Rep. Carol Ammons
Filed: 5/22/2019
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2027 





2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2027 by replacing 
3line 5 with the following:
 
4"adding Sections 13.9 and 21.7 as follows:
 
5    (415 ILCS 5/13.9 new)
6    Sec. 13.9. Mahomet Aquifer natural gas storage study. 
7    (a) Subject to appropriation, the Prairie Research 
8Institute shall: 
9        (1) use remote sensing technologies, such as 
10    helicopter-based time domain electromagnetics, 
11    post-processing methods, and geologic modeling software, 
12    to examine, characterize, and prepare three-dimensional 
13    models of the unconsolidated geologic materials overlying 
14    any underground natural gas storage facility located 
15    within the boundaries of the Mahomet Aquifer; and
16        (2) to the extent possible, identify within those 
 
 
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1    unconsolidated geologic materials potential structures and 
2    migration pathways for natural gas that may be released 
3    from the underground natural gas storage facility. 
4    (b) For purposes of this Section, "underground natural gas 
5storage facility" has the meaning provided in Section 5 of the 
6Illinois Underground Natural Gas Storage Safety Act.".