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	1	+	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1640 Introduced , by Rep. Amy L. Grant SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 415 ILCS 5/57.7 Amends the Environmental Protection Act. In a provision regarding leaking underground storage tanks, site investigation, and corrective action, provides that any bidding process adopted to determine the reasonableness of costs of corrective action must provide for a publicly-noticed, competitive, and sealing bidding process that includes, at least 14 days prior to the date set in the invitation for the opening of bids, public notice of the invitation for bids to be published on an electronic procurement website approved by the Environmental Protection Agency (rather than only in a local paper of general circulation for the area in which the site is located). LRB104 07860 BDA 17906 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1640 Introduced , by Rep. Amy L. Grant SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 415 ILCS 5/57.7 415 ILCS 5/57.7 Amends the Environmental Protection Act. In a provision regarding leaking underground storage tanks, site investigation, and corrective action, provides that any bidding process adopted to determine the reasonableness of costs of corrective action must provide for a publicly-noticed, competitive, and sealing bidding process that includes, at least 14 days prior to the date set in the invitation for the opening of bids, public notice of the invitation for bids to be published on an electronic procurement website approved by the Environmental Protection Agency (rather than only in a local paper of general circulation for the area in which the site is located). LRB104 07860 BDA 17906 b LRB104 07860 BDA 17906 b A BILL FOR
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	5	+	Amends the Environmental Protection Act. In a provision regarding leaking underground storage tanks, site investigation, and corrective action, provides that any bidding process adopted to determine the reasonableness of costs of corrective action must provide for a publicly-noticed, competitive, and sealing bidding process that includes, at least 14 days prior to the date set in the invitation for the opening of bids, public notice of the invitation for bids to be published on an electronic procurement website approved by the Environmental Protection Agency (rather than only in a local paper of general circulation for the area in which the site is located).
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3	11		1 AN ACT concerning health.
4	12		2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
5	13		3 represented in the General Assembly:
6	14		4 Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
7	15		5 changing Section 57.7 as follows:
8	16		6 (415 ILCS 5/57.7)
9	17		7 Sec. 57.7. Leaking underground storage tanks; site
10	18		8 investigation and corrective action.
11	19		9 (a) Site investigation.
12	20		10 (1) For any site investigation activities required by
13	21		11 statute or rule, the owner or operator shall submit to the
14	22		12 Agency for approval a site investigation plan designed to
15	23		13 determine the nature, concentration, direction of
16	24		14 movement, rate of movement, and extent of the
17	25		15 contamination as well as the significant physical features
18	26		16 of the site and surrounding area that may affect
19	27		17 contaminant transport and risk to human health and safety
20	28		18 and the environment.
21	29		19 (2) Any owner or operator intending to seek payment
22	30		20 from the Fund shall submit to the Agency for approval a
23	31		21 site investigation budget that includes, but is not
24	32		22 limited to, an accounting of all costs associated with the
25	33		23 implementation and completion of the site investigation
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	40	+	Amends the Environmental Protection Act. In a provision regarding leaking underground storage tanks, site investigation, and corrective action, provides that any bidding process adopted to determine the reasonableness of costs of corrective action must provide for a publicly-noticed, competitive, and sealing bidding process that includes, at least 14 days prior to the date set in the invitation for the opening of bids, public notice of the invitation for bids to be published on an electronic procurement website approved by the Environmental Protection Agency (rather than only in a local paper of general circulation for the area in which the site is located).
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34	68		1 plan.
35	69		2 (3) Remediation objectives for the applicable
36	70		3 indicator contaminants shall be determined using the
37	71		4 tiered approach to corrective action objectives rules
38	72		5 adopted by the Board pursuant to this Title and Title XVII
39	73		6 of this Act. For the purposes of this Title, "Contaminant
40	74		7 of Concern" or "Regulated Substance of Concern" in the
41	75		8 rules means the applicable indicator contaminants set
42	76		9 forth in subsection (d) of this Section and the rules
43	77		10 adopted thereunder.
