||
24 | under this Section.
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25 | (c) All On and after the effective date of this amendatory |
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1 | Act of the 98th General Assembly, all fees collected by the | ||||||
2 | Agency under this Section shall be deposited into the | ||||||
3 | Environmental Protection Permit and Inspection Fund to be used | ||||||
4 | in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of Section | ||||||
5 | 22.8 of the Environmental Protection Act. | ||||||
6 | (Source: P.A. 98-692, eff. 7-1-14; 98-822, eff. 8-1-14.)
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7 | Section 10. The Illinois Oil and Gas Act is amended by | ||||||
8 | changing Sections 1, 8c, 14, and 19.7 and by adding Section 8e | ||||||
9 | as follows:
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10 | (225 ILCS 725/1) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 5401)
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11 | Sec. 1.
Unless the context otherwise requires, the words | ||||||
12 | defined in this
Section have the following meanings as used in | ||||||
13 | this Act.
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14 | "Person" means any natural person, corporation, | ||||||
15 | association,
partnership, governmental agency or other legal | ||||||
16 | entity, receiver, trustee,
guardian, executor, administrator, | ||||||
17 | fiduciary or representative of any kind.
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18 | "Oil" means natural crude oil or petroleum and other | ||||||
19 | hydrocarbons,
regardless of gravity, which are produced at the | ||||||
20 | well in liquid form by
ordinary production methods or by the | ||||||
21 | use of an oil and gas separator and
which are not the result of | ||||||
22 | condensation of gas after it leaves the
underground reservoir.
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23 | "Gas" means all natural gas, including casinghead gas, and | ||||||
24 | all other
natural hydrocarbons not defined above as oil.
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1 | "Pool" means a natural, underground reservoir containing | ||||||
2 | in whole or in
part, a natural accumulation of oil or gas, or | ||||||
3 | both. Each productive zone
or stratum of a general structure, | ||||||
4 | which is completely separated from any
other zone or stratum | ||||||
5 | in the structure, is deemed a separate "pool" as used
herein.
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6 | "Field" means the same general surface area which is | ||||||
7 | underlaid or
appears to be underlaid by one or more pools.
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8 | "Permit" means the Department's written authorization | ||||||
9 | allowing a well
to be drilled, deepened, converted, or | ||||||
10 | operated by an owner.
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11 | "Permittee" means the owner holding or required to hold | ||||||
12 | the
permit, and
who is also responsible for paying assessments | ||||||
13 | in accordance with Section
19.7 of this Act and, where | ||||||
14 | applicable, executing and filing the bond
associated with the | ||||||
15 | well as principal and who is responsible for compliance
with | ||||||
16 | all statutory and regulatory requirements pertaining to the | ||||||
17 | well.
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18 | When the right and responsibility for operating a well is | ||||||
19 | vested in a
receiver or trustee appointed by a court of | ||||||
20 | competent jurisdiction, the
permit shall be issued to the | ||||||
21 | receiver or trustee.
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22 | "Orphan Well" means a well for which: (1) no fee | ||||||
23 | assessment under
Section 19.7 of this Act has been paid or no | ||||||
24 | other bond coverage has been
provided for 2 consecutive years; | ||||||
25 | (2) no oil or gas has been produced from
the well or from the | ||||||
26 | lease or unit on which the well is located for 2
consecutive |
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1 | years; and (3) no permittee or owner can be identified or
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2 | located by the Department. Orphaned wells include wells that | ||||||
3 | may have been
drilled for purposes other than those for which a | ||||||
4 | permit is required under
this Act if the well is a conduit for | ||||||
5 | oil or salt water intrusions into
fresh water zones or onto the | ||||||
6 | surface which may be caused by oil and gas
operations.
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7 | "Owner" means the person who has the right to drill into | ||||||
8 | and produce
from any pool, and to appropriate the production | ||||||
9 | either for the person or for
the person and another, or others, | ||||||
10 | or solely for others, excluding the
mineral owner's royalty if
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11 | the right to drill and produce has been granted under an oil | ||||||
12 | and gas lease.
