Rep. Dagmara Avelar

Filed: 4/2/2024

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5013

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5013 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
5adding Section 9.20 as follows:
 
6    (415 ILCS 5/9.20 new)
7    Sec. 9.20. Health and equity insights.
8    (a) Findings. The General Assembly finds that:
9        (1) pollution is distributed unevenly, impacts
10    overburdened communities disproportionately, and varies on
11    a block-by-block basis;
12        (2) disparities in impact are often missed by standard
13    monitoring practices;
14        (3) identifying locations that attract high numbers of
15    medium-duty vehicles and heavy-duty vehicles is crucial to
16    mitigate emissions significantly;

 

 

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1        (4) investment and policy development decisions must
2    be made with communities and environmental justice
3    advocates in order to reliably, effectively, and
4    accurately prioritize impacted communities; and
5        (5) collaboration with impacted communities must
6    continue through implementation of policy solutions that
7    are designed with those same communities.
8    (b) Definitions. In this Section:
9    "Agency" means the Environmental Protection Agency.
10    "Board" means the Pollution Control Board.
11    "Commission" means the Commission on Environmental
12Justice.
13    "Community air quality monitoring" means the deployment of
14low-cost sensors at the neighborhood level to better identify
15and mitigate the large disparities in pollution exposure and
16health outcomes that can occur at the local level.
17    "Continuous fence line air quality monitoring" means
18monitoring that is located on-site, that is not switched on
19and off, and that consistently collects data 24 hours a day, 7
20days a week unless paused for repair, calibration, or
21servicing.
22    "Department" means the Illinois Department of Commerce and
23Economic Opportunity.
24    "Federal Equivalent Method" or "FEM" means a method that
25is used for measuring the concentration of an air pollutant in
26the ambient air and that has been designated as an equivalent

 

 

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1method to the Federal Reference Method.
2    "Federal Reference Method" or "FRM" means a method of
3monitoring described in 40 CFR 53 (or successor regulations).
4    "Local authority" means a State or local governmental
5entity with the authority to enable mobile monitoring as a
6complement to stationary and meteorological monitoring.
7    "Meteorological monitoring" means monitoring for
8meteorological data, such as wind speed and direction.
9    "Overburdened communities" has the same meaning as
10"environmental justice community" as defined and as may be
11updated in the long-term renewable resources procurement plan
12of the Illinois Power Agency and its Program Administrator
13under the Illinois Solar for All Program.
14    "Regulated facility" means:
15        (1) a facility in a non-overburdened community used
16    for the purpose of goods distribution, whether rentable or
17    used as a proprietary facility, that has 100,000 square
18    feet or more of business area;
19        (2) a facility in an overburdened community used for
20    the purpose of goods distribution, whether rentable or
21    used as a proprietary facility, that has 50,000 square
22    feet or more of business area;
23        (3) a truck-attracting facility; or
24        (4) a facility or set of facilities that the Agency
25    determines has activities that threaten local health and
26    have a similar impact as regulated facilities described in

 

 

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1    paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) but do not meet the minimum
2    size or truck trips requirements of those facilities.
3    "Satellite air quality monitoring" means monitoring,
4conducted by one or more satellites, to measure the
5concentration of airborne particles, such as aerosols, in the
6atmosphere through observations of how much light reaches the
7surface of the Earth and how much light is reflected off of the
8aerosols.
9    "Significant emitters" means the stationary, indirect, and
10mobile sources that are the greatest contributors to
11health-harming pollutants.
12    "Truck trip" means the one-way trip a truck or tractor
13makes to or from a site with at least one warehouse to deliver
14or collect goods stored at that warehouse for later
15distribution to other locations. A truck or tractor entering a
16warehouse site and then leaving that site constitutes 2 trips.
17    "Truck-attracting facility" means a facility that
18generates or could generate 50 or more truck trips per day.
19    "Truck count" means an accounting of the number of trucks
20traveling through a designated intersection.
21    "Zero-emission vehicle" means a vehicle powered with a
22zero-emission powertrain that produces zero exhaust emissions
23of any criteria pollutant, precursor pollutant, or greenhouse
24gas in any mode of operation or condition, as determined by the
25Agency.
26    (c) Truck counting and other monitoring.

