Illinois Compiled Statutes 225 Professions, Occupations, and Business Operations: Article 1 - Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act

• Illinois Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act. - 225 ILCS 732, Section 1-1
  Short title. This Act may be cited as the Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act. (Source: P.A. 98-22, eff. 6-17-13.)
• Illinois Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act. - 225 ILCS 732, Section 1-5
  Definitions. For the purposes of this Act, unless the context otherwise requires: "Agency" means the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. "Aquatic life" means all fish, reptiles,...
• Illinois Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act. - 225 ILCS 732, Section 1-10
  Intergovernmental cooperation. The Department shall have the primary authority to administer the provisions of this Act. The Illinois State Geological Survey, the Illinois State Water...
• Illinois Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act. - 225 ILCS 732, Section 1-15
  Powers and duties. (a) Except as otherwise provided, the Department shall enforce this Act and all rules and orders adopted in accordance with this Act....
• Illinois Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act. - 225 ILCS 732, Section 1-20
  Applicability. Except as provided in Section 1-98 of this Act, this Act applies to all wells where high volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing operations are planned,...
• Illinois Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act. - 225 ILCS 732, Section 1-25
  Setbacks and prohibitions. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, no well site where high volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing operations are proposed, planned, or...
• Illinois Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act. - 225 ILCS 732, Section 1-30
  High volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing permit required. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person may not drill, deepen, or convert a horizontal well...
• Illinois Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act. - 225 ILCS 732, Section 1-35
  High volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing permit application. (a) Every applicant for a permit under this Act shall first register with the Department at least 30...
• Illinois Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act. - 225 ILCS 732, Section 1-40
  Public notice. (a) Within 5 calendar days after the Department's receipt of the high volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing application, the Department shall post notice of...
• Illinois Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act. - 225 ILCS 732, Section 1-45
  Public comment periods. (a) The public comment period shall begin 7 calendar days after the Department's receipt of the permit application and last for 30...
• Illinois Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act. - 225 ILCS 732, Section 1-50
  High volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing permit; hearing. (a) When a permit application is submitted to conduct high volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing operations for the first...
• Illinois Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act. - 225 ILCS 732, Section 1-53
  High volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing permit; determination; judicial review. (a) The Department shall issue a high volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing permit, with any conditions the...
• Illinois Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act. - 225 ILCS 732, Section 1-55
  High volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing permit; conditions; restriction; modifications. (a) Each permit issued by the Department under this Act shall require the permittee to comply...
• Illinois Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act. - 225 ILCS 732, Section 1-60
  High volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing permit; denial, suspension, or revocation. (a) The Department may suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue a high volume horizontal hydraulic...
• Illinois Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act. - 225 ILCS 732, Section 1-65
  Hydraulic fracturing permit; bonds. (a) An applicant for a high volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing permit under this Act shall provide a bond, executed by a...
• Illinois Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act. - 225 ILCS 732, Section 1-70
  Well preparation, construction, and drilling. (a) This Section shall apply to all horizontal wells that are to be completed using high volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing...
• Illinois Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act. - 225 ILCS 732, Section 1-75
  High volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing operations. (a) General. (1) During all phases of high volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing operations, the permittee shall comply with all...
• Illinois Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act. - 225 ILCS 732, Section 1-77
  Chemical disclosure; trade secret protection. (a) If the chemical disclosure information required by paragraph (8) of subsection (b) of Section 1-35 of this Act is...
• Illinois Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act. - 225 ILCS 732, Section 1-80
  Water quality monitoring. (a) Each applicant for a high volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing permit shall provide the Department with a work plan to ensure accurate...
• Illinois Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act. - 225 ILCS 732, Section 1-83
  Order authority. (a) Any person who has reason to believe they have incurred pollution or diminution of a water source as a result of a...
• Illinois Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act. - 225 ILCS 732, Section 1-85
  Presumption of pollution or diminution. (a) This Section establishes a rebuttable presumption for the purposes of evidence and liability under State law regarding claims of...
• Illinois Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act. - 225 ILCS 732, Section 1-87
  Water quality investigation and enforcement. (a) No person shall cause or allow high volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing operations permitted under this Act to violate Section...
• Illinois Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act. - 225 ILCS 732, Section 1-95
  Plugging; restoration. (a) The permittee shall perform and complete plugging of the well and restoration of the well site in accordance with the Illinois Oil...
• Illinois Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act. - 225 ILCS 732, Section 1-96
  Seismicity. (a) For purposes of this Section, "induced seismicity" means an earthquake event that is felt, recorded by the national seismic network, and attributable to...
• Illinois Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act. - 225 ILCS 732, Section 1-97
  Department mapping and reporting. On or before February 1, 2014, the Department shall, with the assistance of the Illinois State Geological Survey, submit a report...
• Illinois Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act. - 225 ILCS 732, Section 1-98
  Hydraulic fracturing completion reporting. (a) For the purposes of this Section, "hydraulic fracturing operations" means all stages of a stimulation treatment of a horizontal well...
• Illinois Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act. - 225 ILCS 732, Section 1-99
  Task Force on Hydraulic Fracturing Regulation. (a) There is hereby created the Task Force on Hydraulic Fracturing Regulation. (b) The task force shall consist of...
• Illinois Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act. - 225 ILCS 732, Section 1-100
  Criminal offenses; penalties. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, it shall be a Class A misdemeanor to knowingly violate this Act, its rules,...
• Illinois Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act. - 225 ILCS 732, Section 1-101
  Violations; civil penalties and injunctions. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, any person who violates any provision of this Act or any rule...
• Illinois Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act. - 225 ILCS 732, Section 1-102
  Other relief. (a) Any person having an interest that is or may be adversely affected may commence a civil action on his or her own...
• Illinois Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act. - 225 ILCS 732, Section 1-105
  Violations, complaints, and notice; website. The Department shall maintain a detailed database that is readily accessible to the public on the Department's website. The database...
• Illinois Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act. - 225 ILCS 732, Section 1-110
  Public information; website. (a) All information submitted to the Department under this Act is deemed public information, except information deemed to constitute a trade secret...
• Illinois Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act. - 225 ILCS 732, Section 1-120
  Applicable federal, State, and local laws. Compliance with this Act does not relieve responsibility for compliance with the Illinois Oil and Gas Act, the Illinois...
• Illinois Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act. - 225 ILCS 732, Section 1-123
  Application of water well laws. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect the application of the Illinois Water Well Construction Code, the Illinois...
• Illinois Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act. - 225 ILCS 732, Section 1-125
  Administrative review. All final administrative decisions, including issuance or denial of a permit, made by the Department under this Act are subject to judicial review...
• Illinois Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act. - 225 ILCS 732, Section 1-130
  Rules. The Department shall have the authority to adopt rules as may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Act. Any and all rules...
• Illinois Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act. - 225 ILCS 732, Section 1-135
  The Mines and Minerals Regulatory Fund. The Mines and Minerals Regulatory Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury. All moneys required...
• Illinois Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act. - 225 ILCS 732, Section 1-140
  Severability. The provisions of this Act are severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes. (Source: P.A. 98-22, eff. 6-17-13.)

Last modified: February 18, 2015