Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB3614 Compare Versions

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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3614 Introduced , by Rep. Carol Ammons SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 415 ILCS 5/59415 ILCS 5/59.5 Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that no person shall conduct a carbon sequestration activity within a sequestration facility that overlies, underlies, or passes through a sole-source aquifer. Defines "sole-source aquifer". Effective immediately. LRB104 08160 BDA 18208 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3614 Introduced , by Rep. Carol Ammons SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 415 ILCS 5/59415 ILCS 5/59.5 415 ILCS 5/59 415 ILCS 5/59.5 Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that no person shall conduct a carbon sequestration activity within a sequestration facility that overlies, underlies, or passes through a sole-source aquifer. Defines "sole-source aquifer". Effective immediately. LRB104 08160 BDA 18208 b LRB104 08160 BDA 18208 b A BILL FOR
2	2	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3614 Introduced , by Rep. Carol Ammons SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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6	6	Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that no person shall conduct a carbon sequestration activity within a sequestration facility that overlies, underlies, or passes through a sole-source aquifer. Defines "sole-source aquifer". Effective immediately.
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12	12	1 AN ACT concerning safety.
13	13	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
14	14	3 represented in the General Assembly:
15	15	4 Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
16	16	5 changing Sections 59 and 59.5 as follows:
17	17	6 (415 ILCS 5/59)
18	18	7 Sec. 59. Definitions. As used in this Title:
19	19	8 "Carbon dioxide capture project" mean a project or
20	20	9 facility that:
21	21	10 (1) uses equipment to capture a significant quantity
22	22	11 of carbon dioxide directly from the ambient air or uses a
23	23	12 process to separate carbon dioxide from industrial or
24	24	13 energy-related sources, other than oil or gas production
25	25	14 from a well; and
26	26	15 (2) produces a concentrated fluid of carbon dioxide.
27	27	16 "Carbon dioxide stream" means carbon dioxide, any
28	28	17 incidental associated substances derived from the source
29	29	18 materials and process of producing or capturing carbon
30	30	19 dioxide, and any substance added to the stream to enable or
31	31	20 improve the injection process or the detection of a leak or
32	32	21 rupture.
33	33	22 "Carbon sequestration activity" means the injection of one
34	34	23 or more carbon dioxide streams into underground geologic
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38	38	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3614 Introduced , by Rep. Carol Ammons SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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42	42	Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that no person shall conduct a carbon sequestration activity within a sequestration facility that overlies, underlies, or passes through a sole-source aquifer. Defines "sole-source aquifer". Effective immediately.
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71	71	1 formations under at least one Class VI well permit for
72	72	2 long-term sequestration.
73	73	3 "Criteria pollutants" means the 6 pollutants for which the
74	74	4 United States Environmental Protection Agency has set National
75	75	5 Ambient Air Quality Standards under Section 109 of the Clean
76	76	6 Air Act, together with recognized precursors to those
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78	78	8 "Project labor agreement" means a prehire collective
79	79	9 bargaining agreement that covers all terms and conditions of
80	80	10 employment on a specific construction project and must include
81	81	11 the following:
82	82	12 (1) provisions establishing the minimum hourly wage
83	83	13 for each class of labor organization employee;
84	84	14 (2) provisions establishing the benefits and other
85	85	15 compensation for each class of labor organization
86	86	16 employee;
87	87	17 (3) provisions establishing that no strike or disputes
88	88	18 will be engaged in by the labor organization employees;
89	89	19 (4) provisions establishing that no lockout or
90	90	20 disputes will be engaged in by the general contractor
91	91	21 building the project; and
92	92	22 (5) provisions for minorities and women, as defined
93	93	23 under the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and
94	94	24 Persons with Disabilities Act, setting forth goals for
95	95	25 apprenticeship hours to be performed by minorities and
96	96	26 women and setting forth goals for total hours to be
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107	107	1 performed by underrepresented minorities and women.
108	108	2 "Project labor agreement" includes other terms and conditions
109	109	3 a labor organization or general contractor building the
110	110	4 project deems necessary.
111	111	5 "Sequestration facility" means the carbon dioxide
112	112	6 sequestration reservoir, underground equipment, including, but
113	113	7 not limited to, well penetrations, and surface facilities and
114	114	8 equipment used or proposed to be used in a carbon
115	115	9 sequestration activity. "Sequestration facility" includes each
116	116	10 injection well and equipment used to connect surface
117	117	11 activities to the carbon dioxide sequestration reservoir and
118	118	12 underground equipment. "Sequestration facility" does not
119	119	13 include pipelines used to transport carbon dioxide to a
120	120	14 sequestration facility.
121	121	15 "Sole-source aquifer" means an aquifer designated as a
122	122	16 sole-source or principal aquifer by the United States
123	123	17 Environmental Protection Agency under the federal Safe
124	124	18 Drinking Water Act, together with the aquifer's upstream
125	125	19 areas, which, for purposes of this definition, consist of the
126	126	20 project review area of the aquifer, as identified by the
127	127	21 United States Environmental Protection Agency.
128	128	22 (Source: P.A. 103-651, eff. 7-18-24.)
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130	130	24 Sec. 59.5. Prohibitions.
131	131	25 (a) No person shall conduct a carbon sequestration
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142	142	1 activity without a permit issued by the Agency under Section
143	143	2 59.6. This prohibition does not apply to any carbon
144	144	3 sequestration activity in existence and permitted by the
145	145	4 United States Environmental Protection Agency on or before the
146	146	5 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General
147	147	6 Assembly or to any Class VI well for which (1) a Class VI well
148	148	7 permit has been filed with the United States Environmental
149	149	8 Protection Agency and a completeness determination had been
150	150	9 received prior to January 1, 2023, and (2) the sequestration
151	151	10 activity will occur on a contiguous property with common
152	152	11 ownership where the carbon dioxide is generated, captured, and
153	153	12 injected.
154	154	13 (b) No person shall conduct a carbon sequestration
155	155	14 activity in violation of this Act.
156	156	15 (c) No person shall conduct a carbon sequestration
157	157	16 activity in violation of any applicable rules adopted by the
158	158	17 Pollution Control Board.
159	159	18 (d) No person shall conduct a carbon sequestration
160	160	19 activity in violation of a permit issued by the Agency under
161	161	20 this Act.
162	162	21 (e) No person shall fail to submit reports required by
163	163	22 this Act or required by a permit issued by the Agency under
164	164	23 this Act.
165	165	24 (f) No person shall conduct a carbon sequestration
166	166	25 activity without obtaining an order for integration of pore
167	167	26 space from the Department of Natural Resources, if applicable.
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178	178	1 (g) No person shall conduct a carbon sequestration
179	179	2 activity within a sequestration facility that overlies,
180	180	3 underlies, or passes through a sole-source aquifer.
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