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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Climate Change and Emissions Management Act. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | "Agency" means the Illinois Environmental Protection | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Agency. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | "Baseline emissions intensity" is defined in Section 15 of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | this Act. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | "CO 2 e" means the 100-year time horizon global warming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | potential of a specified gas expressed in terms of equivalency | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | to carbon dioxide, as set forth by the Agency by rule. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | "Direct emissions" means the release of specified gases | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | from sources actually located at a facility. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | "Director" means the Director of the Illinois | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Environmental Protection Agency. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | "Emission offset" means a reduction in, geological | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | sequestration of, or capture of specified gas emissions as | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | provided in Section 27. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | "Emission performance credit" means a reduction in the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | release of specified gases, expressed in metric tons, that | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | meets the requirements of Section 20. |
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1 | "Established facility" means: | ||||||
2 | (1) a facility that completed its first year of | ||||||
3 | commercial operation prior to December 31, 2008; or | ||||||
4 | (2) a facility that has completed 8 years of commercial | ||||||
5 | operation. | ||||||
6 | "Facility" means a privately-owned plant or other | ||||||
7 | commercial or industrial structure located in Illinois. | ||||||
8 | "Facility" does not include government-owned or | ||||||
9 | government-operated plants or other structures. | ||||||
10 | "Fund" means the Climate Change and Emissions Management | ||||||
11 | Fund. | ||||||
12 | "Fund credit" means a contribution to the Climate Change | ||||||
13 | and Emissions Management Fund as provided in Section 25. | ||||||
14 | "Metric ton" shall be expressed on a CO 2 e basis, unless the | ||||||
15 | context clearly requires otherwise. | ||||||
16 | "Net emissions intensity" means: (i) the total direct | ||||||
17 | emissions from the facility for the applicable calendar year | ||||||
18 | minus the sum of (A) the facility's allowable emission offsets, | ||||||
19 | (B) the allowable fund credits applied on behalf of the | ||||||
20 | facility, and (C) the allowable emission performance credits | ||||||
21 | applied on behalf of the facility, divided by (ii) the | ||||||
22 | facility's production for the year. | ||||||
23 | "Net emissions intensity limit" means the specified gas | ||||||
24 | emission targets established under Section 10. | ||||||
25 | "New facility" means: | ||||||
26 | (1) a facility that completed its first year of |
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1 | commercial operation on December 31, 2008 or on December 31 | ||||||
2 | of a subsequent year and has completed less than 8 years of | ||||||
3 | commercial operation; or | ||||||
4 | (2) a facility designated as a new facility by the | ||||||
5 | Agency. | ||||||
6 | "Production" means the quantity, expressed in an | ||||||
7 | applicable unit of production, of (i) end product produced by a | ||||||
8 | facility or (ii) if the facility does not produce an end | ||||||
9 | product, an input, output, or other standard of measurement | ||||||
10 | specified by the Director as a standard measurement of | ||||||
11 | production for the facility. | ||||||
12 | "Person responsible for the facility" means an owner, | ||||||
13 | officer, or director of the facility designated in writing by | ||||||
14 | the Agency as a person responsible for the facility. | ||||||
15 | "Specified gases" means carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous | ||||||
16 | oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, sulfur | ||||||
17 | hexafluoride, and any other gas or compound specified as a | ||||||
18 | greenhouse gas by the Agency by rule. | ||||||
19 | Section 10. Specified gas emission targets. | ||||||
20 | (a) This Section applies to facilities that are required to | ||||||
