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 1        AN ACT concerning radioactive waste storage.

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

 4        Section  5.  The  Illinois  Low-Level  Radioactive  Waste
 5    Management  Act  is amended by changing Sections 13 and 14 as
 6    follows:

 7        (420 ILCS 20/13) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 241-13)
 8        Sec. 13.  Waste fees.
 9        (a)  The  Department  shall  collect  a  fee  from   each
10    generator  of  low-level  radioactive  wastes  in this State.
11    Except as provided in subsections  (b),  (c),  and  (d),  the
12    amount  of  the  fee shall be $50.00 or the following amount,
13    whichever is greater:
14             (1)  $1 per cubic foot of waste shipped for storage,
15        treatment  or  disposal  if  storage  of  the  waste  for
16        shipment occurred prior to September 7, 1984;
17             (2)  $2 per cubic foot of waste stored for  shipment
18        if  storage  of the waste occurs on or after September 7,
19        1984, but prior to October 1, 1985;
20             (3)  $3 per cubic foot of waste stored for  shipment
21        if  storage  of  the  waste occurs on or after October 1,
22        1985;
23             (4)  $2 per cubic foot of waste shipped for storage,
24        treatment  or  disposal  if  storage  of  the  waste  for
25        shipment occurs on or after September 7, 1984  but  prior
26        to  October  1,  1985,  provided  that  no  fee  has been
27        collected previously for storage of the waste;
28             (5)  $3 per cubic foot of waste shipped for storage,
29        treatment  or  disposal  if  storage  of  the  waste  for
30        shipment occurs on or after  October  1,  1985,  provided
31        that  no  fees have been collected previously for storage
 
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 1        of the waste.
 2        Such fees shall be collected annually or as determined by
 3    the Department  and  shall  be  deposited  in  the  low-level
 4    radioactive  waste  funds  as  provided in Section 14 of this
 5    Act. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no  fee
 6    under  this  Section  shall be collected from a generator for
 7    waste generated incident to manufacturing before December 31,
 8    1980, and shipped for disposal outside of this  State  before
 9    December  31,  1992, as part of a site reclamation leading to
10    license termination.
11        (b)  Each nuclear power reactor in this State  for  which
12    an   operating   license  has  been  issued  by  the  Nuclear
13    Regulatory  Commission  shall  not  be  subject  to  the  fee
14    required by subsection (a) with respect to (1)  waste  stored
15    for  shipment  if  storage  of  the  waste occurs on or after
16    January 1, 1986; and (2) waste shipped for storage, treatment
17    or disposal if storage of the waste for shipment occurs on or
18    after January 1, 1986.  In lieu  of  the  fee,  each  reactor
19    shall  be  required  to pay an annual fee as provided in this
20    subsection of $90,000 for the treatment, storage and disposal
21    of low-level radioactive waste.  Beginning with State  fiscal
22    year  1986  and through State fiscal year 1997, fees shall be
23    due and payable on January 1st of each year. For State fiscal
24    year 1998 and all subsequent State fiscal years,  fees  shall
25    be  due  and  payable on July 1 of each fiscal year.  The fee
26    due on July 1, 1997 shall be payable on that date, or  within
27    10  days  after  the effective date of this amendatory Act of
28    1997, whichever is later.
29        After September 15, 1987, for each nuclear power  reactor
30    for which an operating license is issued after January 1, the
31    owner  of  each such reactor shall be required to pay for the
32    year in which the operating license is issued a prorated  fee
33    equal to $246.57 multiplied by the number of days in the year
34    during which the nuclear power reactor will be licensed.  The
 
