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Illinois House Bill HB3595 Compare Versions

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	1	+	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3595 Introduced , by Rep. Theresa Mah SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 415 ILCS 5/3.141-5 new415 ILCS 5/42 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1042415 ILCS 5/3.141 rep. Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that, before an owner or operator may initiate demolition of a thermal power plant via implosion, the owner or operator must satisfy specified notification requirements and obtain an Agency-approved air quality plan. Provides that, at least 30 days after providing notice, an owner or operator must hold at least one public meeting within the municipality in which the site is located to discuss the proposed demolition. Contains requirements for the public meeting and the air quality plan. Requires the air quality plan to include a dust mitigation plan, contingency plan, and site cleanup plan with specified requirements. Contains other provisions. Repeals a provision regarding the notice of power plant demolition. In provisions regarding civil penalties, provides that any person who engages in demolition of a thermal power plant via implosion in violation of the Act shall be liable for a civil penalty of up to $50,000 for the first violation and up to $250,000 for a second or subsequent violation. Effective immediately. LRB103 30450 CPF 56882 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3595 Introduced , by Rep. Theresa Mah SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 415 ILCS 5/3.141-5 new415 ILCS 5/42 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1042415 ILCS 5/3.141 rep. 415 ILCS 5/3.141-5 new 415 ILCS 5/42 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1042 415 ILCS 5/3.141 rep. Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that, before an owner or operator may initiate demolition of a thermal power plant via implosion, the owner or operator must satisfy specified notification requirements and obtain an Agency-approved air quality plan. Provides that, at least 30 days after providing notice, an owner or operator must hold at least one public meeting within the municipality in which the site is located to discuss the proposed demolition. Contains requirements for the public meeting and the air quality plan. Requires the air quality plan to include a dust mitigation plan, contingency plan, and site cleanup plan with specified requirements. Contains other provisions. Repeals a provision regarding the notice of power plant demolition. In provisions regarding civil penalties, provides that any person who engages in demolition of a thermal power plant via implosion in violation of the Act shall be liable for a civil penalty of up to $50,000 for the first violation and up to $250,000 for a second or subsequent violation. Effective immediately. LRB103 30450 CPF 56882 b LRB103 30450 CPF 56882 b A BILL FOR
	2	+	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3595 Introduced , by Rep. Theresa Mah SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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	7	+	Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that, before an owner or operator may initiate demolition of a thermal power plant via implosion, the owner or operator must satisfy specified notification requirements and obtain an Agency-approved air quality plan. Provides that, at least 30 days after providing notice, an owner or operator must hold at least one public meeting within the municipality in which the site is located to discuss the proposed demolition. Contains requirements for the public meeting and the air quality plan. Requires the air quality plan to include a dust mitigation plan, contingency plan, and site cleanup plan with specified requirements. Contains other provisions. Repeals a provision regarding the notice of power plant demolition. In provisions regarding civil penalties, provides that any person who engages in demolition of a thermal power plant via implosion in violation of the Act shall be liable for a civil penalty of up to $50,000 for the first violation and up to $250,000 for a second or subsequent violation. Effective immediately.
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3	13		1 AN ACT concerning safety.
4	14		2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
5	15		3 represented in the General Assembly:
6	16		4 Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
7	17		5 adding Section 3.141-5 and by changing Section 42 as follows:
8	18		6 (415 ILCS 5/3.141-5 new)
9	19		7 Sec. 3.141-5. Power plant demolition transparency and air
10	20		8 protection.
11	21		9 (a) As used in this Section:
12	22		10 "Air quality plan" means the air quality plan established
13	23		11 under subsection (j).
14	24		12 "Demolition" means any of the following activities
15	25		13 conducted in relation to a thermal power plant:
16	26		14 (1) The demolition of a smokestack.
17	27		15 (2) The demolition of an entire building or structure.
18	28		16 (3) The demolition of substantially all of the
19	29		17 above-grade portion of a building or structure.
20	30		18 (4) The alteration of an existing building to
21	31		19 permanently reduce its building area via demolition.
22	32		20 "Dust mitigation plan" means the dust mitigation plan
23	33		21 required to be included in the air quality plan.
24	34		22 "Fugitive dust" means fugitive particulate matter or any
25	35		23 particulate matter emitted into the atmosphere other than
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	39	+	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3595 Introduced , by Rep. Theresa Mah SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
	40	+	415 ILCS 5/3.141-5 new415 ILCS 5/42 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1042415 ILCS 5/3.141 rep. 415 ILCS 5/3.141-5 new 415 ILCS 5/42 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1042 415 ILCS 5/3.141 rep.
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	44	+	Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that, before an owner or operator may initiate demolition of a thermal power plant via implosion, the owner or operator must satisfy specified notification requirements and obtain an Agency-approved air quality plan. Provides that, at least 30 days after providing notice, an owner or operator must hold at least one public meeting within the municipality in which the site is located to discuss the proposed demolition. Contains requirements for the public meeting and the air quality plan. Requires the air quality plan to include a dust mitigation plan, contingency plan, and site cleanup plan with specified requirements. Contains other provisions. Repeals a provision regarding the notice of power plant demolition. In provisions regarding civil penalties, provides that any person who engages in demolition of a thermal power plant via implosion in violation of the Act shall be liable for a civil penalty of up to $50,000 for the first violation and up to $250,000 for a second or subsequent violation. Effective immediately.