21 | apply for the establishment of a baseline emissions intensity | ||||||
22 | under Section 15. | ||||||
23 | (b) Beginning with calendar year 2016 or the first calendar | ||||||
24 | year after the facility is required to apply for the | ||||||
25 | establishment of a baseline emissions intensity, whichever is |
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1 | later, a facility's net emissions intensity for a calendar year | ||||||
2 | shall not exceed: | ||||||
3 | (1) for an established facility, 88% of the baseline | ||||||
4 | emissions intensity for the facility; and | ||||||
5 | (2) for a new facility: | ||||||
6 | (A) 98% of the baseline emissions intensity in the | ||||||
7 | fourth year of commercial operation of the facility; | ||||||
8 | (B) 96% of the baseline emissions intensity in the | ||||||
9 | fifth year of commercial operations of the facility; | ||||||
10 | (C) 94% of the baseline emissions intensity in the | ||||||
11 | sixth year of commercial operations of the facility; | ||||||
12 | (D) 92% of the baseline emissions intensity in the | ||||||
13 | seventh year of commercial operations of the facility; | ||||||
14 | and | ||||||
15 | (E) 90% of the baseline emissions intensity in the | ||||||
16 | eighth year of commercial operations of the facility; | ||||||
17 | thereafter, the facility shall be classified as an | ||||||
18 | established facility. | ||||||
19 | Section 15. Application; determination of baseline | ||||||
20 | emission intensity. | ||||||
21 | (a) Each facility that had direct emissions totalling | ||||||
22 | 1,000,000 metric tons or more in calendar year 2011, 2012, | ||||||
23 | 2013, or 2014 shall apply to the Agency for the establishment | ||||||
24 | of a baseline emissions intensity no later than December 31, | ||||||
25 | 2015. |
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1 | (b) Each new facility that is not otherwise required to | ||||||
2 | apply for the establishment of a baseline emissions intensity | ||||||
3 | under subsection (a) that had direct emissions totalling | ||||||
4 | 1,000,000 metric tons or more in any of its first 3 years of | ||||||
5 | commercial operation shall apply for the establishment of a | ||||||
6 | baseline emissions intensity no later than June 1 of the | ||||||
7 | facility's fourth year of commercial operation. | ||||||
8 | (c) Each facility that is not otherwise required to apply | ||||||
9 | for the establishment of a baseline emissions intensity under | ||||||
10 | subsection (a) or (b) of this Section shall apply for the | ||||||
11 | establishment of a baseline emissions intensity no later than | ||||||
12 | June 1 of the year following the year of commercial operation | ||||||
13 | of a facility in which the facility first has direct emissions | ||||||
14 | totalling 1,000,000 metric tons or more. | ||||||
15 | (d) An application for the establishment of a baseline | ||||||
16 | emissions intensity for a facility shall: | ||||||
17 | (1) be submitted by an owner, officer, or director of | ||||||
18 | the facility; | ||||||
19 | (2) be submitted on a form prescribed by the Agency; | ||||||
20 | and | ||||||
21 | (3) include a verification of the information provided | ||||||
22 | on the form by a third party auditor qualified under | ||||||
23 | Section 35. | ||||||
24 | (e) The baseline emissions intensity for a facility that is | ||||||
25 | an established facility on January 1, 2015 shall be determined | ||||||
26 | by one of the following methods: |
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1 | (1) by calculating the average of the ratio of total | ||||||
2 | annual emissions to production for calendar year 2012, | ||||||
3 | 2013, and 2014; or | ||||||
4 | (2) by using an alternative method approved in writing | ||||||
5 | by the Director where the Director determines that the | ||||||
6 | method in paragraph (1) is not appropriate. | ||||||
7 | (f) The baseline emissions intensity for a new facility | ||||||
8 | shall be determined by one of the following methods: | ||||||
9 | (1) by calculating the ratio of total annual emissions | ||||||
10 | to production for the third year of commercial operation of | ||||||
11 | the facility; or | ||||||
12 | (2) by using an alternative method approved in writing | ||||||
13 | by the Director where the Director determines that the | ||||||
14 | method in paragraph (1) is not appropriate. | ||||||
15 | (g) The Director may establish a baseline emissions | ||||||
16 | intensity that is different from the baseline emissions | ||||||
17 | intensity specified in the application and may determine the | ||||||
18 | unit of production for the facility. If the Director | ||||||
19 | establishes a baseline emissions intensity that is different | ||||||
