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90_HB3694
510 ILCS 77/40
Amends the Livestock Management Facilities Act. Provides
that the Department of Agriculture and the Environmental
Protection Agency (now Department of Agriculture) shall
annually request research funds to perform scientific
environmental research pertinent to livestock management
facilities and livestock waste handling facilities. Provides
that the Department and Agency shall make recommendations to
the Governor and General Assembly concerning environmental
regulation of these facilities.
LRB9010927PTsb
LRB9010927PTsb
1 AN ACT to amend the Livestock Management Facilities Act
2 by changing Section 40.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Livestock Management Facilities Act is
6 amended by changing Section 40 as follows:
7 (510 ILCS 77/40)
8 Sec. 40. Environmental research. Environmental research
9 is critical to a livestock producer's ability to implement
10 sound, integrated management systems that will enhance
11 industry profitability and protect the environment.
12 The Department of Agriculture and the Environmental
13 Protection Agency shall annually request appropriations to
14 fund environmental research projects pertinent to livestock
15 management facilities and livestock waste handling
16 facilities. Projects may include scientific research, both
17 university research, and on-farm applied research.
18 Priorities should be given to the following:
19 (1) Determination of the contribution of soil applied
20 livestock nutrient volatilization, leaching or storage in the
21 soil and methods of application.
22 (2) Integrated systems that maintain and enhance water
23 quality.
24 (3) Odor reduction and control through chemical,
25 biological, or mechanical means.
26 (4) Environmental quality in livestock facilities
27 affecting owner, operator, and employee health.
28 (5) Environmental quality that could affect residents
29 who live adjacent to livestock facilities.
30 (6) Reviewing, evaluating, and recommending State laws
31 and regulations to the Governor and General Assembly
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1 addressing environmental concerns of livestock management
2 facilities and livestock waste handling facilities.
3 (Source: P.A. 89-456, eff. 5-21-96.)