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Public Act 101-0573 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning safety.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by | ||||
adding Sections 13.9 and 21.7 as follows: | ||||
(415 ILCS 5/13.9 new) | ||||
Sec. 13.9. Mahomet Aquifer natural gas storage study. | ||||
(a) Subject to appropriation, the Prairie Research | ||||
Institute shall: | ||||
(1) use remote sensing technologies, such as | ||||
helicopter-based time domain electromagnetics, | ||||
post-processing methods, and geologic modeling software, | ||||
to examine, characterize, and prepare three-dimensional | ||||
models of the unconsolidated geologic materials overlying | ||||
any underground natural gas storage facility located | ||||
within the boundaries of the Mahomet Aquifer; and | ||||
(2) to the extent possible, identify within those | ||||
unconsolidated geologic materials potential structures and | ||||
migration pathways for natural gas that may be released | ||||
from the underground natural gas storage facility. | ||||
(b) For purposes of this Section, "underground natural gas | ||||
storage facility" has the meaning provided in Section 5 of the | ||||
Illinois Underground Natural Gas Storage Safety Act. |
(415 ILCS 5/21.7 new) | ||
Sec. 21.7. Landfills. | ||
(a) The purpose of this Section is to enact legislative | ||
recommendations provided by the Mahomet Aquifer Task Force, | ||
established under Public Act 100-403. The Task Force identified | ||
capped but unregulated or underregulated landfills that | ||
overlie the Mahomet Aquifer as potentially hazardous to | ||
valuable groundwater resources. These unregulated or | ||
underregulated landfills generally began accepting waste for | ||
disposal sometime prior to 1973. | ||
(b) The Agency shall prioritize unregulated or | ||
underregulated landfills that overlie the Mahomet Aquifer for | ||
inspection. The following factors shall be considered: | ||
(1) the presence of, and depth to, any aquifer with | ||
potential potable use; | ||
(2) whether the landfill has an engineered liner | ||
system; | ||
(3) whether the landfill has an active groundwater | ||
monitoring system; | ||
(4) whether waste disposal occurred within the | ||
100-year floodplain; and | ||
(5) landfills within the setback zone of any potable | ||
water supply well. | ||
(c) Subject to appropriation, the Agency shall use existing | ||
information available from State and federal agencies, such as |
the Prairie Research Institute, the Department of Natural | ||
Resources, the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, the | ||
Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the Natural Resources | ||
Conservation Service, to identify unknown, unregulated, or | ||
underregulated waste disposal sites that overlie the Mahomet | ||
Aquifer that may pose a threat to surface water or groundwater | ||
resources. | ||
(d) Subject to appropriation, for those landfills | ||
prioritized for response action following inspection and | ||
investigation, the Agency shall use its own data, along with | ||
data from municipalities, counties, solid waste management | ||
associations, companies, corporations, and individuals, to | ||
archive information about the landfills, including their | ||
ownership, operational details, and waste disposal history. | ||
Section 10. The Illinois Groundwater Protection Act is | ||
amended by adding Section 10 as follows: | ||
(415 ILCS 55/10 new) | ||
Sec. 10. Pekin Metro Landfill; pilot projects. | ||
(a) Subject to appropriation, the Agency shall design and | ||
implement up to 2 pilot studies of landfills that overlie the | ||
Mahomet Aquifer to identify threats to surface and groundwater | ||
resources that are posed by the landfills. One of the pilot | ||
projects shall be conducted at the Pekin Metro Landfill in | ||
Tazewell County. In conducting the pilot projects, the Agency |
shall: | ||
(1) inspect and identify potential and current | ||
contamination threats to the water quality of aquifers in | ||
the same watershed as the landfill (for the Pekin Metro | ||
Landfill, the Mahomet Aquifer); | ||
(2) use geographic information systems and remote | ||
sensing technology to track defects, structures, | ||
appliances, and wells for routine inspection and | ||
sustainable management; | ||
(3) install or repair groundwater monitoring | ||
mechanisms necessary to identify whether contaminants from | ||
the landfill are affecting water quality in the Mahomet | ||
Aquifer; and | ||
(4) identify and provide cost estimates for any | ||
additional response actions necessary or appropriate to | ||
reduce or minimize potential threats to human health and | ||
the environment resulting from current landfill | ||
conditions. | ||
(b) Following the completion of the pilot project response | ||
actions, the Agency shall: | ||
(1) evaluate, in consultation with the Prairie | ||
Research Institute, the use of aerial photography and other | ||
remote sensing technologies, such as Light Detection and | ||
Ranging (LiDAR), to identify land erosion, landslides, | ||
barren areas, leachate seeps, vegetation, and other | ||
relevant surface and subsurface features of landfills to |
aid in the inspection and investigation of landfills; and | ||
(2) identify additional procedures, requirements, or | ||
authorities that may be appropriate or necessary to address | ||
threats to human health and the environment from other | ||
unregulated or underregulated landfills throughout the | ||
State.
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