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34	74		1 through a stack, provided that nothing in this definition
35	75		2 shall exempt any emission unit from compliance with any
36	76		3 provision of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 212 otherwise applicable merely
37	77		4 because of the absence of a stack.
38	78		5 "Implosion" means the use of explosives for the demolition
39	79		6 of buildings or other structures.
40	80		7 "Owner or operator" means the owner or operator of a
41	81		8 thermal power plant and includes agents, representatives, and
42	82		9 any persons acting on behalf of an owner or operator of the
43	83		10 thermal power plant.
44	84		11 "Particulate emission potential" means the potential for
45	85		12 particulates from existing soils at the site to be dispersed
46	86		13 by wind or by physical disturbance as determined using the
47	87		14 procedures described in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (3) of
48	88		15 subsection (j).
49	89		16 "Recognized environmental condition" means the presence or
50	90		17 likely presence of any hazardous substance or petroleum
51	91		18 product on a property under conditions that indicate an
52	92		19 existing release, a past release, or a material threat of a
53	93		20 release of any hazardous substance or petroleum product into a
54	94		21 structure on the property or into the ground, ground water, or
55	95		22 surface water of the property.
56	96		23 "Sensitive area" means any residentially-zoned or
57	97		24 mixed-used property with residential use, a park, a hospital,
58	98		25 a clinic, a church, a day-care, or a school.
59	99		26 "Site" means real property containing a building or
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70	110		1 structure to be demolished, and all structures, equipment, and
71	111		2 ancillary fixtures thereon, used in or to support the
72	112		3 demolition. "Site" includes, but is not limited to,
73	113		4 structures, buildings, scales, roadways, parking areas,
74	114		5 queuing areas, fences, processing equipment, processing areas,
75	115		6 staging or stockpiling areas, and monitoring stations.
76	116		7 "Site cleanup plan" means the site cleanup plan required
77	117		8 in paragraph (5) of subsection (j).
78	118		9 "Thermal power plant" or "plant" means a facility that
79	119		10 currently produces or has ever produced electricity using a
80	120		11 thermal generation technology. "Thermal power plant" or
81	121		12 "plant" includes generation facilities creating power using
82	122		13 coal or gas as inputs. "Thermal power plant" or "plant" does
83	123		14 not include buildings that are exclusively administrative or
84	124		15 exclusively office buildings.
85	125		16 (b) Before an owner or operator may initiate demolition of
86	126		17 a thermal power plant via implosion, the owner or operator
87	127		18 must satisfy the notification requirements under subsection
88	128		19 (c) and obtain an Agency-approved air quality plan as
89	129		20 specified under subsection (j).
90	130		21 (c) Before an owner or operator may initiate demolition of
91	131		22 a thermal power plant via implosion, the owner or operator
92	132		23 must notify the public at least 60 days before the anticipated
93	133		24 date of the implosion. Notification must be conducted through
94	134		25 all of the following activities:
95	135		26 (1) Posting notices in both physical and online form
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106	146		1 in a newspaper of general circulation within 25 miles of
107	147		2 where the thermal power plant is located. Where a
108	148		3 newspaper is unavailable, the owner or operator may use
109	149		4 appropriate broadcast media such as radio or television.
110	150		5 (2) Mailing or hand-delivering notices to the Agency
111	151		6 and all residents within at least a one-mile radius from
112	152		7 the property line of the thermal power plant site; the
113	153		8 radius requirement is subject to the discretion of the
114	154		9 Agency and may be extended dependent on site-specific
115		-	10 characteristics, including, but not limited to,
116		-	11 ~~surrounding~~ area population density, method of demolition,
117		-	12 ~~and~~ pollution constituents associated with the demolition
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118	158		13 site.
119	159		14 (3) Posting the notices on-site and in conspicuous
120	160		15 public locations, such as grocery stores, public
121	161		16 libraries, schools, municipal buildings, and pharmacies.
122	162		17 (4) Establishing and posting on a publicly accessible
123	163		18 website that can be visited without providing login
124	164		19 credentials and that functions as a repository, all
125	165		20 demolition-related communications, notices, and documents
126	166		21 as specified in subsection (e).
127	167		22 (5) Creating and sending alerts to phone, email, and
128	168		23 text lists to announce the public meeting and specific
129	169		24 demolition dates.
130	170		25 (6) Requesting that the Agency email the notices to
131	171		26 the Agency's listserv, created under paragraph (7), for
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142	182		1 the plant.
143	183		2 (7) For each plant subject to this Act, the Agency
144	184		3 must create and maintain a listserv. Each listserv must
145	185		4 include the email addresses of all interested persons who
146	186		5 notify the Agency in writing, either directly through the
147	187		6 Agency or indirectly through the owner or operator, of the
148	188		7 person's respective email addresses and that the person
149	189		8 would like to receive emails of notices concerning the
150	190		9 plant.
151	191		10 (d) The notice required under subsection (c) must include
152	192		11 the following information:
153	193		12 (1) The owner or operator's contact information, as
154	194		13 well as the business name of each company that will be
155	195		14 performing the demolition in whole or in part.
156	196		15 (2) The date and time of the scheduled demolition.