44	78		11 (4) Upon the Agency's approval of a site investigation
45	79		12 plan, or as otherwise directed by the Agency, the owner or
46	80		13 operator shall conduct a site investigation in accordance
47	81		14 with the plan.
48	82		15 (5) Within 30 days after completing the site
49	83		16 investigation, the owner or operator shall submit to the
50	84		17 Agency for approval a site investigation completion
51	85		18 report. At a minimum the report shall include all of the
52	86		19 following:
53	87		20 (A) Executive summary.
54	88		21 (B) Site history.
55	89		22 (C) Site-specific sampling methods and results.
56	90		23 (D) Documentation of all field activities,
57	91		24 including quality assurance.
58	92		25 (E) Documentation regarding the development of
59	93		26 proposed remediation objectives.
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70	104		1 (F) Interpretation of results.
71	105		2 (G) Conclusions.
72	106		3 (b) Corrective action.
73	107		4 (1) If the site investigation confirms none of the
74	108		5 applicable indicator contaminants exceed the proposed
75	109		6 remediation objectives, within 30 days after completing
76	110		7 the site investigation the owner or operator shall submit
77	111		8 to the Agency for approval a corrective action completion
78	112		9 report in accordance with this Section.
79	113		10 (2) If any of the applicable indicator contaminants
80	114		11 exceed the remediation objectives approved for the site,
81	115		12 within 30 days after the Agency approves the site
82	116		13 investigation completion report the owner or operator
83	117		14 shall submit to the Agency for approval a corrective
84	118		15 action plan designed to mitigate any threat to human
85	119		16 health, human safety, or the environment resulting from
86	120		17 the underground storage tank release. The plan shall
87	121		18 describe the selected remedy and evaluate its ability and
88	122		19 effectiveness to achieve the remediation objectives
89	123		20 approved for the site. At a minimum, the report shall
90	124		21 include all of the following:
91	125		22 (A) Executive summary.
92	126		23 (B) Statement of remediation objectives.
93	127		24 (C) Remedial technologies selected.
94	128		25 (D) Confirmation sampling plan.
95	129		26 (E) Current and projected future use of the
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106	140		1 property.
107	141		2 (F) Applicable preventive, engineering, and
108	142		3 institutional controls including long-term
109	143		4 reliability, operating, and maintenance plans, and
110	144		5 monitoring procedures.
111	145		6 (G) A schedule for implementation and completion
112	146		7 of the plan.
113	147		8 (3) Any owner or operator intending to seek payment
114	148		9 from the Fund shall submit to the Agency for approval a
115	149		10 corrective action budget that includes, but is not limited
116	150		11 to, an accounting of all costs associated with the
117	151		12 implementation and completion of the corrective action
118	152		13 plan.
119	153		14 (4) Upon the Agency's approval of a corrective action
120	154		15 plan, or as otherwise directed by the Agency, the owner or
121	155		16 operator shall proceed with corrective action in
122	156		17 accordance with the plan.
123	157		18 (5) Within 30 days after the completion of a
124	158		19 corrective action plan that achieves applicable
125	159		20 remediation objectives the owner or operator shall submit
126	160		21 to the Agency for approval a corrective action completion
127	161		22 report. The report shall demonstrate whether corrective
128	162		23 action was completed in accordance with the approved
129	163		24 corrective action plan and whether the remediation
130	164		25 objectives approved for the site, as well as any other
131	165		26 requirements of the plan, have been achieved.
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142	176		1 (6) If within 4 years after the approval of any
143	177		2 corrective action plan the applicable remediation
144	178		3 objectives have not been achieved and the owner or
145	179		4 operator has not submitted a corrective action completion
146	180		5 report, the owner or operator must submit a status report
147	181		6 for Agency review. The status report must include, but is
148	182		7 not limited to, a description of the remediation
149	183		8 activities taken to date, the effectiveness of the method
150	184		9 of remediation being used, the likelihood of meeting the
151	185		10 applicable remediation objectives using the current method
152	186		11 of remediation, and the date the applicable remediation
153	187		12 objectives are expected to be achieved.
