103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB3128

 

Introduced 2/17/2023, by Rep. Anna Moeller

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
415 ILCS 170/40 new

    Amends the PFAS Reduction Act. Provides that the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency shall establish a take-back program for local fire departments and fire protection districts that use and store firefighting foam containing PFAS. Provides that fire departments and fire protection districts that participated in the most recent PFAS survey shall be eligible to participate in the program, but participation in the program shall not be required. Provides that the program shall provide funding and resources to ensure the proper destruction of firefighting foam containing PFAS. Provides that the program shall commence within 6 months after the effective date and continue for a period of 5 years or until the Office of the State Fire Marshall finds that no firefighting foam containing PFAS is reported in the PFAS survey. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning safety.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The PFAS Reduction Act is amended by adding
5Section 40 as follows:
 
6    (415 ILCS 170/40 new)
7    Sec. 40. PFAS disposal program. The Agency shall establish
8a take-back program for local fire departments and fire
9protection districts that use and store firefighting foam
10containing PFAS. Fire departments and fire protection
11districts that participated in the most recent survey
12described in Section 25 shall be eligible to participate in
13the program, but participation in the program shall not be
14required. The program shall provide funding and resources to
15ensure the proper destruction of firefighting foam containing
16PFAS. The program shall commence within 6 months after the
17effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General
18Assembly and continue for a period of 5 years or until the
19Office of the State Fire Marshall finds that no firefighting
20foam containing PFAS is reported in the survey described in
21Section 25.
 
22    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

 

 

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1becoming law.