SB2502 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB094 15619 RSP 50824 b

94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB2502

Introduced 1/18/2006, by Sen. David Luechtefeld

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

415 ILCS 5/9.14 new

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to file with the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives a report describing the proposed contents and requirements of the State Implementation Plan for Illinois related to ozone or particulate matter attainment prior to submitting the Plan to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Sets forth requirements for this report. Requires the appropriate committee of each chamber of the General Assembly to hold hearings to receive comments on the prospective economic, energy, and environmental impacts of the proposed measures to be included in the Plan. Provides that in the absence of a joint resolution of the General Assembly or specific authorization, the Agency shall not submit to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency any State Implementation Plan related to ozone or particulate matter attainment that would impose emission controls on the electric generation sector more stringent than those necessary for the State to comply with the Clean Air Interstate Rule, nor adopt any regulations, memoranda of understandings, or similar agreements seeking to implement more stringent controls.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning safety.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by adding Section 9.14 as follows:

(415 ILCS 5/9.14 new)

Sec. 9.14. State Implementation Plan review.

(a) Not less than 180 days prior to the date that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency specifies for the submission of a State Implementation Plan for Illinois related to ozone or particulate matter attainment, the Agency shall file with the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives a report describing the proposed contents and requirements of the State Implementation Plan.

(b) The report required by subsection (a) shall include analyses of the costs, cost-effectiveness, electric reliability, and environmental impacts of any emission control measures proposed for the electric generation sector exceeding the requirements of the Federal Clean Air Interstate Rule, 70 CFR 25162, et. seq., including the cost-effectiveness of emission controls potentially applicable to other source sectors.

(c) Within 30 days following receipt of the report, the appropriate committee of each chamber of the General Assembly shall convene at least one public hearing to receive comments from State agencies and other interested parties on the prospective economic, energy, and environmental impacts of the proposed measures to be included in the State Implementation Plan, including impacts on energy use, electric reliability, economic development, utility costs and rates, transportation fuel costs, and industrial competitiveness. This public hearing shall not be required, however, if the State Implementation Plan calls for compliance with the federal Clean Air Interstate Rule, 70 CFR 25162, et. seq., as the basis for emission reductions by the electric generation sector.

(d) In the absence of a joint resolution of the General Assembly or specific statutory authorization, the Agency shall not submit to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency any State Implementation Plan related to ozone or particulate matter attainment that would impose emission controls on the electric generation sector more stringent than those necessary for the State to comply with the Clean Air Interstate Rule, 70 CFR 25162, et. seq., nor adopt any regulations, memoranda of understandings, or similar agreements seeking to implement more stringent controls.