20 | from the baseline emissions intensity specified in the | ||||||
21 | application, then he or she shall notify the applicant in | ||||||
22 | writing of his or her decision. | ||||||
23 | Section 20. Emission performance credits. | ||||||
24 | (a) When a facility's net emissions intensity for a | ||||||
25 | calendar year is less than the facility's net emissions |
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1 | intensity limit for that period, the reduction in specified gas | ||||||
2 | emissions that is not used in meeting the net emissions | ||||||
3 | intensity limit constitutes an emission performance credit. | ||||||
4 | (b) An emission performance credit created at a facility in | ||||||
5 | a year may be used to meet net emissions intensity limits for | ||||||
6 | that facility in any subsequent year. | ||||||
7 | (c) An emission performance credit may be used only once by | ||||||
8 | a facility. | ||||||
9 | Section 25. Climate Change and Emissions Management Fund; | ||||||
10 | creation; fund credits. | ||||||
11 | (a) The Climate Change and Emissions Management Fund is | ||||||
12 | hereby created as a special fund in the State treasury. Moneys | ||||||
13 | in the Fund shall be used only for purposes related to reducing | ||||||
14 | emissions of specified gases or to improve the State's ability | ||||||
15 | to adapt to climate change, including, without limitation, the | ||||||
16 | following purposes: | ||||||
17 | (1) energy conservation and energy efficiency; | ||||||
18 | (2) demonstration and use of new technologies that | ||||||
19 | emphasize reductions in specified gas emissions in the | ||||||
20 | discovery, recovery, processing, transportation, and use | ||||||
21 | of the State's energy resources; | ||||||
22 | (3) demonstration and use of new technologies that | ||||||
23 | emphasize reductions in specified gas emissions through | ||||||
24 | the use of alternative energy and renewable energy sources; | ||||||
25 | (4) demonstration and use of specified gas capture, |
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1 | use, and storage technology; | ||||||
2 | (5) development of opportunities for removal of | ||||||
3 | specified gases from the atmosphere through sequestration | ||||||
4 | by sinks; | ||||||
5 | (6) measurement of the natural removal and storage of | ||||||
6 | carbon; and | ||||||
7 | (7) climate change adaptation programs and measures. | ||||||
8 | (b) Any interest earned on moneys in the Climate Change and | ||||||
9 | Emissions Management Fund shall be deposited into the Fund. | ||||||
10 | (c) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the | ||||||
11 | Climate Change and Emissions Management Fund is not subject to | ||||||
12 | sweeps, administrative charge-backs, or any other fiscal or | ||||||
13 | budgetary maneuver that would in any way transfer any amounts | ||||||
14 | from the Climate Change and Emissions Management Fund into any | ||||||
15 | other fund of the State. | ||||||
16 | (d) A person may obtain fund credits on behalf of a | ||||||
17 | facility by contributing an amount equal to $15 per metric ton | ||||||
18 | of direct emissions to the Fund. A fund credit obtained on or | ||||||
19 | before March 31 in a year may only be used in meeting net | ||||||
20 | annual emissions intensity limits for the previous year. A fund | ||||||
21 | credit obtained after March 31 in a year may only be used in | ||||||
22 | meeting net annual emissions intensity limits for that year. A | ||||||
23 | fund credit may not be used by more than one party. | ||||||
24 | Section 27. Emission offsets. | ||||||
25 | (a) The following requirements must be met in order for a |
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1 | reduction in specified gas emissions to constitute one or more | ||||||
2 | emission offsets: | ||||||
3 | (1) the specified gas emissions reduction must occur in | ||||||
4 | Illinois; | ||||||
5 | (2) the specified gas emissions reduction must be from | ||||||
6 | an action taken that is not otherwise required by law at | ||||||
7 | the time the action is initiated; | ||||||
8 | (3) the specified gas emissions reduction must be real | ||||||
9 | and demonstrable; and | ||||||
10 | (4) the specified gas emissions reduction must be | ||||||
11 | quantifiable and measurable, directly or by accurate | ||||||
12 | estimation, using replicable techniques. | ||||||
13 | (b) The following requirements must be met in order for a | ||||||
14 | geological sequestration of specified gas to constitute one or | ||||||
15 | more emission offsets: | ||||||
16 | (1) the specified gas that is geologically sequestered | ||||||
17 | must be captured through a dedicated process from sources | ||||||
18 | located at a facility in Illinois; | ||||||
19 | (2) the specified gas must be stored in a geological | ||||||
