Sen. Frank C. Watson

Filed: 3/28/2006

 

 


 

 


 
09400SB1028sam003 LRB094 04721 RSP 57803 a

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1028

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1028 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
5 changing Section 3.350 as follows:
 
6     (415 ILCS 5/3.350)  (was 415 ILCS 5/3.58)
7     Sec. 3.350. Potential route. "Potential route" means
8 abandoned and improperly plugged wells of all kinds, drainage
9 wells, all injection wells, including closed loop heat pump
10 wells, and any excavation for the discovery, development or
11 production of stone, sand or gravel. This term does not include
12 closed loop heat pump wells using USP food grade propylene
13 glycol.
14     A new potential route is:
15         (1) a potential route which is not in existence or for
16     which construction has not commenced at its location as of
17     January 1, 1988, or
18         (2) a potential route which expands laterally beyond
19     the currently permitted boundary or, if the potential route
20     is not permitted, the boundary in existence as of January
21     1, 1988.
22     Construction shall be deemed commenced when all necessary
23 federal, State and local approvals have been obtained, and work
24 at the site has been initiated and proceeds in a reasonably

 

 

09400SB1028sam003 - 2 - LRB094 04721 RSP 57803 a

1 continuous manner to completion.
2 (Source: P.A. 92-574, eff. 6-26-02.)".