Bill Text: IL HB5741 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency, in coordination with the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, to make an assessment of available treatment technologies for reducing and removing compounds of emerging concern from wastewater treatment facilities, the statewide applicability of the treatment technologies, and the costs associated with the treatment technologies. Requires the Agency and Illinois Sustainable Technology Center to submit a report of findings from the assessment to the General Assembly by June 30, 2020. Defines "compounds of emerging concern".
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-2)
Status: (Passed) 2018-08-17 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0917 [HB5741 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB5741-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 100-0917 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning safety.
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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 University of Illinois Scientific Surveys | ||||
Act is amended by adding Section 21 as follows:
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(110 ILCS 425/21 new) | ||||
Sec. 21. Contaminant of emerging concern report. | ||||
(a) As soon as practicable after the effective date of this | ||||
amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, the Prairie | ||||
Research Institute shall conduct a detailed review of the | ||||
available scientific literature and federal and State laws, | ||||
regulations, and rules to identify: | ||||
(1) any chemical that is commonly found in wastewater | ||||
treatment plant effluent and that has been recognized as a | ||||
contaminant of emerging concern by the United States | ||||
Environmental Protection Agency, another federal agency, | ||||
or any State agency; and | ||||
(2) the specific actions recommended by the United | ||||
States Environmental Protection Agency, another federal | ||||
agency, or any State agency to address the environmental or | ||||
public health concerns associated with the chemical. | ||||
(b) By June 30, 2020, the Prairie Research Institute shall | ||||
submit to the General Assembly a report of its findings that | ||||
shall include a list of the chemicals and specific actions | ||
identified under subsection (a) of this Section. The report to | ||
the General Assembly shall be filed with the Clerk of the House | ||
of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate in | ||
electronic form only, in the manner that the Clerk and the | ||
Secretary shall direct. | ||
(c) This Section is repealed on July 1, 2021.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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