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	1	+	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2366 Introduced , by Rep. Barbara Hernandez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 415 ILCS 5/4 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1004 Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that the Agency shall (rather than may) adopt rules requiring the electronic submission of any information required to be submitted to the Agency pursuant to any State or federal law or regulation or any court or Board order. Requires the rules adopted under this provision to take effect no later than January 1, 2030. LRB104 08969 BDA 19024 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2366 Introduced , by Rep. Barbara Hernandez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 415 ILCS 5/4 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1004 415 ILCS 5/4 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1004 Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that the Agency shall (rather than may) adopt rules requiring the electronic submission of any information required to be submitted to the Agency pursuant to any State or federal law or regulation or any court or Board order. Requires the rules adopted under this provision to take effect no later than January 1, 2030. LRB104 08969 BDA 19024 b LRB104 08969 BDA 19024 b A BILL FOR
	2	+	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2366 Introduced , by Rep. Barbara Hernandez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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	5	+	Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that the Agency shall (rather than may) adopt rules requiring the electronic submission of any information required to be submitted to the Agency pursuant to any State or federal law or regulation or any court or Board order. Requires the rules adopted under this provision to take effect no later than January 1, 2030.
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3	11		1 AN ACT concerning safety.
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 4 as follows:
8	16		6 (415 ILCS 5/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1004)
9	17		7 Sec. 4. Environmental Protection Agency; establishment;
10	18		8 duties.
11	19		9 (a) There is established in the Executive Branch of the
12	20		10 State Government an agency to be known as the Environmental
13	21		11 Protection Agency. This Agency shall be under the supervision
14	22		12 and direction of a Director who shall be appointed by the
15	23		13 Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. The term of
16	24		14 office of the Director shall expire on the third Monday of
17	25		15 January in odd numbered years, provided that he or she shall
18	26		16 hold office until a successor is appointed and has qualified.
19	27		17 For terms beginning after January 18, 2019 (the effective date
20	28		18 of Public Act 100-1179) and before January 16, 2023, the
21	29		19 Director's annual salary shall be an amount equal to 15% more
22	30		20 than the Director's annual salary as of December 31, 2018. The
23	31		21 calculation of the 2018 salary base for this adjustment shall
24	32		22 not include any cost of living adjustments, as authorized by
25	33		23 Senate Joint Resolution 192 of the 86th General Assembly, for
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	37	+	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2366 Introduced , by Rep. Barbara Hernandez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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	40	+	Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that the Agency shall (rather than may) adopt rules requiring the electronic submission of any information required to be submitted to the Agency pursuant to any State or federal law or regulation or any court or Board order. Requires the rules adopted under this provision to take effect no later than January 1, 2030.
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34	68		1 the period beginning July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2019. Beginning
35	69		2 July 1, 2019 and each July 1 thereafter, the Director shall
36	70		3 receive an increase in salary based on a cost of living
37	71		4 adjustment as authorized by Senate Joint Resolution 192 of the
38	72		5 86th General Assembly. Notwithstanding any other provision of
39	73		6 law, for terms beginning on or after January 16, 2023, the
40	74		7 Director shall receive an annual salary of $180,000 or as set
41	75		8 by the Governor, whichever is higher. On July 1, 2023, and on
42	76		9 each July 1 thereafter, the Director shall receive an increase
43	77		10 in salary based on a cost of living adjustment as authorized by
44	78		11 Senate Joint Resolution 192 of the 86th General Assembly. The
45	79		12 Director, in accord with the Personnel Code, shall employ and
46	80		13 direct such personnel, and shall provide for such laboratory
47	81		14 and other facilities, as may be necessary to carry out the
48	82		15 purposes of this Act. In addition, the Director may by
49	83		16 agreement secure such services as he or she may deem necessary
50	84		17 from any other department, agency, or unit of the State
51	85		18 Government, and may employ and compensate such consultants and
52	86		19 technical assistants as may be required.