20 | formation that is located wholly or partly in Illinois; | ||||||
21 | (3) the geological sequestration of the specified gas | ||||||
22 | must not be required by law at the time geological | ||||||
23 | sequestration of specified gas is initiated; | ||||||
24 | (4) the geological sequestration of the specified gas | ||||||
25 | must be real and demonstrable; and | ||||||
26 | (5) the quantity of specified gas that is geologically |
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1 | sequestered must be quantifiable and measurable, directly | ||||||
2 | or by accurate estimation, using replicable techniques. | ||||||
3 | (c) The following requirements must be met in order for a | ||||||
4 | capture of specified gas to constitute one or more emission | ||||||
5 | offsets: | ||||||
6 | (1) the specified gas must be captured through a | ||||||
7 | dedicated process from sources located at a facility | ||||||
8 | upgrading or refining bitumen in Illinois; | ||||||
9 | (2) the capture of the specified gas must not be | ||||||
10 | required by law at the time capture of specified gas is | ||||||
11 | initiated; | ||||||
12 | (3) the specified gas must be captured by | ||||||
13 | infrastructure capable of capturing, and stored in | ||||||
14 | geological formations capable of storing, at least | ||||||
15 | 10,000,000 metric tons of specified gas per year; | ||||||
16 | (4) the quantity of specified gas that is captured must | ||||||
17 | be quantifiable and measurable, directly or by accurate | ||||||
18 | estimation using replicable techniques. | ||||||
19 | (d) A reduction in, geological sequestration of, or capture | ||||||
20 | of specified gas emissions of one metric ton that meets the | ||||||
21 | requirements of this Section constitutes one emission offset. | ||||||
22 | (e) If an emission offset is jointly held, each holder may | ||||||
23 | use only a portion of the offset. The offset shall be | ||||||
24 | distributed on a pro rata basis or according to any other | ||||||
25 | formula set forth in an agreement between the parties. |
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1 | Section 30. Exemptions. The Director may, on written | ||||||
2 | application, exempt a facility from the provisions of this Act | ||||||
3 | for a period not exceeding one year for each application if the | ||||||
4 | Director determines that: | ||||||
5 | (1) the facility was operated under unusual conditions | ||||||
6 | or was shut down for a prolonged period of time; and | ||||||
7 | (2) the conditions or shutdown caused a material | ||||||
8 | reduction in the specified gas emission for the applicable | ||||||
9 | period. | ||||||
10 | Section 35. Qualifications of third party auditors. A | ||||||
11 | person is eligible to be a third party auditor if the person | ||||||
12 | meets the following criteria: | ||||||
13 | (1) the person is a professional engineer registered | ||||||
14 | under the Professional Engineering Practice Act of 1989 or | ||||||
15 | a certified public accountant; | ||||||
16 | (2) the person has technical knowledge of specified gas | ||||||
17 | emission quantification methodologies, audit practices, | ||||||
18 | and other matters considered relevant by the Director; and | ||||||
19 | (3) the person is not a director, officer, employee, or | ||||||
20 | owner of the facility or an employee or agent of the | ||||||
21 | Agency. | ||||||
22 | Section 40. Reports. On or before December 31 of each year | ||||||
23 | during which a facility is subject to Section 10 of this Act, | ||||||
24 | the person responsible for the facility shall submit to the |
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1 | Agency a compliance report with respect to that facility in the | ||||||
2 | form and manner prescribed by the Agency by rule. Each | ||||||
3 | compliance report shall include a verification of the | ||||||
4 | information provided in the report by a third party auditor | ||||||
5 | qualified under Section 35. | ||||||
6 | Section 45. Records. A person responsible for a facility | ||||||
7 | shall retain all records, information, and data respecting | ||||||
8 | emissions intensity for at least 7 years after the date of | ||||||
9 | their creation. | ||||||
10 | Section 50. Investigations. The Agency shall cause | ||||||
11 | investigations to be made upon receipt of information | ||||||
12 | concerning an alleged violation of this Act or any rule or | ||||||
13 | regulation adopted under this Act and may cause to be made such | ||||||
14 | other investigations as it shall deem advisable. | ||||||
15 | Section 55. Orders where net emissions intensity limit | ||||||
16 | exceeded. | ||||||
17 | (a) The Agency may issue an order to the person responsible | ||||||
