Full Text of SB2027 101st General Assembly
SB2027sam002 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Scott M. Bennett Filed: 4/25/2019
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2027
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2027, AS AMENDED, | 3 | | by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | 4 | | following:
| 5 | | "Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by | 6 | | adding Section 21.7 as follows: | 7 | | (415 ILCS 5/21.7 new) | 8 | | Sec. 21.7. Landfills. | 9 | | (a) The purpose of this Section is to enact legislative | 10 | | recommendations provided by the Mahomet Aquifer Task Force, | 11 | | established under Public Act 100-403. The Task Force identified | 12 | | capped but unregulated or underregulated landfills that | 13 | | overlie the Mahomet Aquifer as potentially hazardous to | 14 | | valuable groundwater resources. | 15 | | (b) The Agency shall prioritize landfills that overlie the | 16 | | Mahomet Aquifer for inspection using existing information |
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| 1 | | within Agency records, municipalities, counties, solid waste | 2 | | management associations, companies, corporations, and | 3 | | individuals. The following factors shall be considered: | 4 | | (1) the presence of, and depth to, any aquifer with | 5 | | potential potable use; | 6 | | (2) whether the landfill has an engineered liner | 7 | | system; | 8 | | (3) whether the landfill has an active groundwater | 9 | | monitoring system; | 10 | | (4) whether waste disposal occurred within the | 11 | | 100-year floodplain; and | 12 | | (5) landfills within the setback zone of any potable | 13 | | water supply well. | 14 | | (c) Subject to appropriation, the Agency shall use existing | 15 | | information available from State and federal agencies, such as | 16 | | the Prairie Research Institute, the Department of Natural | 17 | | Resources, the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, the | 18 | | Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the Natural Resources | 19 | | Conservation Service, to identify unpermitted waste disposal | 20 | | sites located within the boundaries of the Mahomet Aquifer that | 21 | | may pose a threat to surface water or groundwater resources. | 22 | | (d) Subject to appropriation, the Prairie Research | 23 | | Institute shall offer training to instruct landfill inspectors | 24 | | in the use of remote sensing technologies, geographic | 25 | | information systems, and current database management | 26 | | technologies for the routine inspection and management of |
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| 1 | | landfills. The training shall include, among other things, | 2 | | instruction in: | 3 | | (1) the preparation of georeferenced image maps and the | 4 | | use of aerial photography and other remote sensing | 5 | | technologies, such as Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR), | 6 | | to identify land erosion, landslides, barren areas, | 7 | | leachate seeps, vegetation, and other relevant surface and | 8 | | subsurface features of the landfills; and | 9 | | (2) the use of geographic information systems and | 10 | | remote sensing technologies to identify site defects, | 11 | | structures, and monitoring wells, and to otherwise assist | 12 | | in the routine inspection and management of landfills. | 13 | | The Prairie Research Institute shall provide the Agency | 14 | | with updates on developments in remote sensing technologies, | 15 | | geographic information systems, and current database | 16 | | management technologies that have the potential to improve the | 17 | | routine inspection and management of landfills. | 18 | | (e) The Agency shall use its own data, along with data from | 19 | | municipalities, counties, solid waste management associations, | 20 | | companies, corporations, and individuals, to archive | 21 | | information about landfills for present and long-term use. The | 22 | | resulting records shall be available for use as confidential | 23 | | information by regulatory agencies, but shall not be subject to | 24 | | the Freedom of Information Act. | 25 | | (f) The Agency shall further assemble location information | 26 | | about industries and companies that generate waste, including |
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| 1 | | from historical processes. The resulting records shall be | 2 | | available for use as confidential information by regulatory | 3 | | agencies but shall not be subject to the Freedom of Information | 4 | | Act. | 5 | | Section 10. The Illinois Groundwater Protection Act is | 6 | | amended by adding Section 10 as follows: | 7 | | (415 ILCS 55/10 new) | 8 | | Sec. 10. Pekin Metro Landfill pilot projects. Subject to | 9 | | appropriation, the Agency shall design and implement up to 2 | 10 | | pilot studies of landfills that overlie the Mahomet Aquifer to | 11 | | identify threats to surface and groundwater resources that are | 12 | | posed by the landfills. One of the pilot projects shall be | 13 | | conducted at the Pekin Metro Landfill in Tazewell County. In | 14 | | conducting the pilot projects, the Agency shall: | 15 | | (1) inspect and identify potential and current | 16 | | contamination threats to the water quality of aquifers in the | 17 | | same watershed as the landfill (for the Pekin Metro Landfill, | 18 | | the Mahomet Aquifer); | 19 | | (2) use geographic information systems and remote sensing | 20 | | technology to track defects, structures, appliances, and wells | 21 | | for routine inspection and sustainable management; | 22 | | (3) install or repair groundwater monitoring mechanisms | 23 | | necessary to identify whether contaminants from the landfill | 24 | | are affecting water quality in the Mahomet Aquifer; |
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| 1 | | (4) identify and provide cost estimates for any additional | 2 | | response actions necessary or appropriate to reduce or minimize | 3 | | potential threats to human health and the environment resulting | 4 | | from current landfill conditions; and | 5 | | (5) utilize the information and data collected from the | 6 | | project to create best management practices for addressing | 7 | | other landfills throughout the State. ".
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