An owner may also be a person granted the right | ||||||
13 | to drill and operate an
injection (Class II UIC) well | ||||||
14 | independent of the right to drill for and produce
oil or gas. | ||||||
15 | When the right to drill, produce, and appropriate production | ||||||
16 | is
held by more than one person, then all persons holding these | ||||||
17 | rights may
designate the owner by a written operating | ||||||
18 | agreement or similar written
agreement. In the absence of such | ||||||
19 | an agreement, and subject to the provisions
of Sections 22.2 | ||||||
20 | and 23.1 through 23.16 of this Act, the owner shall be the
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21 | person designated in writing by a majority in interest of the | ||||||
22 | persons holding
these rights.
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23 | "Department" means the Department of Natural Resources.
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24 | "Director" means the Director of Natural Resources.
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25 | "Mining Board" means the State Mining Board in the | ||||||
26 | Department of Natural
Resources, Office of Mines
and Minerals.
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1 | "Mineral Owner's Royalty" means the share of oil and gas | ||||||
2 | production
reserved in an oil and gas lease free of all costs | ||||||
3 | by an owner of the
minerals whether denominated royalty or | ||||||
4 | overriding royalty.
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5 | "Waste" means "physical waste" as that term is generally | ||||||
6 | understood in
the oil and gas industry, and further includes:
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7 | (1) the locating, drilling, and producing of any oil | ||||||
8 | or gas well or wells
drilled contrary to the valid order, | ||||||
9 | rules and regulations adopted by the
Department under the | ||||||
10 | provisions of this Act;
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11 | (2) permitting the migration of oil, gas, or water | ||||||
12 | from the stratum in
which it is found, into other strata, | ||||||
13 | thereby ultimately resulting in the
loss of recoverable | ||||||
14 | oil, gas or both;
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15 | (3) the drowning with water of any stratum or part | ||||||
16 | thereof capable of
producing oil or gas, except for | ||||||
17 | secondary recovery purposes;
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18 | (4) the unreasonable damage to underground, fresh or | ||||||
19 | mineral water
supply, workable coal seams, or other | ||||||
20 | mineral deposits in the operations
for the discovery, | ||||||
21 | development, production, or handling of oil and gas;
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22 | (5) the unnecessary or excessive surface loss or | ||||||
23 | destruction of oil or
gas resulting from evaporation, | ||||||
24 | seepage, leakage or fire, especially such
loss or | ||||||
25 | destruction incident to or resulting from the escape of | ||||||
26 | gas into
the open air in excessive or unreasonable |
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1 | amounts, provided, however,
it shall not be unlawful for | ||||||
2 | the operator
or owner of any well producing both oil and | ||||||
3 | gas to burn such gas in flares
when such gas is, under the | ||||||
4 | other provisions of this Act, lawfully
produced, and where | ||||||
5 | there is no market at the well for such escaping gas;
and | ||||||
6 | where the same is used for the extraction of casinghead | ||||||
7 | gas, it shall
not be unlawful for the operator of the plant | ||||||
8 | after the process of
extraction is completed, to burn such | ||||||
9 | residue in flares when there is no
market at such plant for | ||||||
10 | such residue gas;
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11 | (6) permitting unnecessary fire hazards;
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12 | (7) permitting unnecessary damage to or destruction of | ||||||
13 | the surface,
soil, animal, fish or aquatic life or | ||||||
14 | property from oil or gas operations.
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15 | "Drilling Unit" means the surface area allocated by an | ||||||
16 | order or
regulation of the Department to the drilling of a | ||||||
17 | single well for the
production of oil or gas from an individual | ||||||
18 | pool.
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19 | "Enhanced Recovery Method" means any method used in an | ||||||
20 | effort to
recover hydrocarbons from a pool by injection of | ||||||
21 | fluids, gases or other
substances to maintain, restore or | ||||||
22 | augment natural reservoir energy, or by
introducing immiscible | ||||||
23 | or miscible gases, chemicals, other substances or
heat or by | ||||||
24 | in-situ combustion, or by any combination thereof.
