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Rep. Laura Fine
Filed: 3/7/2017
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2958
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2958 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 52.6 as follows:
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| 6 | | (415 ILCS 5/52.6 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 52.6. Coal tar and high PAH sealant use and sale |
| 8 | | prohibited. |
| 9 | | (a) As used in this Section: |
| 10 | | "Coal tar sealant product" means a surface applied sealing |
| 11 | | product containing any amount of coal tar, coal tar pitch, coal |
| 12 | | tar pitch volatiles, or any variation assigned the Chemical |
| 13 | | Abstracts Service (CAS) numbers 65996-93-2, 65996-89-6, or |
| 14 | | 8007-45-2. |
| 15 | | "High PAH sealant product" means a surface applied sealing |
| 16 | | product that contains greater than 0.1% polycyclic aromatic |
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| 1 | | hydrocarbons (PAHs) by weight, including, but not limited to, |
| 2 | | coal tar pitch volatiles, tar, fuel oil, petroleum, or asphalt. |
| 3 | | (b) On and after January 1, 2018, no person may knowingly |
| 4 | | cause or allow sale at wholesale or retail of a coal tar |
| 5 | | sealant product or high PAH sealant product. |
| 6 | | (c) On and after July 1, 2019, no person may knowingly |
| 7 | | cause or allow application of a coal tar sealant product or |
| 8 | | high PAH sealant product on any surface, except for highway |
| 9 | | structures, in the State of Illinois, including, but not |
| 10 | | limited to, a driveway, parking area, playground, sidewalk, |
| 11 | | bike trail or roadway. |
| 12 | | (d) A municipality or county may adopt ordinances providing |
| 13 | | for enforcement of the requirements of subsections (b) or (c) |
| 14 | | of this Section with penalties as provided in subsection (e). A |
| 15 | | municipality or county adopting an ordinance under this |
| 16 | | subsection (d) has jurisdiction concurrent with the Agency to |
| 17 | | enforce this Section. |
| 18 | | (e) Any violation of this Section shall be enforceable by |
| 19 | | administrative citation. Penalties under this Section may not |
| 20 | | exceed $1,000 for the first offense and $5,000 for the second |
| 21 | | offense.
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| 22 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 23 | | becoming law.".
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