157	197		16 (3) The portion of the plant that is set for
158	198		17 demolition.
159	199		18 (4) The amount of demolition debris anticipated,
160	200		19 expressed in terms of both weight and volume and
161	201		20 categorized according to waste stream if multiple waste
162	202		21 streams will result from the demolition, how and where it
163	203		22 will be transported, and how and where it will ultimately
164	204		23 be disposed of or otherwise repurposed.
165	205		24 (5) The date, time, and location of the public meeting
166	206		25 required under subsection (g), along with a reference to
167	207		26 the statute requiring the public meeting.
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178	218		1 (6) The address of the publicly accessible website.
179	219		2 (7) Instructions for how to join phone, email, or text
180	220		3 lists required under paragraph (5) of subsection (c) for
181	221		4 future notices, public meetings, and specific demolition
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183	223		6 (e) The information posted to the website must be made
184	224		7 available to the public on the website until 3 years after the
185	225		8 demolition ends. The content of the notice shall be available
186	226		9 on the home page of the website and the following information
187	227		10 must be available through the publicly accessible website:
188	228		11 (1) A copy of the notice with identical content.
189	229		12 (2) The draft air quality plan and all documentation
190	230		13 relied upon in making the air quality plan as described in
191	231		14 subsection (j).
192	232		15 (3) The date, time, and location of the public meeting
193	233		16 required under subsection (g), along with a reference to
194	234		17 the statute requiring the public meeting.
195	235		18 (4) A description of potential demolition impacts,
196	236		19 including, but not limited to, a list of potential
197	237		20 contaminants in the demolition debris, broken down by
198	238		21 major waste stream if applicable, dates, hours, and
199	239		22 decibels of noise anticipated, and dates and hours of road
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201	241		24 (5) Information on any applicable permits issued to
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214	254		1 instructions explaining how to access a copy of each
215	255		2 permit, or a copy of each of the permits, if available.
216	256		3 (6) Whether there are any unlined CCR surface
217	257		4 impoundments, as defined in Section 3.143, at or nearby
218	258		5 the plant or public water sources or private wells within
219	259		6 2,500 feet of the plant.
220	260		7 (7) A detailed description of the preventative
221	261		8 measures that will be implemented by the owner or operator
222	262		9 to control, mitigate, or prevent from occurring any air,
223	263		10 soil, or water pollution during the demolition.
224	264		11 (8) When a proposed demolition is located in a
225	265		12 community with 10% or more non-English speaking residents,
226	266		13 non-English versions of all of the above reflecting local
227	267		14 language prevalence.
228	268		15 (f) The owner or operator shall submit proof of
229	269		16 notification to the Agency. No earlier than one week and no
230	270		17 less than 72 hours before the originally scheduled demolition,
231	271		18 the owner or operator must advise the phone, email, and text
232	272		19 lists required under paragraph (5) of subsection (c) of the
233	273		20 upcoming demolition.
234	274		21 If there is a change to the date and time of a scheduled
235	275		22 demolition, the owner or operator must update the
236	276		23 publicly-accessible website required under paragraph (4) of
237	277		24 subsection (c) and advise the phone, email, and text lists
238	278		25 required under paragraph (5) of subsection (c) that the date
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250	290		1 notice of a new planned date at least 16 hours prior to the new
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252	292		3 (g) At least 30 days after providing notice pursuant to
253	293		4 this Section, an owner or operator must hold at least one
254	294		5 public meeting within the municipality in which the site is
255	295		6 located to discuss the proposed demolition, subject to the
256	296		7 following rules:
257	297		8 (1) The public meeting must be not more than 5 miles
258	298		9 from the site unless a suitable venue is not available
259	299		10 within that distance.
260	300		11 (2) The public meeting must begin after 5:00 p.m. and
261	301		12 be located at a venue that is accessible to persons with
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263	303		14 (3) The owner or operator must provide reasonable
264	304		15 accommodations, as defined in paragraph (9) of Section
265	305		16 12111 of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of
266	306		17 1990, 42 U.S.C. 12111(9), upon request.
267	307		18 (h) When a proposed demolition is located in a community
268	308		19 with 10% or more non-English speaking residents, the owner or
269	309		20 operator must provide translation services during the public
270	310		21 meeting required by this Section, if requested at least 72
271	311		22 hours in advance of the public meeting.
272	312		23 (i) At the public meeting, the owner or operator must
273	313		24 comply with the following:
274	314		25 (1) Present the schedule and process for the
275	315		26 demolition, which must cover the noise, air quality,
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287	327		2 impacts, such as road closures, expected from the
288	328		3 demolition, as well as a summary of the air quality plan,
289	329		4 including control equipment and best management practices
290	330		5 that will be used to reduce fugitive dust.
291	331		6 (2) Include a question and answer portion of the
292	332		7 meeting to allow the public to ask questions.
293	333		8 (3) Include a public comment portion of the meeting to
294	334		9 allow the public to offer comments.
295	335		10 (4) Ensure the presence of representatives from the
296	336		11 owner or operator or the company that will be performing
297	337		12 the demolition in whole or in part. The representative
298	338		13 must be qualified and knowledgeable enough to answer the
299	339		14 questions posed by the public.
