Rep. Robyn Gabel
Filed: 3/17/2023
 
 

 

 

 
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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; 
9PFAS disposal program.
10    (a)    The Agency shall follow the most up-to-date guidance 
11to states from the United States Environmental Protection 
12Agency on addressing the discharge of PFAS in National 
13Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits; 
14however, the Agency shall not require monitoring for PFAS in 
15influent, effluent, and biosolids to commence less than 30 
16days after the United States Environmental Protection Agency 
 
 
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1adopts an approved method for analyzing PFAS in these 
2matrices. Monitoring required under NPDES permits shall be 
3limited to those specific PFAS compounds for which an 
4analytical method has been approved by the United States 
5Environmental Protection Agency.
6    (b)    The Agency shall create a PFAS monitoring plan.  The 
7plan shall focus on the following:
8        (1)    monitoring PFAS occurrence in wastewater flows 
9    from industrial and domestic sources, stormwater 
10    discharges, and solid waste streams;
11        (2)    gathering State-specific information in order to 
12    craft effective policies to address PFAS occurrence in 
13    wastewater, stormwater, and solid waste; and
14        (3)    gathering data to inform PFAS source reduction and 
15    pollution prevention programs, including, but not limited 
16    to, industrial pretreatment programs administered by 
17    publicly owned treatment works.
18    The plan shall be submitted to the Governor and the 
19General Assembly by July 1, 2024.
20    (c) The Prairie Research Institute's Illinois Sustainable 
21Technology Center shall provide technical assistance to 
22industrial wastewater dischargers in best management 
23practices, pollution prevention, production substitution, and 
24elimination to reduce or eliminate PFAS compounds.
25    (d) The Agency shall establish
a take-back program for 
26fire departments that use and store firefighting foam

 
 
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1containing PFAS. Fire departments that participated in the 
2most recent survey
described in Section 25 shall be eligible 
3to participate in
the program, but participation in the 
4program shall not be
required. The program shall provide 
5funding and resources to
ensure the proper destruction of 
6firefighting foam containing
PFAS. The program shall continue 
7for a period of 5 years or
until the Office of the State Fire 
8Marshal finds that no
firefighting foam containing PFAS is 
9reported in the survey
described in
Section 25. This program 
10is subject to appropriation.
11    (e) Implementation of this Section is subject to 
12appropriation.".

 
13    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
14becoming law.".