53	87		20 (b) The Agency shall have the duty to collect and
54	88		21 disseminate such information, acquire such technical data, and
55	89		22 conduct such experiments as may be required to carry out the
56	90		23 purposes of this Act, including ascertainment of the quantity
57	91		24 and nature of discharges from any contaminant source and data
58	92		25 on those sources, and to operate and arrange for the operation
59	93		26 of devices for the monitoring of environmental quality.
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70	104		1 (c) The Agency shall have authority to conduct a program
71	105		2 of continuing surveillance and of regular or periodic
72	106		3 inspection of actual or potential contaminant or noise
73	107		4 sources, of public water supplies, and of refuse disposal
74	108		5 sites.
75	109		6 (d) In accordance with constitutional limitations, the
76	110		7 Agency shall have authority to enter at all reasonable times
77	111		8 upon any private or public property for the purpose of:
78	112		9 (1) Inspecting and investigating to ascertain possible
79	113		10 violations of this Act, any rule or regulation adopted
80	114		11 under this Act, any permit or term or condition of a
81	115		12 permit, or any Board order; or
82	116		13 (2) In accordance with the provisions of this Act,
83	117		14 taking whatever preventive or corrective action, including
84	118		15 but not limited to removal or remedial action, that is
85	119		16 necessary or appropriate whenever there is a release or a
86	120		17 substantial threat of a release of (A) a hazardous
87	121		18 substance or pesticide or (B) petroleum from an
88	122		19 underground storage tank.
89	123		20 (e) The Agency shall have the duty to investigate
90	124		21 violations of this Act, any rule or regulation adopted under
91	125		22 this Act, any permit or term or condition of a permit, or any
92	126		23 Board order; to issue administrative citations as provided in
93	127		24 Section 31.1 of this Act; and to take such summary enforcement
94	128		25 action as is provided for by Section 34 of this Act.
95	129		26 (f) The Agency shall appear before the Board in any
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106	140		1 hearing upon a petition for variance or time-limited water
107	141		2 quality standard, the denial of a permit, or the validity or
108	142		3 effect of a rule or regulation of the Board, and shall have the
109	143		4 authority to appear before the Board in any hearing under the
110	144		5 Act.
111	145		6 (g) The Agency shall have the duty to administer, in
112	146		7 accord with Title X of this Act, such permit and certification
113	147		8 systems as may be established by this Act or by regulations
114	148		9 adopted thereunder. The Agency may enter into written
115	149		10 delegation agreements with any department, agency, or unit of
116	150		11 State or local government under which all or portions of this
117	151		12 duty may be delegated for public water supply storage and
118	152		13 transport systems, sewage collection and transport systems,
119	153		14 air pollution control sources with uncontrolled emissions of
120	154		15 100 tons per year or less and application of algicides to
121	155		16 waters of the State. Such delegation agreements will require
122	156		17 that the work to be performed thereunder will be in accordance
123	157		18 with Agency criteria, subject to Agency review, and shall
124	158		19 include such financial and program auditing by the Agency as
125	159		20 may be required.
126	160		21 (h) The Agency shall have authority to require the
127	161		22 submission of complete plans and specifications from any
128	162		23 applicant for a permit required by this Act or by regulations
129	163		24 thereunder, and to require the submission of such reports
130	164		25 regarding actual or potential violations of this Act, any rule
131	165		26 or regulation adopted under this Act, any permit or term or
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142	176		1 condition of a permit, or any Board order, as may be necessary
143	177		2 for the purposes of this Act.
144	178		3 (i) The Agency shall have authority to make
145	179		4 recommendations to the Board for the adoption of regulations
146	180		5 under Title VII of the Act.
147	181		6 (j) The Agency shall have the duty to represent the State
148	182		7 of Illinois in any and all matters pertaining to plans,
149	183		8 procedures, or negotiations for interstate compacts or other
150	184		9 governmental arrangements relating to environmental
151	185		10 protection.