300	340		15 (5) The owner and operator shall engage a certified
301	341		16 court reporter to be present at the public meeting and
302	342		17 transcribe the entirety of the public meeting, including,
303	343		18 but not limited to, all statements made by the owner or
304	344		19 operator and all public comments offered at the public
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306	346		21 (6) The owner or operator shall make the transcript of
307	347		22 the public meeting available on the owner or operator's
308	348		23 publicly accessible website no later than 14 days after
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322	362		1 and respond to all questions in writing no later than 14
323	363		2 days after the meeting. The owner or operator shall post
324	364		3 the summary and responses to the owner's or operator's
325	365		4 publicly accessible website and advise the phone, email,
326	366		5 and text lists when the documentation is available.
327	367		6 (8) The public meeting shall be live-streamed in order
328	368		7 to allow the public to watch and meaningfully participate
329	369		8 in the meeting. The meeting shall also be recorded. The
330	370		9 recording shall be made available on the owner's or
331	371		10 operator's publicly accessible website.
332	372		11 (j) Before an owner or operator may initiate demolition of
333	373		12 a thermal power plant via implosion, the owner or operator
334	374		13 must establish an air quality plan that is approved by the
335	375		14 Agency. The owner or operator shall comply with the provisions
336	376		15 of the approved air quality plan.
337	377		16 The air quality plan, the transcript of the public meeting
338	378		17 required under subsection (g), and the public meeting summary
339	379		18 described in paragraph (7) of subsection (i) shall be
340	380		19 submitted to the Agency no more than 45 days after the public
341	381		20 meeting required under subsection (g).
342	382		21 The air quality plan shall include, but is not limited to,
343	383		22 the following:
344	384		23 (1) An air dispersion modeling study using AERMOD. The
345	385		24 study shall simulate dust propagation generated from the
346	386		25 implosion under varying wind speeds, wind directions, and
347	387		26 weather stability classes, such as unstable, neutral, and
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358	398		1 stable. The model shall calculate the concentrations of
359	399		2 PM10 in the dust plume generated from the impact of the
360	400		3 collapsed building or structure with the ground. Its
361	401		4 results shall inform the placement of air monitors, as
362	402		5 well as the dust mitigation plan and the site cleanup
363	403		6 plan, and traffic management plans and the siting of
364	404		7 protection and exclusion zones on-site and off-site. The
365	405		8 AERMOD model shall produce the following outputs
366	406		9 superimposed over aerial or satellite imagery:
367	407		10 (A) PM10 concentration contours.
368	408		11 (B) PM10 concentration versus time at the source,
369	409		12 in the surrounding public way, and at sensitive areas
370	410		13 offsite within 1,000 feet of the site.
371	411		14 (C) Maximum PM10 concentrations at the areas
372	412		15 specified above.
373	413		16 (D) Computer generated videos for the estimated
374	414		17 dust cloud propagation and dissipation.
375	415		18 (2) Air monitoring of the air upwind and downwind at
376	416		19 the site, as well the air at sensitive areas within 1,000
377	417		20 feet of the site or within the plume modeled under
378	418		21 paragraph (1), whichever distance is greater, for PM10.
379	419		22 The monitoring shall be conducted for at least a 24-hour
380	420		23 duration one week prior to the implosion, during the
381	421		24 implosion, and one week following the implosion, or weekly
382	422		25 until air monitoring confirms that the 24-hour PM10 levels
383	423		26 are back to normal, pre-implosion levels. PM10 levels
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394	434		1 shall be considered normal when the measured PM10 levels
395	435		2 are within the historic mean, plus or minus the standard
396	436		3 deviation, within the last 3 years, unless the Agency has
397	437		4 reason to believe that the site is still causing PM10
398	438		5 levels to be elevated. Historic PM10 data shall be based
399	439		6 on data collected by the owner or operator from the
400	440		7 nearest ambient air quality station operated by the Agency
401	441		8 or other data sources approved by the Agency. The air
402	442		9 monitoring shall comply with the following:
403	443		10 (A) All air monitoring data shall be published on
404	444		11 the publicly accessible website within 4 hours after
405	445		12 collecting the data.
406	446		13 (B) In conjunction with the above PM10 monitoring,
407	447		14 air samples shall be collected at all monitored
408	448		15 locations for analysis of: lead using NIOSH Method
409	449		16 7300, 7302, or 7303; asbestos fibers using NIOSH
410	450		17 Method 7400 or 7402; silica using NIOSH Method 7500 or
411	451		18 7602; respirable particulates using NIOSH Method 0600;
412	452		19 and total dust using NIOSH Method 0500. The Agency may
413	453		20 approve alternate test methods or require the use of
414	454		21 United States Environmental Protection Agency methods,
415	455		22 depending on site-specific factors. The Agency may
416	456		23 also require the air sampling of any or all hazardous
417	457		24 substances or petroleum products for which there is a
418	458		25 recognized environmental condition that may be emitted
419	459		26 into the air by the implosion. The PM10 monitoring
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430	470		1 shall be conducted using instruments designated as
431	471		2 Federal Equivalent Method (FEM) by the United States
432	472		3 Environmental Protection Agency.
