SB1853sam002 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. John F. Curran

Filed: 3/13/2019

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1853

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1853 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by adding Section 9.16 as follows:

(415 ILCS 5/9.16 new)

Sec. 9.16. Permits, hearings, and notice for facilities emitting ethylene oxide.

(a) The Agency shall immediately reevaluate the current air pollution operating permit of any facility emitting ethylene oxide, by conducting a public hearing process on all such facilities. The Agency shall notify the unit of local government where the facility emitting ethylene oxide is located of the public hearing process at least 30 days before the first hearing takes place. The Agency shall, by rule, provide for the public hearing process which shall take place in the county seat of the community where the facility emitting ethylene oxide is located or in a location which is agreed upon between the mayor and the chairperson of the county board of the community where the facility emitting ethylene oxide is located.

(b) No air pollution operating permit shall be renewed if the Agency finds that the facility is emitting ethylene oxide at a level that violates any federal or State standards. The Agency shall also consider the results of the public hearing process when evaluating a facility's permit renewal.

(c) If, at any time, a facility is emitting ethylene oxide at a level higher than the standards set forth by Section 112 of the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7412) or the Agency, then the facility shall immediately cease operations until sufficient changes are made to reduce the level of such emissions below both federal and State standards.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.".