Bill Text: IL SB2867 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Amended
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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Exempts certain guidance documents issued by the Environmental Protection Agency from the definition of "rules". Amends the Public Utilities Act. Removes provisions requiring the Agency: (i) to inspect carbon dioxide sequestration sites each year, (ii) to seal such a site if it determines that the site creates conditions that warrant the issuance of a seal order, (iii) to request the State's Attorney or the Attorney General to institute a civil action if the Agency determines a site creates conditions warranting such an action. Removes provisions (i) requiring a Substitute Natural Gas (SNG) facility to incur all reasonable costs associated with any Agency inspection or monitoring of the sequestration sites, (ii) prohibiting those costs from being passed along to customers, and (iii) requiring the facility to cooperate with Agency investigations. Removes a provision authorizing the Agency to monitor and conduct investigations of SNG facilities. Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Increases laboratory fees and assessments. Removes a provision requiring the Agency to submit its assessment schedules to the Environmental Laboratory Certification Committee. Makes changes concerning the terms of members of the Environmental Laboratory Certification Committee and the frequency of the Committee's meetings. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2013, the Environmental Protection Agency shall issue 3-year Special Waste Hauling Permits (instead of annual Special Waste Hauling Permits). Increases the fee for each waste hauling vehicle identified in the permit application and for each vehicle that is added to the permit during the 3-year period. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2012-08-24 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-1081 [SB2867 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB2867-Amended.html
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Exempts certain guidance documents issued by the Environmental Protection Agency from the definition of "rules". Amends the Public Utilities Act. Removes provisions requiring the Agency: (i) to inspect carbon dioxide sequestration sites each year, (ii) to seal such a site if it determines that the site creates conditions that warrant the issuance of a seal order, (iii) to request the State's Attorney or the Attorney General to institute a civil action if the Agency determines a site creates conditions warranting such an action. Removes provisions (i) requiring a Substitute Natural Gas (SNG) facility to incur all reasonable costs associated with any Agency inspection or monitoring of the sequestration sites, (ii) prohibiting those costs from being passed along to customers, and (iii) requiring the facility to cooperate with Agency investigations. Removes a provision authorizing the Agency to monitor and conduct investigations of SNG facilities. Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Increases laboratory fees and assessments. Removes a provision requiring the Agency to submit its assessment schedules to the Environmental Laboratory Certification Committee. Makes changes concerning the terms of members of the Environmental Laboratory Certification Committee and the frequency of the Committee's meetings. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2013, the Environmental Protection Agency shall issue 3-year Special Waste Hauling Permits (instead of annual Special Waste Hauling Permits). Increases the fee for each waste hauling vehicle identified in the permit application and for each vehicle that is added to the permit during the 3-year period. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2012-08-24 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-1081 [SB2867 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB2867-Amended.html
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2867
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2867 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | line 15 on page 62 through line 16 on page 63 with the | ||||||
| 4 | following: | ||||||
| 5 | "(3) At least annually, the Illinois Environmental | ||||||
| 6 | Protection Agency shall inspect all carbon dioxide | ||||||
| 7 | sequestration sites in Illinois. The Illinois | ||||||
| 8 | Environmental Protection Agency may, as often as deemed | ||||||
| 9 | necessary, monitor and conduct investigations of those | ||||||
| 10 | sites. The owner or operator of the sequestration site must | ||||||
| 11 | cooperate with the Illinois Environmental Protection | ||||||
| 12 | Agency investigations of carbon dioxide sequestration | ||||||
| 13 | sites. | ||||||
| 14 | If the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency | ||||||
| 15 | determines at any time a site creates conditions that | ||||||
| 16 | warrant the issuance of a seal order under Section 34 of | ||||||
| 17 | the Environmental Protection Act, then the Illinois | ||||||
| 18 | Environmental Protection Agency shall seal the site | ||||||
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| 1 | pursuant to the Environmental Protection Act. If the | ||||||
| 2 | Illinois Environmental Protection Agency determines at any | ||||||
| 3 | time a carbon dioxide sequestration site creates | ||||||
| 4 | conditions that warrant the institution of a civil action | ||||||
| 5 | for an injunction under Section 43 of the Environmental | ||||||
| 6 | Protection Act, then the Illinois Environmental Protection | ||||||
| 7 | Agency shall request the State's Attorney or the Attorney | ||||||
| 8 | General institute such action. The Illinois Environmental | ||||||
| 9 | Protection Agency shall provide notice of any such actions | ||||||
| 10 | as soon as possible on its website. The SNG facility shall | ||||||
| 11 | incur all reasonable costs associated with any such | ||||||
| 12 | inspection or monitoring of the sequestration sites, and | ||||||
| 13 | these costs shall not be recoverable from utilities or | ||||||
| 14 | their customers.".
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