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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB3245 Introduced 2/3/2026, by Sen. Laura Ellman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | | Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that the Environmental Protection Agency shall propose and the Pollution Control Board shall adopt rules to ensure mandatory minimum distances are maintained between sources of air pollution and homes, schools, hospitals, and other similar sites in all applicable Clean Air Act permits to protect the public health, except as prohibited by federal law. |
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| | SB3245 | | LRB104 18827 BDA 32272 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning safety.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 9.21 as follows:
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| 6 | | (415 ILCS 5/9.21 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 9.21. Air pollution setbacks. The Agency shall |
| 8 | | propose and the Board shall adopt rules to ensure mandatory |
| 9 | | minimum distances are maintained between sources of air |
| 10 | | pollution and homes, schools, hospitals, and other similar |
| 11 | | sites in all applicable Clean Air Act permits to protect the |
| 12 | | public health, except as prohibited by federal law. |