Bill Text: IL HB5347 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that a utility that is regulated by the Illinois Commerce Commission that owns power stations or substations located within 200 feet of a lake, river, or stream in the State must file a report with the Commission by June 30, 2011 reporting any possible contamination resulting from the substation in nearby soil and water. Provides that if the utility has already completed a full environmental report on that property within the last 5 years, then that private report must be made available for public viewing by July 28, 2011. Provides that if no environmental report has been completed, then the utility has until August 30, 2011 to conduct and complete a full environmental survey of the property. Provides that the environmental study shall be filed with the Commission and shall include all data from the soil and water samples performed by the utility. Provides that the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency must review all surveys by November 30, 2010. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2011-01-11 - Session Sine Die [HB5347 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB5347-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 HB5347 Introduced 2/5/2010, by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
220 ILCS 5/5-101.5 new
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that a utility that is regulated by the Illinois Commerce Commission that owns power stations or substations located within 200 feet of a lake, river, or stream in the State must file a report with the Commission by June 30, 2011 reporting any possible contamination resulting from the substation in nearby soil and water. Provides that if the utility has already completed a full environmental report on that property within the last 5 years, then that private report must be made available for public viewing by July 28, 2011. Provides that if no environmental report has been completed, then the utility has until August 30, 2011 to conduct and complete a full environmental survey of the property. Provides that the environmental study shall be filed with the Commission and shall include all data from the soil and water samples performed by the utility. Provides that the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency must review all surveys by November 30, 2010. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning utilities.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Public Utilities Act is amended by adding
Section 5-101.5 as follows:
(220 ILCS 5/5-101.5 new)
Sec. 5-101.5. Reports to Commission; powerstations by
waterways. A utility that is regulated by the Commission that
owns power stations or substations located within 200 feet of a
lake, river, or stream in this State must file a report with
the Commission by June 30, 2011 reporting any possible
contamination resulting from the substation in nearby soil and
water. If the utility has already completed a full
environmental report on that property within the last 5 years,
then that private report must be made available for public
viewing by July 28, 2011. If no environmental report has been
completed, then the utility has until August 30, 2011 to
conduct and complete a full environmental survey of the
property. The environmental study shall be filed with the
Commission and shall include all data from the soil and water
samples performed by the utility. The Illinois Environmental
Protection Agency must review all surveys by November 30, 2010.

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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.