Illinois Compiled Statutes 415 ILCS 5/25c-1 – Oil Spill Response Fund
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(a) There is hereby created within the State treasury an interest-bearing special fund to be known as the Oil Spill Response Fund. There shall be deposited into the Fund all monies recovered as reimbursement for response costs incurred by the Agency from parties responsible for releases or threats of release of petroleum, monies provided to the State from the federal Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, and such other monies as may be received for this purpose through contributions, gifts, or supplemental environmental projects, pursuant to court orders or decrees, or from any other source.
(b) Pursuant to appropriation, all monies in the Oil Spill Response Fund may be used by the Agency for all of the following purposes:
(1) Responding to releases or threats of release of
(b) Pursuant to appropriation, all monies in the Oil Spill Response Fund may be used by the Agency for all of the following purposes:
Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 415 ILCS 5/25c-1
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14
(1) Responding to releases or threats of release of
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petroleum that may constitute a substantial danger to the environment or human health or welfare.
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(2) Contractual expenses and purchases of equipment
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or supplies necessary to enable prompt response to releases or threats of release of petroleum and to provide effective mitigation of such releases or threats of release.
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(3) Costs of investigation and assessment of the
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source, nature, and extent of a release or threatened release of petroleum and any resulting injuries or damages.
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(4) Costs associated with planning and training for
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response to releases and threats of release of petroleum.
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(5) Costs associated with preparing and submitting
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claims of the Agency to the federal Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund.
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(c) For the purposes of implementing this Section, “petroleum” means crude oil, refined petroleum, intermediates, fractions or constituents of petroleum, brine or salt water from oil production, oil sheens, hydrocarbon vapors, and any other form of oil or petroleum.
(d) In addition to any other authority provided by State or federal law, the Agency shall be entitled to recovery of costs incurred by it in response to releases and threats of release of petroleum from any persons who are responsible for causing, allowing, or threatening such releases.
(d) In addition to any other authority provided by State or federal law, the Agency shall be entitled to recovery of costs incurred by it in response to releases and threats of release of petroleum from any persons who are responsible for causing, allowing, or threatening such releases.