 

 

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1        (1) Each year, the Agency shall conduct truck counting
2    on a representative sample of local roads where trucks
3    enter or exit a truck-attracting facility. If possible,
4    the truck counts must include the class and age of the
5    trucks counted. Truck-counting efforts shall build on
6    existing efforts by community and environmental justice
7    organizations and shall be conducted in consultation with
8    those same entities. The Agency shall also take into
9    consideration the experience of communities in deciding
10    where to site monitors and how to move forward on
11    subsequent policy development and implementation.
12        (2) A truck-attracting facility must continuously
13    monitor on-site emissions for diesel particulate matter
14    and nitrogen oxides. Monitoring must be conducted using at
15    least 4 continuous fence line monitors spaced as far apart
16    as possible from one another around the perimeter of the
17    truck-attracting facility.
18        (3) Within one year after the effective date of this
19    amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, the Agency
20    shall cite Federal Reference Methods (FRM) and Federal
21    Equivalent Methods (FEM) established under 40 CFR Part 53,
22    informed by satellite and community data when available,
23    when determining the placement of air monitoring devices
24    at truck-attracting facilities.
25        (4) The Agency shall not announce in advance the days
26    when federal reference monitors are collecting data or the

 

 

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1    days when mobile or meteorological monitoring is taking
2    place, if the Agency does not already continuously collect
3    data from those monitors or through that monitoring. The
4    Agency shall identify which federal reference monitors in
5    the State are not collecting data continuously. The Agency
6    shall transition all instruments to continuous monitoring
7    within 2 years upon determining which monitors are not
8    collecting data continuously.
9        (5) The Agency must create a timely process for
10    community representatives or companies to co-locate
11    monitoring equipment at FRM monitors or FEM monitors
12    managed or owned by the State incorporating guidelines of
13    public participation and transparency found in subsection
14    (l) herein.
15        (6) Overburdened communities may request a new FRM
16    monitor or FEM monitor. This request may be based on
17    satellite or low-cost local data, health data, data
18    concerning recent changes in land use, or other
19    qualitative or quantitative metrics identified by
20    overburdened communities. This request should be granted
21    as of right if the data shows the source is already
22    identified as a high-priority emitter, or the community is
23    already identified as overburdened.
24    (d) Indirect source review.
25        (1) No later than 12 months after the effective date
26    of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, the

 

 

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1    Agency shall adopt rules requiring all regulated
2    facilities to implement an air emissions reduction plan.
3        (2) In crafting such rules and regulations, the Agency
4    shall create a methodology to determine the emissions at
5    each regulated facility during the compliance period.
6    Actual data at a regulated facility shall be collected by
7    the regulated facility operator using methods that provide
8    a verifiable and representative record. Annual emissions
9    shall include on-site vehicle emissions (including moving,
10    idling, and operation of auxiliary generating units,
11    whether or not vehicles ever leave the facility) and
12    on-site combustion emissions.
13        (3) The Agency shall require any new development that
14    would be a regulated facility when operational to first
15    obtain a permit demonstrating that it will be in
16    compliance with rules and regulations concerning indirect
17    sources in the state.
18        (4) In crafting such rules and regulations, the Agency
19    shall create a points system under which regulated
20    facilities must earn points based on the amount of
21    emissions generated trips at the facility, and develop
22    mitigation options for facilities to earn points.
23    Mitigation options shall include:
24            (A) acquiring zero-emissions trucks;
25            (B) using zero-emissions trucks at the regulated
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1        facility;
2            (C) installing electric charging infrastructure;
3            (D) using electric charging infrastructure;
4            (E) requiring use of zero-emissions vehicles on
5        site;
6            (F) using alternatives to truck trips for incoming
7        or outgoing trips such as e-cargo bikes or light duty
8        electric vehicles;
9            (G) installing on-site solar power generation,
10        electricity storage, and managed charging systems;
11            (H) installing and maintaining MERV 16 or greater
12        filters systems in schools, day care centers,
13        hospitals, community centers, or residences within
14        one-half mile of a regulated facility;
15            (I) eliminating cooking, heating, hot water, or
16        generator combustion emissions by replacing appliances
17        and equipment at the regulated facility or at
18        buildings within one-half mile of a regulated
19        facility; and
20            (J) reducing transport emissions for regulated
21        facility neighbors by contributing to and maintaining
22        docked e-bike share, electric vehicle (EV)
23        ride-sharing, or public transportation.
24        (5) The Agency shall also consider greater stringency
25    for all census blocks where transport-related pollution is
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1    asthma.
2        (6) In crafting such rules and regulations, the Agency
3    shall impose more stringent requirements for all regulated
4    facilities located in or within one-half mile of an
5    overburdened community, after consulting with overburdened
6    communities and those communities' leaders.
7        (7) In crafting such rules and regulations, the Agency
8    shall assess and report on when regulated facilities will
9    reach zero on-site emissions.
10    (e) Fee and point system guidelines.
11        (1) In adopting rules that rely on points, the Agency
12    shall not allow the transfer of points between facilities.
13    If a warehouse operator earns more points than is required
14    for an annual points compliance obligation in a given
15    reporting period, then it may use those remaining points
16    at the same warehouse to satisfy a points compliance
17    obligation in any of the following 3 years.
18        (2) Operators transferring points to a different
19    compliance period must demonstrate that any on-site
20    improvements or equipment installations that were used to
21    earn the points being transferred are still operational at
22    that facility in the year that points are used.
23        (3) Points earned 3 years or less before an operator's
24    first compliance period may be banked and transferred up
25    to 3 years after the operator's first compliance period.
26    This early compliance must be documented in an annual