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 1    prorated  fee  shall  be  due  and  payable 30 days after the
 2    operating license is issued.
 3        The owner of  any  nuclear  power  reactor  that  has  an
 4    operating license issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
 5    for  any  portion of State fiscal year 1998 shall continue to
 6    pay an annual fee of $90,000 for the treatment, storage,  and
 7    disposal  of low-level radioactive waste through State fiscal
 8    year 2002 2003.  The fee shall be due and payable on  July  1
 9    of  each  fiscal  year.  The fee due on July 1, 1998 shall be
10    payable on that date, or within 10 days after  the  effective
11    date  of  this amendatory Act of 1998, whichever is later. If
12    the balance  in  the  Low-Level  Radioactive  Waste  Facility
13    Development  and  Operation  Fund falls below $500,000, as of
14    the end of any  fiscal  year  after  fiscal  year  2002,  the
15    Department  is authorized to assess by rule, after notice and
16    a hearing, an additional annual fee to be paid by the  owners
17    of  nuclear  power reactors for which operating licenses have
18    been  issued  by  the  Nuclear  Regulatory  Commission.   The
19    additional annual fee shall be payable on the date  or  dates
20    specified  by rule and shall not exceed $30,000 per operating
21    reactor per year.
22        (c)  In each of State fiscal years 1988, 1989  and  1990,
23    in  addition  to  the fee imposed in subsections (b) and (d),
24    the owner of each nuclear power reactor  in  this  State  for
25    which  an  operating  license  has been issued by the Nuclear
26    Regulatory Commission shall pay a fee  of  $408,000.   If  an
27    operating  license  is  issued  during  one of those 3 fiscal
28    years, the owner shall pay a prorated amount of the fee equal
29    to $1,117.80 multiplied by the number of days in  the  fiscal
30    year during which the nuclear power reactor was licensed.
31        The  fee  shall  be due and payable as follows: in fiscal
32    year 1988, $204,000 shall be paid  on  October  1,  1987  and
33    $102,000  shall  be paid on each of January 1, 1988 and April
34    1, 1988; in fiscal year 1989, $102,000 shall be paid on  each
 
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 1    of  July  1, 1988, October 1, 1988, January 1, 1989 and April
 2    1, 1989; and in fiscal year 1990, $102,000 shall be  paid  on
 3    each  of  July  1, 1989, October 1, 1989, January 1, 1990 and
 4    April 1, 1990.  If the operating license is issued during one
 5    of the 3 fiscal years, the owner shall be  subject  to  those
 6    payment  dates, and their corresponding amounts, on which the
 7    owner possesses an operating license and, on June 30  of  the
 8    fiscal  year  of  issuance of the license, whatever amount of
 9    the prorated fee remains outstanding.
10        All of the amounts collected by the Department under this
11    subsection  (c)  shall  be  deposited  into   the   Low-Level
12    Radioactive  Waste  Facility  Development  and Operation Fund
13    created under subsection (a) of Section 14 of  this  Act  and
14    expended, subject to appropriation, for the purposes provided
15    in that subsection.
16        (d)  In  addition  to the fees imposed in subsections (b)
17    and (c), the owners of nuclear power reactors in  this  State
18    for  which operating licenses have been issued by the Nuclear
19    Regulatory Commission shall pay the following fees  for  each
20    such  nuclear  power  reactor:   for  State fiscal year 1989,
21    $325,000 payable on October  1,  1988,  $162,500  payable  on
22    January  1,  1989, and $162,500 payable on April 1, 1989; for
23    State fiscal year 1990, $162,500 payable on July 1,  $300,000
24    payable  on  October  1,  $300,000  payable  on January 1 and
25    $300,000 payable on April 1;  for  State  fiscal  year  1991,
26    either  (1)  $150,000  payable on July 1, $650,000 payable on
27    September 1, $675,000 payable  on  January  1,  and  $275,000
28    payable  on  April  1, or (2) $150,000 on July 1, $130,000 on
29    the first day of each month  from  August  through  December,
30    $225,000  on the first day of each month from January through
31    March and $92,000 on the first day of each month  from  April
32    through June; for State fiscal year 1992, $260,000 payable on
33    July  1, $900,000 payable on September 1, $300,000 payable on
34    October 1,  $150,000  payable  on  January  1,  and  $100,000
 
