Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB3803 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3803 Introduced , by Rep. Anna Moeller SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act Creates the Safety Moratorium on Carbon Dioxide Pipelines Act. Provides that no certificate of authority for the construction and operation of a pipeline intended for transportation of carbon dioxide shall be issued by the Illinois Commerce Commission before the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has adopted its revised federal safety standards for transportation of carbon dioxide. Provides that any application for a certificate of authority to construct and operate a pipeline intended for transportation of carbon dioxide currently pending before the Commission shall be held in abeyance, without prejudice, until the completion of PHMSA's rulemaking and the issuance of its new safety standards for carbon dioxide pipelines or the expiration of the temporary moratorium. Provides that the temporary moratorium will expire 2 years after the Act becomes effective or upon the adoption of PHMSA's new safety standards for carbon dioxide pipelines, whichever happens first. Effective immediately. LRB103 25554 AMQ 51903 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3803 Introduced , by Rep. Anna Moeller SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act New Act Creates the Safety Moratorium on Carbon Dioxide Pipelines Act. Provides that no certificate of authority for the construction and operation of a pipeline intended for transportation of carbon dioxide shall be issued by the Illinois Commerce Commission before the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has adopted its revised federal safety standards for transportation of carbon dioxide. Provides that any application for a certificate of authority to construct and operate a pipeline intended for transportation of carbon dioxide currently pending before the Commission shall be held in abeyance, without prejudice, until the completion of PHMSA's rulemaking and the issuance of its new safety standards for carbon dioxide pipelines or the expiration of the temporary moratorium. Provides that the temporary moratorium will expire 2 years after the Act becomes effective or upon the adoption of PHMSA's new safety standards for carbon dioxide pipelines, whichever happens first. Effective immediately. LRB103 25554 AMQ 51903 b LRB103 25554 AMQ 51903 b A BILL FOR
2	2	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3803 Introduced , by Rep. Anna Moeller SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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5	5	Creates the Safety Moratorium on Carbon Dioxide Pipelines Act. Provides that no certificate of authority for the construction and operation of a pipeline intended for transportation of carbon dioxide shall be issued by the Illinois Commerce Commission before the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has adopted its revised federal safety standards for transportation of carbon dioxide. Provides that any application for a certificate of authority to construct and operate a pipeline intended for transportation of carbon dioxide currently pending before the Commission shall be held in abeyance, without prejudice, until the completion of PHMSA's rulemaking and the issuance of its new safety standards for carbon dioxide pipelines or the expiration of the temporary moratorium. Provides that the temporary moratorium will expire 2 years after the Act becomes effective or upon the adoption of PHMSA's new safety standards for carbon dioxide pipelines, whichever happens first. Effective immediately.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning utilities.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Safety
15	15	5 Moratorium on Carbon Dioxide Pipelines Act.
16	16	6 Section 5. Legislative findings. The General Assembly
17	17	7 finds and determines that:
18	18	8 (1) the State has pipelines being proposed by
19	19	9 companies for the purposes of capture, transportation, and
20	20	10 subsurface storage of carbon dioxide both within the State
21	21	11 and from locations outside the State;
22	22	12 (2) Section 30 of the Carbon Dioxide Transportation
23	23	13 and Sequestration Act, which provides that the regulation
24	24	14 of the construction, maintenance, and operation of
25	25	15 pipelines transporting carbon dioxide shall be within the
26	26	16 statutory and regulatory jurisdiction of the Pipeline and
27	27	17 Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) of the
28	28	18 federal Department of Transportation, shall be relevant to
29	29	19 this Act; and
30	30	20 (3) in response to a major carbon dioxide pipeline
31	31	21 failure in Satartia, Mississippi in 2020 that resulted in
32	32	22 local evacuations and caused almost 50 people to seek
33	33	23 medical attention, PHMSA conducted an investigation of the
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37	37	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3803 Introduced , by Rep. Anna Moeller SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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40	40	Creates the Safety Moratorium on Carbon Dioxide Pipelines Act. Provides that no certificate of authority for the construction and operation of a pipeline intended for transportation of carbon dioxide shall be issued by the Illinois Commerce Commission before the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has adopted its revised federal safety standards for transportation of carbon dioxide. Provides that any application for a certificate of authority to construct and operate a pipeline intended for transportation of carbon dioxide currently pending before the Commission shall be held in abeyance, without prejudice, until the completion of PHMSA's rulemaking and the issuance of its new safety standards for carbon dioxide pipelines or the expiration of the temporary moratorium. Provides that the temporary moratorium will expire 2 years after the Act becomes effective or upon the adoption of PHMSA's new safety standards for carbon dioxide pipelines, whichever happens first. Effective immediately.
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68	68	1 risks to human health and the environment presented by
69	69	2 carbon dioxide pipelines. PHMSA announced, on May 26,
70	70	3 2022, in relevant part, that to strengthen CO2 pipeline
71	71	4 safety and oversight, PHMSA is initiating new rulemaking
72	72	5 to update standards for carbon dioxide pipelines,
73	73	6 including requirements related to emergency preparedness
74	74	7 and response.
75	75	8 Section 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
76	76	9 "Carbon dioxide pipeline" or "pipeline" means the in-state
77	77	10 portion of a pipeline, including appurtenant facilities,
78	78	11 property rights, and easements, that are used exclusively for
79	79	12 the purpose of transporting carbon dioxide to a point of sale,
80	80	13 storage, or another carbon management application.
81	81	14 "Commission" means the Illinois Commerce Commission.
82	82	15 "Transportation" means the physical movement of carbon
83	83	16 dioxide by pipeline conducted for a person's or an entity's
84	84	17 own use or account or the use or account of another person,
85	85	18 persons, or entity.
86	86	19 Section 15. Temporary statewide moratorium on construction
87	87	20 of carbon dioxide pipelines.
88	88	21 (a) No certificate of authority for the construction and
89	89	22 operation of a pipeline intended for transportation of carbon
90	90	23 dioxide shall be issued by the Commission before the Pipeline
91	91	24 and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration has adopted its
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102	102	1 revised federal safety standards for transportation of carbon
103	103	2 dioxide.
104	104	3 (b) Any application for a certificate of authority to
105	105	4 construct and operate a pipeline intended for transportation
106	106	5 of carbon dioxide currently pending before the Commission
107	107	6 shall be held in abeyance, without prejudice, until the
108	108	7 completion of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
109	109	8 Administration's rulemaking and the issuance of its new safety
110	110	9 standards for carbon dioxide pipelines or the expiration of
111	111	10 the temporary moratorium.
112	112	11 (c) The temporary moratorium will expire 2 years after
113	113	12 this Act becomes effective or upon the adoption of the
114	114	13 Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration's new
115	115	14 safety standards for carbon dioxide pipelines, whichever
116	116	15 happens first.
117	117	16 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
118	118	17 becoming law.
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