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HB2163 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


 


 
95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB2163

 

Introduced 2/26/2007, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Thomas Holbrook

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
415 ILCS 5/9.2   from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1009.2

    Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning sulfur dioxide emission standards.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning safety.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
5 changing Section 9.2 as follows:
 
6     (415 ILCS 5/9.2)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1009.2)
7     Sec. 9.2. Sulfur dioxide emission standards.
8     (a) (Blank.)
9     (b) In granting any alternative emission standard or
10 variance relating to sulfur dioxide emissions from a
11 coal-burning stationary source, the the Board may require the
12 use of Illinois coal as a condition of such alternative
13 standard or variance, provided that the Board determines that
14 Illinois coal of the proper quality is available and
15 competitive in price; such determination shall include
16 consideration of the cost of pollution control equipment and
17 the economic impact on the Illinois coal mining industry.
18 (Source: P.A. 92-574, eff. 9-26-02.)