Bill Text: IL HJR0095 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges the Department of Natural Resources to develop amendments to specified administrative rules concerning levee construction and flood risks.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-05-29 - Resolution Adopted [HJR0095 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HJR0095-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois seeks to support development | ||||||
3 | that enhances agriculture, industry, public safety, and the | ||||||
4 | overall economy of Illinois; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Levees protect against reoccurring flood damage | ||||||
6 | and have the ability to block wide floodplains and displace | ||||||
7 | floodwater; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Permitting processes should be straightforward | ||||||
9 | and timely so that lawful and responsible economic growth can | ||||||
10 | be feasibly accomplished while preserving the goal of this | ||||||
11 | State to protect the people of Illinois from unmitigated flood | ||||||
12 | damages caused by others; and
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13 | WHEREAS, State regulatory processes should consider the | ||||||
14 | regulatory processes of federal agencies, especially the U.S. | ||||||
15 | Army Corps of Engineers and the federal Emergency Management | ||||||
16 | Agency, to minimize the burden of meeting conflicting technical | ||||||
17 | requirements between agencies; therefore, be it
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18 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
19 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
20 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we urge the Illinois Department | ||||||
21 | of Natural Resources to develop amendments to Part 3700 of |
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1 | Title 17 of the Illinois Administrative Code for consideration | ||||||
2 | of the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules that: | ||||||
3 | (1) better define the flood risk associated with levee | ||||||
4 | construction by adjusting the upper regulatory limit for a | ||||||
5 | worst-case analysis to be the flood discharge with a 0.2% | ||||||
6 | annual chance of exceedance (500-year frequency) for | ||||||
7 | levees and floodwalls; | ||||||
8 | (2) create uniform technical policies, when applicable | ||||||
9 | and appropriate, with those imposed by other regulatory | ||||||
10 | agencies at the federal, State, and local levels; and | ||||||
11 | (3) create standards for responding to application | ||||||
12 | submissions in a timely manner with identification of | ||||||
13 | requirements for necessary submissions to demonstrate | ||||||
14 | compliance with administrative rules; and be it further
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15 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
16 | delivered to the Director of Natural Resources.
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