 

 

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1    report immediately following the year in which the action
2    or investment was completed.
3        (4) regulated facilities that manage a truck trip to
4    or from an overburdened community shall have 25% higher
5    points compliance obligations.
6        (5) When considering alternatives to truck trips for
7    incoming or outgoing trips, the operator shall consult
8    impacted and displaced workers in selecting an alternative
9    to truck trips and shall only use an alternative upon
10    agreement with the impacted and displaced workers. If
11    employees in a regulated facility have an exclusive
12    bargaining unit representative and the bargaining unit or
13    the terms of the collective bargaining agreement would be
14    impacted by the use of an alternative, then the operator
15    shall consult with and obtain agreement from the employees
16    who are impacted, displaced, or both and the
17    representative, in writing, before using the alternative.
18    (f) Permitting.
19        (1) The Agency shall be in charge of permit issuance.
20    Permits shall be reviewed at a minimum every 3 years for
21    facilities in designated overburdened communities, and
22    every 5 years in other locations.
23            (A) Permits shall only be issued if a regulated
24        facility has paid its registration fee and will meet
25        its compliance obligations.
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1        facility has paid its registration fee and met its
2        compliance obligations or paid the associated fines if
3        not meeting compliance obligations.
4        (2) The issuance of permits shall consider the
5    following:
6            (A) Cumulative impact borne by the community
7        within one-half mile of the proposed facility, if
8        available;
9            (B) Monitoring data, including FRM, fence line,
10        and satellite data;
11            (C) Modeled emissions rates for facility
12        activities, integrating inputs such as truck counts
13        and on-site activities such as idling;
14            (D) Recommendations of the Commission.
15        (3) At any time, a permit review can be triggered at
16    the request of the Commission, an overburdened community,
17    or community representative that presents compelling
18    quantitative evidence, such as truck counts or monitoring
19    data, or qualitative evidence, such health surveys or
20    focus groups, that shows a facility is contributing to
21    cumulative burden.
22        (4) The Agency shall issue additional rules
23    determining under what circumstances a facility may have
24    its permit revoked. Permits shall not be issued or renewed
25    until the regulated facility is in compliance including
26    payment of any fines or fees.

