Rep. Dave Winters

Filed: 4/27/2012

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2867

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2867 by replacing
3line 15 on page 62 through line 16 on page 63 with the
4following:
5        "(3) At least annually, the Illinois Environmental
6    Protection Agency shall inspect all carbon dioxide
7    sequestration sites in Illinois. The Illinois
8    Environmental Protection Agency may, as often as deemed
9    necessary, monitor and conduct investigations of those
10    sites. The owner or operator of the sequestration site must
11    cooperate with the Illinois Environmental Protection
12    Agency investigations of carbon dioxide sequestration
13    sites.
14        If the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
15    determines at any time a site creates conditions that
16    warrant the issuance of a seal order under Section 34 of
17    the Environmental Protection Act, then the Illinois
18    Environmental Protection Agency shall seal the site

 

 

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1    pursuant to the Environmental Protection Act. If the
2    Illinois Environmental Protection Agency determines at any
3    time a carbon dioxide sequestration site creates
4    conditions that warrant the institution of a civil action
5    for an injunction under Section 43 of the Environmental
6    Protection Act, then the Illinois Environmental Protection
7    Agency shall request the State's Attorney or the Attorney
8    General institute such action. The Illinois Environmental
9    Protection Agency shall provide notice of any such actions
10    as soon as possible on its website. The SNG facility shall
11    incur all reasonable costs associated with any such
12    inspection or monitoring of the sequestration sites, and
13    these costs shall not be recoverable from utilities or
14    their customers.".