Rep. Bob Morgan

Filed: 3/10/2023

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1190

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1190 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Underground Natural Gas Storage
5Safety Act is amended by changing Section 5 and by adding
6Section 27 as follows:
 
7    (415 ILCS 160/5)
8    Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the
9context otherwise requires:
10    "Commission" means the Illinois Commerce Commission.
11    "Contaminant" means gas, salt water, or any other
12deleterious substance released from an underground natural gas
13storage facility.
14    "Department" means the Department of Natural Resources.
15    "Director" means the Director of Natural Resources.
16    "Downhole" means the portion of the underground natural

 

 

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1gas storage facility from the first flange attaching the
2wellhead to the pipeline equipment and continuing down the
3well casing to and including the storage reservoir.
4    "Federal Act" has the meaning given to that term in the
5Illinois Gas Pipeline Safety Act.
6    "Gas" means natural gas.
7    "Notice of probable violation" means a written notice,
8satisfying the criteria set forth in Section 35, given by the
9underground natural gas storage safety manager to a person who
10operates an underground natural gas storage facility that
11identifies a failure of such person to comply with the
12provisions of this Act or the provisions of 49 U.S.C. Chapter
13601 concerning underground natural gas storage facilities, or
14any Department order or rule issued under this Act, and may
15include recommendations for a penalty in connection therewith,
16subject to the terms of this Act.
17    "Person" means an individual, firm, joint venture,
18partnership, corporation, company, limited liability company,
19firm, association, municipality, cooperative association, or
20joint stock association. "Person" includes a trustee,
21receiver, assignee, or personal representative thereof.
22    "Underground natural gas storage facility" means a gas
23pipeline facility that stores natural gas in an underground
24facility, including a depleted hydrocarbon reservoir, an
25aquifer reservoir, and a solution-mined salt cavern reservoir.
26    "Underground natural gas storage safety manager" means the

 

 

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1manager of the Department's Underground Natural Gas Storage
2Safety Program or other staff of the Department assigned to
3underground natural gas storage safety issues.
4    "Verified facility release" means a suspected or known
5natural gas or contaminant release that: (i) is regulated by
6the Department; (ii) originates from a natural gas storage
7facility; and (iii) is confirmed by chemical analysis
8conducted in accordance with Board rules to have occurred or
9be occurring within the perimeter of the underground natural
10gas storage facility or within one-quarter mile of that
11perimeter.
12(Source: P.A. 100-1172, eff. 1-4-19.)
 
13    (415 ILCS 160/27 new)
14    Sec. 27. Verified facility release. The owner or operator
15of an underground natural gas storage facility shall create
16procedures for a suspected natural gas leak or suspected
17unintentional release from an underground natural gas storage
18facility that is identified by either the Department or the
19owner or operator. The procedures shall contain guidance to
20direct the owner or operator to, if possible, collect the gas
21from the suspected leak or suspected unintentional release for
22purposes of testing and verifying the source of the gas.
23    Collecting and testing shall be performed by an
24independent contractor at the expense of the owner or
25operator. Testing of the gas shall be performed using either

 

 

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1gas chromatography or isotopic analysis to determine if the
2gas composition has markers of thermogenic origins that are
3indicative of pipeline gas. If the quantities released are
4insufficient to perform a test or if quantities are
5insufficient to confirm a leak exists, the owner or operation
6shall notify the Department, and no further action related to
7the collection and testing of the gas is required by the owner
8or operator. Previous failed attempts to collect and test the
9gas at the same site shall not remove the owner's or operator's
10responsibility to collect the gas and verify the source of the
11gas if a sufficient amount of gas for collection and testing is
12available later.
13    The owner or operator may acknowledge that the leak or
14unintentional release is from the underground natural gas
15storage facility and treat it as a verified facility release
16in lieu of performing collection and testing.
17    The owner or operator must have procedures to be used if
18the gas is identified or conceded to be a verified facility
19release. The procedures shall provide guidance on when
20atmospheric conditions within a dwelling resulting from a
21verified leak pose health or hazard issues. The owner or
22operator shall offer, at the owner's or operator's expense,
23reasonable lodging and accommodation as determined by the
24owner or operator to those living in the domicile for the
25duration of the health or hazard issue.
26    The owner or operator shall perform sampling at a

 

 

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1frequency as determined by the owner or operator for natural
2gas in private drinking water wells in the areas determined by
3the owner or operator impacted by the leak or unintentional
4release. The owner or operator shall maintain routine
5monitoring of the areas impacted by the leak or unintentional
6release as determined by the owner's or operator's procedures.
7    If natural gas is detected at levels posing health or
8hazard issues as determined by the Department of Public
9Health, the owner or operator shall offer and maintain gas
10water separators, at the owner's or operator's expense, in
11affected areas impacting the water supply, including
12domiciles. Where gas water separators are provided, the gas
13water separators shall be approved and installed in accordance
14with the Illinois Plumbing License Law, and any rules adopted
15thereunder, and shall be accompanied by an approved
16disinfection system or other associated water treatment device
17necessary to provide potable water to the affected area.
18    With the property owner's or occupant's consent, the owner
19or operator of an underground natural gas storage facility
20shall provide, install, and maintain natural gas detection
21devices, at the owner's or operator's expense, determined to
22be appropriate by the owner or operator in the affected areas,
23including domiciles, to monitor the presence of natural gas.
24The owner or operator shall maintain and calibrate the devices
25according to the recommendations, if any, set by the
26manufacturers of the device. The owner or operator shall

 

 

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1provide the device manufacturer's specifications to the
2property owner or occupant for the specific gas detector,
3including the installed functions and the alarm levels set on
4the installed device. The alarm shall be set no higher than 25%
5of the lower explosive level for methane. If the property
6owner or occupant denies consent, the owner or operator of the
7underground natural gas storage facility shall notify the
8Department, and no further action related to the installation
9of devices is required by the owner or operator.
10    The owner or operator shall maintain routine monitoring of
11the areas impacted by the leak or unintentional release by
12method and frequency as determined by the owner or operator
13and create a schedule to be shared with the Department of
14Natural Resources, the Environmental Protection Agency, and
15the Department of Public Health. If the Department of Natural
16Resources, the Environmental Protection Agency, or the
17Department of Public Health determines that the monitoring
18schedule is insufficient, then the owner or operator shall
19defer to the most rigorous recommended schedule. The owner or
20operator shall undertake a comprehensive inspection to an
21extent as determined by the owner or operator.
22    Monitoring of the area impacted shall be maintained for a
23period after corrective action is completed. The
24post-correction monitoring period shall end as prescribed in
25the owner's or operator's procedures or otherwise required by
26the Department.".