18 | for a facility requiring the person responsible to take the | ||||||
19 | measures specified in the order to minimize or remedy the | ||||||
20 | effects of the facility releasing specified gases into the | ||||||
21 | environment in amounts in excess of those within the net | ||||||
22 | emissions intensity limit for the facility where: | ||||||
23 | (1) a compliance report indicates that the net |
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1 | emissions intensity limit for the facility has not been | ||||||
2 | met; | ||||||
3 | (2) the Agency determines that the calculation of the | ||||||
4 | net emissions intensity of the facility was incorrect or | ||||||
5 | was based on inaccurate, incorrect or false information and | ||||||
6 | that the net emissions intensity limit for the facility was | ||||||
7 | exceeded; or | ||||||
8 | (3) the value for the emission offsets that was used to | ||||||
9 | calculate the net emissions intensity of the facility for a | ||||||
10 | year is no longer valid because some or all of the metric | ||||||
11 | tons of specified gases which the emission offsets | ||||||
12 | represented as not being released into the environment have | ||||||
13 | subsequently been released. | ||||||
14 | (b) An order under this Section may require the person | ||||||
15 | responsible to: | ||||||
16 | (1) obtain emission offsets or emission performance | ||||||
17 | credits; | ||||||
18 | (2) make contributions to the Fund; or | ||||||
19 | (3) take any other measures that the director considers | ||||||
20 | advisable. | ||||||
21 | (c) This Section applies whether or not a person has been | ||||||
22 | required to pay an administrative penalty in relation to the | ||||||
23 | matter with respect to which the order is made. | ||||||
24 | Section 60. Penalties. | ||||||
25 | (a) Any person that knowingly violates Section 10 of this |
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1 | Act shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $200 for | ||||||
2 | every metric ton by which the total release of specified gases | ||||||
3 | exceeds the net emissions intensity limit for the facility. | ||||||
4 | Such penalties may, upon order of the Agency or a court of | ||||||
5 | competent jurisdiction, be made payable to the Climate Change | ||||||
6 | and Emissions Management Fund, to be used in accordance with | ||||||
7 | the provisions of this Act. | ||||||
8 | (b) Any person responsible for a facility who knowingly | ||||||
9 | fails to file, in a timely manner, a compliance report under | ||||||
10 | Section 40 shall be liable for a civil penalty of $100 per day | ||||||
11 | for each day the report is late, not to exceed a maximum total | ||||||
12 | penalty of $6,000. The penalty shall be paid to the Agency. All | ||||||
13 | penalties collected by the Agency pursuant to this subsection | ||||||
14 | shall be deposited into the Climate Change and Emissions | ||||||
15 | Management Fund, to be used in accordance with the provisions | ||||||
16 | of this Act. | ||||||
17 | (c) A person who knowingly (i) performs the functions of a | ||||||
18 | third party auditor and does not meet the requirements set | ||||||
19 | forth in Section 35 or (ii) retains a person as a third party | ||||||
20 | auditor who does not meet the requirements set forth in Section | ||||||
21 | 35 is liable for a civil penalty of not more than $50,000 in | ||||||
22 | the case of an individual and not more than $500,000 in the | ||||||
23 | case of a corporation. | ||||||
24 | (d) All final orders imposing civil penalties pursuant to | ||||||
25 | this Section shall prescribe the time for payment of such | ||||||
26 | penalties. If any such penalty is not paid within the time |
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1 | prescribed, interest on such penalty at the rate set forth in | ||||||
2 | subsection (a) of Section 1003 of the Illinois Income Tax Act, | ||||||
3 | shall be paid for the period from the date payment is due until | ||||||
4 | the date payment is received. However, if the time for payment | ||||||
5 | is stayed during the pendency of an appeal, interest shall not | ||||||
6 | accrue during such stay. | ||||||
7 | (e) The State's Attorney of the county in which the | ||||||
8 | violation occurred, or the Attorney General, may, at the | ||||||
9 | request of the Agency or on his own motion, institute a civil | ||||||
10 | action for an injunction, prohibitory or mandatory, to restrain | ||||||
11 | violations of this Act or any rule or regulation adopted under | ||||||
12 | this Act. | ||||||
13 | The State's Attorney of the county in which the violation | ||||||
14 | occurred, or the Attorney General, shall bring such actions in | ||||||
15 | the name of the people of the State of Illinois. Without | ||||||
