102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB2791

 

Introduced 2/19/2021, by Rep. Ann M. Williams

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
415 ILCS 5/28.5
415 ILCS 5/56.2  from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1056.2

    Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Removes language providing that a Section regarding Clean Air Act rules only applies through December 31, 2021. Allows any person, including the Agency, to propose rules to amend the listing of etiologic agents identified as Class 4 agents and to consult specified classifications published by various entities. Removes provisions requiring the Pollution Control Board to adopt rules identical to a specified publication and replaces them with a requirement for the Board to take action on a proposal to amend the listing of Class 4 agents not later than 6 months after receiving it. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning safety.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
5changing Sections 28.5 and 56.2 as follows:
 
6    (415 ILCS 5/28.5)
7    Sec. 28.5. Clean Air Act rules; fast-track.
8    (a) This Section applies through December 31, 2021 and
9applies solely to the adoption of rules proposed by the Agency
10and required to be adopted by the State under the Clean Air Act
11as amended by the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (CAAA).
12    (b) For purposes of this Section, a "fast-track"
13rulemaking proceeding is a proceeding to promulgate a rule
14that the CAAA requires to be adopted. For the purposes of this
15Section, "requires to be adopted" refers only to those
16regulations or parts of regulations for which the United
17States Environmental Protection Agency is empowered to impose
18sanctions against the State for failure to adopt such rules.
19All fast-track rules must be adopted under procedures set
20forth in this Section, unless another provision of this Act
21specifies the method for adopting a specific rule.
22    (c) When the CAAA requires rules other than identical in
23substance rules to be adopted, upon request by the Agency, the

 

 

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1Board must adopt rules under fast-track rulemaking
2requirements.
3    (d) The Agency must submit its fast-track rulemaking
4proposal in the following form:
5        (1) The Agency must file the rule in a form that meets
6    the requirements of the Illinois Administrative Procedure
7    Act and regulations promulgated thereunder.
8        (2) The cover sheet of the proposal shall prominently
9    state that the rule is being proposed under this Section.
10        (3) The proposal shall clearly identify the provisions
11    and portions of the federal statute, regulations,
12    guidance, policy statement, or other documents upon which
13    the rule is based.
14        (4) The supporting documentation for the rule shall
15    summarize the basis of the rule.
16        (5) The Agency must describe in general the
17    alternative selected and the basis for the alternative.
18        (6) The Agency must file a summary of economic and
19    technical data upon which it relied in drafting the rule.
20        (7) The Agency must provide a list of any documents
21    upon which it directly relied in drafting the rule or upon
22    which it intends to rely at the hearings and must provide
23    such documents to the Board. Additionally, the Agency must
24    make such documents available at an appropriate location
25    for inspection and copying at the expense of the
26    interested party.

 

 

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1        (8) The Agency must include in its submission a
2    description of the geographical area to which the rule is
3    intended to apply, a description of the process or
4    processes affected, an identification by classes of the
5    entities expected to be affected, and a list of sources
6    expected to be affected by the rule to the extent known to
7    the Agency.
8    (e) Within 14 days of receipt of the proposal, the Board
9must file the rule for first notice under the Illinois
10Administrative Procedure Act and must schedule all required
11hearings on the proposal and cause public notice to be given in
12accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act and
13the CAAA.
14    (f) The Board must set 3 hearings on the proposal, each of
15which shall be scheduled to continue from day to day,
16excluding weekends and State and federal holidays, until
17completed. The Board must require the written submission of
18all testimony at least 10 days before a hearing, with
19simultaneous service to all participants of record in the
20proceeding as of 15 days prior to hearing, unless a waiver is
21granted by the Board for good cause. In order to further
22expedite the hearings, presubmitted testimony shall be
23accepted into the record without the reading of the testimony
24at hearing, provided that the witness swears to the testimony
25and is available for questioning, and the Board must make
26every effort to conduct the proceedings expeditiously and

 

 

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1avoid duplication and extraneous material.
2        (1) The first hearing shall be held within 55 days of
3    receipt of the rule and shall be confined to testimony by
4    and questions of the Agency's witnesses concerning the
5    scope, applicability, and basis of the rule. Within 7 days
6    after the first hearing, any person may request that the
7    second hearing be held.
8            (A) If, after the first hearing, the Agency and
9        affected entities are in agreement on the rule, the
10        United States Environmental Protection Agency has not
11        informed the Board of any unresolved objection to the
12        rule, and no other interested party contests the rule
13        or asks for the opportunity to present additional
14        evidence, the Board may cancel the additional
15        hearings. When the Board adopts the final order under
16        these circumstances, it shall be based on the Agency's
17        proposal as agreed to by the parties.
18            (B) If, after the first hearing, the Agency and
19        affected entities are in agreement upon a portion of
20        the rule, the United States Environmental Protection
21        Agency has not informed the Board of any unresolved
22        objections to that agreed portion of the rule, and no
23        other interested party contests that agreed portion of
24        the rule or asks for the opportunity to present
25        additional evidence, the Board must proceed to the
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1        subsection (g) of this Section, but the hearing shall
2        be limited in scope to the unresolved portion of the
3        proposal. When the Board adopts the final order under
4        these circumstances, it shall be based on such portion
5        of the Agency's proposal as agreed to by the parties.
6        (2) The second hearing shall be scheduled to commence
7    within 30 days of the first day of the first hearing and
8    shall be devoted to presentation of testimony, documents,
9    and comments by affected entities and all other interested
10    parties.
11        (3) The third hearing shall be scheduled to commence
12    within 14 days after the first day of the second hearing
13    and shall be devoted solely to any Agency response to the
14    material submitted at the second hearing and to any
15    response by other parties. The third hearing shall be
16    cancelled if the Agency indicates to the Board that it
17    does not intend to introduce any additional material.
18    (g) In any fast-track rulemaking proceeding, the Board
19must accept evidence and comments on the economic impact of
20any provision of the rule and must consider the economic
21impact of the rule based on the record. The Board may order an
22economic impact study in a manner that will not prevent
23adoption of the rule within the time required by subsection
24(n) of this Section.
25    (h) In all fast-track rulemakings under this Section, the
26Board must take into account factors set forth in subsection

