102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB3092

 

Introduced 2/19/2021, by Rep. Sonya M. Harper

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
415 ILCS 5/22.62 new

    Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to analyze impacts on environmental justice communities of permits for specified facilities. Contains requirements for public notice and hearings under the provisions. Provides that the provisions shall not apply to permits issued by the Agency pursuant to authority delegated from the United States pursuant to specified federal provisions.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning safety.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
5changing Section 22.62 as follows:
 
6    (415 ILCS 5/22.62 new)
7    Sec. 22.62. Analysis of impacts on environmental justice
8communities.
9    (a) The Agency shall analyze the impacts on environmental
10justice communities of permits for new or expanded facilities.
11    (b) The Agency shall provide public notice and hearings
12consistent with the following:
13        (1) Not more than 90 days after receipt of a complete
14    application for a permit under this Section, the Agency
15    shall give public notice of its preliminary determination
16    to either issue or deny the permit, and shall give notice
17    of the opportunity for a public hearing on that
18    preliminary determination under this Section. Upon the
19    request of the permit applicant, or of any other person
20    who is admitted as a party under paragraph (4), the Agency
21    shall schedule a public hearing pursuant to paragraph (5).
22        (2) The Agency notice shall be published in a
23    newspaper of general circulation in the county in which

 

 

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1    the site is proposed to be located, and shall be served
2    upon the Attorney General, the State's Attorney, and the
3    Chairman of the County Board of the county in which the
4    facility is proposed to be located, each member of the
5    General Assembly from the legislative district in which
6    the facility is proposed to be located, and the clerk of
7    each municipality, any portion of which is within 3 miles
8    of the boundary of the facility.
9        (3) The contents, form, and manner of service of the
10    Agency notice shall conform to the requirements of Section
11    10-25 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
12        (4) Within 60 days after the date of the Agency notice
13    required by paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), any person who
14    may be adversely affected by an Agency decision on the
15    permit application may petition the Agency to intervene
16    before the Agency as a party. The petition to intervene
17    shall contain a short and plain statement identifying the
18    petitioner and stating the petitioner's interest. The
19    petitioner shall serve the petition upon the applicant for
20    the permit and upon any other persons who have petitioned
21    to intervene. Unless the Agency determines that the
22    petition is duplicative or frivolous, it shall admit the
23    petitioner as a party.
24        (5) Not less than 60 days nor more than 180 days after
25    the date of the Agency notice required by paragraphs (1),
26    (2), and (3), the Agency shall commence the public hearing

 

 

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1    required by this subsection.
2        (6) The public hearing and other proceedings required
3    by this subsection shall be conducted in accordance with
4    the provisions concerning contested cases of the Illinois
5    Administrative Procedure Act.
6        (7) All documents submitted to the Agency in
7    connection with the public hearing shall be reproduced and
8    filed at the office of the county board or governing body
9    of the municipality and may be copied upon payment of the
10    actual cost of reproduction.
11        (8) Within 60 days of the completion of the public
12    hearing required by this subsection, the Agency shall
13    render a final decision either granting or denying the
14    permit.
15        (9) The Agency shall adopt such procedural rules as
16    may be necessary and appropriate to carry out its duties
17    under this subsection that are not inconsistent with the
18    requirements of this Section. In adopting such procedural
19    rules the Agency shall follow the requirements concerning
20    rulemaking of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
21    (c) This Section shall not apply to permits issued by the
22Agency pursuant to authority delegated from the United States
23pursuant to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of
241976, P.L. 94-580, as amended, or the Safe Drinking Water Act,
25P.L. 93-523, as amended.
26    (d) In this Section, "facility" means a pollution control

 

 

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1facility, hazardous waste facility, agrichemical facility,
2landfill gas facility, recycling center, sanitary landfill,
3sharps collection station, transfer station, waste treatment
4plant, water supply treatment plant, or waste incineration
5facility.