Illinois Administrative Code

Section 215.TABLE E Safety Pressure Relief Valves a) The rate of discharge shall be stamped on the safety relief valve in cubic feet of air per minute at: 1) 60 degrees F., 2) 14.7 pounds per square inch absolute, and 3) 120 percent of the stamped start-to-discharge setting. b) S…

Section 217.10 Purpose This Part provides regulations for the implementation and operation of a grant program for the purpose of improving safety and security at anhydrous ammonia facilities to prevent anhydrous ammonia theft and inhibit the use of anhydrous ammonia for the purpo…

Section 217.100 Review of Grant Applications a) Those applications that are deemed complete by the application submission deadline by the Department will be sent to a Review Committee for the review of the grant applications. b) The Review Committee shall meet and review and eval…

Section 217.110 Award of Grants a) The Director may accept or reject the Review Committee's recommendations. The Director may impose additional or lesser requirements for the grant as deemed necessary and may change the amount of the grant recommended by the Review Committee. The…

Section 217.120 Grant Agreement a) When a grant has been awarded, the grantee and the Department shall execute an agreement. The grant will be subject to the requirements of the Illinois Grant Funds Recovery Act [30 ILCS 705]. The project shall not be initiated and costs shall no…

Section 217.130 Grantee Contribution The grantee must provide 33% of the total project cost. The grantee's contribution shall: a) be identified as intended expenditures in the grant application; b) not be funds from other Department or State funded grant programs; and c) be neces…

Section 217.140 Maintenance of Records and Audit a) The grantee must keep records of all activities undertaken in connection with implementation of the grant proposal. The books, records, documents, and accounting procedures and practices of the grantee related to the grant are s…

Section 217.150 Inspection During the term of a grant, the Department may inspect the operation of the business and any of the grant projects. The grantee shall not assess any costs generated by this Section against the Department.

Section 217.160 Default or Termination of Grant Agreement a) If the grantee violates any of the terms of the grant agreement, the Department shall send a written notice to the grantee that the grantee is in default. The grantee will be given the opportunity to correct the violati…

Section 217.170 Administrative Standards for Grant Recipients a) The grant shall have a period of completion as stated in the grant agreement. b) Grant funds must be expended or obligated within the period of the grant agreement and in accordance with the Illinois Grant Funds Rec…

Section 217.180 Prevailing Wage Grants awarded under this Part may be subject to the Prevailing Wage Act [820 ILCS 130].

Section 217.190 Review Committee a) The Review Committee shall review and evaluate all grant applications based upon the criteria specified in this Part and make recommendations to the Director for the award of grants. b) The Review Committee shall consist of the Director, or his…

Section 217.20 Applicability This Part applies to anhydrous ammonia facilities located in Illinois for which a grant application has been filed with the Department for a reimbursable grant to pay a portion of the costs associated with obtaining and implementing approved facility …

Section 217.200 Conflict of Interest No member of the Review Committee may participate in, or vote on, a decision of the Review Committee relating to an organization or entity in which that individual has a direct financial interest.

Section 217.30 Severability If any provision of this Part or its application to any person or under any other circumstances is adjudged invalid, that adjudication does not affect the validity of this Part as a whole or of any portion not adjudged invalid.

Section 217.40 Definitions Except as stated in this Section, or unless a different meaning of a word or term is clear from the context, the definition of words or terms in this Part shall be the same as that applied to the same words or terms in the Department of Agriculture Law …

Section 217.50 Application Requirements a) All communications relating to the application procedures defined in this Subpart shall be sent to the Illinois Department of Agriculture, Division of Agricultural Industry Regulation, Bureau of Agricultural Products Inspection, State Fa…

Section 217.60 Application Procedures a) The Department may require the applicant to submit other information reasonably related to a determination of applicant or project eligibility or project feasibility. b) The Department may request the applicant or representative to present…

Section 217.70 Eligibility Any person or agribusiness that owns, operates or manages an anhydrous ammonia facility in Illinois that sells and distributes anhydrous ammonia for agricultural purposes in Illinois is eligible to receive a grant.

Section 217.75 Pilot Program For at least FY07, the Department will conduct the Anhydrous Ammonia Security Grant as a pilot program in limited geographic area described in Section 217.80. After that period, the program will be expanded as funding allows.

Section 217.80 Fund Availability and Submission Deadlines a) Upon request, the Department will supply applicants with an application package. b) Applications for funding under the Act will be made available on a schedule determined by the Department to coincide with two standard …

Section 217.90 Computation of Time Computation of any period of time prescribed by this Part shall begin with the first business day following the day on which the act, event or development initiating that period of time occurs, and shall continue until the end of the last day, o…

Section 220.10 Duty of Every Person a) It shall be the duty of every person to control the spread of and to eradicate all noxious weeds on lands owned or controlled by him in the State of Illinois. b) All noxious weeds shall be controlled or eradicated by methods approved and ado…

Section 220.100 Appointing Weed Control Superintendents Each Control Authority may appoint or designate one or more weed control superintendents who shall be responsible for the enforcement of the Act and its rules within the Control Authority's jurisdiction.

