103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2322 Introduced , by Rep. Edgar Gonzalez, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act Creates the Water Reuse Task Force Act. Contains the General Assembly's findings. Creates the Water Reuse Task Force. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to provide administrative and other support to the Task Force. Specifies voting and nonvoting members of the Task Force. Contains provisions regarding the Task Force's duties and reporting responsibilities. Requires the Task Force to recommend specified changes to administrative rules and to provide the recommendations to relevant State agencies. Provides that the Act is repealed on June 31, 2032. Contains other provisions. Effective June 1, 2024. LRB103 27729 CPF 54106 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2322 Introduced , by Rep. Edgar Gonzalez, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act New Act Creates the Water Reuse Task Force Act. Contains the General Assembly's findings. Creates the Water Reuse Task Force. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to provide administrative and other support to the Task Force. Specifies voting and nonvoting members of the Task Force. Contains provisions regarding the Task Force's duties and reporting responsibilities. Requires the Task Force to recommend specified changes to administrative rules and to provide the recommendations to relevant State agencies. Provides that the Act is repealed on June 31, 2032. Contains other provisions. Effective June 1, 2024. LRB103 27729 CPF 54106 b LRB103 27729 CPF 54106 b A BILL FOR
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2322 Introduced , by Rep. Edgar Gonzalez, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act New Act
New Act
Creates the Water Reuse Task Force Act. Contains the General Assembly's findings. Creates the Water Reuse Task Force. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to provide administrative and other support to the Task Force. Specifies voting and nonvoting members of the Task Force. Contains provisions regarding the Task Force's duties and reporting responsibilities. Requires the Task Force to recommend specified changes to administrative rules and to provide the recommendations to relevant State agencies. Provides that the Act is repealed on June 31, 2032. Contains other provisions. Effective June 1, 2024.
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1 AN ACT concerning safety.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Water
5 Reuse Task Force Act.
6 Section 5. Findings. The General Assembly finds that:
7 (1) The Illinois Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy
8 details methods to improve water quality in Illinois and
9 in areas downstream from Illinois to reduce the Gulf of
10 Mexico's hypoxic zone.
11 (2) The Illinois Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy sets
12 a long-term goal of reducing nutrient loading of Illinois
13 waters by 45% from their baseline levels by slashing
14 nitrogen loading of those waters by 15% and phosphorus
15 loading of those waters by 25% by no later than 2025.
16 (3) The main contributors to elevated nutrient loading
17 of Illinois waters are agriculture, point sources, and
18 urban stormwater.
19 (4) Impacts stemming from increased greenhouse gas
20 emissions after the advent of the Anthropocene epoch have
21 led to severe and unpredictable weather in Illinois and
22 worldwide.
23 (5) These changes in climate and weather patterns have
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2322 Introduced , by Rep. Edgar Gonzalez, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act New Act
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Creates the Water Reuse Task Force Act. Contains the General Assembly's findings. Creates the Water Reuse Task Force. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to provide administrative and other support to the Task Force. Specifies voting and nonvoting members of the Task Force. Contains provisions regarding the Task Force's duties and reporting responsibilities. Requires the Task Force to recommend specified changes to administrative rules and to provide the recommendations to relevant State agencies. Provides that the Act is repealed on June 31, 2032. Contains other provisions. Effective June 1, 2024.
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1 and will continue to increase the risk of droughts and
2 flooding in Illinois.
3 (6) If Illinois maintains the current status quo,
4 weather unpredictability will likely require greater
5 reliance on water being sourced from groundwater and Lake
6 Michigan.
7 (7) Despite Illinois' substantial water resources,
8 groundwater levels across Illinois have been dropping from
9 their historic norms, especially in Cook County, DuPage
10 County, Kane County, Kendall County, and Will County.
11 (8) Due to a partial exemption from the water
12 withdrawal limits set forth in the Great Lakes Compact,
13 the People of Illinois are limited to withdrawing 2.1
14 billion gallons of water per day from Lake Michigan,
15 without any potential for the rate of withdrawal to be
16 increased. In 2020, Illinois withdrew 1.5 billion gallons
17 of water from Lake Michigan per day, most of which was used
18 by public water supplies.