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 1    payable  on  April  1;  for  State fiscal year 1993, $100,000
 2    payable on July 1, $230,000 payable on August 1 or within  10
 3    days  after  July  31, 1992, whichever is later, and $355,000
 4    payable on October 1; for State fiscal  year  1994,  $100,000
 5    payable  on  July 1, $75,000 payable on October 1 and $75,000
 6    payable on April 1; for  State  fiscal  year  1995,  $100,000
 7    payable  on July 1, $75,000 payable on October 1, and $75,000
 8    payable on April 1, for  State  fiscal  year  1996,  $100,000
 9    payable  on July 1, $75,000 payable on October 1, and $75,000
10    payable on April 1. The owner of any  nuclear  power  reactor
11    that   has   an  operating  license  issued  by  the  Nuclear
12    Regulatory Commission for any portion of  State  fiscal  year
13    1998  shall pay an annual fee of $30,000 through State fiscal
14    year 2003. For State fiscal year 2004 and  subsequent  fiscal
15    years,  the  owner  of  any nuclear power reactor that has an
16    operating license issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
17    shall pay an annual fee of $30,000 per reactor, provided that
18    the fee shall not apply  to  a  nuclear  power  reactor  with
19    regard  to  which  the  owner notified the Nuclear Regulatory
20    Commission during State fiscal year  1998  that  the  nuclear
21    power reactor permanently ceased operations. The fee shall be
22    due  and  payable on July 1 of each fiscal year.  The fee due
23    on July 1, 1998 shall be payable on that date, or  within  10
24    days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1998,
25    whichever  is  later.  The  fee  due on July 1, 1997 shall be
26    payable on that date or within 10 days  after  the  effective
27    date  of  this amendatory Act of 1997, whichever is later. If
28    the payments under this subsection for fiscal year  1993  due
29    on  January  1,  1993, or on April 1, 1993, or both, were due
30    before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the  87th
31    General Assembly, then those payments are waived and need not
32    be made.
33        All of the amounts collected by the Department under this
34    subsection   (d)   shall  be  deposited  into  the  Low-Level
 
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 1    Radioactive Waste Facility  Development  and  Operation  Fund
 2    created  pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 14 of this Act
 3    and expended, subject  to  appropriation,  for  the  purposes
 4    provided in that subsection.
 5        All  payments made by licensees under this subsection (d)
 6    for fiscal year 1992 that are not appropriated and  obligated
 7    by the Department above $1,750,000 per reactor in fiscal year
 8    1992,  shall be credited to the licensees making the payments
 9    to reduce the per reactor fees required under this subsection
10    (d) for fiscal year 1993.
11        (e)  The   Department   shall   promulgate   rules    and
12    regulations  establishing standards for the collection of the
13    fees  authorized  by  this  Section.  The  regulations  shall
14    include, but need not be limited to:
15             (1)  the records necessary to identify  the  amounts
16        of low-level radioactive wastes produced;
17             (2)  the form and submission of reports to accompany
18        the payment of fees to the Department; and
19             (3)  the  time  and manner of payment of fees to the
20        Department, which payments shall  not  be  more  frequent
21        than quarterly.
22        (f)  Any   operating   agreement   entered   into   under
23    subsection   (b)  of  Section  5  of  this  Act  between  the
24    Department  and  any  disposal  facility  contractor   shall,
25    subject   to  the  provisions  of  this  Act,  authorize  the
26    contractor to impose upon and collect from persons using  the
27    disposal  facility fees designed and set at levels reasonably
28    calculated to produce sufficient  revenues  (1)  to  pay  all
29    costs    and   expenses   properly  incurred  or  accrued  in
30    connection with, and properly allocated  to,  performance  of
31    the  contractor's  obligations under the operating agreement,
32    and (2) to provide reasonable and appropriate compensation or
33    profit to the contractor under the operating agreement.   For
34    purposes   of  this  subsection  (f),  the  term  "costs  and
 
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 1    expenses" may include, without  limitation,  (i)  direct  and
 2    indirect  costs  and expenses for labor, services, equipment,
 3    materials,  insurance  and  other  risk   management   costs,
 4    interest  and  other  financing charges, and taxes or fees in
 5    lieu of taxes; (ii) payments to or  required  by  the  United
 6    States,  the  State  of  Illinois or any agency or department
 7    thereof, the Central Midwest Interstate Low-Level Radioactive
 8    Waste Compact, and subject to the provisions of this Act, any
 9    unit of local government; (iii) amortization  of  capitalized
10    costs   with   respect  to  the  disposal  facility  and  its
11    development, including any  capitalized  reserves;  and  (iv)
12    payments with respect to reserves, accounts, escrows or trust
13    funds  required  by  law  or otherwise provided for under the
14    operating agreement.
15        (g)  (Blank).
16        (h)  (Blank).
17        (i)  (Blank).
18        (j)  (Blank).
19        (j-5)  Prior to commencement of facility operations,  the
20    Department  shall adopt rules providing for the establishment
21    and collection of fees and charges with respect to the use of
22    the disposal facility as provided in subsection (f)  of  this
23    Section.
24        (k)  The  regional  disposal facility shall be subject to
25    ad valorem real estate taxes lawfully  imposed  by  units  of
26    local  government and school districts with jurisdiction over
27    the facility.  No other local government tax, surtax, fee  or
28    other  charge on activities at the regional disposal facility
29    shall be allowed except as authorized by the Department.
30        (l)  The Department shall have the power,  in  the  event
31    that  acceptance  of  waste  for  disposal  at  the  regional
32    disposal  facility  is  suspended, delayed or interrupted, to
33    impose  emergency  fees  on  the  generators   of   low-level
34    radioactive  waste.   Generators  shall  pay  emergency  fees
 
