Full Text of SB3328 98th General Assembly
SB3328sam001 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Ira I. Silverstein Filed: 3/21/2014
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3328
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3328 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act is | 5 | | amended by adding Section 1-137 as follows: | 6 | | (225 ILCS 732/1-137 new) | 7 | | Sec. 1-137. Mahomet Aquifer Task Force. | 8 | | (a) The Department shall, on the effective date of this | 9 | | amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, suspend acceptance | 10 | | or approval of any and all new permits for high volume | 11 | | horizontal fracturing operations or horizontal drilling with | 12 | | fracturing operations and suspend any Departmental approval of | 13 | | disposal or burial of solid or liquid waste from oil, liquid | 14 | | natural gas, or natural gas drilling, fracturing, and recovery | 15 | | operations, including, but not limited to, coal bed methane | 16 | | toxins, fracturing chemicals, and other hydrocarbon products |
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| 1 | | and byproducts, in Class II injection wells, in landfills, or | 2 | | on private lands in any and all of the geographic areas of the | 3 | | counties of Cass, Champaign, DeWitt, Ford, Iroquois, Logan, | 4 | | Macon, Mason, McLean, Menard, Piatt, Tazewell, Vermilion, and | 5 | | Woodford, and any other geographic area determined to be | 6 | | situated over, or on top of, or located above the Mahomet | 7 | | aquifer in this State, including a one-mile setback from the | 8 | | entire perimeter of the aquifer. | 9 | | (b) The Department shall work with the Illinois State | 10 | | Geological Survey, the Illinois State Water Survey, and the | 11 | | Mahomet Aquifer Consortium to determine the exact map locations | 12 | | of all areas in this State that are situated over, on top of, | 13 | | or located above the Mahomet aquifer, and over or located | 14 | | within the Sangamon River watershed, including a one-mile | 15 | | setback from the entire perimeter of the aquifer. | 16 | | (c) There is hereby created a Mahomet Aquifer Task Force. | 17 | | The Mahomet Aquifer Task Force shall consist of the following | 18 | | members: | 19 | | (1) one member appointed by the Director of the | 20 | | Illinois State Water Survey; | 21 | | (2) one member appointed by the Director of Natural | 22 | | Resources; | 23 | | (3) one member appointed by the Director of the | 24 | | Groundwater Advisory Council established under the | 25 | | Illinois Groundwater Protection Act; | 26 | | (4) one member appointed by the Director of the |
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| 1 | | Illinois Environmental Protection Agency; | 2 | | (5) one member appointed by the Illinois Groundwater | 3 | | Association; | 4 | | (6) one member appointed by the East Central Illinois | 5 | | Regional Water Supply Planning Committee; and | 6 | | (7) three members appointed by the Mahomet Aquifer | 7 | | Consortium. | 8 | | The chairperson of the Mahomet Aquifer Task Force shall be | 9 | | the member appointed by the Illinois State Water Survey. | 10 | | (d) The Task Force shall: | 11 | | (1) meet once a month, either in person or through | 12 | | video conferencing or other technology via the Internet; | 13 | | (2) operate without pay, but with all expenses paid for | 14 | | the functioning of the Task Force to be allocated by the | 15 | | Illinois State Water Survey; | 16 | | (3) provide a fully researched report, based on a | 17 | | review of published literature on effects of high volume | 18 | | horizontal fracturing operations or horizontal drilling | 19 | | with fracturing operations on other aquifers and | 20 | | watersheds as described in subsection (f) of this Section; | 21 | | and | 22 | | (4) fully investigate any and all adverse effects of | 23 | | high volume hydraulic fracturing operations or horizontal | 24 | | drilling with fracturing operations with regard to: | 25 | | (A) oil and natural gas wells, Class II injection | 26 | | wells, industry infrastructure and pipelines, disposal |
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| 1 | | or burial of solid or liquid waste from oil, liquid | 2 | | natural gas, or natural gas drilling, fracturing, and | 3 | | recovery operations, including, but not limited to, | 4 | | coal bed methane toxins, fracturing chemicals, and | 5 | | other hydrocarbon products and byproducts, in Class II | 6 | | injection wells, in landfills, or on private lands, and | 7 | | the potential risks to the Mahomet aquifer and Sangamon | 8 | | River watershed; | 9 | | (B) the environmental and public health effects on | 10 | | the Mahomet aquifer and Sangamon River watershed of | 11 | | spillage, leakage, fires, or blowouts of oil and | 12 | | natural gas, its containment, processing | 13 | | infrastructure, and transportation infrastructure; | 14 | | (C) the environmental and public health effects on | 15 | | the Mahomet aquifer and Sangamon River watershed of | 16 | | spillage or leakage from open fracturing waste pits; | 17 | | (D) the environmental damage and public health | 18 | | effects on the Mahomet aquifer and Sangamon River | 19 | | watershed of spillage, leakage, fires, or blowouts of | 20 | | hydraulic fracturing or fracturing fluids, chemicals, | 21 | | proppants, and byproducts, its containment, processing | 22 | | infrastructure, and transportation infrastructure; and | 23 | | (E) the environmental damage and effects to water | 24 | | availability when drilling operators take water from | 25 | | the aquifer and Sangamon River watershed during a | 26 | | drought and during dry periods, as well as the overall |
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| 1 | | removal of water on a continuous basis from the aquifer | 2 | | or watershed. | 3 | | (e) The Mahomet Aquifer Task Force shall write a report to | 4 | | be submitted to the General Assembly, the Governor, the | 5 | | Hydraulic Fracturing Task Force, the Illinois Emergency | 6 | | Management Agency, the Department of Natural Resources, the | 7 | | Groundwater Advisory Council established under the Illinois | 8 | | Groundwater Protection Act, the Illinois Environmental | 9 | | Protection Agency, the Illinois Groundwater Association, the | 10 | | East Central Illinois Regional Water Supply Planning | 11 | | Committee, the Mahomet Aquifer Consortium, the Department of | 12 | | Public Health, the Illinois State Water Survey, and to the | 13 | | public via the website of the Illinois State Water Survey and | 14 | | the website of the Department of Natural Resources, outlining | 15 | | its findings on the effects of high volume hydraulic fracturing | 16 | | operations or horizontal drilling with fracturing operations | 17 | | on the water resources drawn from and supplied by the Mahomet | 18 | | Aquifer and Sangamon River watershed, which shall include | 19 | | recommendations and conclusions about: | 20 | | (1) the risks of drilling and extracting oil and | 21 | | natural gas in the aquifer or watershed region; | 22 | | (2) the risks of drilling and operating Class II | 23 | | injection wells in the aquifer or watershed region and the | 24 | | disposal or burial of solid or liquid waste from oil, | 25 | | liquid natural gas, or natural gas drilling, fracturing, | 26 | | and recovery operations, including, but not limited to, |
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| 1 | | coal bed methane toxins, fracturing chemicals, and other | 2 | | hydrocarbon products and byproducts, in Class II injection | 3 | | wells, in landfills, or on private lands; | 4 | | (3) the use of fracturing waste or wastewater open pits | 5 | | in the aquifer or watershed region; | 6 | | (4) the risks of spillage and leakage resulting in | 7 | | water contamination from oil and natural gas wells in the | 8 | | aquifer or watershed region; | 9 | | (5) bonding requirements for oil and natural gas | 10 | | operations and infrastructure in the aquifer or watershed | 11 | | region; | 12 | | (6) insurance requirements for oil and natural gas | 13 | | operations and infrastructure in aquifer or watershed | 14 | | region; | 15 | | (7) best practices for the oil and natural gas industry | 16 | | in the aquifer or watershed region; and | 17 | | (8) any and all recommendations related to maintaining | 18 | | the viability of the aquifer and Sangamon River watershed, | 19 | | and the ability of the aquifer and Sangamon River watershed | 20 | | to supply a safe water supply as related to the oil and | 21 | | natural gas industry and their operations. | 22 | | (f) The report shall include recommendations to the General | 23 | | Assembly and the Governor for legislation to protect the | 24 | | Mahomet aquifer and the Sangamon River watershed, from any | 25 | | adverse effects of blowouts, spillage, leakage, and damages | 26 | | associated with oil and natural gas wells, drilling, Class II |
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| 1 | | injection wells, waste and wastewater containment, pipelines, | 2 | | infrastructure, chemicals, proppants, and byproducts, and the | 3 | | disposal or burial of solid or liquid waste from oil, liquid | 4 | | natural gas, or natural gas drilling, fracturing, and recovery | 5 | | operations, including, but not limited to, coal bed methane | 6 | | toxins, fracturing chemicals, and other hydrocarbon products | 7 | | and byproducts, in Class II injection wells, in landfills, or | 8 | | on private lands. | 9 | | (g) The Mahomet Aquifer Task Force shall submit its report | 10 | | on or before January 1, 2016. The Mahomet Aquifer Task Force is | 11 | | disbanded on July 1, 2016. ".
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