Full Text of HB0705 102nd General Assembly
HB0705ham002 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Bob Morgan Filed: 4/14/2021
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 705
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 705 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Illinois Underground Natural Gas Storage | 5 | | Safety Act is amended by changing Section 5 and by adding | 6 | | Section 27 as follows: | 7 | | (415 ILCS 160/5)
| 8 | | Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the | 9 | | context otherwise requires:
| 10 | | "Commission" means the Illinois Commerce Commission.
| 11 | | "Contaminant" means gas, salt water, or any other | 12 | | deleterious substance released from an underground natural gas | 13 | | storage facility.
| 14 | | "Department" means the Department of Natural Resources.
| 15 | | "Director" means the Director of Natural Resources.
| 16 | | "Downhole" means the portion of the underground natural |
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| 1 | | gas storage facility from the first flange attaching the | 2 | | wellhead to the pipeline equipment and continuing down the | 3 | | well casing to and including the storage reservoir.
| 4 | | "Federal Act" has the meaning given to that term in the | 5 | | Illinois Gas Pipeline Safety Act. | 6 | | "Gas" means natural gas.
| 7 | | "Notice of probable violation" means a written notice, | 8 | | satisfying the criteria set forth in Section 35, given by the | 9 | | underground natural gas storage safety manager to a person who | 10 | | operates an underground natural gas storage facility that | 11 | | identifies a failure of such person to comply with the | 12 | | provisions of this Act or the provisions of 49 U.S.C. Chapter | 13 | | 601 concerning underground natural gas storage facilities, or | 14 | | any Department order or rule issued under this Act, and may | 15 | | include recommendations for a penalty in connection therewith, | 16 | | subject to the terms of this Act.
| 17 | | "Person" means an individual, firm, joint venture, | 18 | | partnership, corporation, company, limited liability company, | 19 | | firm, association, municipality, cooperative association, or | 20 | | joint stock association. "Person" includes a trustee, | 21 | | receiver, assignee, or personal representative thereof.
| 22 | | "Underground natural gas storage facility" means a gas | 23 | | pipeline facility that stores natural gas in an underground | 24 | | facility, including a depleted hydrocarbon reservoir, an | 25 | | aquifer reservoir, and a solution-mined salt cavern reservoir.
| 26 | | "Underground natural gas storage safety manager" means the |
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| 1 | | manager of the Department's Underground Natural Gas Storage | 2 | | Safety Program or other staff of the Department assigned to | 3 | | underground natural gas storage safety issues.
| 4 | | "Verified facility release" means: | 5 | | (1) there is an unintentional gas release that | 6 | | originates within a quarter mile of an underground natural | 7 | | gas storage facility; | 8 | | (2) the gases from the release are collected and | 9 | | tested, either by the underground natural gas storage | 10 | | facility's owner and operator or paid for by the | 11 | | underground natural gas storage facility's owner and | 12 | | operator, using gas chromatography or isotopic analysis; | 13 | | and | 14 | | (3) the gases' composition has markers of thermogenic | 15 | | origins that are indicative of pipeline gas. | 16 | | (Source: P.A. 100-1172, eff. 1-4-19.) | 17 | | (415 ILCS 160/27 new) | 18 | | Sec. 27. Verified facility release. In the case of a | 19 | | verified facility release, such as a natural gas incident as | 20 | | defined under 62 Ill. Adm. Code 240.1805, in
addition to any | 21 | | remedial or administrative duty ordered by any authorized
| 22 | | State or federal agency, the owner and operator of the | 23 | | underground natural gas storage facility is responsible for | 24 | | the following: | 25 | | (1) Collection and testing of any gases released or |
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| 1 | | found within a quarter mile
of the underground natural gas | 2 | | storage facility. | 3 | | (2) Installation and maintenance of monitors in | 4 | | affected areas, including homes, in accordance with the | 5 | | Illinois
Plumbing Licensing Law and any rules adopted | 6 | | thereunder. | 7 | | (3) Offering and maintaining gas-water separators in | 8 | | affected areas, including homes, in accordance with the | 9 | | Illinois
Plumbing Licensing Law and any rules adopted | 10 | | thereunder. | 11 | | (4) Providing lodging accommodations when alerts from | 12 | | gas detectors are active and levels are explosive. | 13 | | (5) Undertaking a comprehensive inspection of the | 14 | | underground natural gas storage facility's wells that | 15 | | shall be completed by a licensed engineering firm. | 16 | | (6) Setting routine scheduled testing of property | 17 | | within the contamination area.
| 18 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 19 | | becoming law.".
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