Sen. Martin A. Sandoval

Filed: 3/3/2010

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3227

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3227 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
5 adding Section 9.14 as follows:
 
6     (415 ILCS 5/9.14 new)
7     Sec. 9.14. Emission measurement requirements.
8     (a) As used in this Section:
9         "Affected source" means any electric generating unit
10     that combusts coal in an amount greater than 10% of its
11     total heat input on a rolling 12 month basis.
12         "Continuous emission monitoring system" means the
13     total equipment necessary for the determination of a gas or
14     particulate matter concentration or emission rate using
15     pollutant analyzer measurements and a conversion equation,
16     graph, or computer program to produce results in units of

 

 

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1     the applicable emission limitation or standard.
2         "Electric generating unit" has the same meaning
3     ascribed to that term in 35 Ill. Adm. Code 225.130.
4         "Particulate matter" means any solid or liquid
5     material, other than water, which exists in finely divided
6     form.
7         "Particulate matter standard" means any State statute
8     or rule that imposes any particulate matter emissions
9     limit.
10     (b) The owner or operator of an affected source or sources
11 must demonstrate compliance with any particulate matter
12 standard through the use of a continuous emission monitoring
13 system.".