433	473		4 (C) The air quality plan shall also include
434	474		5 operation, according to manufacturer's specifications,
435	475		6 of a weather station or other permanent device to
436	476		7 monitor and record wind speed and wind direction,
437	477		8 along with the corresponding temperature, barometric
438	478		9 pressure, and relative humidity at or near the site.
439	479		10 Such readings shall be taken at an unobstructed,
440	480		11 unsheltered area, unimpacted by the implosion, and at
441	481		12 a minimum height of 10 meters above ground level,
442	482		13 unless another height is appropriate pursuant to
443	483		14 applicable United States Environmental Protection
444	484		15 Agency protocols and guidance.
445	485		16 (3) A dust mitigation plan that ensures adequate
446	486		17 precautions and use of best practices to minimize fugitive
447	487		18 dust. The dust mitigation plan shall include, but is not
448	488		19 limited to, the following:
449	489		20 (A) The following best practices:
450	490		21 (i) The thorough sweeping of paved surfaces
451	491		22 using a sweeper effective at removing fine
452	492		23 particulates.
453	493		24 (ii) Adequate wetting of all unpaved areas.
454	494		25 The operator shall ensure that surficial soils
455	495		26 within the ground impact area and 50% beyond are
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466	506		1 thoroughly saturated up to a depth of 4 inches, or
467	507		2 otherwise treated using methods approved by the
468	508		3 Agency, on the day of and within one hour prior to
469	509		4 the implosion, or within the closest timeframe
470	510		5 allowed by safety protocol.
471	511		6 (iii) Employing misting cannons around the
472	512		7 building or structure or at strategic locations
473	513		8 and elevations determined based on the results of
474	514		9 the air dispersion modeling under paragraph (1).
475	515		10 (iv) Applying water to debris immediately
476	516		11 following blast and safety clearance.
477	517		12 (B) Restricting traffic and operations to paved
478	518		13 areas or stabilized surfaces. Soils exhibiting a high
479	519		14 particulate emission potential shall be fenced off or
480	520		15 otherwise demarcated to prevent disturbance, or shall
481	521		16 be effectively stabilized, removed, or covered if
482	522		17 vehicle traffic or operations will occur over these
483	523		18 areas.
484	524		19 (C) Evaluation of on-site surficial soil for
485	525		20 particulate emission potential, which shall be
486	526		21 determined to be high based on its fines content as
487	527		22 percent passing No. 200 sieve and optimum moisture
488	528		23 content as percent by dry weight as follows:
489	529		24 (i) if the fines content is greater than or
490	530		25 equal to 15% and the optimum moisture content is
491	531		26 greater than or equal to 11%, the particulate
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502	542		1 emission potential is high; or
503	543		2 (ii) if the fines content is greater than 50%,
504	544		3 the particulate emission potential is high.
505	545		4 The fines content shall be determined using ASTM
506	546		5 D1140-17, or updates thereto, while the optimum
507	547		6 moisture content shall be measured using ASTM D1557 or
508	548		7 AASHTO T180-D, or updates thereto. Alternate methods
509	549		8 may be used with prior written approval from the
510	550		9 Agency. The results of the investigation shall be
511	551		10 depicted on a site map showing the areas of high
512	552		11 particulate emission potential of unpaved surfaces at
513	553		12 the site.
514	554		13 (4) A contingency plan describing the contingency
515	555		14 measures to be implemented if the above control measures
516	556		15 fail to adequately control dust emissions. In addition,
517	557		16 the plan must describe the steps that will be taken to
518	558		17 verify that a dust control measure is working and, upon
519	559		18 discovery of an inadequacy, the steps that will be taken
520	560		19 to initiate a contingency measure.
521	561		20 (5) A site cleanup plan to remove dust, debris, and
522	562		21 litter from the surrounding impacted area as expeditiously
523	563		22 and as safely as possible to minimize disruption to the
524	564		23 community. The site cleanup plan shall include, but is not
525	565		24 limited to, the following:
526	566		25 (A) The use of a street sweeper to clean impacted
527	567		26 paved areas. The street sweeper shall be equipped with
528	568
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538	578		1 a waterless dust suppression system comprised of
539	579		2 vacuum assist and filtration for pickup and mitigation
540	580		3 of potential fugitive fine particulates, and shall be
541	581		4 PM10-certified.
542	582		5 (B) The cleaning of impacted parkways and private
543	583		6 properties, with owner permission.
544	584		7 (C) Inspection protocols that ensure that impacted
545	585		8 areas, including, but not limited to, public roadways
546	586		9 adjacent to residential and public structures and
547	587		10 utility lines, are returned to preimplosion
548	588		11 conditions.
549	589		12 (D) A staffing plan and equipment list necessary
550	590		13 to execute the cleanup.
551	591		14 (415 ILCS 5/42) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1042)
552	592		15 Sec. 42. Civil penalties.
553	593		16 (a) Except as provided in this Section, any person that
554	594		17 violates any provision of this Act or any regulation adopted
555	595		18 by the Board, or any permit or term or condition thereof, or
556	596		19 that violates any order of the Board pursuant to this Act,
557	597		20 shall be liable for a civil penalty of not to exceed $50,000
558	598		21 for the violation and an additional civil penalty of not to
559	599		22 exceed $10,000 for each day during which the violation
560	600		23 continues; such penalties may, upon order of the Board or a
561	601		24 court of competent jurisdiction, be made payable to the
562	602		25 Environmental Protection Trust Fund, to be used in accordance
563	603
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565	605
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573	613		1 with the provisions of the Environmental Protection Trust Fund
574	614		2 Act.
