Bill Text: IL SB0562 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that the Environmental Protection Agency may establish a take back program for local fire departments that use and store older firefighting foam made with perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-10 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB0562 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-SB0562-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 SB0562 Introduced 2/23/2021, by Sen. Laura Ellman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
415 ILCS 5/22.62 new
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that the Agency may establish a take back program for local fire departments that use and store older firefighting foam made with perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS. Effective immediately.
LRB102 13474 CPF 18821 b
FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
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
adding Section 22.62 as follows:
(415 ILCS 5/22.62 new)
Sec. 22.62. PFAS take back program. The Agency may
establish a take back program for local fire departments that
use and store older firefighting foam made with perfluoroalkyl
and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.