Sen. David Koehler

Filed: 4/25/2017

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1561

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1561 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act is
5amended by adding Section 9.5 as follows:
 
6    (415 ILCS 15/9.5 new)
7    Sec. 9.5. Regulation of certain pollution control
8facilities. No provision of this Act shall be construed to
9allow any county with a population of less than 2,000,000
10residents to adopt an ordinance or resolution, except an
11ordinance or resolution adopting a county plan in accordance
12with Sections 4 and 5 of this Act, or implementing a county
13plan in accordance with Section 7 of this Act, that requires
14the issuance of a permit, or that imposes regulations upon the
15operations of a municipal solid waste landfill unit, sanitary
16landfill, storage site, transfer station, or waste disposal

 

 

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1site, as long as the facility obtains appropriate permits from
2the Agency in accordance with Section 39 of the Environmental
3Protection Act. Nothing in this amendatory Act of the 100th
4General Assembly shall be construed to diminish or impair any
5authority conferred upon a county under the Environmental
6Protection Act, including, but not limited to, subsection (r)
7of Section 4 and Section 39.2 of the Environmental Protection
8Act.
9    Nothing in this amendatory Act of the 100th General
10Assembly shall be construed to limit the authority of a county
11to prepare or adopt a county plan pursuant to and in accordance
12with Sections 4 and 5 of this Act, to implement a county plan
13in accordance with Section 7 of this Act, or to relieve a
14facility proposed for siting approval from demonstrating
15consistency with that plan as required by criterion (viii) of
16subsection (a) of Section 39.2 of the Environmental Protection
17Act.
18    For the purposes of this Section, "municipal solid waste
19landfill unit", "sanitary landfill", "storage site", "transfer
20station", and "waste disposal site" have the meanings provided
21to those terms in the Environmental Protection Act.
 
22    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
23becoming law.".