430 ILCS 45/1
Short title
Short title. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Illinois Chemical Safety Act. (Source: P.A. 84-852.)
Illinois Compiled Statutes 430 ILCS 45 — Illinois Chemical Safety Act.
Illinois · statute · 430 ILCS 45 · 13 active provisions
Provisions
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Public policy
Public policy. (a) The General Assembly finds: (1) that the presence of chemical substances at facilities may pose potentially acute threats to human health and the environment if such substances are released into the environment; (2) that a large number and amount of these chemical substances are currently stored and…
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Definitions
Definitions. For the purposes of this Act: "Agency" means the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. "Business" means any individual, partnership, corporation, or association in the State engaged in a business operation that has 5 or more full-time employees, or 20 or more part-time employees, and that is properly a…
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Chemical Safety Contingency Plans
Chemical Safety Contingency Plans. (a) After July 1, 1986, no business shall operate a facility without a written Chemical Safety Contingency Plan unless exempted from this requirement under subsection (f) or otherwise included under the requirements of subsection (g) of this Section. At least one copy of the current p…
430 ILCS 45/4.1
Local districts
Local districts. Upon the request of any home rule unit with a population of at least 70,000, the Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall designate a local government as a local emergency planning district under the requirements of Section 301 of the federal Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986…
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Regulations
Regulations. The IEMA shall adopt regulations that specify coordination that shall take place between business and local emergency response agencies and other emergency response entities. The regulations shall, at a minimum: (1) Identify the categories and geographical jurisdiction of local emergency response agencies…
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Employee education program
Employee education program. (a) By January 1, 1987, every business required to develop a Chemical Safety Contingency Plan for a facility shall develop and implement an employee education program to ensure that all personnel responsible for implementing the Chemical Safety Contingency Plan at that facility are familiar…
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Review of response actions and revisions of plans
Review of response actions and revisions of plans. (a) Any business that has a significant release of a chemical substance from a facility shall provide a written report to the Agency within 30 days of the incident or of designation thereof by the Agency or the IEMA. The report shall include a copy of the Chemical Safe…
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Confirmation and review of plans
Confirmation and review of plans. (a) Authorized employees of the Agency, the IEMA and local emergency response agencies identified under Section 5 shall have authority to enter at all reasonable times any business facility subject to this Act for the purpose of ascertaining the existence of a written Chemical Safety C…
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Informational and Technical Assistance Program
Informational and Technical Assistance Program. (a) The IEMA and the Agency shall develop an informational and technical assistance program relating to the implementation of this Act. (b) Upon request by a business, the Agency may provide technical assistance relating to emergency preparedness. The assistance may inclu…
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Trade secret information
Trade secret information. Disclosure to the public of any information required to be provided under this Act which is claimed to be a trade secret or confidential business information, shall be subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act. (Source: P.A. 84-852.)
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Enforcement
Enforcement. (a) The Agency shall have the authority to investigate alleged violations of subsection (a) of Section 4, Section 6, subsection (a) of Section 7, and subsection (a) of Section 8, and, following written notice to the business, to refer violations for prosecution by the State's Attorney of the county in whic…
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Penalties
Penalties. Any business which operates in violation of this Act shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000 for each violation, and an additional civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 for each day during which such violation continues. (Source: P.A. 84-852.)