Environment & Energy Committee
Adopted in House Comm. on Apr 02, 2008
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4803 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4803 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following: 

 
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    "Section 5. The Illinois Renewable Fuels Development 
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Program Act is amended  by changing Section 15 as follows:
 



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    (20 ILCS 689/15)



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    Sec. 15. Illinois Renewable Fuels Development Program. 

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    (a) The Department must develop and administer the Illinois 
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Renewable Fuels
Development Program to assist in the 
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construction, modification, alteration, or
retrofitting of 
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renewable fuel plants in Illinois.
The recipient of a grant 
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under
this Section
must:


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        (1) be constructing, modifying, altering, or 
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    retrofitting a plant in the
State
of Illinois;


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        (2) be constructing, modifying, altering, or 
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    retrofitting a plant that has
annual production capacity of 
 


 






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    no less than 30,000,000 gallons of renewable fuel
per year; 
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    and


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        (3) enter into a project labor agreement as prescribed 
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    by Section 25 of
this
Act; .

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        (4) have received all construction permits required 
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    for the project by the Environmental Protection Agency; and
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        (5) provide a documented water supply, treatment, and 
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    discharge plan for the plant's operations, including:
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                (i) proposed and alternative source water 
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            characterization including water quality, 
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            quantity, and biota of the sources;
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                (ii) proposed average daily and maximum annual 
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            water needs of the proposed project;
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                (iii) a demonstration that the proposed water 
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            withdrawals will not jeopardize the reliability of 
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            existing uses or natural conditions of the same 
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            source waters, or other waters that are dependent 
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            on flows from the source waters;
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                (iv) a characterization of the proposed 
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            wastewater discharge from the plant, including 
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            water quality and quantity with consideration of 
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            potential for erosion or habitat destruction in 
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            the receiving stream;
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                (v) a demonstration that the plant will employ 
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            Best Available Technology (BAT) for water 
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            conservation, including options for potential 
 


 






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            reuse of the plant's wastewater;
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                (vi) a characterization of the plant's 
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            wastewater treatment and monitoring practices, 
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            including both process water and stormwater;
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                (vii) a characterization of the waters that 
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            will receive the wastewater and stormwater 
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            discharges from the plant, including their 
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            quality, quantity, and existing biota; and
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                 (viii) demonstration of a system for 
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            monitoring of total trihalomethanes (TTHMs) and 
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            haloacetic acids (HAAs) if the applicant proposes 
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            to use chlorine as a biocide in the cooling water. 
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    (b) Grant applications must be made on forms provided by 
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and in accordance
with
procedures established by the 
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Department.

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    (c) The Department must give preference to applicants that 
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use Illinois
agricultural products in the production of 
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renewable fuel at the plant for
which the
grant is being 
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requested.

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(Source: P.A. 93-15, eff. 6-11-03.)".