19 (9) A ban on withdrawing water from any water source
20 without justification by scientific analysis could result
21 in a substantial cost being borne by the People of
22 Illinois and could create an unnecessary risk to water
23 security in the State.
24 Section 10. Definitions. In this Act:
25 "Agency" means the Environmental Protection Agency.
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1 "Director" means the Director of the Agency.
2 "Task Force" means the Water Reuse Task Force created
3 under subsection (a) of Section 15.
4 "Water reuse" means the use of treated wastewater as
5 potable or nonpotable water, as indicated.
6 Section 15. Water Reuse Task Force; members.
7 (a) The Water Reuse Task Force is hereby created. The
8 Agency shall provide administrative and other support to the
9 Task Force.
10 (b) The Task Force shall be composed of voting and
11 nonvoting members, who shall serve without compensation:
12 (1) the voting members shall be appointed as follows:
13 (A) one member representing the Agency, who shall
14 serve as the Chair of the Task Force, appointed by the
15 Director or the Director's designated representative;
16 (B) one member representing the Department of
17 Natural Resources, appointed by the Director or the
18 Director's designated representative;
19 (C) one member representing the Department of
20 Public Health, appointed by the Director or the
21 Director's designated representative;
22 (D) one member representing the Department of
23 Agriculture who has expertise in irrigation and
24 nonpoint source pollution, appointed by the Director
25 or the Director's designated representative;
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1 (E) one member representing the University of
2 Illinois Extension, appointed by the Director of the
3 University of Illinois Extension;
4 (F) one member representing the Metropolitan Water
5 Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, appointed by
6 the President of the Board of Commissioners of the
7 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater
8 Chicago or the President's designated representative;
9 (G) one member representing a national water reuse
10 nongovernmental organization, appointed by the
11 Governor;
12 (H) four members representing national
13 nongovernmental organizations whose purpose
14 necessitates knowledge of other states' water reuse
15 practices and how those states' water reuse rules were
16 adopted, one of whom shall be appointed by the Speaker
17 of the House of Representatives, one of whom shall be
18 appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of
19 Representatives, one of whom shall be appointed by the
20 President of the Senate, and one of whom shall be
21 appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate;
22 (I) one member representing an Illinois
23 pipefitters' union, appointed by the Governor; and
24 (J) one member representing an Illinois plumbers'
25 union, appointed by the Governor; and
26 (2) the nonvoting members shall be appointed as
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1 follows:
2 (A) one member representing the State's largest
3 general farm organization, appointed by the Governor;
4 (B) one member who represents an Illinois county
5 with a population under 100,000 that participates in
6 the State's largest general farm organization,
7 appointed by the Governor;
8 (C) one member who represents an Illinois county
9 with a population of at least 100,000 and at most
10 500,000 that participates in the State's largest
11 general farm organization, appointed by the Governor;
12 (D) one member who represents an Illinois county
13 with a population over 500,000 that participates in
14 the State's largest general farm organization,
15 appointed by the Governor;
16 (E) one member representing an Illinois Soil and
17 Water Conservation District in an Illinois county with
18 a population under 100,000, appointed by the Governor;
19 (F) one member representing an Illinois Soil and
20 Water Conservation District in an Illinois county with
21 a population of at least 100,000 and at most 500,000,
22 appointed by the Governor; and
23 (G) one member representing an Illinois Soil and
24 Water Conservation District in an Illinois county with
25 a population over 500,000, appointed by the Governor.
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1 Section 20. Task Force duties; reporting requirements.
