Bill Text: IL HB4135 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Flue Gas Desulfurization (FGD) Task Force Act. Extends the date by which the Task Force shall report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly from December 31, 2017 to December 31, 2018. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2018-08-14 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0848 [HB4135 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB4135-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 100-0848 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Flue Gas Desulfurization (FGD) Task Force | ||||
Act is amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 5120/10) | ||||
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2019)
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Sec. 10. The FGD Task Force. | ||||
(a) The FGD Task Force is hereby created to increase the | ||||
amount of Illinois Basin coal use in generation units. The FGD | ||||
Task Force shall identify and evaluate the costs, benefits, and | ||||
barriers of new and modified FGD, or other post-combustion | ||||
sulfur dioxide emission control technologies, and other | ||||
capital improvements, that would be necessary for generation | ||||
units to comply with the sulfur dioxide National Ambient Air | ||||
Quality Standards (NAAQS) while improving the ability of those | ||||
generation units to meet the effluent limitation guidelines | ||||
(ELGs) for wastewater discharges and enhancing the | ||||
marketability of the generation units' FGD byproducts. | ||||
(b) The membership of the Task Force shall be as follows: | ||||
(1) Two members of the Senate appointed by the | ||||
President of the Senate. | ||||
(2) Two members of the Senate appointed by the Minority | ||||
Leader of the Senate.
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(3) Two members of the House of appointed by the | ||
Speaker of the House of Representatives. | ||
(4) Two members of the House of Representatives | ||
appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of | ||
Representatives. | ||
(5) Three members appointed by the Governor, two with | ||
expertise in Illinois coal, coal mining, emission | ||
reduction, or energy production; and one representative of | ||
an electricity generator that owns multiple coal-fueled | ||
electric generation plants with FGD or similar | ||
technologies. | ||
(6) The Director of Natural Resources, or his or her | ||
designee. | ||
(7) The Director of the Environmental Protection | ||
Agency, or his or her designee. | ||
(c) Task Force members shall serve without compensation but | ||
shall be reimbursed for travel expenses incurred in performing | ||
their duties. | ||
(d) The Task Force shall report their findings and | ||
recommendations to the General Assembly by December 31, 2018 | ||
2017.
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(Source: P.A. 100-499, eff. 9-8-17.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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