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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning safety.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The PFAS Reduction Act is amended by adding |
| 5 | | Section 40 as follows:
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| 6 | | (415 ILCS 170/40 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 40. PFAS disposal program. The Agency shall establish
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| 8 | | a take-back program for fire departments that use and store |
| 9 | | firefighting foam
containing PFAS. Fire departments that |
| 10 | | participated in the most recent survey
described in Section 25 |
| 11 | | shall be eligible to participate in
the program, but |
| 12 | | participation in the program shall not be
required. The |
| 13 | | program shall provide funding and resources to
ensure the |
| 14 | | proper disposal or destruction of firefighting foam containing
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| 15 | | PFAS. The program shall continue for a period of 5 years or
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| 16 | | until the Office of the State Fire Marshal finds that no
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| 17 | | firefighting foam containing PFAS is reported in the survey
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| 18 | | described in
Section 25. This program is subject to |
| 19 | | appropriation.
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| 20 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 21 | | becoming law.
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