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25 | "Well-Site Equipment" means any production-related | ||||||
26 | equipment or materials
specific to the well, including motors, |
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1 | pumps, pump jacks, tanks, tank
batteries, separators, | ||||||
2 | compressors, casing, tubing, and rods.
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3 | "Temporary abandonment status" means a well that has | ||||||
4 | received an authorization for temporary abandonment status | ||||||
5 | from the Department. | ||||||
6 | (Source: P.A. 99-78, eff. 7-20-15.)
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7 | (225 ILCS 725/8c) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 5414.1)
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8 | Sec. 8c.
(a) No person shall operate a liquid oil field
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9 | waste transportation system without a liquid oil field waste | ||||||
10 | transportation
permit. The liquid oil field waste transporter | ||||||
11 | assumes legal
responsibility for the liquid oil field waste | ||||||
12 | when it first enters the
liquid oil field waste transportation | ||||||
13 | system, until it is disposed of in a
manner authorized and | ||||||
14 | approved by the Department.
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15 | (b) No person shall engage, employ or contract with any | ||||||
16 | other person
except a permittee under this Section, to remove | ||||||
17 | liquid oil field
waste from his premises.
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18 | (c) Every person who engages, employs or contracts with | ||||||
19 | any other person
to remove liquid oil field waste from his | ||||||
20 | premises shall maintain detailed
records of all such liquid | ||||||
21 | oil field waste removal effectuated on forms
provided by the | ||||||
22 | Department and shall submit such information in such
detail | ||||||
23 | and with such frequency, as the Department may require.
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24 | (d) Before engaging in the business of removing liquid oil | ||||||
25 | field
waste from the on-site collection point, a person shall |
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1 | apply for and
obtain a permit from the Department. The | ||||||
2 | application shall be accompanied
by a permit fee of $150 $100 | ||||||
3 | and by a surety bond covering the period and any
renewal | ||||||
4 | thereof for which the permit is issued by a surety company
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5 | registered in the State, to indemnify the Department for the | ||||||
6 | abatement of
pollution of waters which result from any | ||||||
7 | improper disposal of liquid oil
field waste by the permittee. | ||||||
8 | The bonds shall be $10,000. The Department
shall be the | ||||||
9 | obligee and the bond shall be for the benefit and purpose to
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10 | indemnify the State for the elimination of harmful or nuisance | ||||||
11 | conditions
and for the abatement of any pollution of waters | ||||||
12 | which result from the
improper disposal of liquid oil field | ||||||
13 | waste by the permittee.
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14 | In lieu of the surety bond, the applicant may provide | ||||||
15 | cash,
certificates of deposit, or irrevocable letters of | ||||||
16 | credit under such terms
and conditions as the Department may | ||||||
17 | provide by rule.
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18 | The surety of any bond posted for the issuance of a liquid | ||||||
19 | oil
field waste transportation permit, upon 30 days notice in | ||||||
20 | writing to the
Department and to the permittee, may cancel any | ||||||
21 | such bond, but such
cancellation shall not affect any rights | ||||||
22 | which shall have accrued on the
bond before the effective date | ||||||
23 | of the cancellation.
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24 | (e) If the Department, after such investigation as it | ||||||
25 | deems necessary,
is satisfied that the applicant has the | ||||||
26 | qualifications, experience,
reputation, and equipment to |
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1 | perform the services in a manner not
detrimental to the public | ||||||
2 | interest, in a way that will not cause unlawful
pollution of | ||||||
3 | the waters of the State and meets the bonding requirements of
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4 | subsection (d), it shall issue a permit to the applicant.
