Illinois Compiled Statutes 420 Nuclear Safety: Article -

• Illinois Uranium and Thorium Mill Tailings Control Act. - 420 ILCS 42, Section 1
  Short title. This Act may be cited as the Uranium and Thorium Mill Tailings Control Act. (Source: P.A. 87-1024.)
• Illinois Uranium and Thorium Mill Tailings Control Act. - 420 ILCS 42, Section 5
  Legislative findings. (a) The General Assembly finds: (1) that a very large volume of by-product material, commonly referred to as uranium and thorium mill tailings,...
• Illinois Uranium and Thorium Mill Tailings Control Act. - 420 ILCS 42, Section 10
  Definitions. As used in this Act: "Agency" means the Illinois Emergency Management Agency. "By-product material" means the tailings or wastes produced by the extraction or...
• Illinois Uranium and Thorium Mill Tailings Control Act. - 420 ILCS 42, Section 15
  Storage fees. (a) Beginning January 1, 1994, an annual fee shall be imposed on the owner or operator of any property that has been used...
• Illinois Uranium and Thorium Mill Tailings Control Act. - 420 ILCS 42, Section 20
  Local approval. Notwithstanding the licensing provisions of the Radiation Protection Act: (1) A person shall not operate a facility for the disposal of by-product...
• Illinois Uranium and Thorium Mill Tailings Control Act. - 420 ILCS 42, Section 25
  Response plans. (a) Within one year of the effective date of this Act, the owner or operator of any licensed site where by-product material is...
• Illinois Uranium and Thorium Mill Tailings Control Act. - 420 ILCS 42, Section 30
  Rules and regulations. The Agency may adopt such rules and procedures as it may deem necessary or useful in the execution of its duties under...
• Illinois Uranium and Thorium Mill Tailings Control Act. - 420 ILCS 42, Section 32
  Limitations on groundwater and property use. (a) In connection with the decommissioning of a source material milling facility or the termination of the facility's license,...
• Illinois Uranium and Thorium Mill Tailings Control Act. - 420 ILCS 42, Section 35
  Agreements. If the Director certifies to the General Assembly that the State and the owner or operator of a licensed by-product material storage or disposal...
• Illinois Uranium and Thorium Mill Tailings Control Act. - 420 ILCS 42, Section 40
  Violations and penalties. (a) Any person who violates Section 20 shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000 per day of violation....
• Illinois Uranium and Thorium Mill Tailings Control Act. - 420 ILCS 42, Section 45
  Severability. The provisions of this Act are severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes. (Source: P.A. 87-1024.)
• Illinois Uranium and Thorium Mill Tailings Control Act. - 420 ILCS 42, Section 49
  This Act shall take effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 87-1024.)

Last modified: February 18, 2015