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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB0516
Introduced 2/1/2007, by Rep. Careen M Gordon SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that within 24 hours after an unpermitted release of a contaminant (now radionuclide) from a nuclear power plant, the owner or operator of the nuclear power plant where the release occurred shall report the release to the Environmental Protection Agency and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency. Removes a provision allowing self-inspection by the owner or operator of the nuclear power plant in lieu of the inspections required by this Section. Makes corresponding changes. Effective immediately.
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| AN ACT concerning safety.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by |
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| changing Section 13.6 as follows: |
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| (415 ILCS 5/13.6) |
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| Sec. 13.6. Release of contaminants
radionuclides at |
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| nuclear power plants. |
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| (a) The purpose of this Section is to require the detection |
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| and reporting of unpermitted releases of any contaminants
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| radionuclides into groundwater, surface water, or soil at |
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| nuclear power plants, to the extent that federal law or |
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| regulation does not preempt such requirements. |
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| (b) No owner or operator of a nuclear power plant shall |
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| violate any rule adopted under this Section. |
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| (c) Within 24 hours after an unpermitted release of a |
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| contaminant
radionuclide from a nuclear power plant, the owner |
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| or operator of the nuclear power plant where the release |
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| occurred shall report the release to the Agency and the |
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| Illinois Emergency Management Agency. For purposes of this |
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| Section, "unpermitted release of a contaminant
radionuclide " |
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| means any spilling, leaking, emitting, discharging, escaping, |
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| leaching, or disposing of a contaminant
radionuclide into |