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| 1 | - | Substitute Senate Bill No. 88 | |
| 1 | + | General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 88 | |
| 2 | + | February Session, 2012 *_____SB00088ENV___031512____* | |
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| 3 | - | Public Act No. 12-11 | |
| 4 | + | General Assembly | |
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| 6 | + | Substitute Bill No. 88 | |
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| 8 | + | February Session, 2012 | |
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| 10 | + | *_____SB00088ENV___031512____* | |
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| 5 | 12 | AN ACT CONCERNING THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO KNOW OF A SEWAGE SPILL. | |
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| 7 | 14 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: | |
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| 9 | 16 | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2012) (a) For the purposes of this section: | |
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| 11 | 18 | (1) "Sewage treatment plant or collection system" means any sewage treatment plant, water pollution control facility, related pumping station, collection system or other public sewage works; | |
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| 13 | 20 | (2) "Sewage spill" means the diversion of wastes from any portion of a sewage treatment plant or collection system in this state that reasonably initiates public health, safety or welfare concerns, or environmental concerns; and | |
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| 15 | 22 | (3) "Combined sewer" means structures which are designed to convey both sanitary and storm sewage, and allow the overflow of such combined sewage, untreated, to the waters of the state during periods of high flows. | |
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| 17 | - | (b) On | |
| 24 | + | (b) On or before July 1, 2013, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall post, on the department's Internet web site, a map of the state indicating the combined sewer overflows anticipated to occur during certain storm events. The web site may include the following relevant information about the overflows: (1) Location, anticipated duration and extent; (2) reasonable public health, safety or environmental concerns; and (3) public safety precautions that should be taken. | |
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| 19 | - | (c) On | |
| 26 | + | (c) On or before July 1, 2014, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall post, on the department's Internet web site, notice of unanticipated sewage spills and waters of the state that have chronic and persistent sewage contamination that represents a threat to public health, as determined by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection in consultation with the Commissioner of Public Health. Any notice posted pursuant to this subsection may contain the following relevant information as best determined from the reported sewage spill incident: (1) The estimated volume of discharge; (2) the level of treatment of the discharge; (3) the date and time the incident occurred; (4) the location of the discharge; (5) the estimated or actual time the discharge ceased; (6) the geographic area impacted by the discharge; (7) the steps taken to contain the discharge; (8) reasonable public health, safety or welfare concerns or environmental concerns; and (9) public safety precautions that should be taken. | |
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| 21 | 28 | (d) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall consult with the Commissioner of Public Health, operators of sewage treatment plant or collection systems and state and local environmental and health agencies when developing the notice required by subsection (c) of this section. | |
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| 33 | + | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
| 34 | + | Section 1 July 1, 2012 New section | |
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| 36 | + | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
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| 38 | + | Section 1 | |
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| 40 | + | July 1, 2012 | |
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| 42 | + | New section | |
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| 46 | + | ENV Joint Favorable Subst. | |
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| 48 | + | ENV | |
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| 50 | + | Joint Favorable Subst. |