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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB1563 Introduced 2/8/2023, by Sen. Julie A. Morrison SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to propose and the Pollution Control Board to adopt rules defining what microplastics are for purposes of regulating their presence in drinking water. Directs the Agency to propose and the Board to adopt rules establishing a standard methodology to be used in the testing of drinking water for microplastics, requirements for testing drinking water for microplastics, and standards for the accreditation by the Agency of qualified laboratories to analyze drinking water for microplastics. Provides that the Agency, if it deems doing so is appropriate, is to consider issuing a notification level to aid consumers in the interpretation of the results of drinking water testing.
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| | SB1563 | | LRB103 28266 CPF 54645 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,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 13.10 as follows:
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| 6 | | (415 ILCS 5/13.10 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 13.10. Microplastics. |
| 8 | | (a) On or before July 1, 2024, the Agency shall propose and |
| 9 | | the Board shall adopt rules defining what microplastics are |
| 10 | | for purposes of regulating their presence in drinking water. |
| 11 | | (b) On or before July 1, 2025, the Agency shall propose and |
| 12 | | the Board shall adopt rules to establish: |
| 13 | | (1) a standard methodology to be used in the testing |
| 14 | | of drinking water for microplastics; |
| 15 | | (2) requirements for testing and reporting of |
| 16 | | microplastics in drinking water, including public |
| 17 | | disclosure of the results of that testing, for 4 years; |
| 18 | | and |
| 19 | | (3) standards for the accreditation by the Agency of |
| 20 | | qualified laboratories in Illinois to analyze drinking |
| 21 | | water for microplastics. |
| 22 | | (c) On or before July 1, 2025, the Agency shall, if deems |
| 23 | | doing so is appropriate, issue a notification level or other |