152	186		11 (k) The Agency shall have the authority to accept,
153	187		12 receive, and administer on behalf of the State any grants,
154	188		13 gifts, loans, indirect cost reimbursements, or other funds
155	189		14 made available to the State from any source for purposes of
156	190		15 this Act or for air or water pollution control, public water
157	191		16 supply, solid waste disposal, noise abatement, or other
158	192		17 environmental protection activities, surveys, or programs. Any
159	193		18 federal funds received by the Agency pursuant to this
160	194		19 subsection shall be deposited in a trust fund with the State
161	195		20 Treasurer and held and disbursed by him in accordance with
162	196		21 Treasurer as Custodian of Funds Act, provided that such monies
163	197		22 shall be used only for the purposes for which they are
164	198		23 contributed and any balance remaining shall be returned to the
165	199		24 contributor.
166	200		25 The Agency is authorized to promulgate such regulations
167	201		26 and enter into such contracts as it may deem necessary for
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178	212		1 carrying out the provisions of this subsection.
179	213		2 (l) The Agency is hereby designated as water pollution
180	214		3 agency for the state for all purposes of the Federal Water
181	215		4 Pollution Control Act, as amended; as implementing agency for
182	216		5 the State for all purposes of the Safe Drinking Water Act,
183	217		6 Public Law 93-523, as now or hereafter amended, except Section
184	218		7 1425 of that Act; as air pollution agency for the state for all
185	219		8 purposes of the Clean Air Act of 1970, Public Law 91-604,
186	220		9 approved December 31, 1970, as amended; and as solid waste
187	221		10 agency for the state for all purposes of the Solid Waste
188	222		11 Disposal Act, Public Law 89-272, approved October 20, 1965,
189	223		12 and amended by the Resource Recovery Act of 1970, Public Law
190	224		13 91-512, approved October 26, 1970, as amended, and amended by
191	225		14 the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, (P.L.
192	226		15 94-580) approved October 21, 1976, as amended; as noise
193	227		16 control agency for the state for all purposes of the Noise
194	228		17 Control Act of 1972, Public Law 92-574, approved October 27,
195	229		18 1972, as amended; and as implementing agency for the State for
196	230		19 all purposes of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
197	231		20 Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (P.L. 96-510), as
198	232		21 amended; and otherwise as pollution control agency for the
199	233		22 State pursuant to federal laws integrated with the foregoing
200	234		23 laws, for financing purposes or otherwise. The Agency is
201	235		24 hereby authorized to take all action necessary or appropriate
202	236		25 to secure to the State the benefits of such federal Acts,
203	237		26 provided that the Agency shall transmit to the United States
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214	248		1 without change any standards adopted by the Pollution Control
215	249		2 Board pursuant to Section 5(c) of this Act. This subsection
216	250		3 (l) of Section 4 shall not be construed to bar or prohibit the
217	251		4 Environmental Protection Trust Fund Commission from accepting,
218	252		5 receiving, and administering on behalf of the State any
219	253		6 grants, gifts, loans or other funds for which the Commission
220	254		7 is eligible pursuant to the Environmental Protection Trust
221	255		8 Fund Act. The Agency is hereby designated as the State agency
222	256		9 for all purposes of administering the requirements of Section
223	257		10 313 of the federal Emergency Planning and Community
224	258		11 Right-to-Know Act of 1986.
225	259		12 Any municipality, sanitary district, or other political
226	260		13 subdivision, or any Agency of the State or interstate Agency,
227	261		14 which makes application for loans or grants under such federal
228	262		15 Acts shall notify the Agency of such application; the Agency
229	263		16 may participate in proceedings under such federal Acts.
230	264		17 (m) The Agency shall have authority, consistent with
231	265		18 Section 5(c) and other provisions of this Act, and for
232	266		19 purposes of Section 303(e) of the Federal Water Pollution
233	267		20 Control Act, as now or hereafter amended, to engage in
234	268		21 planning processes and activities and to develop plans in
235	269		22 cooperation with units of local government, state agencies and
236	270		23 officers, and other appropriate persons in connection with the
237	271		24 jurisdiction or duties of each such unit, agency, officer or
238	272		25 person. Public hearings shall be held on the planning process,
239	273		26 at which any person shall be permitted to appear and be heard,
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250	284		1 pursuant to procedural regulations promulgated by the Agency.
