SB3630 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB3630

Introduced 11/7/2018, by Sen. John F. Curran - Chris Nybo - Wm. Sam McCann

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

415 ILCS 5/9.17 new

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency shall reevaluate the current air pollution operating permit of any facility emitting ethylene oxide and conduct a 90-day public hearing process on such permits. Provides that no air pollution operating permit shall be renewed if the facility is in violation of any federal or State standards or current studies pertaining to ethylene oxide. In the event of an ethylene oxide leak, a facility shall issue a notice to all affected property owners and local government within 2,500 feet of the leak site. Provides that a facility emitting ethylene oxide at levels higher than federal or State standards shall immediately cease operations until the level of emissions are reduced below both federal and State standards. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning safety.

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

Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by adding Section 9.17 as follows:

(415 ILCS 5/9.17 new)

Sec. 9.17. Permits, hearings, and notice for facilities emitting ethylene oxide.

(a) The Agency shall immediately reevaluate the current air pollution operating permit of any facility emitting ethylene oxide, by conducting a 90-day public hearing process on all such facilities. The Agency shall, by rule, provide for the 90-day public hearing process which shall, at a minimum, include:

(1) three public hearings in the community where the facility emitting the ethylene oxide is located; and

(2) an opportunity for public testimony at each hearing.

(b) No air pollution operating permit shall be renewed if the Agency finds that the facility is emitting ethylene oxide at a level that violates any federal or State standards or current studies pertaining to ethylene oxide. The Agency shall also consider the results of the 90-day public hearing process when evaluating a facility's permit renewal.

(c) Any facility that self-reports an ethylene oxide leak or is found to be in violation concerning an ethylene oxide leak shall issue a notice to all affected property owners and units of local government within 2,500 feet of the leak site. The notice system shall be funded by the facility. The notice shall, at a minimum, contain the following information:

(1) the name and address of the site or facility where the leak occurred or is suspected to have occurred;

(2) the identification and approximate amount of the contaminant leaked or suspected to have been leaked;

(3) information as to whether the contaminant was leaked or suspected to have been leaked into the air, land, or water;

(4) a brief description of the potential adverse health effects posed by the contaminant;

(5) the name, business address, and phone number of persons at the Agency from whom additional information about the leak or suspected leak can be obtained; and

(6) the name, business address, and phone number of persons at the Department of Public Health from whom additional information about the health effects of the leak or suspected leak can be obtained.

(d) If, at any time, a facility is emitting ethylene oxide at a level higher than the standards set forth by Section 112 of the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7412) or the Agency, then the facility shall immediately cease operations until sufficient changes are made to reduce the level of such emissions below both federal and State standards.

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