a) All plans and
reports prepared under this Part shall be submitted to the Agency on forms
prescribed and provided by the Agency with attachments and accompanying
documentation as necessary. Plans and reports shall be mailed or delivered to
the address designated by the Agency on the forms. Plans and reports that are
hand-delivered to the Agency shall be delivered during the Agency's normal
business hours.
b) All plans and
reports submitted to the Agency shall include:
1) The full legal name, address and telephone
number of the Remediation Applicant (RA) or any authorized agent acting on
behalf of the RA, and any contact persons to whom inquiries and correspondence
must be addressed;
2) The original
signature of the RA or of any authorized agent acting on behalf of the
RA;
3) The name of the LPE
responsible for site activities and preparation of the plan or report, the date
of preparation, registration number, license expiration date, and professional
seal; and
4) Except as provided in
subsection (c) of this Section, the LPE responsible for the site
investigations, remedial activities, and preparation of the plans or reports
shall affirm by original signature as follows:
"I attest that all site investigations or remedial
activities, including review of laboratory data, that are the subject of this
plan or report were performed under my direction and this document and all
attachments were prepared under my direction or reviewed by me, and, to the
best of my knowledge and belief, the work described in the plan or report has
been designed or completed in accordance with the Act, 35 Ill. Adm. Code 740,
and generally accepted engineering practices, and the information presented,
including any qualified laboratory data, is accurate and complete."
c) If the investigation
relies in whole or in part upon investigations or remedial activities conducted
before the affirming LPE's assumption of responsibility for site activities,
then the LPE is not required to affirm that those portions of the investigation
or remedial activities were carried out under his or her direction. However,
the LPE shall review the documentation of the prior investigations or remedial
activities and evaluate their suitability for compliance with Title XVII of the
Act and this Part. Such information may be submitted to the Agency for
consideration along with the LPE's written evaluation of suitability, but the
Agency shall not be required to accept the information as evidence of
compliance with any requirements of the Act or this Part.
d) The RA may elect to prepare and submit for
review and approval any and all reports and plans required under this Part
individually following the completion of each such activity or concurrently
following the completion of all activities, or in any other combination.
[415 ILCS
5/58.6(f)]
