99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB1949

 

Introduced 2/20/2015, by Sen. Linda Holmes

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
605 ILCS 5/4-106 new

    Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Requires the Department of Transportation to promulgate rules governing corrosion prevention projects affecting eligible bridges. Provides for consideration of industry standards and the handling of hazardous materials. Defines terms.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning the transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by adding
5Section 4-106 as follows:
 
6    (605 ILCS 5/4-106 new)
7    Sec. 4-106. Preservation of bridge infrastructure.
8    (a) The Department shall adopt rules governing all
9corrosion prevention projects carried out on eligible bridges.
10The rules shall include:
11        (1) a process for ensuring that corrosion prevention
12    and mitigation methods are carried out according to
13    corrosion prevention industry standards adopted by the
14    Department for eligible bridges that include the use of
15    industry trained and certified:
16            (A) protective coatings personnel to carry out
17        corrosion prevention and mitigation methods on any
18        type of substrate or surface, but especially concrete
19        and steel; and
20            (B) inspectors to ensure best practices and
21        standards are adhered to on a corrosion prevention
22        project;
23        (2) a plan to prevent environmental degradation that

 

 

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1    could occur as a result of carrying out corrosion
2    prevention and mitigation methods including the careful
3    handling and containment of hazardous materials,
4    especially lead paint; and
5        (3) consulting and interacting directly with, for the
6    purpose of approving industry trained and certified
7    personnel, corrosion industry experts specializing in the
8    training and certification of personnel to carry out
9    corrosion prevention and mitigation methods.
10    (b) In this Section:
11    "Corrosion" means a naturally occurring phenomenon
12commonly defined as the deterioration of a material (usually a
13metal) that results from a chemical or electrochemical reaction
14with its environment.
15    "Corrosion prevention and mitigation methods" means:
16        (1) the preparation, application, installation,
17    removal, or general maintenance as necessary of a
18    protective coating system including the following:
19            (A) surface preparation and coating application on
20        an eligible bridge;
21            (B) removal of a lead-based or other hazardous
22        coating from an eligible bridge;
23            (C) shop painting of structural steel fabricated
24        for installation as part of an eligible bridge; and
25        (2) any other activities related to corrosion
26    prevention, such as cathodic protection, on eligible

 

 

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1    bridges determined by the Department that require industry
2    trained and certified personnel to carry out.
3    "Corrosion prevention project" means carrying out
4corrosion prevention and mitigation methods during
5construction, alteration, maintenance, repair work, or at any
6other time necessary on an eligible bridge.
7    "Eligible bridge" means a bridge or overpass the
8construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair work on which
9is funded, directly or indirectly, by a municipality, a
10public-private partnership, the State, the federal government,
11or some combination thereof.
12    "Industry trained and certified" means documentation, as
13recognized by the United States Department of Labor, showing
14either:
15        (1) an individual's prior completion of, or current
16    enrollment in for at least the entire duration of a
17    corrosion prevention project on an eligible bridge, a
18    United States Department of Labor certified apprenticeship
19    training program that requires concurrent on-the-job
20    training and classroom instruction for an individual to be
21    considered adequately knowledgeable to carry out corrosion
22    prevention and mitigation methods; or
23        (2) an individual's receipt from a corrosion
24    prevention industry credentialing organization, whose
25    standards for corrosion prevention and mitigation methods
26    are recognized by the Department, of confirmation that the

 

 

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1    individual is adequately trained to carry out corrosion
2    prevention and mitigation methods or inspections.