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5 | (f) (1) All trucks or other vehicles used to transport or | ||||||
6 | carry liquid
oil field waste shall carry a permit issued | ||||||
7 | by the Department for
inspection by its representative or | ||||||
8 | any law enforcement agent. The
application for the vehicle | ||||||
9 | permit shall state the make, model and year of
the vehicle | ||||||
10 | as well as the capacity of the tank used in transporting | ||||||
11 | liquid
oil field waste and such other information as the | ||||||
12 | Department requires. Each
application shall be accompanied | ||||||
13 | by a biennial permit fee of $150 $100
for each vehicle | ||||||
14 | sought to be licensed, payable to the State, and if the
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15 | Department, after such investigation as it deems | ||||||
16 | necessary, finds the truck
or vehicle and equipment is | ||||||
17 | proper and adequate for the purpose, it shall
issue a | ||||||
18 | permit for the use of the vehicle. The permit is not | ||||||
19 | transferable
from one vehicle to another. The vehicle | ||||||
20 | permit number shall be printed on
a decal furnished by the | ||||||
21 | Department which shall designate the years for
which the | ||||||
22 | permit was issued. This decal shall be affixed to the | ||||||
23 | upper
right hand corner of the inside of the windshield.
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24 | (2) All vehicle permits shall be valid for 2 years. | ||||||
25 | Application for
renewal of a permit must be made 30 days | ||||||
26 | prior to the expiration date of
the permit. The fee for |
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1 | renewal shall be the same as for the original permit.
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2 | (g) (1) The tank shall be kept tightly closed in transit, | ||||||
3 | to prevent
the escape of contents.
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4 | (2) The permittee shall dispose of all liquid oil | ||||||
5 | field waste
in conformance with the provisions of this | ||||||
6 | Section.
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7 | (3) The permittee shall not dispose of liquid oil | ||||||
8 | field waste
onto or into the ground except at locations | ||||||
9 | specifically approved
and permitted by the Department. No | ||||||
10 | liquid oil field waste shall
be placed in a location where | ||||||
11 | it could enter any public or
private drain, pond, stream | ||||||
12 | or other body of surface or ground water.
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13 | (h) Any person who violates or refuses to comply with any | ||||||
14 | of the provisions
of this Section shall be subject to the | ||||||
15 | provisions of Sections 8a and
19.1 of this Act. In addition, | ||||||
16 | any person who gathers, handles, transports,
or disposes of | ||||||
17 | liquid oil field waste without a liquid oil field waste
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18 | transportation permit or utilizes the services of an | ||||||
19 | unpermitted person
shall upon conviction thereof by a court of | ||||||
20 | competent jurisdiction be fined
not less than $2,000 for a | ||||||
21 | violation and costs of prosecution, and in
default of payment | ||||||
22 | of fine and costs, imprisoned for not less than 10 days
nor | ||||||
23 | more than 30 days. When the violation is of a continuing | ||||||
24 | nature, each
day upon which a violation occurs is a separate | ||||||
25 | offense.
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26 | (i) For the purposes of this Section:
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1 | (1) "Liquid oil field waste" means oil field
brines, | ||||||
2 | tank and pit bottom sediments, and drilling and completion
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3 | fluids, to the extent those wastes are now or hereafter | ||||||
4 | exempt from the
provisions of Subtitle C of the federal | ||||||
5 | Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act of 1976.
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6 | (2) "Liquid oil field waste transportation system" | ||||||
7 | means all trucks
and other motor vehicles used to gather, | ||||||
8 | handle or transport liquid oil
field waste from the point | ||||||
9 | of any surface on-site collection to any
subsequent | ||||||
10 | off-site storage, utilization or disposal.
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11 | (Source: P.A. 87-744.)
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12 | (225 ILCS 725/8e new) | ||||||
13 | Sec. 8e. Temporary abandonment status fees. | ||||||
14 | (a) The Department shall assess and collect annual fees of | ||||||
15 | $100 per well for each well that is in temporary abandonment | ||||||
16 | status. | ||||||
17 | (b) All annual fees collected pursuant to subsection (a) | ||||||
18 | shall be deposited as follows: | ||||||
19 | (1) one-half of all such fees shall be placed in the | ||||||
20 | Plugging and Restoration Fund; and | ||||||
21 | (2) one-half of all such fees shall be placed in the | ||||||
22 | Landowner Grant Program.
