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| | 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB1545 Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 415 ILCS 5/9.2 | from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1009.2 |
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Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change
in a Section concerning sulfur dioxide emission standards.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | HB1545 | | LRB102 03561 CPF 13574 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning safety.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 9.2 as follows:
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| 6 | | (415 ILCS 5/9.2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1009.2)
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| 7 | | Sec. 9.2. Sulfur dioxide emission standards.
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| 8 | | (a) (Blank.)
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| 9 | | (b) In granting any alternative emission standard or |
| 10 | | variance relating
to sulfur dioxide emissions from a |
| 11 | | coal-burning stationary source, the
the
Board may require the |
| 12 | | use of Illinois coal as a condition of such
alternative |
| 13 | | standard or variance, provided that the Board determines that
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| 14 | | Illinois coal of the proper quality is available and |
| 15 | | competitive in price;
such determination shall include |
| 16 | | consideration of the cost of pollution
control equipment and |
| 17 | | the economic impact on the Illinois coal mining industry. |
| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 92-574, eff. 9-26-02.)
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