420 ILCS 20/10.2

(420 ILCS 20/10.2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 241-10.2)

Sec. 10.2. Selection of site for characterization.

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(b) (Blank).

(c) (Blank).

(c-3) (Blank).

(c-5) The Agency may adopt rules establishing a site selection process for a regional disposal facility. In developing rules, the Agency shall, at a minimum, consider the following:

(1) A comprehensive and open process under which the land for sites recommended and proposed by the contractor under subsection (e) of this Section shall be volunteered lands as provided in this Section. Land may be volunteered for the regional disposal facility jointly by landowners and (i) the municipality in which the land is located, (ii) every municipality with 1 1/2 miles of the land if the land is not within a municipality, or (iii) the county or counties in which the land is located if the land is not within a municipality and not within 1 1/2 miles of a municipality.

(2) Utilization of State screening and volunteer site evaluation reports prepared by the Scientific Surveys for the purpose of determining whether proposed sites appear likely to satisfy the site selection criteria.

(3) Coordination of the site selection process with the projected annual and total volume of low-level radioactive waste to be disposed at the regional disposal facility.

The site selection process established under this subsection shall require the contractor selected by the Agency pursuant to Sections 5 and 10 of this Act to propose one site to the Agency for approval.

(d) The contractor selected by the Agency under Sections 5 and 10 of this Act shall conduct evaluations, including possible intrusive field investigations, of the sites and locations identified under the site selection process established under subsection (c-5) of this Section.

(e) Upon completion of the site evaluations, the contractor selected by the Agency shall identify one site of at least 640 acres that appears promising for development of the regional disposal facility in compliance. The contractor may conduct any other evaluation of the site identified under this subsection that the contractor deems appropriate. Upon completion of the evaluations under this subsection, the contractor shall prepare and submit to the Agency a report on the evaluation of the identified site, including a recommendation as to whether the identified site should be further considered for selection as a site for the regional disposal facility. A site so recommended for further consideration is hereinafter referred to as a "proposed site".

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(g) The Agency may require a contractor to submit a further report pursuant to subsection (e) of this Section proposing another site from the locations identified under the site selection process established pursuant to subsection (c-5) of this Section as likely to satisfy the criteria. The new proposed site shall be the subject of a public meeting under this subsection. The contractor selected by the Agency shall propose additional sites until the Agency has approved a proposed site recommended by a contractor. In the event that the Agency does not approve any of the proposed sites recommended by the contractor under this subsection, the Agency shall prepare a study containing, at a minimum, the Agency's recommendations regarding the viability of the site selection process established pursuant to this Act. The Agency shall provide copies of the study to the Governor, the President and Minority Leader of the Senate, and the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House. The Agency shall also publish a notice of availability of the study in the State newspaper and make copies of the report available without charge to the public.

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(i) Upon the Agency's approval, the contractor shall proceed with the characterization and licensure of the proposed site under Section 10.3 of this Act.

(Source: P.A. 100-146, eff. 1-1-18.)