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SB2643 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


 


 
94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB2643

 

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

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
415 ILCS 5/25a-1   from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1025a-1
415 ILCS 5/25b   from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1025b

    Amends the Environmental Protection Act to reflect the Illinois Emergency Management Agency's assumption of duties assigned to IEMA'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 Environmental Protection Act is amended by
5 changing Sections 25a-1 and 25b as follows:
 
6     (415 ILCS 5/25a-1)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1025a-1)
7     Sec. 25a-1. At least 60 days before beginning the
8 decommissioning of any nuclear power plant located in this
9 State, the owner or operator of the plant shall file, for
10 information purposes only, a copy of the decommissioning plan
11 for the plant with the Environmental Protection Agency and a
12 copy with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Department
13 of Nuclear Safety.
14 (Source: P.A. 86-901.)
 
15     (415 ILCS 5/25b)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1025b)
16     Sec. 25b. Any person, corporation or public authority
17 intending to construct a nuclear steam-generating facility or a
18 nuclear fuel reprocessing plant shall file with the Illinois
19 Emergency Management Agency Department of Nuclear Safety an
20 environmental feasibility report which incorporates the data
21 provided in the preliminary safety analysis required to be
22 filed with the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The
23 Board may by rule prescribe the form of such report. The Board
24 shall have the power to adopt standards to protect the health,
25 safety and welfare of the citizens of Illinois from the hazards
26 of radiation to the extent that such powers are not preempted
27 under the federal constitution.
28 (Source: P.A. 87-292.)
 
29     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
30 becoming law.