16 | limiting any other authority which may exist for the awarding | ||||||
17 | of attorney's fees and costs, a court of competent jurisdiction | ||||||
18 | may award costs and reasonable attorney's fees, including the | ||||||
19 | reasonable costs of expert witnesses and consultants, to the | ||||||
20 | State's Attorney or the Attorney General in a case where he has | ||||||
21 | prevailed against a person who has committed a wilful, knowing, | ||||||
22 | or repeated violation of this Act or any rule or regulation | ||||||
23 | adopted under this Act. | ||||||
24 | (f) A person who voluntarily self-discloses non-compliance | ||||||
25 | to the Agency, of which the Agency had been unaware, is | ||||||
26 | entitled to a waiver of the penalties under this Section if the |
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1 | person can establish the following: | ||||||
2 | (1) that the non-compliance was discovered through an
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3 | environmental audit or a compliance management system | ||||||
4 | documented by the regulated entity as reflecting the | ||||||
5 | regulated entity's due diligence in preventing, detecting, | ||||||
6 | and correcting violations; | ||||||
7 | (2) that the non-compliance was disclosed in writing
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8 | within 30 days of the date on which the person discovered | ||||||
9 | it; | ||||||
10 | (3) that the non-compliance was discovered and
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11 | disclosed prior to:
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12 | (A) the commencement of an Agency inspection,
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13 | investigation, or request for information; | ||||||
14 | (B) the filing of a complaint by the Illinois | ||||||
15 | Attorney General or the State's Attorney of the county | ||||||
16 | in which the violation occurred; | ||||||
17 | (C) the reporting of the non-compliance by an
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18 | employee of the person without that person's | ||||||
19 | knowledge; or | ||||||
20 | (D) imminent discovery of the non-compliance by
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21 | the Agency; | ||||||
22 | (4) that the non-compliance is being corrected and
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23 | environmental harm is being remediated in a timely fashion;
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24 | (5) that the person agrees to prevent a recurrence of
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25 | the non-compliance; | ||||||
26 | (6) that no related non-compliance events have
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1 | occurred in the past 3 years at the same facility or in the | ||||||
2 | past 5 years as part of a pattern at multiple facilities | ||||||
3 | owned or operated by the person;
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4 | (7) that the non-compliance did not result in serious
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5 | actual harm or present an imminent and substantial | ||||||
6 | endangerment to human health or the environment or violate | ||||||
7 | the specific terms of any judicial or administrative order | ||||||
8 | or consent agreement; | ||||||
9 | (8) that the person cooperates as reasonably
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10 | by the Agency after the disclosure; and | ||||||
11 | (9) that the non-compliance was identified
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12 | and not through a monitoring, sampling, or auditing | ||||||
13 | procedure that is required by statute, rule, permit, | ||||||
14 | judicial or administrative order, or consent agreement. | ||||||
15 | If a person can establish all of the elements under this | ||||||
16 | subsection except the element set forth in paragraph (1) of | ||||||
17 | this subsection, the person is entitled to a 75% reduction in | ||||||
18 | the amount of the penalty. | ||||||
19 | Section 65. Judicial review. A party may appeal any final | ||||||
20 | decision of the Agency under this Act in the same manner set | ||||||
21 | forth in Section 41 of the Environmental Protection Act. | ||||||
22 | Section 70. Rulemaking. The Agency shall adopt rules to | ||||||
23 | implement this Act. |
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1 | Section 90. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | ||||||
2 | Section 5.855 as follows: | ||||||
3 | (30 ILCS 105/5.855 new) | ||||||
4 | Sec. 5.855. The Climate Change and Emissions Management | ||||||
5 | Fund.
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6 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
7 | becoming law.
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