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    AN ACT concerning safety.
  
 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
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    Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended  by 
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adding Section 17.10 as follows:
 
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    (415 ILCS 5/17.10 new)
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    Sec. 17.10. Carcinogenic volatile organic compounds in 
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community water systems.
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    (a) (1) Findings. The General Assembly finds that 
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    carcinogenic volatile organic compounds have been detected 
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    in a number of community water systems in this State.  The 
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    General Assembly further finds that it is in the best 
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    interest of the people of the State of Illinois to require 
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    owners and operators of community water systems to remove 
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    carcinogenic volatile organic compounds from finished 
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    water before their maximum contaminant levels are 
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    exceeded.
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        (2) Purpose. The purpose of this Section is to prevent 
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    carcinogenic volatile organic compounds from exceeding 
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    their maximum contaminant levels in the finished water of 
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    community water systems by requiring owners and operators 
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    of community water systems to take appropriate action when 
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    carcinogenic volatile organic compounds are detected in 
 


 






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    finished water.
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    (b) For purposes of this Section:
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        (1) "Carcinogen" means carcinogen as defined in 
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    Section 58.2 of this Act.
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        (2) "Community water system", "finished water", 
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    "maximum contaminant level", "method detection limit", and 
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    "volatile organic compound" shall have the meanings 
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    ascribed to them in rules adopted by the Board at Part 611 
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    of Title 35 of the Illinois Administrative Code.
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    (c) If a carcinogenic volatile organic compound is detected 
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in the finished water of a community water system at a 
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concentration that equals or exceeds 50 percent of the 
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carcinogenic volatile organic compound's maximum contaminant 
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level and the Agency issues a notice under subdivision 
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(a)(2)(B) of Section 25d-3 of this Act based on the presence of 
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the carcinogenic volatile organic compound, the owner or 
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operator of the community water system shall, within 45 days 
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after the date the Agency issues the notice under subdivision 
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(a)(2)(B) of Section 25d-3 of this Act, submit to the Agency a 
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response plan designed to (i) prevent an exceedence of the 
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maximum contaminant level in the finished water and (ii) reduce 
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the concentration of the carcinogenic volatile organic 
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compound so that it does not exceed the applicable method 
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detection limit in the finished water.  The response plan shall 
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also include periodic sampling designed to measure and verify 
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the effectiveness of the response plan.
 


 






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        (1) Upon Agency approval of the plan, with or without 
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    modifications, the owner or operator of the community water 
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    system shall implement the plan. In approving, modifying, 
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    or denying a plan required under this Section, the Agency 
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    shall take into account the technical feasibility and 
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    economic reasonableness of the plan and any modification to 
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    the plan. The owner or operator shall submit status reports 
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    on the plan's implementation in accordance with a schedule 
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    approved by the Agency.  Upon completion of the plan the 
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    owner or operator shall submit to the Agency for review and 
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    approval a response completion report.
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        (2) Any action by the Agency to disapprove or modify a 
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    plan or report required under this Section shall be subject 
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    to appeal to the Board in accordance with the procedures of 
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    Section 40 of this Act.
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    (d)(1) No person required to submit a response plan under 
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subsection (c) of this Section shall fail to submit the plan in 
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accordance with the requirements of subsection (c). 
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        (2) No person required to implement a response plan 
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    under subdivision (c)(1) of this Section shall fail to 
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    implement the plan in accordance with the requirements of 
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    subdivision (c)(1). 
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        (3) No person required to submit a status report or a 
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    response completion report under subdivision(c)(1) of this 
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    Section shall fail to submit the report in accordance with 
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    the requirements of subdivision (c)(1). 
 
 
 


 






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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.