Bill Text: IL SB1854 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: Provides that inspections shall be unannounced and conducted by the Agency, or, at the Agency's direction, a qualified third party chosen by the Agency (currently, by a qualified third party chosen by the Agency, in consultation with the municipality in which the facility operates). Provides that emissions test shall be paid for by the facility. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-2)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-21 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0023 [SB1854 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB1854-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: Provides that inspections shall be unannounced and conducted by the Agency, or, at the Agency's direction, a qualified third party chosen by the Agency (currently, by a qualified third party chosen by the Agency, in consultation with the municipality in which the facility operates). Provides that emissions test shall be paid for by the facility. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-2)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-21 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0023 [SB1854 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB1854-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning safety.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | adding Section 9.16 as follows:
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6 | (415 ILCS 5/9.16 new) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 9.16. Fugitive emissions of ethylene oxide ban. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | of the 101st General Assembly, no facility shall have fugitive | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | emissions of ethylene oxide above zero. | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | (b) Each facility shall be subject to regular and frequent | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | inspections and testing to ensure that no fugitive emissions of | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | ethylene oxide exist. Inspections shall be unannounced and | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | conducted by a third party chosen by the municipality in which | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | the facility operates. | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | (c) Each facility shall be subject to fence line ambient | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | air testing, at random, once within every 90 to 120 days for a | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | duration of 24-hour samples of no less than 6 consecutive days. | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | Testing shall be conducted by a third party chosen by the | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | municipality in which the facility operates. | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | (d) For purposes of this Section, "fugitive emissions" | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | means those emissions which could not reasonably pass through a | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | stack, chimney, vent, or other functionally-equivalent |
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1 | opening.
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2 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
3 | becoming law.
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