575	615		3 (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of
576	616		4 this Section:
577	617		5 (1) Any person that violates Section 12(f) of this Act
578	618		6 or any NPDES permit or term or condition thereof, or any
579	619		7 filing requirement, regulation or order relating to the
580	620		8 NPDES permit program, shall be liable to a civil penalty
581	621		9 of not to exceed $10,000 per day of violation.
582	622		10 (2) Any person that violates Section 12(g) of this Act
583	623		11 or any UIC permit or term or condition thereof, or any
584	624		12 filing requirement, regulation or order relating to the
585	625		13 State UIC program for all wells, except Class II wells as
586	626		14 defined by the Board under this Act, shall be liable to a
587	627		15 civil penalty not to exceed $2,500 per day of violation;
588	628		16 provided, however, that any person who commits such
589	629		17 violations relating to the State UIC program for Class II
590	630		18 wells, as defined by the Board under this Act, shall be
591	631		19 liable to a civil penalty of not to exceed $10,000 for the
592	632		20 violation and an additional civil penalty of not to exceed
593	633		21 $1,000 for each day during which the violation continues.
594	634		22 (3) Any person that violates Sections 21(f), 21(g),
595	635		23 21(h) or 21(i) of this Act, or any RCRA permit or term or
596	636		24 condition thereof, or any filing requirement, regulation
597	637		25 or order relating to the State RCRA program, shall be
598	638		26 liable to a civil penalty of not to exceed $25,000 per day
599	639
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601	641
602	642
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609	649		1 of violation.
610	650		2 (4) In an administrative citation action under Section
611	651		3 31.1 of this Act, any person found to have violated any
612	652		4 provision of subsection (o) of Section 21 of this Act
613	653		5 shall pay a civil penalty of $500 for each violation of
614	654		6 each such provision, plus any hearing costs incurred by
615	655		7 the Board and the Agency. Such penalties shall be made
616	656		8 payable to the Environmental Protection Trust Fund, to be
617	657		9 used in accordance with the provisions of the
618	658		10 Environmental Protection Trust Fund Act; except that if a
619	659		11 unit of local government issued the administrative
620	660		12 citation, 50% of the civil penalty shall be payable to the
621	661		13 unit of local government.
622	662		14 (4-5) In an administrative citation action under
623	663		15 Section 31.1 of this Act, any person found to have
624	664		16 violated any provision of subsection (p) of Section 21,
625	665		17 Section 22.38, Section 22.51, Section 22.51a, or
626	666		18 subsection (k) of Section 55 of this Act shall pay a civil
627	667		19 penalty of $1,500 for each violation of each such
628	668		20 provision, plus any hearing costs incurred by the Board
629	669		21 and the Agency, except that the civil penalty amount shall
630	670		22 be $3,000 for each violation of any provision of
631	671		23 subsection (p) of Section 21, Section 22.38, Section
632	672		24 22.51, Section 22.51a, or subsection (k) of Section 55
633	673		25 that is the person's second or subsequent adjudication
634	674		26 violation of that provision. The penalties shall be
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645	685		1 deposited into the Environmental Protection Trust Fund, to
646	686		2 be used in accordance with the provisions of the
647	687		3 Environmental Protection Trust Fund Act; except that if a
648	688		4 unit of local government issued the administrative
649	689		5 citation, 50% of the civil penalty shall be payable to the
650	690		6 unit of local government.
651	691		7 (5) Any person who violates subsection 6 of Section
652	692		8 39.5 of this Act or any CAAPP permit, or term or condition
653	693		9 thereof, or any fee or filing requirement, or any duty to
654	694		10 allow or carry out inspection, entry or monitoring
655	695		11 activities, or any regulation or order relating to the
656	696		12 CAAPP shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed
657	697		13 $10,000 per day of violation.
658	698		14 (6) Any owner or operator of a community water system
659	699		15 that violates subsection (b) of Section 18.1 or subsection
660	700		16 (a) of Section 25d-3 of this Act shall, for each day of
661	701		17 violation, be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $5
662	702		18 for each of the premises connected to the affected
663	703		19 community water system.
664	704		20 (7) Any person who violates Section 52.5 of this Act
665	705		21 shall be liable for a civil penalty of up to $1,000 for the
666	706		22 first violation of that Section and a civil penalty of up
667	707		23 to $2,500 for a second or subsequent violation of that
668	708		24 Section.
669	709		25 (8) Any person who engages in demolition of a thermal
670	710		26 power plant via implosion in violation of Section 3.141-5
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681	721		1 of this Act shall be liable for a civil penalty of up to
682	722		2 $50,000 for the first violation and up to $250,000 for a
683	723		3 second or subsequent violation.
