Environment & Energy Committee
Adopted in House Comm. on Apr 02, 2008
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4803
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4803 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Illinois Renewable Fuels Development | ||||||
5 | Program Act is amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
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6 | (20 ILCS 689/15)
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7 | Sec. 15. Illinois Renewable Fuels Development Program.
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8 | (a) The Department must develop and administer the Illinois | ||||||
9 | Renewable Fuels
Development Program to assist in the | ||||||
10 | construction, modification, alteration, or
retrofitting of | ||||||
11 | renewable fuel plants in Illinois.
The recipient of a grant | ||||||
12 | under
this Section
must:
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13 | (1) be constructing, modifying, altering, or | ||||||
14 | retrofitting a plant in the
State
of Illinois;
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15 | (2) be constructing, modifying, altering, or | ||||||
16 | retrofitting a plant that has
annual production capacity of |
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1 | no less than 30,000,000 gallons of renewable fuel
per year; | ||||||
2 | and
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3 | (3) enter into a project labor agreement as prescribed | ||||||
4 | by Section 25 of
this
Act ; .
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5 | (4) have received all construction permits required | ||||||
6 | for the project by the Environmental Protection Agency; and | ||||||
7 | (5) provide a documented water supply, treatment, and | ||||||
8 | discharge plan for the plant's operations, including: | ||||||
9 | (i) proposed and alternative source water | ||||||
10 | characterization including water quality, | ||||||
11 | quantity, and biota of the sources; | ||||||
12 | (ii) proposed average daily and maximum annual | ||||||
13 | water needs of the proposed project; | ||||||
14 | (iii) a demonstration that the proposed water | ||||||
15 | withdrawals will not jeopardize the reliability of | ||||||
16 | existing uses or natural conditions of the same | ||||||
17 | source waters, or other waters that are dependent | ||||||
18 | on flows from the source waters; | ||||||
19 | (iv) a characterization of the proposed | ||||||
20 | wastewater discharge from the plant, including | ||||||
21 | water quality and quantity with consideration of | ||||||
22 | potential for erosion or habitat destruction in | ||||||
23 | the receiving stream; | ||||||
24 | (v) a demonstration that the plant will employ | ||||||
25 | Best Available Technology (BAT) for water | ||||||
26 | conservation, including options for potential |
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1 | reuse of the plant's wastewater; | ||||||
2 | (vi) a characterization of the plant's | ||||||
3 | wastewater treatment and monitoring practices, | ||||||
4 | including both process water and stormwater; | ||||||
5 | (vii) a characterization of the waters that | ||||||
6 | will receive the wastewater and stormwater | ||||||
7 | discharges from the plant, including their | ||||||
8 | quality, quantity, and existing biota; and | ||||||
9 | (viii) demonstration of a system for | ||||||
10 | monitoring of total trihalomethanes (TTHMs) and | ||||||
11 | haloacetic acids (HAAs) if the applicant proposes | ||||||
12 | to use chlorine as a biocide in the cooling water. | ||||||
13 | (b) Grant applications must be made on forms provided by | ||||||
14 | and in accordance
with
procedures established by the | ||||||
15 | Department.
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16 | (c) The Department must give preference to applicants that | ||||||
17 | use Illinois
agricultural products in the production of | ||||||
18 | renewable fuel at the plant for
which the
grant is being | ||||||
19 | requested.
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20 | (Source: P.A. 93-15, eff. 6-11-03.)".
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