Full Text of SB2027 101st General Assembly
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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 | | adding Sections 13.9 and 21.7 as follows: | 6 | | (415 ILCS 5/13.9 new) | 7 | | Sec. 13.9. Mahomet Aquifer natural gas storage study. | 8 | | (a) Subject to appropriation, the Prairie Research | 9 | | Institute shall: | 10 | | (1) use remote sensing technologies, such as | 11 | | helicopter-based time domain electromagnetics, | 12 | | post-processing methods, and geologic modeling software, | 13 | | to examine, characterize, and prepare three-dimensional | 14 | | models of the unconsolidated geologic materials overlying | 15 | | any underground natural gas storage facility located | 16 | | within the boundaries of the Mahomet Aquifer; and | 17 | | (2) to the extent possible, identify within those | 18 | | unconsolidated geologic materials potential structures and | 19 | | migration pathways for natural gas that may be released | 20 | | from the underground natural gas storage facility. | 21 | | (b) For purposes of this Section, "underground natural gas | 22 | | storage facility" has the meaning provided in Section 5 of the | 23 | | Illinois Underground Natural Gas Storage Safety Act. |
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| 1 | | (415 ILCS 5/21.7 new) | 2 | | Sec. 21.7. Landfills. | 3 | | (a) The purpose of this Section is to enact legislative | 4 | | recommendations provided by the Mahomet Aquifer Task Force, | 5 | | established under Public Act 100-403. The Task Force identified | 6 | | capped but unregulated or underregulated landfills that | 7 | | overlie the Mahomet Aquifer as potentially hazardous to | 8 | | valuable groundwater resources. These unregulated or | 9 | | underregulated landfills generally began accepting waste for | 10 | | disposal sometime prior to 1973. | 11 | | (b) The Agency shall prioritize unregulated or | 12 | | underregulated landfills that overlie the Mahomet Aquifer for | 13 | | inspection. The following factors shall be considered: | 14 | | (1) the presence of, and depth to, any aquifer with | 15 | | potential potable use; | 16 | | (2) whether the landfill has an engineered liner | 17 | | system; | 18 | | (3) whether the landfill has an active groundwater | 19 | | monitoring system; | 20 | | (4) whether waste disposal occurred within the | 21 | | 100-year floodplain; and | 22 | | (5) landfills within the setback zone of any potable | 23 | | water supply well. | 24 | | (c) Subject to appropriation, the Agency shall use existing | 25 | | information available from State and federal agencies, such as |
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| 1 | | the Prairie Research Institute, the Department of Natural | 2 | | Resources, the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, the | 3 | | Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the Natural Resources | 4 | | Conservation Service, to identify unknown, unregulated, or | 5 | | underregulated waste disposal sites that overlie the Mahomet | 6 | | Aquifer that may pose a threat to surface water or groundwater | 7 | | resources. | 8 | | (d) Subject to appropriation, for those landfills | 9 | | prioritized for response action following inspection and | 10 | | investigation, the Agency shall use its own data, along with | 11 | | data from municipalities, counties, solid waste management | 12 | | associations, companies, corporations, and individuals, to | 13 | | archive information about the landfills, including their | 14 | | ownership, operational details, and waste disposal history. | 15 | | Section 10. The Illinois Groundwater Protection Act is | 16 | | amended by adding Section 10 as follows: | 17 | | (415 ILCS 55/10 new) | 18 | | Sec. 10. Pekin Metro Landfill; pilot projects. | 19 | | (a) Subject to appropriation, the Agency shall design and | 20 | | implement up to 2 pilot studies of landfills that overlie the | 21 | | Mahomet Aquifer to identify threats to surface and groundwater | 22 | | resources that are posed by the landfills. One of the pilot | 23 | | projects shall be conducted at the Pekin Metro Landfill in | 24 | | Tazewell County. In conducting the pilot projects, the Agency |
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| 1 | | shall: | 2 | | (1) inspect and identify potential and current | 3 | | contamination threats to the water quality of aquifers in | 4 | | the same watershed as the landfill (for the Pekin Metro | 5 | | Landfill, the Mahomet Aquifer); | 6 | | (2) use geographic information systems and remote | 7 | | sensing technology to track defects, structures, | 8 | | appliances, and wells for routine inspection and | 9 | | sustainable management; | 10 | | (3) install or repair groundwater monitoring | 11 | | mechanisms necessary to identify whether contaminants from | 12 | | the landfill are affecting water quality in the Mahomet | 13 | | Aquifer; and | 14 | | (4) identify and provide cost estimates for any | 15 | | additional response actions necessary or appropriate to | 16 | | reduce or minimize potential threats to human health and | 17 | | the environment resulting from current landfill | 18 | | conditions. | 19 | | (b) Following the completion of the pilot project response | 20 | | actions, the Agency shall: | 21 | | (1) evaluate, in consultation with the Prairie | 22 | | Research Institute, the use of aerial photography and other | 23 | | remote sensing technologies, such as Light Detection and | 24 | | Ranging (LiDAR), to identify land erosion, landslides, | 25 | | barren areas, leachate seeps, vegetation, and other | 26 | | relevant surface and subsurface features of landfills to |
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| 1 | | aid in the inspection and investigation of landfills; and | 2 | | (2) identify additional procedures, requirements, or | 3 | | authorities that may be appropriate or necessary to address | 4 | | threats to human health and the environment from other | 5 | | unregulated or underregulated landfills throughout the | 6 | | State.
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