Rep. Carol Sente

Filed: 11/27/2018

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3101

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3101 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
5adding Section 9.16 as follows:
 
6    (415 ILCS 5/9.16 new)
7    Sec. 9.16. Ethylene oxide control.
8    (a) This Section may be referred to as the Ethylene Oxide
9Emission Control Law.
10    (b) On and after July 1, 2019, the provisions of this
11Section apply to the owner or operator of a sterilization
12source using 1 ton (907 kg) or more of ethylene oxide in a
13rolling 12-month period in sterilization or fumigation
14operations. These requirements do not apply to: beehive
15fumigators; research or laboratory facilities, as defined in
16Section 112(c)(7) of Title III of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.

 

 

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17412(c)(7)); or sources such as hospitals, doctor's offices,
2clinics, or other facilities whose primary purpose is to
3provide medical services to humans or animals.
4    (c) The owner or operator must reduce ethylene oxide
5emissions to the atmosphere from each chamber exhaust vent by
6at least 99%. "Chamber exhaust vent", also known as "back
7vent", means the point through which ethylene oxide-laden air
8is removed from the sterilization chamber during chamber
9unloading following the completion of sterilization and
10associated air washes.
11    (d) The owner or operator must conduct an initial emissions
12test to verify that emissions from each chamber exhaust vent
13are reduced from each chamber's exhaust vent to a maximum
14concentration of 1-ppmv or by at least 99%.
15        (1) A notification of the scheduled test date and an
16    emissions test protocol must be submitted to the Agency for
17    review and written approval by August 1, 2019 for an
18    existing source, or within 30 days after the initial
19    startup of a new or modified source. The protocol must
20    address the manner in which testing will be conducted,
21    including, but not limited to, the methodologies to be used
22    and conditions under which the test will be performed.
23        (2) The owner or operator must perform testing in
24    accordance with an Agency-approved test protocol and at
25    representative conditions by September 1, 2019 for an
26    existing source, or within 60 days after the initial

 

 

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1    startup of a new or modified source. The owner or operator
2    must submit test results to the Agency within 60 days after
3    the date of testing.
4    (e) The owner or operator must conduct emissions testing on
5all regulated emission points at least once each calendar year,
6starting in calendar year 2019, to demonstrate compliance with
7the control requirements of this Section and all applicable
8Illinois Pollution Control Board and United States
9Environmental Protection Agency control requirements regarding
10ethylene oxide. Annual emissions tests must take place at least
116 months apart. An initial emissions test conducted on the
12chamber exhaust vent pursuant to subsection (c) above satisfies
13this requirement for that particular emission point for the
14year in which the initial emissions test is conducted.
15    A notification of the scheduled test date and an emissions
16test protocol must be submitted to the Agency for review and
17written approval at least 30 days prior to the scheduled test
18date. The protocol must address the manner in which testing
19will be conducted, including but not limited to the
20methodologies to be used and conditions under which the test
21will be performed. The owner or operator must perform testing
22in accordance with an Agency-approved test protocol and at
23representative conditions. The owner or operator must submit
24test results to the Agency within 60 days after the date of
25testing.
26    (f) The Agency must post a notice on its website and notify

 

 

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1the following persons within 30 days after receiving emissions
2test results or periodic monitoring information that indicates
3noncompliance with the emissions control requirements of this
4Section or emissions control requirements in any applicable
5Illinois Pollution Control Board or United States
6Environmental Protection Agency provision regarding ethylene
7oxide:
8        (1) The members of the General Assembly from the
9    Legislative and Representative Districts in which the
10    source in question is located.
11        (2) The county board members of the county in which the
12    source in question is located.
13        (3) The corporate authorities of the municipality in
14    which the source in question is located.
15        (4) The Illinois Department of Public Health.
16    (g) The Agency must reopen and modify the operating permit
17for each source subject to this Section and shall only include
18the requirements set forth in this Section as well as all other
19applicable Illinois Pollution Control Board and United States
20Environmental Protection Agency requirements regarding
21ethylene oxide adopted after the effective date of this
22amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly.
23    (h) Violations of the requirements of this Section are
24subject to enforcement and penalties as provided under this
25Act.
 

 

 

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1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2becoming law.".