HB3508eng 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB3508 Engrossed LRB103 30961 CPF 57541 b

AN ACT concerning safety.

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

Section 5. The PFAS Reduction Act is amended by adding Section 40 as follows:

(415 ILCS 170/40 new)

Sec. 40. Guidance from United States Environmental Protection Agency; PFAS monitoring plan; technical assistance; PFAS disposal program.

(a) The Agency shall follow the most up-to-date guidance to states from the United States Environmental Protection Agency on addressing the discharge of PFAS in National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits; however, the Agency shall not require monitoring for PFAS in influent, effluent, and biosolids to commence less than 30 days after the United States Environmental Protection Agency adopts an approved method for analyzing PFAS in these matrices. Monitoring required under NPDES permits shall be limited to those specific PFAS compounds for which an analytical method has been approved by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

(b) The Agency shall create a PFAS monitoring plan. The plan shall focus on the following:

(1) monitoring PFAS occurrence in wastewater flows from industrial and domestic sources, stormwater discharges, and solid waste streams;

(2) gathering State-specific information in order to craft effective policies to address PFAS occurrence in wastewater, stormwater, and solid waste; and

(3) gathering data to inform PFAS source reduction and pollution prevention programs, including, but not limited to, industrial pretreatment programs administered by publicly owned treatment works.

The plan shall be submitted to the Governor and the General Assembly by July 1, 2024.

(c) The Prairie Research Institute's Illinois Sustainable Technology Center shall provide technical assistance to industrial wastewater dischargers in best management practices, pollution prevention, production substitution, and elimination to reduce or eliminate PFAS compounds.

(d) The Agency shall establish a take-back program for fire departments that use and store firefighting foam containing PFAS. Fire departments that participated in the most recent survey described in Section 25 shall be eligible to participate in the program, but participation in the program shall not be required. The program shall provide funding and resources to ensure the proper destruction of firefighting foam containing PFAS. The program shall continue for a period of 5 years or until the Office of the State Fire Marshal finds that no firefighting foam containing PFAS is reported in the survey described in Section 25. This program is subject to appropriation.

(e) Implementation of this Section is subject to appropriation.

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