 

 

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1(a) of Section 27 of this Act.
2    (i) The Board must adopt rules in the fast-track
3rulemaking docket under the requirements of this Section that
4the CAAA requires to be adopted, and may consider a
5non-required rule in a second docket that shall proceed under
6Title VII of this Act.
7    (j) The Board is directed to take whatever measures are
8available to it to complete fast-track rulemaking as
9expeditiously as possible consistent with the need for careful
10consideration. These measures shall include, but not be
11limited to, having hearings transcribed on an expedited basis.
12    (k) Following the hearings, the Board must close the
13record 14 days after the availability of the transcript.
14    (l) The Board must not revise or otherwise change an
15Agency fast-track rulemaking proposal without agreement of the
16Agency until after the end of the hearing and comment period.
17Any revisions to an Agency proposal shall be based on the
18record of the proceeding.
19    (m) All rules adopted by the Board under this Section
20shall be based solely on the record before it.
21    (n) The Board must complete a fast-track rulemaking by
22adopting a second notice order no later than 130 days after
23receipt of the proposal if no third hearing is held and no
24later than 150 days if the third hearing is held. If the order
25includes a rule, the Illinois Board must file the rule for
26second notice under the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act

 

 

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1within 5 days after adoption of the order.
2    (o) Upon receipt of a statement of no objection to the rule
3from the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules, the Board
4must adopt the final order and submit the rule to the Secretary
5of State for publication and certification within 21 days.
6(Source: P.A. 101-645, eff. 6-26-20.)
 
7    (415 ILCS 5/56.2)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1056.2)
8    Sec. 56.2. Regulations.
9    (a) No later than July 1, 1993, the Board shall adopt
10regulations in accordance with Title VII of this Act
11prescribing design and operating standards and criteria for
12all potentially infectious medical waste treatment, storage,
13and transfer facilities. At a minimum, these regulations shall
14require treatment of potentially infectious medical waste at a
15facility that:
16        (1) eliminates the infectious potential of the waste;
17        (2) prevents compaction and rupture of containers
18    during handling operations;
19        (3) disposes of treatment residuals in accordance with
20    this Act and regulations adopted thereunder;
21        (4) provides for quality assurance programs;
22        (5) provides for periodic testing using biological
23    testing, where appropriate, that demonstrate proper
24    treatment of the waste;
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1    that potentially infectious medical waste has been
2    properly treated; and
3        (7) is in compliance with all Federal and State laws
4    and regulations pertaining to environmental protection.
5    (b) After the effective date of the Board regulations
6adopted under subsection (a), each applicant for a potentially
7infectious medical waste treatment permit shall prove that the
8facility will not cause a violation of the Act or of
9regulations adopted thereunder.
10    (c) No later than July 1, 1993, the Board shall adopt
11regulations in accordance with Title VII of this Act
12prescribing standards and criteria for transporting,
13packaging, segregating, labeling, and marking potentially
14infectious medical waste.
15    (d) In accord with Title VII of this Act, no later than
16January 1, 1992, the Board shall repeal Subpart I of 35 Ill.
17Adm. Code 809.
18    (e) No later than January 1, 1992, the Board shall adopt
19rules that are identical in substance to the list of etiologic
20agents identified as Class 4 agents as set forth in
21"Classification of Etiological Agents on the Basis of Hazard,
221974", published by the Centers for Disease Control. On and
23after the effective date of this amendatory act of the 102nd
24General Assembly, any person, including the Agency, may
25propose rules under Section 28 to amend If the Centers for
26Disease Control amends the listing of etiologic agents

 

 

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1identified as Class 4 agents. When proposing rules, the
2proponent may consult classifications published by the U.S.
3Department of Health and Human Services, "Guidelines for
4Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules" published by the
5National Institutes for Health, or "Biosafety in
6Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories" published by the
7Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The as set forth
8in "Classification of Etiological Agents on the Basis of
9Hazard, 1974", the Board shall take action on a proposal to
10amend the listing of Class 4 agents not later than 6 months
11after receiving it adopt rules that are identical in substance
12to the amended list within 180 days after the Centers for
13Disease Control's amendment. The provisions and requirements
14of Title VII of this Act shall not apply to rules adopted under
15this subsection (e). Section 5 of the Illinois Administrative
16Procedure Act relating to the procedures for rulemaking shall
17not apply to rules adopted under this subsection (e).
18    (f) In accord with Title VII of this Act, the Board may
19adopt regulations to promote the purposes of this Title. The
20regulations prescribed in subsection (a), (c), and (e) shall
21not limit the generality of this authority.
22(Source: P.A. 92-574, eff. 6-26-02.)
 
23    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
24becoming law.