154	188		13 (7) If the Agency determines any approved corrective
155	189		14 action plan will not achieve applicable remediation
156	190		15 objectives within a reasonable time, based upon the method
157	191		16 of remediation and site specific circumstances, the Agency
158	192		17 may require the owner or operator to submit to the Agency
159	193		18 for approval a revised corrective action plan. If the
160	194		19 owner or operator intends to seek payment from the Fund,
161	195		20 the owner or operator must also submit a revised budget.
162	196		21 (c) Agency review and approval.
163	197		22 (1) Agency approval of any plan and associated budget,
164	198		23 as described in this subsection (c), shall be considered
165	199		24 final approval for purposes of seeking and obtaining
166	200		25 payment from the Underground Storage Tank Fund if the
167	201		26 costs associated with the completion of any such plan are
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178	212		1 less than or equal to the amounts approved in such budget.
179	213		2 (2) In the event the Agency fails to approve,
180	214		3 disapprove, or modify any plan or report submitted
181	215		4 pursuant to this Title in writing within 120 days of the
182	216		5 receipt by the Agency, the plan or report shall be
183	217		6 considered to be rejected by operation of law for purposes
184	218		7 of this Title and rejected for purposes of payment from
185	219		8 the Underground Storage Tank Fund.
186	220		9 (A) For purposes of those plans as identified in
187	221		10 paragraph (5) of this subsection (c), the Agency's
188	222		11 review may be an audit procedure. Such review or audit
189	223		12 shall be consistent with the procedure for such review
190	224		13 or audit as promulgated by the Board under Section
191	225		14 57.14. The Agency has the authority to establish an
192	226		15 auditing program to verify compliance of such plans
193	227		16 with the provisions of this Title.
194	228		17 (B) For purposes of corrective action plans
195	229		18 submitted pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section
196	230		19 for which payment from the Fund is not being sought,
197	231		20 the Agency need not take action on such plan until 120
198	232		21 days after it receives the corrective action
199	233		22 completion report required under subsection (b) of
200	234		23 this Section. In the event the Agency approved the
201	235		24 plan, it shall proceed under the provisions of this
202	236		25 subsection (c).
203	237		26 (3) In approving any plan submitted pursuant to
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214	248		1 subsection (a) or (b) of this Section, the Agency shall
215	249		2 determine, by a procedure promulgated by the Board under
216	250		3 Section 57.14, that the costs associated with the plan are
217	251		4 reasonable, will be incurred in the performance of site
218	252		5 investigation or corrective action, and will not be used
219	253		6 for site investigation or corrective action activities in
220	254		7 excess of those required to meet the minimum requirements
221	255		8 of this Title. The Agency shall also determine, pursuant
222	256		9 to the Project Labor Agreements Act, whether the
223	257		10 corrective action shall include a project labor agreement
224	258		11 if payment from the Underground Storage Tank Fund is to be
225	259		12 requested.
226	260		13 (A) For purposes of payment from the Fund,
227	261		14 corrective action activities required to meet the
228	262		15 minimum requirements of this Title shall include, but
229	263		16 not be limited to, the following use of the Board's
230	264		17 Tiered Approach to Corrective Action Objectives rules
231	265		18 adopted under Title XVII of this Act:
232	266		19 (i) For the site where the release occurred,
233	267		20 the use of Tier 2 remediation objectives that are
234	268		21 no more stringent than Tier 1 remediation
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236	270		23 (ii) The use of industrial/commercial property
237	271		24 remediation objectives, unless the owner or
238	272		25 operator demonstrates that the property being
239	273		26 remediated is residential property or being
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251	285		2 (iii) The use of groundwater ordinances as
252	286		3 institutional controls in accordance with Board
253	287		4 rules.
254	288		5 (iv) The use of on-site groundwater use
255	289		6 restrictions as institutional controls in
256	290		7 accordance with Board rules.