684	724		4 (b.5) In lieu of the penalties set forth in subsections
685	725		5 (a) and (b) of this Section, any person who fails to file, in a
686	726		6 timely manner, toxic chemical release forms with the Agency
687	727		7 pursuant to Section 25b-2 of this Act shall be liable for a
688	728		8 civil penalty of $100 per day for each day the forms are late,
689	729		9 not to exceed a maximum total penalty of $6,000. This daily
690	730		10 penalty shall begin accruing on the thirty-first day after the
691	731		11 date that the person receives the warning notice issued by the
692	732		12 Agency pursuant to Section 25b-6 of this Act; and the penalty
693	733		13 shall be paid to the Agency. The daily accrual of penalties
694	734		14 shall cease as of January 1 of the following year. All
695	735		15 penalties collected by the Agency pursuant to this subsection
696	736		16 shall be deposited into the Environmental Protection Permit
697	737		17 and Inspection Fund.
698	738		18 (c) Any person that violates this Act, any rule or
699	739		19 regulation adopted under this Act, any permit or term or
700	740		20 condition of a permit, or any Board order and causes the death
701	741		21 of fish or aquatic life shall, in addition to the other
702	742		22 penalties provided by this Act, be liable to pay to the State
703	743		23 an additional sum for the reasonable value of the fish or
704	744		24 aquatic life destroyed. Any money so recovered shall be placed
705	745		25 in the Wildlife and Fish Fund in the State Treasury.
706	746		26 (d) The penalties provided for in this Section may be
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717	757		1 recovered in a civil action.
718	758		2 (e) The State's Attorney of the county in which the
719	759		3 violation occurred, or the Attorney General, may, at the
720	760		4 request of the Agency or on his own motion, institute a civil
721	761		5 action for an injunction, prohibitory or mandatory, to
722	762		6 restrain violations of this Act, any rule or regulation
723	763		7 adopted under this Act, any permit or term or condition of a
724	764		8 permit, or any Board order, or to require such other actions as
725	765		9 may be necessary to address violations of this Act, any rule or
726	766		10 regulation adopted under this Act, any permit or term or
727	767		11 condition of a permit, or any Board order.
728	768		12 (f) The State's Attorney of the county in which the
729	769		13 violation occurred, or the Attorney General, shall bring such
730	770		14 actions in the name of the people of the State of Illinois.
731	771		15 Without limiting any other authority which may exist for the
732	772		16 awarding of attorney's fees and costs, the Board or a court of
733	773		17 competent jurisdiction may award costs and reasonable
734	774		18 attorney's fees, including the reasonable costs of expert
735	775		19 witnesses and consultants, to the State's Attorney or the
736	776		20 Attorney General in a case where he has prevailed against a
737	777		21 person who has committed a willful, knowing, or repeated
738	778		22 violation of this Act, any rule or regulation adopted under
739	779		23 this Act, any permit or term or condition of a permit, or any
740	780		24 Board order.
741	781		25 Any funds collected under this subsection (f) in which the
742	782		26 Attorney General has prevailed shall be deposited in the
743	783
744	784
745	785
746	786
747	787
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749	789
750	790
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753	793		1 Hazardous Waste Fund created in Section 22.2 of this Act. Any
754	794		2 funds collected under this subsection (f) in which a State's
755	795		3 Attorney has prevailed shall be retained by the county in
756	796		4 which he serves.
757	797		5 (g) All final orders imposing civil penalties pursuant to
758	798		6 this Section shall prescribe the time for payment of such
759	799		7 penalties. If any such penalty is not paid within the time
760	800		8 prescribed, interest on such penalty at the rate set forth in
761	801		9 subsection (a) of Section 1003 of the Illinois Income Tax Act,
762	802		10 shall be paid for the period from the date payment is due until
763	803		11 the date payment is received. However, if the time for payment
764	804		12 is stayed during the pendency of an appeal, interest shall not
765	805		13 accrue during such stay.
766	806		14 (h) In determining the appropriate civil penalty to be
767	807		15 imposed under subdivisions (a), (b)(1), (b)(2), (b)(3),
768	808		16 (b)(5), (b)(6), or (b)(7) of this Section, the Board is
769	809		17 authorized to consider any matters of record in mitigation or
770	810		18 aggravation of penalty, including, but not limited to, the
771	811		19 following factors:
772	812		20 (1) the duration and gravity of the violation;
773	813		21 (2) the presence or absence of due diligence on the
774	814		22 part of the respondent in attempting to comply with
775	815		23 requirements of this Act and regulations thereunder or to
776	816		24 secure relief therefrom as provided by this Act;
777	817		25 (3) any economic benefits accrued by the respondent
778	818		26 because of delay in compliance with requirements, in which
779	819
780	820
781	821
782	822
783	823
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785	825
786	826
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789	829		1 case the economic benefits shall be determined by the
790	830		2 lowest cost alternative for achieving compliance;
791	831		3 (4) the amount of monetary penalty which will serve to
792	832		4 deter further violations by the respondent and to
793	833		5 otherwise aid in enhancing voluntary compliance with this
794	834		6 Act by the respondent and other persons similarly subject
795	835		7 to the Act;
796	836		8 (5) the number, proximity in time, and gravity of
797	837		9 previously adjudicated violations of this Act by the
798	838		10 respondent;
799	839		11 (6) whether the respondent voluntarily self-disclosed,
800	840		12 in accordance with subsection (i) of this Section, the
801	841		13 non-compliance to the Agency;
802	842		14 (7) whether the respondent has agreed to undertake a
803	843		15 "supplemental environmental project", which means an
804	844		16 environmentally beneficial project that a respondent
805	845		17 agrees to undertake in settlement of an enforcement action
806	846		18 brought under this Act, but which the respondent is not
807	847		19 otherwise legally required to perform; and
808	848		20 (8) whether the respondent has successfully completed
809	849		21 a Compliance Commitment Agreement under subsection (a) of
810	850		22 Section 31 of this Act to remedy the violations that are
811	851		23 the subject of the complaint.
