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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB0935
Introduced 2/8/2007, by Rep. Thomas Holbrook SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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415 ILCS 5/9.3 |
from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1009.3 |
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Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical
change to a Section concerning alternative control strategies.
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A BILL FOR
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HB0935 |
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LRB095 08832 CMK 29018 b |
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| AN ACT concerning safety.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by |
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| changing Section 9.3 as follows:
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| (415 ILCS 5/9.3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1009.3)
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| Sec. 9.3. Alternative control strategies.
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| (a) The
The General Assembly finds that control strategies, |
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| including
emission limitations, alternative but |
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| environmentally equivalent to those
required by Board |
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| regulations or the terms of this Act, can assure equivalent
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| protection of the environment and that the use of such |
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| alternative control
strategies can encourage technological |
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| innovation, reduce the likelihood
of shutdown of older sources, |
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| and can result in decreased costs of compliance
and increased |
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| availability of resources for use in productive capital
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| investments. |
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| (b) (Blank.)
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| (c) On or before December 31, 1982, the Board shall adopt |
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| regulations
establishing a permit program pursuant to Section |
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| 39.1 in accordance with
Title VII of this Act.
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| (d) Board rules pursuant to this Section 9.3 shall set |
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| forth reasonable
requirements for issuance of an alternative |