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HB1620 Engrossed |
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LRB094 02868 RSP 32869 b |
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| AN ACT concerning safety.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by |
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| adding Section 13.6 as follows:
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| (415 ILCS 5/13.6 new) |
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| Sec. 13.6. Release of contaminants at nuclear power plants. |
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| (a) The purpose of this Section is to require the detection |
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| and reporting of unpermitted releases of contaminants |
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| (including, but not limited to, tritium or other radionuclides) |
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| into groundwater, surface water, or soil at nuclear power |
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| plants to the extent that federal law or regulation does not |
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| preempt such requirements. |
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| (b) No owner or operator of a nuclear power plant shall |
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| violate this Section or any rules adopted under this Section. |
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| (c) Within 24 hours after an unpermitted release of a |
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| contaminant from a nuclear power plant, the owner or operator |
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| of the nuclear power plant where the release occurred shall |
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| report the release to the Agency. For purposes of this Section, |
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| "unpermitted release" means any spilling, leaking, emitting, |
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| discharging, escaping, leaching, or disposing of an |
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| contaminant into groundwater, surface water, or soil that is |
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| not permitted under State or federal law or regulation. |
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| (d) The Agency shall inspect each nuclear power plant for |
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| compliance with the requirements of this Section and rules |
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| adopted pursuant to this Section no less than once each quarter |
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| every calendar year. Nothing in this Section shall limit the |
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| Agency's authority to make inspections under Section 4 or any |
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| other provision of this Act. |
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| (e) No later than one year after the effective date of this |
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| amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, the Agency shall |
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| propose rules to the Board prescribing standards for detecting |