94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB2646

 

Introduced 1/20/2006, by Sen. Susan Garrett

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
420 ILCS 37/5
420 ILCS 37/10
420 ILCS 37/15

    Amends the Radioactive Waste Tracking and Permitting Act to reflect the Illinois Emergency Management Agency's assumption of duties assigned to the Agency's predecessor, the Department of Nuclear Safety. 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,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Radioactive Waste Tracking and Permitting
5 Act is amended by changing Sections 5, 10, and 15 as follows:
 
6     (420 ILCS 37/5)
7     Sec. 5. Legislative findings.
8     (a) The General Assembly finds:
9         (1) that a considerable volume of wastes are produced
10     in this State with even greater volumes to be produced in
11     the future;
12         (2) that these wastes pose a significant risk to the
13     public health, safety and welfare of the people of
14     Illinois; and
15         (3) that it is the obligation of the State of Illinois
16     to its citizens to provide for the safe management of the
17     wastes produced within its borders.
18     (b) It is the intent of this Act to authorize the
19 Department of Nuclear Safety or its successor agency, the
20 Illinois Emergency Management Agency, to establish, by
21 regulation, a tracking system for the regulation of the use of
22 facilities licensed under Section 8 of the Illinois Low-Level
23 Radioactive Waste Management Act.
24 (Source: P.A. 88-616, eff. 9-9-94.)
 
25     (420 ILCS 37/10)
26     Sec. 10. Definitions.
27     (a) "Agency" means the Illinois Emergency Management
28 Agency. "Department" means the Department of Nuclear Safety.
29     (b) (Blank). "Director" means the Director of the
30 Department of Nuclear Safety.
31     (c) "Disposal" means the isolation of waste from the

 

 

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1 biosphere in a permanent facility designed for that purpose.
2     (d) "Facility" means a parcel of land or a site, together
3 with structures, equipment, and improvements on or appurtenant
4 to the land or site, that is used or is being developed for the
5 treatment, storage, or disposal of low-level radioactive
6 waste.
7     (e) "Low-level radioactive waste" or "waste" means
8 radioactive waste not classified as (1) high-level radioactive
9 waste, (2) transuranic waste, (3) spent nuclear fuel, or (4)
10 by-product material as defined in Section 11e(2) of the Atomic
11 Energy Act. This definition shall apply notwithstanding any
12 declaration by the federal government or a state that any
13 radioactive material is exempt from any regulatory control.
14     (f) "Person" means an individual, corporation, business
15 enterprise, or other legal entity, public or private, or any
16 legal successor, representative, agent, or agency of that
17 individual, corporation, business enterprise, or legal entity.
18     (g) "Regional facility" or "disposal facility" means a
19 facility that is located in Illinois and established by
20 Illinois, under designation of Illinois as a host state by the
21 Commission for disposal of waste.
22     (h) "Storage" means the temporary holding of waste for
23 treatment or disposal for a period determined by Agency
24 Department regulations.
25     (i) "Treatment" means any method, technique, or process,
26 including storage for radioactive decay, that is designed to
27 change the physical, chemical, or biological characteristics
28 or composition of any waste in order to render the waste safer
29 for transport, storage, or disposal, amenable to recovery,
30 convertible to another usable material, or reduced in volume.
31 (Source: P.A. 88-616, eff. 9-9-94.)
 
32     (420 ILCS 37/15)
33     Sec. 15. Permit requirements for the storage, treatment,
34 and disposal of waste at a disposal facility.
35     (a) Upon adoption of regulations under subsection (c) of

 

 

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1 this Section, no person shall deposit any low-level radioactive
2 waste at a storage, treatment, or disposal facility in Illinois
3 licensed under Section 8 of the Illinois Low-Level Radioactive
4 Waste Management Act without a permit granted by the Department
5 of Nuclear Safety or by its successor agency, the Illinois
6 Emergency Management Agency.
7     (b) Upon adoption of regulations under subsection (c) of
8 this Section, no person shall operate a storage, treatment, or
9 disposal facility licensed under Section 8 of the Illinois
10 Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Act without a permit
11 granted by the Department of Nuclear Safety or by its successor
12 agency, the Illinois Emergency Management Agency.
13     (c) The Agency Department of Nuclear Safety shall adopt
14 regulations providing for the issuance, suspension, and
15 revocation of permits required under subsections (a) and (b) of
16 this Section. The regulations may provide a system for tracking
17 low-level radioactive waste to ensure that waste that other
18 states are responsible for disposing of under federal law does
19 not become the responsibility of the State of Illinois. The
20 regulations shall be consistent with the Federal Hazardous
21 Materials Transportation Act.
22     (d) The Agency Department may enter into a contract or
23 contracts for operation of the system for tracking low-level
24 radioactive waste as provided in subsection (c) of this
25 Section.
26     (e) A person who violates this Section or any regulation
27 promulgated under this Section shall be subject to a civil
28 penalty, not to exceed $10,000, for each violation. Each day a
29 violation continues shall constitute a separate offense. A
30 person who fails to pay a civil penalty imposed by a regulation
31 adopted under this Section, or any portion of the penalty, is
32 liable in a civil action in an amount not to exceed 4 times the
33 amount imposed and not paid. At the request of the Agency
34 Department, the Attorney General shall, on behalf of the State,
35 bring an action for the recovery of any civil penalty provided
36 for by this Section. Any civil penalties so recovered shall be

 

 

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1 deposited in the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Facility Closure,
2 Post-Closure Care and Compensation Fund.
3 (Source: P.A. 88-616, eff. 9-9-94.)
 
4     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5 becoming law.