97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB1266

 

Introduced 02/08/11, by Rep. Mary E. Flowers

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
415 ILCS 5/25b-10 new

    Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Requires the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, by January 1, 2013, and from time to time thereafter, to file with the Governor and the General Assembly and publish on its website a list of chemical substances (i) that are produced or distributed in the State in quantities that the Director deems to have a potentially significant impact on the health and safety of persons in, or the environment of, the State and (ii) that have not been required to be tested by rule of the United States Environmental Protection Agency under a specified provision of the Toxic Substances Control Act. Requires the Agency, within one year after the filing and publishing of the list of chemical substances, to develop testing protocols to assess the safety of listed chemical substances. Requires the Agency, if necessary, to make an application to the United States Environmental Protection Agency to implement the testing protocols. Requires the Agency to implement the testing protocols as soon as possible, subject to any necessary approval by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Authorizes the Agency to collect certain information. Defines "chemical substance", "Director", and "environment".


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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
5adding Section 25b-10 as follows:
 
6    (415 ILCS 5/25b-10 new)
7    Sec. 25b-10. Chemical safety testing.
8    (a) By January 1, 2013, and from time to time thereafter,
9the Agency shall file with the Governor and General Assembly
10and publish on its website a list of chemical substances (i)
11that are produced or distributed in the State in quantities
12that the Director deems to have a potentially significant
13impact on the health and safety of persons in, or the
14environment of, the State and (ii) that have not been required
15to be tested by rule of the United States Environmental
16Protection Agency under Section 4 of the Toxic Substances
17Control Act.
18    The Director may determine that a chemical substance exists
19in quantities that have a potentially significant impact on the
20health and safety of persons in, or the environment of, the
21State, based upon any of the following factors:
22        (1) the chemical characteristics of the substance,
23    including, but not limited to, its mutagenicity,

 

 

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1    teratogenicity, or toxicity;
2        (2) its ubiquity in the environment;
3        (3) its existence in consumer products;
4        (4) the likelihood that persons will otherwise come
5    into contact with the substance; or
6        (5) any other factor that the Director deems relevant.
7    (b) Within one year after filing and publishing a list
8under subsection (a), the Agency shall, by administrative rule,
9develop testing protocols to assess the safety of chemical
10substances listed under subsection (a). When selecting testing
11protocols, the Agency shall, to the maximum extent possible,
12adopt protocols substantially equivalent to those adopted
13under the authority of the European Union's Registration,
14Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals
15(REACH) law (EC 1907/2006).
16    (c) If necessary, the Agency shall make an application in a
17timely manner to the United States Environmental Protection
18Agency under subsection (b) of Section 18 of the Toxic
19Substances Control Act to begin implementing the testing
20protocols developed under subsection (b) of this Section.
21    (d) The Agency shall implement the testing protocols
22developed under subsection (b) of this Section as soon as
23possible, subject to any necessary approval by the United
24States Environmental Protection Agency.
25    (e) In order to facilitate the development of the list
26required under subsection (a), the Agency may require persons

 

 

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1or classes of persons to report the identity and quantity of
2chemical substances that they produce or distribute in the
3State and may also require those persons to produce any other
4information that the Agency may deem relevant in establishing
5protocols under subsection (b) of this Section.
6    (f) For the purposes of this Section:
7    "Chemical substance" has the same meaning as under Section
83 of the federal Toxic Substances Control Act.
9    "Director" means the Director of the Environmental
10Protection Agency.
11    "Environment" has the same meaning as under Section 3 of
12the federal Toxic Substances Control Act.