Illinois Compiled Statutes 45 ILCS 141/25 – Enforcement
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a) The Illinois Emergency Management Agency (Agency) shall adopt regulations to administer and enforce the provisions of this Act. The regulations shall be adopted with the consultation and cooperation of the Commission.
Regulations adopted by the Agency under this Act shall prohibit the shipment into or acceptance of waste in Illinois if the shipment or acceptance would result in a violation of any provision of the Compact or this Act.
(b) The Agency may, by regulation, impose conditions on the shipment into or acceptance of waste in Illinois that the Agency determines to be reasonable and necessary to enforce the provisions of this Act. The conditions may include, but are not limited to (i) requiring prior notification of any proposed shipment or receipt of waste; (ii) requiring the shipper or recipient to identify the location to which the waste will be sent for disposal following treatment or storage in Illinois; (iii) limiting the time that waste from outside Illinois may be held in Illinois; (iv) requiring the shipper or recipient to post bond or by other mechanism to assure that radioactive material will not be treated, stored, or disposed of in Illinois in violation of any provision of this Act; (v) requiring that the shipper consent to service of process before shipment of waste into Illinois.
(c) The Agency shall, by regulation, impose a system of civil penalties in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Amounts recovered under these regulations shall be deposited in the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Facility Development and Operation Fund.
(d) The regulations adopted by the Agency may provide for the granting of exemptions, but only upon a showing by the applicant that the granting of an exemption would be consistent with the Compact.
Regulations adopted by the Agency under this Act shall prohibit the shipment into or acceptance of waste in Illinois if the shipment or acceptance would result in a violation of any provision of the Compact or this Act.
Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 45 ILCS 141/25
- Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
(b) The Agency may, by regulation, impose conditions on the shipment into or acceptance of waste in Illinois that the Agency determines to be reasonable and necessary to enforce the provisions of this Act. The conditions may include, but are not limited to (i) requiring prior notification of any proposed shipment or receipt of waste; (ii) requiring the shipper or recipient to identify the location to which the waste will be sent for disposal following treatment or storage in Illinois; (iii) limiting the time that waste from outside Illinois may be held in Illinois; (iv) requiring the shipper or recipient to post bond or by other mechanism to assure that radioactive material will not be treated, stored, or disposed of in Illinois in violation of any provision of this Act; (v) requiring that the shipper consent to service of process before shipment of waste into Illinois.
(c) The Agency shall, by regulation, impose a system of civil penalties in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Amounts recovered under these regulations shall be deposited in the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Facility Development and Operation Fund.
(d) The regulations adopted by the Agency may provide for the granting of exemptions, but only upon a showing by the applicant that the granting of an exemption would be consistent with the Compact.