HB4795 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB4795

Introduced 1/27/2022, by Rep. Anna Moeller

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

415 ILCS 170/40 new

Amends the PFAS Reduction Act. Provides that the Agency shall establish a take back program for local fire departments and fire protection districts that use and store firefighting foam identified as having added perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances, otherwise known as PFAs. Provides that the program will be available to those fire departments or fire districts who have participated in the annual survey under the Act. Provides that the program shall provide funding and resources to assure the proper destruction of these products, however not require the participation of any fire department or fire protection district.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning safety.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The PFAS Reduction Act is amended by adding Section 40 as follows:

(415 ILCS 170/40 new)

Sec. 40. PFAs disposal program. The Agency shall establish a take back program for local fire departments and fire protection districts that use and store firefighting foam identified as having added perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances, otherwise known as PFAs. This program will be available to those fire departments or fire districts who have participated in the annual survey conducted in accordance with Section 25. This program shall provide funding and resources to assure the proper destruction of these products, however not require the participation of any fire department or fire protection district. This program shall commence within six months of becoming law and continue for a period of five years or until no foam containing PFAS is reported in the annual survey.