103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3481

 

Introduced 2/8/2024, by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
415 ILCS 5/22.23e new

    Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that battery storage sites at which 5,000 kilograms or more of used batteries are stored must register with the Environmental Protection Agency prior to February 2026 or prior to commencing operation if not in operation in February 2026 and maintain records related to the weight or volume of batteries stored. Provides requirements for registration. Provides that the Agency shall propose and the Pollution Control Board shall adopt rules for the operation of battery storage sites no later than 1 year after the effective date of this amendatory Act, and provides requirements for those rules. Defines terms.


LRB103 39048 BDA 69185 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

SB3481LRB103 39048 BDA 69185 b

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
5adding Section 22.23e as follows:
 
6    (415 ILCS 5/22.23e new)
7    Sec. 22.23e. End-of-life electric vehicle and battery
8electric storage system batteries.
9    (a) In this Section:
10    "Battery electric storage system" or "BESS" means a type
11of residential or commercial energy storage system that uses
12batteries to store and distribute energy in the form of
13electricity. A BESS contains one or more batteries that store
14electrical energy for use at a later time to meet various
15demands for power across different applications.
16    "Battery storage site" means a site where used batteries
17are stored.
18    "Electric vehicle" or "EV" has the same meaning as defined
19in Section 11-1308 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
20    "Electric vehicle battery" or "EV battery" means a
21rechargeable battery that is used to power the electric motors
22that propel an electric vehicle. "Electric vehicle battery"
23includes, but is not limited to, lithium-ion batteries and

 

 

SB3481- 2 -LRB103 39048 BDA 69185 b

1nickel-metal hydride batteries.
2    "Used battery" means an EV battery that is sold, given, or
3otherwise conveyed to a battery storage site.
4    "Storage" means any accumulation of used batteries that
5does not constitute disposal.
6    (b) No person shall cause or allow the operation of a
7battery storage site at which 5,000 kilograms or more of used
8batteries are stored at any one time unless:
9        (1) the battery storage site is registered with the
10    Agency in accordance with this Section;
11        (2) the owner or operator of the battery storage site
12    maintains records documenting the following:
13            (A) the weight or volume of whole or partial used
14        batteries received at the battery storage site each
15        week;
16            (B) the weight or volume of whole or partial used
17        batteries leaving the battery storage site each week;
18        and
19            (C) the weight or volume of whole or partial used
20        batteries remaining at the battery storage site at the
21        end of each week.
22    The records required under this Section shall be made
23available for inspection and copying by the Agency during the
24normal business hours.
25    (c) The owner or operator of each battery storage site in
26operation prior to February 1, 2026, at which 5,000 kilograms

 

 

SB3481- 3 -LRB103 39048 BDA 69185 b

1or more of used batteries are stored at any one time, must
2register with the Agency prior to February 1, 2026 and each
3February 1 thereafter. Any owners or operators of a battery
4storage site that comes into operation after February 1, 2026
5shall register with the Agency prior to commencing operation.
6Registration must be on forms and in a format prescribed by the
7Agency. Agency registration forms shall include, at a minimum,
8information regarding the following:
9        (1) the name and address of the owner and operator of
10    the battery storage site;
11        (2) A description of the operations conducted at the
12    battery storage site;
13        (3) the weight or volume of whole or partial used
14    batteries received at the battery storage site over the
15    past calendar year; and
16        (4) the weight or volume of whole or partial used
17    batteries at the battery storage site at the end of the
18    calendar year.
19    (d) No later than 1 year after the effective date of this
20amendatory Act, the Agency shall propose to the Board, and no
21later than one year after receipt of the Agency's proposal,
22the Board shall adopt, rules for the operation of battery
23storage sites. Such rules shall include, but not be limited
24to: requirements for end-of-life battery receipt, handling,
25storage, and transfer; standards for fire prevention;
26requirements for contingency planning and emergency response;

 

 

SB3481- 4 -LRB103 39048 BDA 69185 b

1recordkeeping; reporting; and financial assurance.