Rep. Dave Winters
Filed: 4/27/2012
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2867 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2867 by replacing 
3line 15 on page 62 through line 16 on page 63 with the 
4following:
5        "(3) At least annually, the Illinois Environmental 
6    Protection Agency shall inspect all carbon dioxide 
7    sequestration sites in Illinois. The Illinois 
8    Environmental Protection Agency may, as often as deemed 
9    necessary, monitor and conduct investigations of those 
10    sites. The owner or operator of the sequestration site must 
11    cooperate with the Illinois Environmental Protection 
12    Agency investigations of carbon dioxide sequestration 
13    sites.
14        If the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency 
15    determines at any time a site creates conditions that 
16    warrant the issuance of a seal order under Section 34 of 
17    the Environmental Protection Act, then the Illinois 
18    Environmental Protection Agency shall seal the site 
 
 
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1    pursuant to the Environmental Protection Act. If the 
2    Illinois Environmental Protection Agency determines at any 
3    time a carbon dioxide sequestration site creates 
4    conditions that warrant the institution of a civil action 
5    for an injunction under Section 43 of the Environmental 
6    Protection Act, then the Illinois Environmental Protection 
7    Agency shall request the State's Attorney or the Attorney 
8    General institute such action. The Illinois Environmental 
9    Protection Agency shall provide notice of any such actions 
10    as soon as possible on its website. The SNG facility shall 
11    incur all reasonable costs associated with any such 
12    inspection or monitoring of the sequestration sites, and 
13    these costs shall not be recoverable from utilities or 
14    their customers.".