Environment & Energy Committee
Filed: 3/21/2007
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 516 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 516  by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended  by 
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changing Section 13.6 as follows:
 
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    (415 ILCS 5/13.6)
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    Sec. 13.6. Release of
radionuclides at nuclear power 
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plants.
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    (a) The purpose of this Section is to require the detection 
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and reporting of unpermitted releases of any
radionuclides into 
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groundwater, surface water, or soil at nuclear power plants, to 
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the extent that federal law or regulation does not preempt such 
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requirements.
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    (b) No owner or operator of a nuclear power plant shall 
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violate  any rule adopted under this Section.
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    (c) Within 24 hours after an unpermitted release of a

 


 






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radionuclide from a nuclear power plant, the owner or operator 
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of the nuclear power plant where the release occurred shall 
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report the release to the Agency and the Illinois Emergency 
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Management Agency. For purposes of this Section, "unpermitted 
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release of a
radionuclide" means any spilling, leaking, 
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emitting, discharging, escaping, leaching, or disposing of a

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radionuclide into groundwater, surface water, or soil that is 
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not permitted under State or federal law or regulation.
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    (d) The Agency and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency 
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shall inspect each nuclear power plant for compliance with the 
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requirements of this Section and rules adopted pursuant to this 
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Section no less than once each calendar quarter. Nothing in 
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this Section shall limit the Agency's authority to make 
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inspections under Section 4 or any other provision of this Act.
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    (e) No later than one year after the effective date of this 
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amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, the Agency, in 
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consultation with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, 
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shall propose rules to the Board prescribing standards for 
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detecting and reporting unpermitted releases of
radionuclides. 
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No later than one year after receipt of the Agency's proposal, 
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the Board shall adopt rules prescribing standards for detecting 
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and reporting unpermitted releases of
radionuclides. Rules 
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adopted under this subsection may also include standards for 
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self-inspection by the owner or operator of the nuclear power 
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plant in lieu of the inspections required under subsection (d)  
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of this Section.

 


 






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(Source: P.A. 94-849, eff. 6-12-06.)
 

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