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 1    within  30  days  of receipt of notice of the emergency fees.
 2    The Department shall deposit all of the receipts of any  fees
 3    collected   under   this   subsection   into   the  Low-Level
 4    Radioactive Waste Facility  Development  and  Operation  Fund
 5    created  under  subsection (b) of Section 14.  Emergency fees
 6    may be used to mitigate the  impacts  of  the  suspension  or
 7    interruption  of  acceptance  of  waste  for  disposal.   The
 8    requirements for rulemaking in  the  Illinois  Administrative
 9    Procedure  Act shall not apply to the imposition of emergency
10    fees under this subsection.
11        (m)  The Department shall promulgate any other rules  and
12    regulations as may be necessary to implement this Section.
13    (Source: P.A.  90-29,  eff.  6-26-97;  90-601,  eff. 6-26-98;
14    90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)

15        (420 ILCS 20/14) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 241-14)
16        Sec. 14.  Waste management funds.
17        (a)  There is hereby created  in  the  State  Treasury  a
18    special  fund to be known as the "Low-Level Radioactive Waste
19    Facility Development and Operation Fund". All  monies  within
20    the  Low-Level  Radioactive  Waste  Facility  Development and
21    Operation Fund shall be invested by the  State  Treasurer  in
22    accordance  with  established investment practices.  Interest
23    earned by such investment shall be returned to the  Low-Level
24    Radioactive  Waste  Facility  Development and Operation Fund.
25    Except  as  otherwise  provided  in  this   subsection,   the
26    Department  shall  deposit  80% of all receipts from the fees
27    required under subsections (a) and (b) of Section 13  in  the
28    State Treasury to the credit of this Fund.  Beginning July 1,
29    1997,  and  until  December  31 of the year in which the Task
30    Group approves  a  proposed  site  under  Section  10.3,  the
31    Department shall deposit all fees collected under subsections
32    (a) and (b) of Section 13 of this Act into the Fund.  Subject
33    to  appropriation, the Department is authorized to expend all
 
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 1    moneys in the Fund in amounts it deems necessary for:
 2             (1)  hiring personnel and any  other  operating  and
 3        contingent    expenses    necessary    for   the   proper
 4        administration of this Act;
 5             (2)  contracting with any firm for  the  purpose  of
 6        carrying out the purposes of this Act;
 7             (3)  grants   to   the  Central  Midwest  Interstate
 8        Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission (blank);
 9             (4)  hiring personnel, contracting with any  person,
10        and meeting any other expenses incurred by the Department
11        in  fulfilling its responsibilities under the Radioactive
12        Waste Compact Enforcement Act;
13             (5)  activities under Sections 10, 10.2 and 10.3;
14             (6)  payment of fees in lieu of  taxes  to  a  local
15        government   having  within  its  boundaries  a  regional
16        disposal facility;
17             (7)  payment of grants to counties or municipalities
18        under Section 12.1; and
19             (8)  fulfillment of obligations  under  a  community
20        agreement under Section 12.1.
21        In  spending  monies pursuant to such appropriations, the
22    Department shall to the extent practicable avoid  duplicating
23    expenditures  made by any firm pursuant to a contract awarded
24    under this Section.  On or before March 1,  1989  and  on  or
25    before  October  1  of  1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1993, the
26    Department shall deliver to the Governor, the  President  and
27    Minority  Leader  of  the  Senate,  the  Speaker and Minority
28    Leader of the House, and each of  the  generators  that  have
29    contributed  during  the  preceding  State fiscal year to the
30    Low-Level  Radioactive   Waste   Facility   Development   and
31    Operation  Fund a financial statement, certified and verified
32    by the Director, which details all receipts and  expenditures
33    from  the  fund  during  the  preceding  State  fiscal  year;
34    provided that the report due on or before March 1, 1989 shall
 
