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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB2643
Introduced 1/20/2006, by Sen. Susan Garrett SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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415 ILCS 5/25a-1 |
from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1025a-1 |
415 ILCS 5/25b |
from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1025b |
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Amends the Environmental Protection Act to reflect the Illinois Emergency Management Agency's assumption of duties assigned to IEMA's predecessor, the Department of Nuclear Safety. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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SB2643 |
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LRB094 14572 RSP 49515 b |
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| AN ACT concerning safety.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by |
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| changing Sections 25a-1 and 25b as follows:
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| (415 ILCS 5/25a-1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1025a-1)
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| Sec. 25a-1. At least 60 days before beginning the |
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| decommissioning of
any nuclear power plant located in this |
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| State, the owner or operator of
the plant shall file, for |
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| information purposes only, a copy of the
decommissioning plan |
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| for the plant with the Environmental Protection Agency and a |
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| copy with the
Illinois Emergency Management Agency
Department |
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| of Nuclear Safety.
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| (Source: P.A. 86-901.)
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| (415 ILCS 5/25b) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1025b)
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| Sec. 25b. Any person, corporation or public authority |
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| intending to
construct a nuclear steam-generating facility or a |
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| nuclear fuel
reprocessing plant shall file with the Illinois |
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| Emergency Management Agency
Department of Nuclear Safety an
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| environmental feasibility report which incorporates the data |
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| provided in
the preliminary safety analysis required to be |
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| filed with the United States
Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The |
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| Board may by rule prescribe the form of
such report. The Board |
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| shall have the power to adopt standards to protect
the health, |
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| safety and welfare of the citizens of Illinois from the hazards
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| of radiation to the extent that such powers are not preempted |
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| under the
federal constitution.
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| (Source: P.A. 87-292.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.
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