257	291		8 (B) Any bidding process adopted under Board rules
258	292		9 to determine the reasonableness of costs of corrective
259	293		10 action must provide for a publicly-noticed,
260	294		11 competitive, and sealed bidding process that includes,
261	295		12 at a minimum, the following:
262	296		13 (i) The owner or operator must issue
263	297		14 invitations for bids that include, at a minimum, a
264	298		15 description of the work being bid and applicable
265	299		16 contractual terms and conditions. The criteria on
266	300		17 which the bids will be evaluated must be set forth
267	301		18 in the invitation for bids. The criteria may
268	302		19 include, but shall not be limited to, criteria for
269	303		20 determining acceptability, such as inspection,
270	304		21 testing, quality, workmanship, delivery, and
271	305		22 suitability for a particular purpose. Criteria
272	306		23 that will affect the bid price and be considered
273	307		24 in the evaluation of a bid, such as discounts,
274	308		25 shall be objectively measurable.
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286	320		1 the invitation for the opening of bids, public
287	321		2 notice of the invitation for bids must be
288	322		3 published in a local paper of general circulation
289	323		4 for the area in which the site is located or on an
290	324		5 electronic procurement website approved by the
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292	326		7 (iii) Bids must be opened publicly in the
293	327		8 presence of one or more witnesses at the time and
294	328		9 place designated in the invitation for bids. The
295	329		10 name of each bidder, the amount of each bid, and
296	330		11 other relevant information as specified in Board
297	331		12 rules must be recorded and submitted to the Agency
298	332		13 in the applicable budget. After selection of the
299	333		14 winning bid, the winning bid and the record of
300	334		15 each unsuccessful bid shall be open to public
301	335		16 inspection.
302	336		17 (iv) Bids must be unconditionally accepted
303	337		18 without alteration or correction. Bids must be
304	338		19 evaluated based on the requirements set forth in
305	339		20 the invitation for bids, which may include
306	340		21 criteria for determining acceptability, such as
307	341		22 inspection, testing, quality, workmanship,
308	342		23 delivery, and suitability for a particular
309	343		24 purpose. Criteria that will affect the bid price
310	344		25 and be considered in the evaluation of a bid, such
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323	357		2 criteria to be used.
324	358		3 (v) Correction or withdrawal of inadvertently
325	359		4 erroneous bids before or after selection of the
326	360		5 winning bid, or cancellation of winning bids based
327	361		6 on bid mistakes, shall be allowed in accordance
328	362		7 with Board rules. After bid opening, no changes in
329	363		8 bid prices or other provisions of bids prejudicial
330	364		9 to the owner or operator or fair competition shall
331	365		10 be allowed. All decisions to allow the correction
332	366		11 or withdrawal of bids based on bid mistakes shall
333	367		12 be supported by a written determination made by
334	368		13 the owner or operator.
335	369		14 (vi) The owner or operator shall select the
336	370		15 winning bid with reasonable promptness by written
337	371		16 notice to the lowest responsible and responsive
338	372		17 bidder whose bid meets the requirements and
339	373		18 criteria set forth in the invitation for bids. The
340	374		19 winning bid and other relevant information as
341	375		20 specified in Board rules must be recorded and
342	376		21 submitted to the Agency in the applicable budget.
343	377		22 (vii) All bidding documentation must be
344	378		23 retained by the owner or operator for a minimum of
345	379		24 3 years after the costs bid are submitted in an
346	380		25 application for payment, except that documentation
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359	393		2 years after the date of the final disposition of
360	394		3 the appeal, litigation, or other disputed claim.
361	395		4 All bidding documentation must be made available
362	396		5 to the Agency for inspection and copying during
363	397		6 normal business hours.
364	398		7 (C) Any bidding process adopted under Board rules
365	399		8 to determine the reasonableness of costs of corrective
366	400		9 action shall (i) be optional and (ii) allow bidding
367	401		10 only if the owner or operator demonstrates that
368	402		11 corrective action cannot be performed for amounts less
369	403		12 than or equal to maximum payment amounts adopted by
370	404		13 the Board.
