Rep. Careen M Gordon
Filed: 2/28/2006
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1620 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1620 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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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 
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and reporting unpermitted releases of contaminants at nuclear 
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power plants (including, but not limited to, tritium or other 
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radionuclides). No later than one year after receipt of the 
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Agency's proposal, the Board shall adopt rules prescribing 
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standards for detecting and reporting unpermitted releases of 
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contaminants at nuclear power plants (including, but not 
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limited to, tritium or other radionuclides). Rules adopted 
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under this subsection may also include standards for 
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self-monitoring by the owner or operator of the nuclear power 
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plant.

 
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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.".