Sen. Andy Manar
Filed: 5/18/2017
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3656 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3656 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:


 
 
4    "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Flue 
5Gas Desulfurization (FGD) Task Force Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
7    "FGD" means flue gas desulfurization and other 
8technologies that can be used to lower sulfur dioxide 
9emissions.
10    "Task Force" means the FGD Task Force

 
11    Section 10. The FGD Task Force.
12    (a) The FGD Task Force is hereby created to increase the 
13amount of Illinois Basin coal use in generation  units. The FGD 
14Task Force shall identify and evaluate the costs, benefits, and 
15barriers of new and modified FGD, or other post-combustion 
 
 
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1sulfur dioxide emission control technologies, and other 
2capital improvements, that would be necessary for generation 
3units to comply with the sulfur dioxide National Ambient Air 
4Quality Standards (NAAQS) while improving the ability of those 
5generation units to meet the effluent limitation guidelines 
6(ELGs) for wastewater discharges and enhancing the 
7marketability of the generation units'  FGD byproducts.
8    (b) The membership of the Task Force shall be as follows:
9        (1) Two members of the Senate appointed by the 
10    President of the Senate.
11        (2) Two members of the Senate appointed by the Minority 
12    Leader of the Senate.

13        (3) Two members of the House of appointed by the 
14    Speaker of the House of Representatives.
15        (4) Two members of the House of Representatives 
16    appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of 
17    Representatives.
18        (5) Three members appointed by the Governor, two with 
19    expertise in Illinois coal, coal mining, emission 
20    reduction, or energy production; and one representative of 
21    an electricity generator that owns multiple coal-fueled 
22    electric generation plants with FGD or similar 
23    technologies.
24        (6) The Director of Natural Resources, or his or her 
25    designee.
26        (7) The Director of the Environmental Protection 
 
 
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1    Agency, or his or her designee.
2    (c) Task Force members shall serve without compensation but 
3shall be reimbursed for travel expenses incurred in performing 
4their duties.
5    (d) The Task Force shall report their findings and 
6recommendations to the General Assembly by December 31, 2017.

 
7    Section 15. Administrative support.  The Department of 
8Natural Resources and the Illinois Environmental Protection 
9Agency shall provide administrative and other support to the 
10Task Force. 
 
11    Section 20. Repeal.  This Act is repealed on January 1, 
122019.
 
 
13    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
14becoming law.".