 

 

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1        (5) The Agency shall require a regulated facility to
2    obtain a modified permit if the regulated facility has any
3    development or major modification that would increase the
4    emissions from activities at the facility.
5        (6) The Agency shall require regulated facilities, as
6    a permit condition, to annually report all information
7    needed by the Agency to fulfill its obligations.
8    (g) Impacts and sources.
9        (1) The Agency shall, in collaboration with the
10    Department of Public Health, disclose air pollution
11    impacts on maternal, infant, and child health and health
12    disparities by census block group or smaller. The Agency
13    shall make available clear information on health symptoms
14    and outcomes. Metrics reported on shall include, but shall
15    not be limited to, the following:
16            (A) the number of emergency room visits due to
17        pollution- related illness;
18            (B) the number of diagnoses of pollution-related
19        ailments; and
20            (C) the number of missed work and school days.
21        (2) The Agency shall, in collaboration with the State
22    Board of Education, disclose air pollution impacts on
23    educational attainment. Metrics reported on at the census
24    block level include, but shall not be limited to:
25            (A) school attendance;
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1            (C) graduation rates.
2        (3) The Agency shall, in collaboration with the
3    Department, disclose air pollution impacts on the economy.
4    Metrics that shall be reported on at the census block
5    level include, but are not limited to:
6            (A) labor force participation, measured in missed
7        workdays;
8            (B) labor force productivity; and
9            (C) inflation and tax revenues.
10        (4) The Agency shall disclose the sources of air
11    pollution at the granularity of census block group or
12    greater.
13        (5) The Agency shall disclose the jurisdiction with
14    authority over mitigation of emissions from each type of
15    emissions source.
16        (6) The Agency shall, in collaboration with the
17    Department of Labor, Department of Financial and
18    Professional Regulation, and other relevant agencies,
19    annually publish a list of warehouses and other
20    truck-attracting facilities that will include the
21    following information, which shall be annually reported by
22    the facilities:
23            (A) location;
24            (B) facility square footage;
25            (C) operator name;
26            (D) owner name;

 

 

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1            (E) secured lender name;
2            (F) number of loading docks;
3            (G) compliance status;
4            (H) documented labor violations;
5            (I) the number of electric vehicle charging
6        stations installed and actual usage;
7            (J) the number of hydrogen fueling stations
8        installed and actual usage;
9            (K) the number of on-site renewable energy
10        generation systems installed;
11            (L) the number of vehicles used to deliver from
12        the site that are owned by the operator but leased to a
13        third-party and the proportion of those vehicles that
14        are leased and the proportion that are owned by the
15        operator;
16            (M) the average daily number of inbound and
17        outbound vehicle trips by vehicle weight and class, by
18        time of day, and by day of the week;
19            (N) the average daily vehicle miles traveled for
20        all vehicles making inbound and outbound trips;
21            (O) total number, age, race and ethnicity of
22        residents within 0.5 mile;
23            (P) site profit;
24            (Q) sum of tax subsidies;
25            (R) the number of jobs at the facility, including
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1        contractors, with a breakdown of percentage of
2        part-time and full-time employees, independent
3        contractors, unionized and non-union employees;
4            (S) the percentage of vehicles used, specifying
5        on-road vehicles and off-road vehicles as well as
6        weight and vehicle class, that are zero emissions;
7            (T) the identity of subcontractors who conduct
8        more than 10% of total delivery vehicle trips from the
9        site, including the entity name, principal officers,
10        business address and contact information, and total
11        number of employees; and
12            (U) any other information necessary to effectively
13        implement and enforce any rule or regulation
14        promulgated pursuant to this Section. The annual
15        report shall be consistent with consistent with the
16        transparency requirements in subsection (l).
17    (i) Insights, Jobs, and Environmental Justice Grant
18Program. The Agency shall create and administer an Insights,
19Jobs, and Environmental Justice Grant Program. The Insights,
20Jobs, and Environmental Justice Grant Program shall be
21designed to:
22        (1) identify overburdened communities, in
23    collaboration with residents of overburdened communities,
24    representatives of those communities, or both;
25        (2) deploy an air monitoring network to collect
26    sufficient air quality data for review and accountability;

 

 

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1    and
2        (3) identify sources and impacts of concern to
3    communities.
4    The Agency shall provide staff support for design of a
5monitoring program, co-location of instruments, implementation
6of data methods, analysis, grant facilitators, grant writing,
7capacity building, outreach and communication. Applications
8for grants programs should be as simple and streamlined as
9possible to maximize participation. Application forms and
10applications should be reviewed by the Commission to ensure
11accessibility and appropriateness of awards.
12    (j) Insights analysis program.
13        (1) In 2025 and every 2 years thereafter, the Agency
14    must conduct a review to determine levels of criteria
15    pollutants in the overburdened communities and in median
16    comparison neighborhoods. Unredacted reviews must be made
17    accessible to the public in full, unless necessary to
18    comply with confidentiality restrictions, and must be
19    posted on a publicly available, multilingual website.
20    Reviews must include an evaluation of initial and
21    subsequent impacts related to criteria pollution in
22    overburdened communities and in comparison to median
23    comparison neighborhoods and may also include climate
24    impacts in overburdened communities.
25        (2) The Agency, in collaboration with the Department
26    and the Board, must identify significant emitters and

