Rep. Robyn Gabel
Filed: 3/15/2023
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3508 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3508 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The PFAS Reduction Act is amended  by adding 
5Section 40 as follows:
 
6    (415 ILCS 170/40 new)
7    Sec. 40. Guidance from United States Environmental 
8Protection Agency; PFAS monitoring plan; technical assistance.
9    (a)    The Agency shall follow the most up-to-date guidance 
10to states from the United States Environmental Protection 
11Agency on addressing the discharge of PFAS in National 
12Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits; 
13however, the Agency shall not require monitoring for PFAS in 
14influent, effluent, and biosolids to commence less than 30 
15days after the United States Environmental Protection Agency 
16adopts an approved method for analyzing PFAS in these 
 
 
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1matrices. Monitoring required under NPDES permits shall be 
2limited to those specific PFAS compounds for which an 
3analytical method has been approved by the United States 
4Environmental Protection Agency.
5    (b)    The Agency shall create a PFAS monitoring plan.  The 
6plan shall focus on the following:
7        (1)    monitoring PFAS occurrence in wastewater flows 
8    from industrial and domestic sources, stormwater 
9    discharges, and solid waste streams;
10        (2)    gathering State-specific information in order to 
11    craft effective policies to address PFAS occurrence in 
12    wastewater, stormwater, and solid waste; and
13        (3)    gathering data to inform PFAS source reduction and 
14    pollution prevention programs, including, but not limited 
15    to, industrial pretreatment programs administered by 
16    publicly owned treatment works.
17    The plan shall be submitted to the Governor and the 
18General Assembly by July 1, 2024.
19    (c) The Prairie Research Institute's Illinois Sustainable 
20Technology Center shall provide technical assistance to 
21industrial wastewater dischargers in best management 
22practices, pollution prevention, production substitution, and 
23elimination to reduce or eliminate PFAS compounds.".