812	852		24 In determining the appropriate civil penalty to be imposed
813	853		25 under subsection (a) or paragraph (1), (2), (3), (5), (6), or
814	854		26 (7) of subsection (b) of this Section, the Board shall ensure,
815	855
816	856
817	857
818	858
819	859
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821	861
822	862
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825	865		1 in all cases, that the penalty is at least as great as the
826	866		2 economic benefits, if any, accrued by the respondent as a
827	867		3 result of the violation, unless the Board finds that
828	868		4 imposition of such penalty would result in an arbitrary or
829	869		5 unreasonable financial hardship. However, such civil penalty
830	870		6 may be off-set in whole or in part pursuant to a supplemental
831	871		7 environmental project agreed to by the complainant and the
832	872		8 respondent.
833	873		9 (i) A person who voluntarily self-discloses non-compliance
834	874		10 to the Agency, of which the Agency had been unaware, is
835	875		11 entitled to a 100% reduction in the portion of the penalty that
836	876		12 is not based on the economic benefit of non-compliance if the
837	877		13 person can establish the following:
838	878		14 (1) that either the regulated entity is a small entity
839	879		15 or the non-compliance was discovered through an
840	880		16 environmental audit or a compliance management system
841	881		17 documented by the regulated entity as reflecting the
842	882		18 regulated entity's due diligence in preventing, detecting,
843	883		19 and correcting violations;
844	884		20 (2) that the non-compliance was disclosed in writing
845	885		21 within 30 days of the date on which the person discovered
846	886		22 it;
847	887		23 (3) that the non-compliance was discovered and
848	888		24 disclosed prior to:
849	889		25 (i) the commencement of an Agency inspection,
850	890		26 investigation, or request for information;
851	891
852	892
853	893
854	894
855	895
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857	897
858	898
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861	901		1 (ii) notice of a citizen suit;
862	902		2 (iii) the filing of a complaint by a citizen, the
863	903		3 Illinois Attorney General, or the State's Attorney of
864	904		4 the county in which the violation occurred;
865	905		5 (iv) the reporting of the non-compliance by an
866	906		6 employee of the person without that person's
867	907		7 knowledge; or
868	908		8 (v) imminent discovery of the non-compliance by
869	909		9 the Agency;
870	910		10 (4) that the non-compliance is being corrected and any
871	911		11 environmental harm is being remediated in a timely
872	912		12 fashion;
873	913		13 (5) that the person agrees to prevent a recurrence of
874	914		14 the non-compliance;
875	915		15 (6) that no related non-compliance events have
876	916		16 occurred in the past 3 years at the same facility or in the
877	917		17 past 5 years as part of a pattern at multiple facilities
878	918		18 owned or operated by the person;
879	919		19 (7) that the non-compliance did not result in serious
880	920		20 actual harm or present an imminent and substantial
881	921		21 endangerment to human health or the environment or violate
882	922		22 the specific terms of any judicial or administrative order
883	923		23 or consent agreement;
884	924		24 (8) that the person cooperates as reasonably requested
885	925		25 by the Agency after the disclosure; and
886	926		26 (9) that the non-compliance was identified voluntarily
887	927
888	928
889	929
890	930
891	931
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893	933
894	934
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897	937		1 and not through a monitoring, sampling, or auditing
898	938		2 procedure that is required by statute, rule, permit,
899	939		3 judicial or administrative order, or consent agreement.
900	940		4 If a person can establish all of the elements under this
901	941		5 subsection except the element set forth in paragraph (1) of
902	942		6 this subsection, the person is entitled to a 75% reduction in
903	943		7 the portion of the penalty that is not based upon the economic
904	944		8 benefit of non-compliance.
905	945		9 For the purposes of this subsection (i), "small entity"
906	946		10 has the same meaning as in Section 221 of the federal Small
907	947		11 Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (5 U.S.C.
908	948		12 601).
909	949		13 (j) In addition to any other remedy or penalty that may
910	950		14 apply, whether civil or criminal, any person who violates
911	951		15 Section 22.52 of this Act shall be liable for an additional
912	952		16 civil penalty of up to 3 times the gross amount of any
913	953		17 pecuniary gain resulting from the violation.
914	954		18 (k) In addition to any other remedy or penalty that may
915	955		19 apply, whether civil or criminal, any person who violates
916	956		20 subdivision (a)(7.6) of Section 31 of this Act shall be liable
917	957		21 for an additional civil penalty of $2,000.
918	958		22 (Source: P.A. 102-310, eff. 8-6-21.)
919	959		23 (415 ILCS 5/3.141 rep.)
920	960		24 Section 10. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
921	961		25 repealing Section 3.141.
922	962
923	963
924	964
925	965
926	966
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928	968
929	969
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932	972		1 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
933	973		2 becoming law.
934	974
935	975
936	976
937	977
938	978
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