2 (a) The Task Force shall:
3 (1) explore the most effective means, best practices,
4 and incentives that may be used to achieve greater water
5 reuse in Illinois;
6 (2) collaborate, as necessary, with the following
7 entities:
8 (A) the Department of Natural Resources' State
9 Water Plan Task Force;
10 (B) the following working groups that participate
11 in the implementation of the Illinois Nutrient Loss
12 Reduction Strategy:
13 (i) the Illinois Nutrient Loss Reduction
14 Strategy Steering Committee;
15 (ii) the Policy Working Group;
16 (iii) the Agriculture Water Quality
17 Partnership Forum;
18 (iv) the Urban Stormwater Working Group;
19 (v) the Nutrient Monitoring Council;
20 (vi) the Performance Benchmark Committee; and
21 (vii) the Communication Subgroup; and
22 (C) similar entities in this State or other states
23 or in the federal government; and
24 (3) develop a policy framework to:
25 (A) better meet the Illinois Nutrient Loss
26 Reduction Strategy's objective of improving water
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1 quality in Illinois and in areas downstream from
2 Illinois to reduce the Gulf of Mexico's hypoxic zone;
3 (B) address ways that the State can meet the
4 Illinois Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy's long-term
5 goal of reducing the total loading of phosphorus and
6 nitrogen in Illinois waters by 45% and the
7 intermediate goals of reducing the total loading of
8 nitrogen in Illinois waters by 15% and the total
9 loading of phosphorus in Illinois waters by 25% by
10 2025;
11 (C) advance water reuse as a drought-proof,
12 cost-stable alternative water source to build climate
13 resilience for Illinois industries through a technical
14 assistance program offering advocacy, education, and
15 training, a sustainability certification or award
16 program, or tax incentives, such as tax increment
17 financing; and
18 (D) assess the impact of water reuse on the
19 affordability of water and on water resources by
20 reserving groundwater for use as potable water and
21 advancing potable water reuse.
22 (b) The Task Force shall present, in a manner determined
23 by the Task Force, its findings on the following topics to the
24 General Assembly during each calendar year indicated:
25 (1) for calendar year 2025, the Task Force shall
26 report its findings regarding nonpotable water reuse for
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1 industrial and residential purposes;
2 (2) for calendar year 2026, the Task Force shall
3 report its findings regarding nonpotable water reuse for
4 irrigation purposes and potable water reuse for recharging
5 aquifers and surface water source blending;
6 (3) for calendar year 2027, the Task Force shall
7 report its findings regarding potable water reuse for
8 direct human consumption; and
9 (4) for each calendar year of 2028 through 2031, the
10 Task Force shall prepare a summary report of actions taken
11 by the Task Force and any recommendations of the Task
12 Force.
13 Section 25. Recommended revisions of administrative rules.
14 (a) The Task Force shall compile a report that includes:
15 (1) recommended revisions to the Illinois
16 Administrative Code, including, but not limited to, 35
17 Ill. Adm. Code 604.200, 35 Ill. Adm. Code 611.231, and the
18 Plumbing Code, to remove ambiguity regarding whether
19 wastewater can be used for water reuse;
20 (2) recommended revisions to the Illinois
21 Administrative Code and an evaluation of water projects
22 regarding groundwater depletion, climate resilience, and
23 nutrient pollution reduction;
24 (3) recommended rules to be adopted by relevant State
25 agencies to increase the following within the timeframe
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1 indicated:
2 (A) nonpotable water reuse for irrigation within 3
3 years after publication of the report;
4 (B) nonpotable water reuse for industrial purposes
5 within 2 years after publication of the report;
6 (C) nonpotable water reuse for residential
7 purposes within 2 years after publication of the
8 report;
9 (D) potable water reuse for recharging aquifers
10 within 3 years after publication of the report;
11 (E) potable water reuse for surface water source
12 blending within 3 years after publication of the
13 report; and
14 (F) direct potable water reuse for human
15 consumption within 4 years after publication of the
16 report; and
17 (4) recommended revisions to administrative rules
18 recommended by the Task Force to clarify that any
19 determination of a best source for water must be based on
20 measurable qualities of water.
21 Once completed, the Task Force shall provide the report
22 described in this subsection to the Agency, the Pollution
23 Control Board, the Department of Public Health, and any other
24 State agency recommended by the Task Force to revise
25 administrative rules under paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4).
26 (b) A State agency that receives the report under
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1 subsection (a) shall review the report and may implement any
2 recommended revisions to administrative rules.
3 Section 30. Recommended programs. Subject to
4 appropriation, and for the purpose of showing compliance with
5 federal laws, rules, and regulations regarding lead and copper
6 that may become necessary, the Task Force shall compile a list
7 of programs recommended by the Task Force, including, but not
8 limited to, source water studies and corrosion control
9 demonstrations relating to water reuse. The Task Force shall
10 provide the list to any person or entity upon request.
11 Section 90. Repeal. This Act is repealed on June 31, 2032.
12 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect June 1,
13 2024.
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