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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1853
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1853 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 9.16 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (415 ILCS 5/9.16 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 9.16. Permits, hearings, and notice for facilities | ||||||
| 8 | emitting ethylene oxide. | ||||||
| 9 | (a) The Agency shall immediately reevaluate the current air | ||||||
| 10 | pollution operating permit of any facility emitting ethylene | ||||||
| 11 | oxide, by conducting a public hearing process on all such | ||||||
| 12 | facilities. The Agency shall notify the unit of local | ||||||
| 13 | government where the facility emitting ethylene oxide is | ||||||
| 14 | located of the public hearing process at least 30 days before | ||||||
| 15 | the first hearing takes place. The Agency shall, by rule, | ||||||
| 16 | provide for the public hearing process which shall take place | ||||||
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| 1 | in the county seat of the community where the facility emitting | ||||||
| 2 | ethylene oxide is located or in a location which is agreed upon | ||||||
| 3 | between the mayor and the chairperson of the county board of | ||||||
| 4 | the community where the facility emitting ethylene oxide is | ||||||
| 5 | located. | ||||||
| 6 | (b) No air pollution operating permit shall be renewed if | ||||||
| 7 | the Agency finds that the facility is emitting ethylene oxide | ||||||
| 8 | at a level that violates any federal or State standards. The | ||||||
| 9 | Agency shall also consider the results of the public hearing | ||||||
| 10 | process when evaluating a facility's permit renewal. | ||||||
| 11 | (c) If, at any time, a facility is emitting ethylene oxide | ||||||
| 12 | at a level higher than the standards set forth by Section 112 | ||||||
| 13 | of the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7412) or the Agency, | ||||||
| 14 | then the facility shall immediately cease operations until | ||||||
| 15 | sufficient changes are made to reduce the level of such | ||||||
| 16 | emissions below both federal and State standards.
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| 17 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 18 | becoming law.".
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