Public Act 0341 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB0165 Enrolled LRB102 03889 SPS 13904 b

Public Act 102-0341

AN ACT concerning civil law.

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

Section 5. The University of Illinois Act is amended by adding Section 120 as follows:

(110 ILCS 305/120 new)

Sec. 120. Carbon capture, utilization, and storage report.

(a) Subject to appropriation, the Prairie Research Institute at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, in consultation with an intergovernmental advisory committee, must file a report on the potential for carbon capture, utilization, and storage as a climate mitigation technology throughout Illinois with the Governor and the General Assembly no later than December 31, 2022. The report shall provide an assessment of Illinois subsurface storage resources, a description of existing and selected subsurface storage projects, and best practices for carbon storage. Additionally, the report shall provide recommendations for policy and regulatory needs at the State level based on its findings, and shall, at a minimum, address all the following areas:

(1) carbon capture, utilization, and storage current status and future storage resource potential in the State. Enhanced Oil Recovery shall remain outside the scope of this study;

(2) procedures, standards, and safeguards for the storage of carbon dioxide;

(3) permitting processes and the coordination with applicable federal law or regulatory commissions, including the Class VI injection well permitting process;

(4) economic impact, job creation, and job retention from carbon capture, utilization, and storage that both protects the environment and supports short-term and long-term economic growth;

(5) development of knowledge capacity of appropriate State agencies and stakeholders;

(6) environmental justice and stakeholder issues related to carbon capture, utilization, and storage throughout the State;

(7) leveraging federal policies and public-private partnerships for research, design, and development to benefit the State;

(8) liability for the storage and monitoring maintenance of the carbon dioxide after the completion of a carbon capture, utilization, and storage project;

(9) acquisition, ownership, and amalgamation of pore space for carbon capture, utilization, and storage;

(10) methodologies to establish any necessary fees, costs, or offsets; and

(11) any risks to health, safety, the environment, and property uses or values.

(b) In developing the report under this Section, the Prairie Research Institute shall form an advisory committee, which shall be composed of all the following members:

(1) the Director of the Environmental Protection Agency, or his or her designee;

(2) the Director of Natural Resources, or his or her designee;

(3) the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, or his or her designee;

(4) the Director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, or his or her designee;

(5) the Director of Agriculture, or his or her designee;

(6) the Attorney General, or his or her designee;

(7) one member of the Senate, appointed by the President of the Senate;

(8) one member of the House of Representatives, appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

(9) one member of the Senate, appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate; and

(10) one member of the House of Representatives, appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives.

(c) No later than 60 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, the advisory committee shall hold its first meeting at the call of the Executive Director of the Prairie Research Institute, at which meeting the members shall select a chairperson from among themselves. After its first meeting, the committee shall meet at the call of the chairperson. Members of the committee shall serve without compensation. The Prairie Research Committee shall provide administrative support to the committee.

(d) The Prairie Research Institute shall also engage with interested stakeholders throughout the State to gain insights into socio-economic perspectives from environmental justice organizations, environmental non-governmental organizations, industry, landowners, farm bureaus, manufacturing, labor unions, and others.

(e) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2023.

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

Effective Date: 8/13/2021