Bill Text: IL HB3383 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Environmental Protection Act. In provisions concerning the release of radionuclides at nuclear facilities, changes references from nuclear power plants to nuclear facilities. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall be notified in matters of noncommunity water system contamination, and the Environmental Protection Agency shall be notified in matters of community water system contamination. Provides that community water systems designated by the Agency and the Department as utilizing waters contaminated by effluents from nuclear facilities must sample for beta particle and photon radioactivity. Provides that the supplier of water must collect quarterly samples for beta emitters and iodine-131 and annual samples for tritium and strontium-90 at each entry point to the distribution system, or a sampling point, beginning within one quarter after being notified by the Agency or the Department. Provides that systems already designated by the Agency or the Department as systems using waters contaminated by effluents from nuclear facilities must continue to sample until the Agency or the Department reviews and either reaffirms or removes the designation. Makes corresponding changes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-10 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3383 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB3383-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3383 Introduced , by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
415 ILCS 5/13.6
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. In provisions concerning the release of radionuclides at nuclear facilities, changes references from nuclear power plants to nuclear facilities. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall be notified in matters of noncommunity water system contamination, and the Environmental Protection Agency shall be notified in matters of community water system contamination. Provides that community water systems designated by the Agency and the Department as utilizing waters contaminated by effluents from nuclear facilities must sample for beta particle and photon radioactivity. Provides that the supplier of water must collect quarterly samples for beta emitters and iodine-131 and annual samples for tritium and strontium-90 at each entry point to the distribution system, or a sampling point, beginning within one quarter after being notified by the Agency or the Department. Provides that systems already designated by the Agency or the Department as systems using waters contaminated by effluents from nuclear facilities must continue to sample until the Agency or the Department reviews and either reaffirms or removes the designation. Makes corresponding changes.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning safety.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
changing Section 13.6 as follows:
(415 ILCS 5/13.6)
Sec. 13.6. Release of radionuclides at nuclear facilities
power plants.
(a) The purpose of this Section is to require the
detection and reporting of unpermitted releases of any
radionuclides into groundwater, surface water, or soil at
nuclear facilities power plants, to the extent that federal
law or regulation does not preempt such requirements.
(b) No owner or operator of a nuclear facility power plant
shall violate any rule adopted under this Section.
(c) Within 24 hours after an unpermitted release of a
radionuclide from a nuclear facility power plant, the owner or
operator of the nuclear facility power plant where the release
occurred shall report the release to the Agency and the
Illinois Emergency Management Agency. The Department of Public
Health shall be notified in matters of noncommunity water
system contamination, and the Agency shall be notified in
matters of community water system contamination. For purposes

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of this Section, "unpermitted release of a radionuclide" means
any spilling, leaking, emitting, discharging, escaping,
leaching, or disposing of a radionuclide into groundwater,
surface water, or soil that is not permitted under State or
federal law or regulation.
(d) The Agency and the Illinois Emergency Management
Agency shall inspect each nuclear facility power plant for
compliance with the requirements of this Section and rules
adopted pursuant to this Section no less than once each
calendar quarter. Nothing in this Section shall limit the
Agency's authority to make inspections under Section 4 or any
other provision of this Act.
(d-5) The owner or operator of each community water system
that is designated by the Agency or the Department of Public
Health as utilizing waters that are contaminated by effluents
from nuclear facilities, including, but not limited to, those
systems that use surface water or groundwater as a source,
must sample for beta particle and photon radioactivity. Within
one quarter after being notified by the Agency or the
Department of Public Health, the owner or operator must
collect quarterly samples for beta emitters and iodine-131 and
annual samples for tritium and strontium-90 at each entry
point to the distribution system or at another approved
sampling point. Systems already designated by the Agency or
the Department of Public Health as systems using waters
contaminated by effluents from nuclear facilities must

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continue to sample until the Agency or the Department of
Public Health reviews and either reaffirms or removes the
designation.
(1) Quarterly monitoring for gross beta particle
activity shall be based on the analysis of monthly samples
or the analysis of a composite of 3 monthly samples, which
is recommended.
(2) For iodine-131, a composite of 5 consecutive daily
samples shall be analyzed once each quarter. As ordered by
the Department of Public Health, more frequent monitoring
shall be conducted when iodine-131 is identified in the
finished water.
(3) Annual monitoring for strontium-90 and tritium
shall be conducted by means of the analysis of a composite
of 4 consecutive quarterly samples or analysis of 4
quarterly samples, which is recommended.
(4) For systems in a 5-mile radius of a nuclear
facility, the Department of Public Health must monitor at
the system's entry point or points to evaluate the level
of radionuclide release from a nuclear facility.
(5) Community water systems designated by the Agency
to monitor for beta particle and photon radioactivity
cannot apply to the Department of Public health for a
waiver from the monitoring frequencies.
(e) No later than one year after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, the Agency, in

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consultation with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and
the Department of Health, shall propose rules to the Board
prescribing standards for detecting and reporting unpermitted
releases of radionuclides and contaminants within community
and noncommunity water supplies. If the level of any
contaminant found in water collected within a distribution
system or at a sampling point at the entry to a distribution
system, poses an unacceptable health risk to consumers, acting
alone or in combination with other contaminants, the supplier
of water shall take appropriate actions to reduce the level of
contaminant concentrations to levels deemed safe or remove the
source of supply from service by the deadline specified by the
Agency and the Department of Public Health. The supplier of
water shall be required to monitor the source, provide public
notification, and notify the Agency and the Department of
Public Health. No later than one year after receipt of the
Agency's proposal, the Board shall adopt rules prescribing
standards for detecting and reporting unpermitted releases of
radionuclides.
(Source: P.A. 94-849, eff. 6-12-06; 95-66, eff. 8-13-07.)