EPA-COUNCIL MTGS & TOXIC RPTNG

Amends the Industrial Hygienists Licensure Act. Provides that the Industrial Hygiene Examining Board shall meet at the call of the Director of the Environmental Protection Agency. Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Requires the Community Water Supply Testing Council to meet at the call of the Chairperson of the Council or the Director (rather than twice each year). Removes provisions requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to seek and obtain the concurrence of the Council before setting certain fees. Authorizes the Illinois Pollution Control Board (rather than the Agency) to make certain decisions concerning the operation of landscape waste composting facilities on farms. Removes provisions concerning the Uniform State Hazardous Materials Transportation Registration and Permit Programs. Provides that no person shall use, or cause or allow the use of, any site subject to an environmental covenant created under the Uniform Environmental Covenants Act in a manner that is inconsistent with the activity and use limitations imposed under the environmental covenant. Provides that the terms "activity and use limitations" and "environmental covenant" have the meanings ascribed to them in the Uniform Environmental Covenants Act. Creates 2 new criminal offenses: criminal damage to a public water supply and aggravated criminal damage to a public water supply. Removes provisions requiring State agencies to report environmental problems and remediation efforts to the Agency. Repeals a provision requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to publish a toxic chemical report containing information on, among other things, toxic chemical discharges. Effective immediately.