ADMIN PRO-PCB-AIR QUALITY Senate SponsorsSen. Sue Rezin-William E. Brady House Sponsors(Rep. Michael W. Tryon-Pam Roth) 8/10/2012SenatePublic Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0945 415 ILCS 5/7.2from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1007.2415 ILCS 5/10from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1010Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Limits the authority of the Illinois Pollution Control Board to prescribe ambient air quality standards for criteria air pollutants, such as Nitrogen Dioxide, if those standards are more exacting than the National Ambient Air Quality Standards set by the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Effective immediately.Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to:5 ILCS 100/1-5from Ch. 127, par. 1001-5Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Exempts rulemakings of the Illinois Pollution Control Board that implement any type of ambient air quality standard from the requirements that ordinarily apply to general rulemakings, emergency rulemakings, and peremptory rulemakings under the Act. Further amends the Environmental Protection Act. Also exempts those rulemakings from the ordinarily applicable rulemaking requirements of Title VII of the Environmental Protection Act. Provides for the consolidation of rulemakings of this sort. States that the provisions of the introduced bill, as amended, shall not be construed to limit the right of a person to submit a proposal to the Board, or the authority of the Board to adopt, air quality standards that are more stringent than the standards promulgated by the Administrator; however, those more exacting proposals would, in order to comply with subdivision (a)(6) of Section 7.2 of the Act, have to be consistent with the federal regulations and adopted in accordance with all of the general rulemaking requirements of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act and Title VII of the Environmental Protection Act. Effective immediately. 2/10/2012SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Sue Rezin 2/10/2012SenateFirst Reading 2/10/2012SenateReferred to Assignments 2/22/2012SenateAssigned to Environment 2/29/2012SenateDo Pass Environment; 007-000-000 2/29/2012SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 1, 2012 2/29/2012SenateAdded as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. William E. Brady 3/1/2012SenateSecond Reading 3/1/2012SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2012 3/26/2012SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Sue Rezin 3/26/2012SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments 3/27/2012SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Environment 3/28/2012SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Environment; 007-000-000 3/29/2012SenateRecalled to Second Reading 3/29/2012SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Rezin 3/29/2012SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading 3/29/2012SenateThird Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 3/29/2012HouseArrived in House 3/29/2012HouseChief House Sponsor Rep. Michael W. Tryon 3/29/2012HousePlaced on Calendar Order of First Reading 3/29/2012HouseAdded Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Pam Roth 3/29/2012HouseFirst Reading 3/29/2012HouseReferred to Rules Committee 4/16/2012HouseAssigned to Environment & Energy Committee 4/25/2012HouseDo Pass / Short Debate Environment & Energy Committee; 013-000-000 4/26/2012HousePlaced on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate 5/2/2012HouseSecond Reading - Short Debate 5/2/2012HousePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate 5/25/2012HouseThird Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 5/25/2012SenatePassed Both Houses 6/22/2012SenateSent to the Governor 8/10/2012SenateGovernor Approved 8/10/2012SenateEffective Date August 10, 2012 8/10/2012SenatePublic Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0945