Act
Hazardous Materials Emergency Act
- 430 ILCS 50/0.01— Short title
- 430 ILCS 50/1
- 430 ILCS 50/2— Definitions
- 430 ILCS 50/2.01— "Person" means any natural person or individual, firm, association, partnership, co-partnership, joint venture, company, corporation, joint stock company, trust, estate or any other legal entity, or their legal representative, agent or assigns
- 430 ILCS 50/2.02— "Department" means the Illinois Department of Transportation
- 430 ILCS 50/2.03— "Agency" means the Illinois Emergency Management Agency
- 430 ILCS 50/2.04— (Repealed)
- 430 ILCS 50/2.05— "Hazardous material" means a substance or material in a quantity and form which may pose an unreasonable risk to health and safety or property and which is designated a hazardous material pursuant to the "Hazardous Materials Transportation Act", (PL 93-633)
- 430 ILCS 50/2.06— "Emergency agency" means police, fire, civil defense, Illinois Emergency Management Agency, or any other agency or department charged with the responsibility of responding to an accident involving hazardous materials
- 430 ILCS 50/2.07— "Etiologic agents" means the causative agent of disease as defined in Title 18 USC, Section 831 through 837 as hereafter amended and regulations adopted pursuant thereto
- 430 ILCS 50/2.08— "Transportation" means transportation by surface or rail
- 430 ILCS 50/3
- 430 ILCS 50/4— (Repealed)
- 430 ILCS 50/5— The Agency or the Department shall exercise the applicable powers and duties granted in Sections 5.01 through 5.10
- 430 ILCS 50/5.01— To adopt by regulation the hazardous materials placarding requirements promulgated pursuant to the "Hazardous Materials Transportation Act" (PL 93-633) and to apply those regulations to all interstate and intrastate transportation of hazardous materials
- 430 ILCS 50/5.02— (Repealed)
- 430 ILCS 50/5.03
- 430 ILCS 50/5.04— To provide emergency agencies with all necessary telephone numbers and other communications information that can help them report and respond more quickly to an accident involving a hazardous material
- 430 ILCS 50/5.05— To provide emergency telephone numbers and other communications information to persons who are involved in the use, storage, transportation, or manufacture of hazardous materials
- 430 ILCS 50/5.06— To provide to persons who are involved in the use, storage, transportation, or manufacture of hazardous materials, and to the emergency services, information regarding reference centers, including national toll free telephone numbers which provide information on the handling of hazardous materials
- 430 ILCS 50/5.07— To determine which department or agency can best, within the statutory scope of its duties, inspect facilities and equipment for the use, storage, transportation, and manufacture of hazardous materials to determine whether they are in compliance with applicable federal or State regulations
- 430 ILCS 50/5.08— To determine, define and implement the standards applicable in the State of Illinois to the regulation of hazardous materials to insure that such standards are not conflicting
- 430 ILCS 50/5.09
- 430 ILCS 50/5.10— The Illinois Department of Transportation shall have major jurisdiction over the placarding of the transportation of hazardous materials and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall have major jurisdiction in implementing all other requirements of this Act
- 430 ILCS 50/5.11— Units of local government; hazard signage systems
- 430 ILCS 50/6
- 430 ILCS 50/7— The Illinois Emergency Management Agency may, by rule or regulation, require telephone and written notification of incidents or accidents that involve hazardous materials
- 430 ILCS 50/7.01
- 430 ILCS 50/8
- 430 ILCS 50/8.01
- 430 ILCS 50/8.02
- 430 ILCS 50/8.03
- 430 ILCS 50/9— Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect the jurisdiction or responsibilities of police forces, fire fighting forces, or of any personnel of such forces, when on active duty
- 430 ILCS 50/15