371	405		14 (4) For any plan or report received after June 24,
372	406		15 2002, any action by the Agency to disapprove or modify a
373	407		16 plan submitted pursuant to this Title shall be provided to
374	408		17 the owner or operator in writing within 120 days of the
375	409		18 receipt by the Agency or, in the case of a site
376	410		19 investigation plan or corrective action plan for which
377	411		20 payment is not being sought, within 120 days of receipt of
378	412		21 the site investigation completion report or corrective
379	413		22 action completion report, respectively, and shall be
380	414		23 accompanied by:
381	415		24 (A) an explanation of the Sections of this Act
382	416		25 which may be violated if the plans were approved;
383	417		26 (B) an explanation of the provisions of the
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394	428		1 regulations, promulgated under this Act, which may be
395	429		2 violated if the plan were approved;
396	430		3 (C) an explanation of the specific type of
397	431		4 information, if any, which the Agency deems the
398	432		5 applicant did not provide the Agency; and
399	433		6 (D) a statement of specific reasons why the Act
400	434		7 and the regulations might not be met if the plan were
401	435		8 approved.
402	436		9 Any action by the Agency to disapprove or modify a
403	437		10 plan or report or the rejection of any plan or report by
404	438		11 operation of law shall be subject to appeal to the Board in
405	439		12 accordance with the procedures of Section 40. If the owner
406	440		13 or operator elects to incorporate modifications required
407	441		14 by the Agency rather than appeal, an amended plan shall be
408	442		15 submitted to the Agency within 35 days of receipt of the
409	443		16 Agency's written notification.
410	444		17 (5) For purposes of this Title, the term "plan" shall
411	445		18 include:
412	446		19 (A) Any site investigation plan submitted pursuant
413	447		20 to subsection (a) of this Section;
414	448		21 (B) Any site investigation budget submitted
415	449		22 pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section;
416	450		23 (C) Any corrective action plan submitted pursuant
417	451		24 to subsection (b) of this Section; or
418	452		25 (D) Any corrective action plan budget submitted
419	453		26 pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section.
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430	464		1 (d) For purposes of this Title, the term "indicator
431	465		2 contaminant" shall mean, unless and until the Board
432	466		3 promulgates regulations to the contrary, the following: (i) if
433	467		4 an underground storage tank contains gasoline, the indicator
434	468		5 parameter shall be BTEX and Benzene; (ii) if the tank
435	469		6 contained petroleum products consisting of middle distillate
436	470		7 or heavy ends, then the indicator parameter shall be
437	471		8 determined by a scan of PNA's taken from the location where
438	472		9 contamination is most likely to be present; and (iii) if the
439	473		10 tank contained used oil, then the indicator contaminant shall
440	474		11 be those chemical constituents which indicate the type of
441	475		12 petroleum stored in an underground storage tank. All
442	476		13 references in this Title to groundwater objectives shall mean
443	477		14 Class I groundwater standards or objectives as applicable.
444	478		15 (e) (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, an
445	479		16 owner or operator may proceed to conduct site
446	480		17 investigation or corrective action prior to the submittal
447	481		18 or approval of an otherwise required plan. If the owner or
448	482		19 operator elects to so proceed, an applicable plan shall be
449	483		20 filed with the Agency at any time. Such plan shall detail
450	484		21 the steps taken to determine the type of site
451	485		22 investigation or corrective action which was necessary at
452	486		23 the site along with the site investigation or corrective
453	487		24 action taken or to be taken, in addition to costs
454	488		25 associated with activities to date and anticipated costs.
455	489		26 (2) Upon receipt of a plan submitted after activities
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466		-	1 have commenced at a site, the Agency shall proceed to
467		-	2 review in the same manner as required under this Title. In
468		-	3 the event the Agency disapproves all or part of the costs,
469		-	4 the owner or operator may appeal such decision to the
470		-	5 Board. The owner or operator shall not be eligible to be
471		-	6 reimbursed for such disapproved costs unless and until the
472		-	7 Board determines that such costs were eligible for
473		-	8 payment.
474		-	9 (f) All investigations, plans, and reports conducted or
475		-	10 prepared under this Section shall be conducted or prepared
476		-	11 under the supervision of a licensed professional engineer and
477		-	12 in accordance with the requirements of this Title.
478		-	13 (Source: P.A. 98-109, eff. 7-25-13.)
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