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 1    detail all receipts and expenditures from the fund during the
 2    period  from  July  1,  1988  through  January 31, 1989.  The
 3    financial statements shall identify all sources of income  to
 4    the  fund  and  all recipients of expenditures from the fund,
 5    shall specify the amounts of all the income and expenditures,
 6    and  shall  indicate  the  amounts  of  all  the  income  and
 7    expenditures,  and  shall  indicate  the  purpose   for   all
 8    expenditures.
 9        (b)  There  is  hereby  created  in  the State Treasury a
10    special fund to be known as the "Low-Level Radioactive  Waste
11    Facility  Closure,  Post-Closure Care and Compensation Fund".
12    All monies within the Low-Level  Radioactive  Waste  Facility
13    Closure,  Post-Closure  Care  and  Compensation Fund shall be
14    invested  by  the  State   Treasurer   in   accordance   with
15    established  investment  practices.   Interest earned by such
16    investment shall be returned  to  the  Low-Level  Radioactive
17    Waste  Facility  Closure,  Post-Closure Care and Compensation
18    Fund. The Department shall deposit 20% of all  receipts  from
19    the fees required under subsections (a) and (b) of Section 13
20    of this Act in the State Treasury to the credit of this Fund,
21    except that, pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 14 of this
22    Act,  there  shall  be no such deposit into this Fund between
23    July 1, 1997 and December 31 of the year in  which  the  Task
24    Group  approves  a  proposed site pursuant to Section 10.3 of
25    this Act.  All deposits into this Fund shall be held  by  the
26    State  Treasurer  separate and apart from all public money or
27    funds  of  this  State.   Subject   to   appropriation,   the
28    Department is authorized to expend any moneys in this Fund in
29    amounts it deems necessary for:
30             (1)  decommissioning  and  other procedures required
31        for the proper closure of the regional disposal facility;
32             (2)  monitoring, inspecting,  and  other  procedures
33        required  for  the  proper  closure, decommissioning, and
34        post-closure care of the regional disposal facility;
 
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 1             (3)  taking  any  remedial  actions   necessary   to
 2        protect human health and the environment from releases or
 3        threatened  releases of wastes from the regional disposal
 4        facility;
 5             (4)  the  purchase  of  facility   and   third-party
 6        liability  insurance  necessary  during the institutional
 7        control period of the regional disposal facility;
 8             (5)  mitigating the impacts  of  the  suspension  or
 9        interruption of the acceptance of waste for disposal;
10             (6)  compensating  any  person suffering any damages
11        or losses to a person or property  caused  by  a  release
12        from  the  regional  disposal facility as provided for in
13        Section 15; and
14             (7)  fulfillment of obligations  under  a  community
15        agreement under Section 12.1.
16        On  or  before March 1 of each year, the Department shall
17    deliver to the Governor, the President and Minority Leader of
18    the Senate, the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House, and
19    each of the  generators  that  have  contributed  during  the
20    preceding   State   fiscal  year  to  the  Fund  a  financial
21    statement, certified and  verified  by  the  Director,  which
22    details  all  receipts  and expenditures from the Fund during
23    the preceding State fiscal year.   The  financial  statements
24    shall  identify  all  sources  of  income to the Fund and all
25    recipients of expenditures from the Fund, shall  specify  the
26    amounts  of  all  the  income  and  expenditures,  and  shall
27    indicate  the amounts of all the income and expenditures, and
28    shall indicate the purpose for all expenditures.
29        (c)  (Blank). Monies in the Low-Level  Radioactive  Waste
30    Facility  Closure,  Post-Closure  Care  and Compensation Fund
31    shall be invested  by  the  State  Treasurer  in  the  manner
32    required  by  law  of  other  State monies, provided that any
33    interest accruing as a result of the investment shall  accrue
34    to this special Fund.
 
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 1        (d)  The  Department  may  accept for any of its purposes
 2    and functions any  donations,  grants  of  money,  equipment,
 3    supplies,  materials,  and  services  from  any  state or the
 4    United States, or  from  any  institution,  person,  firm  or
 5    corporation.   Any  donation or grant of money received after
 6    January 1, 1986 shall be deposited in  either  the  Low-Level
 7    Radioactive  Waste Facility Development and Operation Fund or
 8    the   Low-Level   Radioactive   Waste    Facility    Closure,
 9    Post-Closure  Care  and Compensation Fund, in accordance with
10    the purpose of the grant.
11    (Source: P.A. 90-29, eff. 6-26-97.)

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

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