CEU Compliance Requirements

The Illinois Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust Fund was established by the Illinois legislature in 1997, in response to requests by operators of retail drycleaning facilities to have financial resources available to pay for the cleanup of spills and/or leaks from their drycleaning machines and solvent storage units. The Fund consists of three primary programs: a licensing program, an insurance program and a remedial program.

The licensing program is mandatory for all retail drycleaning facilities in Illinois. The annual license fee ranges from $1,500 to $5,000, based upon the amount of drycleaning solvent purchased at the drycleaning facility.

The insurance program provides up to $500,000 in pollution liability insurance to pay for the cleanup of soil and groundwater contamination caused by a future spill or leak of drycleaning solvent at the insured’s facilities. A $10,000 deductible applies to each incident.

The remedial program pays for the cleanup of existing soil or groundwater contamination caused by the spillage or release of drycleaning solvents. This covers contamination discovered after July 1, 1997 and prior to June 30, 2006.

Compliance Requirements:

• Must complete 4 hours of CEU each year
• At least 2 hours must be green CEUs
• Each CEU session must be unique and taught by different instructors
• Each 3rd party inspection counts as 2 hours of Green CEU