Sen. Scott M. Bennett

Filed: 4/12/2019

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2027

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2027 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
5adding Section 21.7 as follows:
 
6    (415 ILCS 5/21.7 new)
7    Sec. 21.7. Legacy landfills.
8    (a) The purpose of this Section is to enact legislative
9recommendations provided by the Mahomet Aquifer Task Force,
10established under P.A. 100-403. The Task Force identified
11capped but unregulated or underregulated landfills that
12overlie the Mahomet Aquifer as potentially hazardous to
13valuable groundwater resources.
14    (b) The Agency shall prioritize legacy landfills for
15inspection using existing information within Agency records,
16municipalities, counties, solid waste management associations,

 

 

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1companies, corporations, and individuals.
2    (c) Subject to appropriation, the Agency shall use existing
3information available from State and federal agencies, such as
4the Prairie Research Institute, the Department of Natural
5Resources, the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, the
6Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the Natural Resources
7Conservation Service, to identify unpermitted waste disposal
8sites located within the boundaries of the Mahomet Aquifer that
9may pose a threat to surface water or groundwater resources.
10    (d) Subject to appropriation, the Prairie Research
11Institute shall offer training to instruct landfill inspectors
12in the use of remote sensing technologies, geographic
13information systems, and current database management
14technologies for the routine inspection and management of
15landfills. The training shall include, among other things,
16instruction in:
17        (1) the preparation of georeferenced image maps and the
18    use of aerial photography and other remote sensing
19    technologies, such as Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR),
20    to identify land erosion, landslides, barren areas,
21    leachate seeps, vegetation, and other relevant surface and
22    subsurface features of the landfills; and
23        (2) the use of geographic information systems and
24    remote sensing technologies to identify site defects,
25    structures, and monitoring wells, and to otherwise assist
26    in the routine inspection and management of landfills.

 

 

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1    The Prairie Research Institute shall provide the Agency
2with updates on developments in remote sensing technologies,
3geographic information systems, and current database
4management technologies that have the potential to improve the
5routine inspection and management of landfills.
6    (e) The Agency shall use its own data, along with data from
7municipalities, counties, solid waste management associations,
8companies, corporations, and individuals, to archive
9information about legacy landfills for present and long-term
10use. The resulting records shall be available for use as
11confidential information by regulatory agencies, but shall not
12be subject to the Freedom of Information Act.
13    (f) The Agency shall further assemble location information
14about industries and companies that generate waste, including
15from historical processes. The resulting records shall be
16available for use as confidential information by regulatory
17agencies but shall not be subject to the Freedom of Information
18Act.
19    (g) For purposes of this Section, "legacy landfills" means
20landfills without source controls, groundwater monitoring
21programs, or effective engineering controls, also known as
22dumps.
 
23    Section 10. The Illinois Groundwater Protection Act is
24amended by adding Section 10 as follows:
 

 

 

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1    (415 ILCS 55/10 new)
2    Sec. 10. Pekin Metro Landfill pilot projects.
3    (a) Subject to appropriation, the Agency shall design and
4implement up to 2 pilot studies of legacy landfills that
5overlie the Mahomet Aquifer using, as appropriate, remote
6sensing technologies and geographic information systems to
7identify threats to surface and groundwater resources that are
8posed by the landfills. One of the pilot projects shall be
9conducted at the Pekin Metro Landfill in Tazewell County if the
10Agency determines that application of these technologies would
11be useful in identifying threats to surface and groundwater
12resources posed by that landfill. The pilot projects shall:
13        (1) inspect and identify potential and current
14    contamination threats to the water quality of aquifers in
15    the same watershed as the landfill (for the Pekin Metro
16    Landfill, the Mahomet Aquifer);
17        (2) use geographic information systems and remote
18    sensing technology to track defects, structures,
19    appliances, and wells for routine inspection and
20    sustainable management;
21        (3) remedy groundwater monitoring mechanisms necessary
22    to initiate a post-closure care period; and
23        (4) utilize the information and data collected from the
24    project to create best management practices for addressing
25    other legacy landfills throughout the State.
26    (b) As used in this Section:

 

 

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1        "Best management practices" means those physical,
2    structural, and managerial practices and prohibitions of
3    practices that, when used singly or in combination, can
4    prevent pollution to groundwater and surface water.
5        "Legacy landfills" means landfills without source
6    controls, groundwater monitoring programs, or effective
7    engineering controls, also known as dumps.".