 

 

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1    their parent companies, extent and kind of emissions.
2        (3) The Agency shall identify or develop models for
3    emissions inventories from regulated facilities; tools
4    usable by communities to attribute air pollution to
5    different sources and industries; and models to describe
6    on-site activities by an emissions rate, such as grams per
7    hour or tons per year.
8    (k) Funding.
9        (1) The Board shall impose an annual registration fee
10    for regulated facilities, and institute additional fines
11    for regulated facilities that fail to comply with any
12    rules or regulations promulgated pursuant to this Section.
13        (2) The fees and fines shall be made payable to the
14    Environmental Protection Trust Fund.
15        (3) The minimum registration fee shall be set at a
16    level sufficient to ensure the Agency has the resources to
17    conduct all activities specified in this Act.
18        (4) A portion of funds, to be determined by
19    consultation with overburdened community representatives
20    and approved by the Commission, shall be used to fund the
21    Insights, Jobs, and Environmental Justice Grant Program
22    established under this Section; and materials necessary to
23    provide education on monitoring, air quality, and impacts
24    of pollution in overburdened communities.
25        (5) The Environmental Protection Trust Fund is
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1    this Section.
2    (l) Public participation and transparency.
3        (1) The Agency shall provide a public participation
4    process, including, but not limited to:
5            (A) public notice of the submission of permit
6        applications or revisions, overburdened community
7        permit review request, requests for new FEM or FRM
8        monitors, or co-location of monitors;
9            (B) posting, on a public website in
10        machine-readable format, the full permit application,
11        revision, or review request, or request for monitor or
12        co-location, the draft and final findings by the
13        consulted agencies, and the agencies' response to
14        comments;
15            (C) an opportunity for the submission of public
16        comments;
17            (D) an opportunity for a public hearing before a
18        determination;
19            (E) a summary and response of the comments
20        prepared by the consulted agencies; and
21            (F) communications between impacted communities
22        must be in English and any language that 10% or more of
23        non-English speaking residents speak.
24        (2) The Agency shall track progress on reduction of
25    emissions from regulated facilities in an easily
26    accessible format.

 

 

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1    (m) Investigation.
2        (1) The Agency shall conduct an annual investigation
3    of a random selection of at least 3% of regulated
4    facilities in non-overburdened communities. The Agency
5    shall conduct an annual investigation of at least 7% of
6    all regulated facilities sources in overburdened
7    communities. The Agency shall conduct an annual
8    investigation of any regulated facilities with more than
9    500 children under the age of 5 living within one-half
10    mile. Communities may request an investigation. This
11    request shall be granted as of right if the source is
12    already identified as a high priority emitter or the
13    community is already identified as an overburdened
14    community. The results of any investigation shall be made
15    public along with any recommended or required mitigation
16    actions.
17        (2) An investigation shall consist of the following:
18            (A) review of fence line monitoring data;
19            (B) an analysis of satellite data;
20            (C) updates on land use, truck counts and ages,
21        and duration of idling, and other inputs into
22        emissions inventories;
23            (D) the identification of defeat devices installed
24        on trucks;
25            (E) determination of annual emissions rate from
26        the source and expected concentration enhancements

 

 

