95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB5662


 
Introduced , by Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		








  



420 ILCS 20/9
  from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 241-9







    Amends the Illinois Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Act.  Requires the Department of Nuclear Safety's forms and rules to be developed and adopted after a site is established.  Effective immediately.
















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    AN ACT concerning nuclear 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 Illinois Low-Level Radioactive Waste 
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Management Act is amended  by changing Section 9 as follows:
 



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    (420 ILCS 20/9)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 241-9)



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    Sec. 9. Requirements for waste transporters. 

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    (a) No person shall transport any low-level radioactive 
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waste to a storage,
treatment or disposal facility in Illinois 
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licensed under Section 8 without a
permit granted by the 
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Department.

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    (b) No person shall transport any low-level radioactive 
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waste to a storage,
treatment or disposal facility licensed 
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under Section 8 without a manifest
document.  The Department 
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shall develop the form for such manifests and shall
promulgate 
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rules and regulations establishing a system of tracking wastes 
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from
their point of generation to storage, treatment, and 
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ultimate disposal.

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    (b-5) Upon establishing a site, the Department shall 
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develop the form for such manifests and shall promulgate rules 
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and regulations establishing a system of tracking wastes from 
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their point of generation to storage, treatment, and ultimate 
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disposal. 
 


 






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    (c) Each application for a permit under this Section shall 
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contain
any information as may be required under regulations 
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promulgated by the
Department, including, but not limited to, 
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information respecting:


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        (1) The estimated quantities and types of wastes to be 
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    transported to
a facility located in Illinois;


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        (2) The procedures and methods used to monitor and 
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    inspect the shipments
to ensure that leakage or spills do 
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    not occur;


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        (3) The timetables according to which
the wastes are to 
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    be shipped.


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        (4) The qualifications and training of personnel 
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    handling low-level
radioactive waste; and


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        (5) The use of interim storage and transshipment 
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    facilities.

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    (d) The Director may issue a permit to any applicant who

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has met and whom he believes will comply with the requirements 
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of the
Illinois Hazardous Materials Transportation Act and any 
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other applicable
State or federal laws or regulations. In the 
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event that an
applicant or permittee
proposes modifications of 
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a permit, or in the event that the Director
determines that 
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modifications are necessary to conform with the requirements of

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the Act, the Director may issue any permit modifications 
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necessary to protect
human health and the environment and may 
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specify the time allowed to complete
the modifications.

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    (e) The Department shall inspect each shipment of low-level 
 


 






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radioactive
wastes received at the regional disposal facility 
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for compliance with the
packaging, placarding and other 
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requirements established by rules and
regulations promulgated 
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by the Illinois Department of Transportation under the
Illinois 
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Hazardous Materials Transportation Act and any other 
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applicable State
or federal regulations.  The Department shall 
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notify the Attorney General of
any apparent violations for 
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possible prosecution under Sections 11 and 12 of
that Act.

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(Source: P.A. 90-29, eff. 6-26-97.)

 

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