Environment & Energy Committee
Filed: 3/21/2007
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 516
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 516 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by | ||||||
5 | changing Section 13.6 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (415 ILCS 5/13.6) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 13.6. Release of
radionuclides at nuclear power | ||||||
8 | plants. | ||||||
9 | (a) The purpose of this Section is to require the detection | ||||||
10 | and reporting of unpermitted releases of any
radionuclides into | ||||||
11 | groundwater, surface water, or soil at nuclear power plants, to | ||||||
12 | the extent that federal law or regulation does not preempt such | ||||||
13 | requirements. | ||||||
14 | (b) No owner or operator of a nuclear power plant shall | ||||||
15 | violate any rule adopted under this Section. | ||||||
16 | (c) Within 24 hours after an unpermitted release of a
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1 | radionuclide from a nuclear power plant, the owner or operator | ||||||
2 | of the nuclear power plant where the release occurred shall | ||||||
3 | report the release to the Agency and the Illinois Emergency | ||||||
4 | Management Agency. For purposes of this Section, "unpermitted | ||||||
5 | release of a
radionuclide" means any spilling, leaking, | ||||||
6 | emitting, discharging, escaping, leaching, or disposing of a
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7 | radionuclide into groundwater, surface water, or soil that is | ||||||
8 | not permitted under State or federal law or regulation. | ||||||
9 | (d) The Agency and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency | ||||||
10 | shall inspect each nuclear power plant for compliance with the | ||||||
11 | requirements of this Section and rules adopted pursuant to this | ||||||
12 | Section no less than once each calendar quarter. Nothing in | ||||||
13 | this Section shall limit the Agency's authority to make | ||||||
14 | inspections under Section 4 or any other provision of this Act. | ||||||
15 | (e) No later than one year after the effective date of this | ||||||
16 | amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, the Agency, in | ||||||
17 | consultation with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, | ||||||
18 | shall propose rules to the Board prescribing standards for | ||||||
19 | detecting and reporting unpermitted releases of
radionuclides. | ||||||
20 | No later than one year after receipt of the Agency's proposal, | ||||||
21 | the Board shall adopt rules prescribing standards for detecting | ||||||
22 | and reporting unpermitted releases of
radionuclides. Rules | ||||||
23 | adopted under this subsection may also include standards for | ||||||
24 | self-inspection by the owner or operator of the nuclear power | ||||||
25 | plant in lieu of the inspections required under subsection (d) | ||||||
26 | of this Section.
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1 | (Source: P.A. 94-849, eff. 6-12-06.)
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2 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
3 | becoming law.".
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