101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB1853

 

Introduced 2/15/2019, by Sen. John F. Curran

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
415 ILCS 5/9.16 new

    Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency shall reevaluate the current air pollution operating permit of any facility emitting ethylene oxide and conduct a 90-day public hearing process on such permits. Provides that no air pollution operating permit shall be renewed if the facility is in violation of any federal or State standards or current studies pertaining to ethylene oxide. Provides that a facility emitting ethylene oxide at levels higher than federal or State standards shall immediately cease operations until the level of emissions are reduced below both federal and State standards. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning safety.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
5adding Section 9.16 as follows:
 
6    (415 ILCS 5/9.16 new)
7    Sec. 9.16. Permits, hearings, and notice for facilities
8emitting ethylene oxide.
9    (a) The Agency shall immediately reevaluate the current air
10pollution operating permit of any facility emitting ethylene
11oxide, by conducting a 90-day public hearing process on all
12such facilities. The Agency shall, by rule, provide for the
1390-day public hearing process which shall, at a minimum,
14include:
15        (1) three public hearings in the community where the
16    facility emitting the ethylene oxide is located; and
17        (2) an opportunity for public testimony at each
18    hearing.
19    (b) No air pollution operating permit shall be renewed if
20the Agency finds that the facility is emitting ethylene oxide
21at a level that violates any federal or State standards or
22current studies pertaining to ethylene oxide. The Agency shall
23also consider the results of the 90-day public hearing process

 

 

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1when evaluating a facility's permit renewal.
2    (c) If, at any time, a facility is emitting ethylene oxide
3at a level higher than the standards set forth by Section 112
4of the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7412) or the Agency,
5then the facility shall immediately cease operations until
6sufficient changes are made to reduce the level of such
7emissions below both federal and State standards.
 
8    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
9becoming law.