Sen. Scott M. Bennett

Filed: 4/25/2019

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2027

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2027, AS AMENDED,
3by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4following:
 
5    "Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
6adding Section 21.7 as follows:
 
7    (415 ILCS 5/21.7 new)
8    Sec. 21.7. Landfills.
9    (a) The purpose of this Section is to enact legislative
10recommendations provided by the Mahomet Aquifer Task Force,
11established under Public Act 100-403. The Task Force identified
12capped but unregulated or underregulated landfills that
13overlie the Mahomet Aquifer as potentially hazardous to
14valuable groundwater resources.
15    (b) The Agency shall prioritize landfills that overlie the
16Mahomet Aquifer for inspection using existing information

 

 

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1within Agency records, municipalities, counties, solid waste
2management associations, companies, corporations, and
3individuals. The following factors shall be considered:
4        (1) the presence of, and depth to, any aquifer with
5    potential potable use;
6        (2) whether the landfill has an engineered liner
7    system;
8        (3) whether the landfill has an active groundwater
9    monitoring system;
10        (4) whether waste disposal occurred within the
11    100-year floodplain; and
12        (5) landfills within the setback zone of any potable
13    water supply well.
14    (c) Subject to appropriation, the Agency shall use existing
15information available from State and federal agencies, such as
16the Prairie Research Institute, the Department of Natural
17Resources, the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, the
18Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the Natural Resources
19Conservation Service, to identify unpermitted waste disposal
20sites located within the boundaries of the Mahomet Aquifer that
21may pose a threat to surface water or groundwater resources.
22    (d) Subject to appropriation, the Prairie Research
23Institute shall offer training to instruct landfill inspectors
24in the use of remote sensing technologies, geographic
25information systems, and current database management
26technologies for the routine inspection and management of

 

 

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1landfills. The training shall include, among other things,
2instruction in:
3        (1) the preparation of georeferenced image maps and the
4    use of aerial photography and other remote sensing
5    technologies, such as Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR),
6    to identify land erosion, landslides, barren areas,
7    leachate seeps, vegetation, and other relevant surface and
8    subsurface features of the landfills; and
9        (2) the use of geographic information systems and
10    remote sensing technologies to identify site defects,
11    structures, and monitoring wells, and to otherwise assist
12    in the routine inspection and management of landfills.
13    The Prairie Research Institute shall provide the Agency
14with updates on developments in remote sensing technologies,
15geographic information systems, and current database
16management technologies that have the potential to improve the
17routine inspection and management of landfills.
18    (e) The Agency shall use its own data, along with data from
19municipalities, counties, solid waste management associations,
20companies, corporations, and individuals, to archive
21information about landfills for present and long-term use. The
22resulting records shall be available for use as confidential
23information by regulatory agencies, but shall not be subject to
24the Freedom of Information Act.
25    (f) The Agency shall further assemble location information
26about industries and companies that generate waste, including

 

 

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1from historical processes. The resulting records shall be
2available for use as confidential information by regulatory
3agencies but shall not be subject to the Freedom of Information
4Act.
 
5    Section 10. The Illinois Groundwater Protection Act is
6amended by adding Section 10 as follows:
 
7    (415 ILCS 55/10 new)
8    Sec. 10. Pekin Metro Landfill pilot projects. Subject to
9appropriation, the Agency shall design and implement up to 2
10pilot studies of landfills that overlie the Mahomet Aquifer to
11identify threats to surface and groundwater resources that are
12posed by the landfills. One of the pilot projects shall be
13conducted at the Pekin Metro Landfill in Tazewell County. In
14conducting the pilot projects, the Agency shall:
15    (1) inspect and identify potential and current
16contamination threats to the water quality of aquifers in the
17same watershed as the landfill (for the Pekin Metro Landfill,
18the Mahomet Aquifer);
19    (2) use geographic information systems and remote sensing
20technology to track defects, structures, appliances, and wells
21for routine inspection and sustainable management;
22    (3) install or repair groundwater monitoring mechanisms
23necessary to identify whether contaminants from the landfill
24are affecting water quality in the Mahomet Aquifer;

 

 

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1    (4) identify and provide cost estimates for any additional
2response actions necessary or appropriate to reduce or minimize
3potential threats to human health and the environment resulting
4from current landfill conditions; and
5    (5) utilize the information and data collected from the
6project to create best management practices for addressing
7other landfills throughout the State.".