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State of Illinois
2015 and 2016 HB6114 Introduced 2/11/2016, by Rep. Terri Bryant SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Creates the FGD Task Force Act. Creates the FGD Task Force. Provides for the membership of the Task Force, who shall serve without compensation. Requires the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by December 31, 2016. Requires the Department of Natural Resources and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to provide administrative and other support to the Task Force. Repeals the Act on January 1, 2018. Effective immediately.
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| | HB6114 | | LRB099 19288 MJP 43680 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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the FGD |
5 | | Task Force Act. |
6 | | Section 5. Purpose. The purpose of the FGD Task Force is to |
7 | | study the cost benefits of constructing new and converting |
8 | | existing stacks at coal-fired power plants with flue gas |
9 | | desulfurization scrubber technology for the purposes of safely |
10 | | burning more Illinois-mined coal. |
11 | | Section 10. Definitions. As used in this Act: |
12 | | "FGD" means flue gas desulfurization. |
13 | | "Task Force" means the FGD Task Force
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14 | | Section 15. The Task Force. |
15 | | (a) There is hereby created the FGD Task Force to study and |
16 | | make recommendations for the construction of new stacks at |
17 | | coal-fired power plants with FGD scrubber technology and the |
18 | | conversion of existing stacks at coal-fired power plants to FGD |
19 | | scrubber technology. |
20 | | (b) The membership of the Task Force shall be as follows: |
21 | | (1) Two members of the Senate appointed by the |