251	285		2 (n) In accordance with the powers conferred upon the
252	286		3 Agency by Sections 10(g), 13(b), 19, 22(d) and 25 of this Act,
253	287		4 the Agency shall have authority to establish and enforce
254	288		5 minimum standards for the operation of laboratories relating
255	289		6 to analyses and laboratory tests for air pollution, water
256	290		7 pollution, noise emissions, contaminant discharges onto land
257	291		8 and sanitary, chemical, and mineral quality of water
258	292		9 distributed by a public water supply. The Agency may enter
259	293		10 into formal working agreements with other departments or
260	294		11 agencies of state government under which all or portions of
261	295		12 this authority may be delegated to the cooperating department
262	296		13 or agency.
263	297		14 (o) The Agency shall have the authority to issue
264	298		15 certificates of competency to persons and laboratories meeting
265	299		16 the minimum standards established by the Agency in accordance
266	300		17 with Section 4(n) of this Act and to promulgate and enforce
267	301		18 regulations relevant to the issuance and use of such
268	302		19 certificates. The Agency may enter into formal working
269	303		20 agreements with other departments or agencies of state
270	304		21 government under which all or portions of this authority may
271	305		22 be delegated to the cooperating department or agency.
272	306		23 (p) Except as provided in Section 17.7, the Agency shall
273	307		24 have the duty to analyze samples as required from each public
274	308		25 water supply to determine compliance with the contaminant
275	309		26 levels specified by the Pollution Control Board. The maximum
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287	321		2 analyze for microbiological quality shall be 6 per month, but
288	322		3 the Agency may, at its option, analyze a larger number each
289	323		4 month for any supply. Results of sample analyses for
290	324		5 additional required bacteriological testing, turbidity,
291	325		6 residual chlorine and radionuclides are to be provided to the
292	326		7 Agency in accordance with Section 19. Owners of water supplies
293	327		8 may enter into agreements with the Agency to provide for
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295	329		10 (q) The Agency shall have the authority to provide notice
296	330		11 to any person who may be liable pursuant to Section 22.2(f) of
297	331		12 this Act for a release or a substantial threat of a release of
298	332		13 a hazardous substance or pesticide. Such notice shall include
299	333		14 the identified response action and an opportunity for such
300	334		15 person to perform the response action.
301	335		16 (r) The Agency may enter into written delegation
302	336		17 agreements with any unit of local government under which it
303	337		18 may delegate all or portions of its inspecting, investigating
304	338		19 and enforcement functions. Such delegation agreements shall
305	339		20 require that work performed thereunder be in accordance with
306	340		21 Agency criteria and subject to Agency review. Notwithstanding
307	341		22 any other provision of law to the contrary, no unit of local
308	342		23 government shall be liable for any injury resulting from the
309	343		24 exercise of its authority pursuant to such a delegation
310	344		25 agreement unless the injury is proximately caused by the
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322	356		1 unit of local government, and any policy of insurance coverage
323	357		2 issued to a unit of local government may provide for the denial
324	358		3 of liability and the nonpayment of claims based upon injuries
325	359		4 for which the unit of local government is not liable pursuant
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328	362		7 preventive or corrective action is necessary or appropriate,
329	363		8 including but not limited to expenditure of monies
330	364		9 appropriated from the Build Illinois Bond Fund for removal or
331	365		10 remedial action, whenever any hazardous substance or pesticide
332	366		11 is released or there is a substantial threat of such a release
333	367		12 into the environment. The State, the Director, and any State
334	368		13 employee shall be indemnified for any damages or injury
335	369		14 arising out of or resulting from any action taken under this
336	370		15 subsection. The Director of the Agency is authorized to enter
337	371		16 into such contracts and agreements as are necessary to carry
338	372		17 out the Agency's duties under this subsection.