Section 220.110 Deadline for Appointing Superintendents The appointment or designation of weed control superintendents by the Control Authority shall be made by no later than March 15 each year.

Section 220.120 Submitting Name and Resume of Person Appointed Superintendent to the Director; Application for Weed Control Superintendent Certification The name and address and a resume of the qualifications of each person appointed as a weed control superintendent shall, within…

Section 220.130 Superintendent Must Be Familiar with Types of Weeds and Methods of Control Each person appointed as a weed control superintendent must be familiar with the noxious types of weeds and the recognized methods for their control and eradication. Each appointee must als…

Section 220.140 Allowable Expenses Set by Control Authority; Expenses Paid from General Fund or Noxious Weed Control Fund Compensation and allowable expenses for each weed control superintendent shall be set by the Control Authority and paid out of the General Fund of the county …

Section 220.150 Duties of Weed Control Superintendent The weed control superintendent shall control and eradicate noxious weeds and shall: a) Examine all lands, highways, roads, alleys, and public grounds in the territory over which the Control Authority has jurisdiction for the …

Section 220.160 Written Report by Superintendent to Director Each weed control superintendent shall on or before the first day of November of each year make a written report to the Control Authority with a copy to the Director. The report shall contain: a) The name and location o…

Section 220.170 Comprehensive Work Plan for Coming Year Submitted to Director and Control Authority Prior to December 31 of each year, each weed control superintendent shall prepare and submit to the Control Authority, with a copy to the Director, a comprehensive work plan for th…

Section 220.180 General Notices a) Each Control Authority shall publish general notices to control and eradicate noxious weeds on all areas subject to its jurisdiction. These public notices shall be made on a schedule determined by the Control Authority to secure the best results…

Section 220.190 Individual Notices a) Each Control Authority shall serve individual notices to control and eradicate noxious weeds in accordance with Sections 9, 10, and 21 of the Act. b) The form for individual notices shall be as shown in Illustration C of this Part. c) Copies …

Section 220.20 Duty of Director It shall be the duty of the Director of Agriculture or his designated representative to enforce the provisions and intent of the Act and these rules.

Section 220.200 Quarantine of Land; Approval by Director; Notice of Quarantine Form a) When a Control Authority deems it necessary to quarantine land under the provisions of Section 11 of the Act, it shall immediately request the approval of the Director prior to initiating the q…

Section 220.210 Noxious Weeds Designated as Capable of Dissemination Through Articles The following noxious weeds are designated as being capable of dissemination through articles as outlined in Section 220.220. a) Marihuana (Cannabis sativa L.); b) Canada Thistle (Cirsium arvens…

Section 220.220 Articles Designated as Capable of Disseminating Noxious Weeds Articles designated as capable of disseminating noxious weeds include, but are not limited to, the following: a) Machinery or equipment, particularly combines, hay balers, earth-moving machinery and wel…

Section 220.230 Removal of Articles or Weeds from Premises; Treatment An article, infested with noxious weeds, noxious weed seed, or other propagating part of a noxious weed, shall not be moved from the premises where the infestation occurred without permission of the Control Aut…

Section 220.240 Hearing and Procedure on Protest of Charges by Control Authority a) If any person is dissatisfied with the amount of any charge made against him by a Control Authority for control or eradication work, he may file a written protest with the Director. Such protest s…

Section 220.250 Severability If any Section, subsection, sentence or clause of this Part is judged invalid, that adjudication shall not affect the validity of this Part as a whole or any Section, subsection, sentence or clause of this Part not judged invalid. (Source: Added at 26…

Section 220.30 Duty of Each Control Authority It shall be the duty of each "Control Authority" to carry out its duties and responsibilities as set forth in the Act and these rules.

Section 220.40 Control Authority Membership a) The governing body of each county in the State shall be the Control Authority for its respective county and hereafter shall be referred to as the "Control Authority." b) Each Control Authority shall develop and coordinate a program f…

Section 220.50 Definitions Terms defined for the purpose of this Part, unless the context requires otherwise. "Act" means the Illinois Noxious Weed Law [505 ILCS 100] . "Control", as applied to weed control, means to prevent weeds from spreading or being spread by dissemination o…

Section 220.60 Noxious Weeds The following plants within the sovereign territory of the State of Illinois are designated and declared noxious weeds: a) Marihuana (Cannabis sativa L.); b) Giant Ragweed (Ambrosia trifida L.) within the corporate limits of cities, villages, and inco…

Section 220.80 Control Authorities' Responsibilities Each Control Authority shall carry out the duties and responsibilities set forth in the Act and these rules with respect to the land under its jurisdiction. These duties shall include, but not be limited to the following: a) Es…

Section 220.90 Weed Control Superintendents Certified by Director; Control Authority to Set Compensation, Bonding, Etc. Each Control Authority may employ one or more weed control superintendents who must be certified by the Director to carry out the Authority's duties and respons…

Section 220.ILLUSTRATION A Application for Weed Control Superintendent Certification STATE OF ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Bureau of Environmental Programs P.O. Box 19281 Springfield, Illinois 62794-9281 APPLICATION FOR WEED CONTROL SUPERINTENDENT CERTIFICATION Please typew…