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23 | (225 ILCS 725/14) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 5420)
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24 | Sec. 14.
Each application for a permit to drill, deepen, |
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1 | convert,
or amend shall be accompanied by the required fee of | ||||||
2 | $400 , not to exceed $300, which
the Department shall establish | ||||||
3 | by rule . The fee for an application for a permit to oil lease | ||||||
4 | road shall be $150. A fee of $75 for the first 100 wells and | ||||||
5 | $50 for each well in excess of 100 of $50 per well shall be | ||||||
6 | paid by
the new owner for each transfer of well ownership. | ||||||
7 | Except for the
assessments required to be deposited in the | ||||||
8 | Plugging and Restoration Fund
under Section 19.7 of this Act | ||||||
9 | and any other deposits required to be deposited in the | ||||||
10 | Plugging and Restoration Fund under this Act , all fees | ||||||
11 | assessed and collected under this
Act shall be deposited in | ||||||
12 | the Underground Resources Conservation Enforcement
Fund. The | ||||||
13 | monies deposited into the Plugging and Restoration Fund or the | ||||||
14 | Underground Resources Conservation Enforcement Fund under this | ||||||
15 | Section shall not be subject to administrative charges or | ||||||
16 | chargebacks unless otherwise authorized by this Act. | ||||||
17 | On and after July 1, 2022, any fees that are created by or | ||||||
18 | increased by this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly | ||||||
19 | in this Section shall be deposited into the Plugging and | ||||||
20 | Restoration Fund.
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21 | (Source: P.A. 97-1136, eff. 1-1-13.)
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22 | (225 ILCS 725/19.7) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 5430.2)
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23 | Sec. 19.7.
The Department shall assess and collect annual | ||||||
24 | well fees from each
permittee in the amount of $100 $75 per | ||||||
25 | well for the first 100 wells and a $75 $50 fee for each well in |
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1 | excess of 100 for which a permit is required under this Act.
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2 | Fees shall be assessed for each calendar year commencing | ||||||
3 | in 1991 for all
wells of record as of July 1, 1991 and July 1 | ||||||
4 | of each year thereafter. The
fees assessed by the Department | ||||||
5 | under this Section are in addition to any
other fees required | ||||||
6 | by law. All fees assessed under this Section shall be
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7 | submitted to the Department no later than 30 days from the date | ||||||
8 | listed on
the annual fee assessment letter sent to the | ||||||
9 | permittee. Of the fees
assessed and collected by the | ||||||
10 | Department each year under this Section, 50%
shall be | ||||||
11 | deposited into the Underground Resources Conservation | ||||||
12 | Enforcement
Fund, and 50% shall be deposited into the Plugging | ||||||
13 | and Restoration Fund
unless, total fees assessed and collected | ||||||
14 | for any calendar year exceed
$1,500,000; then, $750,000 shall | ||||||
15 | be deposited into the Underground
Resources Conservation | ||||||
16 | Enforcement Fund and the balance of the fees
assessed and | ||||||
17 | collected shall be deposited into the Plugging and Restoration
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18 | Fund. Upon request of the Department to the Comptroller and | ||||||
19 | Treasurer, the
Comptroller and Treasurer shall make any | ||||||
20 | interfund transfers necessary to
effect the allocations | ||||||
21 | required by this Section.
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22 | The monies deposited into the Plugging and Restoration | ||||||
23 | Fund or the Underground Resources Conservation Enforcement | ||||||
24 | Fund under this Section shall not be subject to administrative | ||||||
25 | charges or chargebacks unless otherwise authorized by this | ||||||
26 | Act. |
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1 | (Source: P.A. 97-1136, eff. 1-1-13.)".
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