339	373		18 (t) The Agency shall have authority to distribute grants,
340	374		19 subject to appropriation by the General Assembly, to units of
341	375		20 local government for financing and construction of wastewater
342	376		21 facilities in both incorporated and unincorporated areas. With
343	377		22 respect to all monies appropriated from the Build Illinois
344	378		23 Bond Fund for wastewater facility grants, the Agency shall
345	379		24 make distributions in conformity with the rules and
346	380		25 regulations established pursuant to the Anti-Pollution Bond
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358	392		1 (u) Pursuant to the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act,
359	393		2 the Agency shall have the authority to adopt such rules as are
360	394		3 necessary or appropriate for the Agency to implement Section
361	395		4 31.1 of this Act.
362	396		5 (v) (Blank.)
363	397		6 (w) Neither the State, nor the Director, nor the Board,
364	398		7 nor any State employee shall be liable for any damages or
365	399		8 injury arising out of or resulting from any action taken under
366	400		9 subsection (s).
367	401		10 (x)(1) The Agency shall have authority to distribute
368	402		11 grants, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly, to
369	403		12 units of local government for financing and construction of
370	404		13 public water supply facilities. With respect to all monies
371	405		14 appropriated from the Build Illinois Bond Fund for public
372	406		15 water supply grants, such grants shall be made in accordance
373	407		16 with rules promulgated by the Agency. Such rules shall include
374	408		17 a requirement for a local match of 30% of the total project
375	409		18 cost for projects funded through such grants.
376	410		19 (2) The Agency shall not terminate a grant to a unit of
377	411		20 local government for the financing and construction of public
378	412		21 water supply facilities unless and until the Agency adopts
379	413		22 rules that set forth precise and complete standards, pursuant
380	414		23 to Section 5-20 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act,
381	415		24 for the termination of such grants. The Agency shall not make
382	416		25 determinations on whether specific grant conditions are
383	417		26 necessary to ensure the integrity of a project or on whether
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394	428		1 subagreements shall be awarded, with respect to grants for the
395	429		2 financing and construction of public water supply facilities,
396	430		3 unless and until the Agency adopts rules that set forth
397	431		4 precise and complete standards, pursuant to Section 5-20 of
398	432		5 the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, for making such
399	433		6 determinations. The Agency shall not issue a stop-work order
400	434		7 in relation to such grants unless and until the Agency adopts
401	435		8 precise and complete standards, pursuant to Section 5-20 of
402	436		9 the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, for determining
403	437		10 whether to issue a stop-work order.
404	438		11 (y) The Agency shall have authority to release any person
405	439		12 from further responsibility for preventive or corrective
406	440		13 action under this Act following successful completion of
407	441		14 preventive or corrective action undertaken by such person upon
408	442		15 written request by the person.
409	443		16 (z) To the extent permitted by any applicable federal law
410	444		17 or regulation, for all work performed for State construction
411	445		18 projects which are funded in whole or in part by a capital
412	446		19 infrastructure bill enacted by the 96th General Assembly by
413	447		20 sums appropriated to the Environmental Protection Agency, at
414	448		21 least 50% of the total labor hours must be performed by actual
415	449		22 residents of the State of Illinois. For purposes of this
416	450		23 subsection, "actual residents of the State of Illinois" means
417	451		24 persons domiciled in the State of Illinois. The Department of
418	452		25 Labor shall promulgate rules providing for the enforcement of
419	453		26 this subsection.
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430		-	1 (aa) The Agency shall may adopt rules requiring the
431		-	2 electronic submission of any information required to be
432		-	3 submitted to the Agency pursuant to any State or federal law or
433		-	4 regulation or any court or Board order. Any rules adopted
434		-	5 under this subsection (aa) must include, but are not limited
435		-	6 to, identification of the information to be submitted
436		-	7 electronically. The rules adopted under this subsection (aa)
437		-	8 shall take effect no later than January 1, 2030.
438		-	9 (Source: P.A. 102-1071, eff. 6-10-22; 102-1115, eff. 1-9-23;
439		-	10 103-616, eff. 7-1-24.)
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