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1        from the source at one-half and one mile distance; and
2            (F) other metrics identified as important by
3        community representatives.
4    (n) Beneficial electrification based on health and equity
5insights.
6        (1) Community monitoring, fence line monitoring,
7    meteorological data, and analysis of satellite data shall
8    all be considered when identifying priority communities
9    for beneficial electrification.
10        (2) New and modified facilities shall be ready for
11    zero-emissions operations. The Agency shall issue
12    guidelines specifying how new and modified facilities
13    shall include:
14            (i) on-site solar power generation;
15            (ii) battery storage; and
16            (iii) a managed charging system.
17    (o) Standing for Citizen Suits. Any resident within
18one-half mile of a regulated facility shall have standing in a
19civil suit to secure the protections of this Section. If a
20legal proceeding determines that a regulated entity
21misrepresented statements, beyond a de minimis error, or has
22not met a compliance obligation under this Section, the party
23who brought the suit shall be entitled to attorneys' fees and
24twice the value of the annual fees owed by the facility for the
25year the suit was brought.
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1application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the
2invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of
3this Section which can be given effect without the invalid
4provision or application, and to this end the provisions of
5this Section are severable.
 
6    Section 10. The Environmental Justice Act is amended by
7changing Section 10 as follows:
 
8    (415 ILCS 155/10)
9    Sec. 10. Commission on Environmental Justice.
10    (a) The Commission on Environmental Justice is established
11and consists of the following 24 voting members:
12        (1) 2 members of the Senate, one appointed by the
13    President of the Senate and the other by the Minority
14    Leader of the Senate, each to serve at the pleasure of the
15    appointing officer;
16        (2) 2 members of the House of Representatives, one
17    appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives
18    and the other by the Minority Leader of the House of
19    Representatives, each to serve at the pleasure of the
20    appointing officer;
21        (3) the following ex officio members: the Director of
22    Commerce and Economic Opportunity or his or her designee,
23    the Director of the Environmental Protection Agency or his
24    or her designee, the Director of Natural Resources or his

 

 

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1    or her designee, the Director of Public Health or his or
2    her designee, the Secretary of Transportation or his or
3    her designee, and a representative of the housing office
4    of the Department of Human Services appointed by the
5    Secretary of Human Services; and
6        (4) 14 members appointed by the Governor who represent
7    the following interests:
8            (i) at least 4 members of affected communities
9        concerned with environmental justice;
10            (ii) at least 2 members of business organizations
11        including one member representing a statewide
12        organization representing manufacturers and one member
13        representing an organization representing the energy
14        sector;
15            (iii) environmental organizations;
16            (iv) experts on environmental health and
17        environmental justice;
18            (v) units of local government;
19            (vi) members of the general public who have an
20        interest or expertise in environmental justice; and
21            (vii) at least 2 members of labor organizations
22        including one member from a statewide labor federation
23        representing more than one international union and one
24        member from an organization representing workers in
25        the energy sector.
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1    by the Governor, 5 shall serve for a 2-year term and 5
2    shall serve for a 1-year term, as designated by the
3    Governor at the time of appointment. The members appointed
4    by the Governor for terms beginning before the effective
5    date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly
6    shall serve 2-year terms. Members appointed by the
7    Governor for terms beginning on or after the effective
8    date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly
9    shall serve 4-year terms. Vacancies shall be filled in the
10    same manner as appointments. Members of the Commission
11    appointed by the Governor may not receive compensation for
12    their service on the Commission and are not entitled to
13    reimbursement for expenses.
14    (c) The Governor shall designate a Chairperson from among
15the Commission's members. The Commission shall meet at the
16call of the Chairperson, but no later than 90 days after the
17effective date of this Act and at least quarterly thereafter.
18    (d) The Commission shall:
19        (1) advise State entities on environmental justice and
20    related community issues;
21        (2) review and analyze the impact of current State
22    laws and policies on the issue of environmental justice
23    and sustainable communities;
24        (3) assess the adequacy of State and local laws to
25    address the issue of environmental justice and sustainable
26    communities;

 

 

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1        (4) develop criteria to assess whether communities in
2    the State may be experiencing environmental justice
3    issues; and
4        (4.5) identify high-priority emitters; and
5        (5) recommend options to the Governor for addressing
6    issues, concerns, or problems related to environmental
7    justice that surface after reviewing State laws and
8    policies, including prioritizing areas of the State that
9    need immediate attention.
10    (e) On or before October 1, 2011 and each October 1
11thereafter, the Commission shall report its findings and
12recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly.
13    (f) The Environmental Protection Agency shall provide
14administrative and other support to the Commission.
15(Source: P.A. 102-1129, eff. 2-10-23.)".