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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3014

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 3014, by  replacing
 3    the title with the following:
 4        "AN ACT concerning radioactive materials."; and

 5    before Section 5, by inserting the following:

 6        "Section  3.  The  Radiation  Protection  Act  of 1990 is
 7    amended by changing Section 3 and by  adding  Section  49  as
 8    follows:

 9        (420 ILCS 40/3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 210-3)
10        (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2011)
11        Sec.  3.   Purpose.  It  is  the  purpose  of this Act to
12    effectuate the policies set forth in Section 2  by  providing
13    for:
14        (1)  a  program  of  effective  regulation  of  radiation
15    sources  for  the  protection  of  human  health, welfare and
16    safety;
17        (2)  a program to promote an orderly  regulatory  pattern
18    within  the  State,  among the States and between the Federal
19    Government and the  State  and  facilitate  intergovernmental
20    cooperation  with respect to use and regulation of sources of
21    ionizing radiation to the end that duplication of  regulation
 
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 1    may be minimized;
 2        (3)  a program to establish procedures for assumption and
 3    performance   of  certain  regulatory  responsibilities  with
 4    respect to by-product, source and special nuclear  materials;
 5    and
 6        (4)  a  program  to permit maximum utilization of sources
 7    of ionizing radiation consistent with the health  and  safety
 8    of the public; and.
 9        (5)  a  cost-effective  remediation that is protective of
10    the public health of  the  sites  designated  as  the  Ottawa
11    radiation  sites  on  the  National Priorities List under the
12    federal Comprehensive  Environmental  Response,  Compensation
13    and Liability Act of 1980, as amended.
14    (Source: P.A. 86-1341.)

15        (420 ILCS 40/49 new)
16        Sec.  49.  Remediation  of  Ottawa  radiation  sites.  In
17    order to accomplish  a  cost-effective  remediation  that  is
18    protective  of  the  public health, the Department shall have
19    the following powers regarding the sites  designated  as  the
20    Ottawa  radiation sites on the National Priorities List under
21    the    federal    Comprehensive    Environmental    Response,
22    Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended:
23             (1)  to cooperate with and receive the assistance of
24        other State agencies including, but not limited  to,  the
25        Illinois  Attorney  General,  the  Department  of Natural
26        Resources, the  Department  of  Transportation,  and  the
27        Environmental Protection Agency;
28             (2)  to enter into contracts; and
29             (3)  to  accept by gift, donation, or bequest and to
30        purchase any interests in lands, buildings, grounds,  and
31        rights-of-way  in,  around,  or  adjacent  to  the Ottawa
32        radiation sites and, upon completion of  remediation,  to
33        transfer   property   to   the   Department   of  Natural
 
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 1        Resources.".

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