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 1        AN ACT relating to facility planning areas.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  1.  Short  title.   This Act may be cited as the
 5    Facility Planning Area Rules Act.

 6        Section 5.  Definitions.  For the purposes of this Act:
 7        "Facility planning area" means  an  area  as  defined  in
 8    paragraph 2.33 of the Illinois Water Quality Management Plan.
 9        "Resource  protection  plan"  is  any  plan  adopted by a
10    public agency that includes goals, policies, strategies,  and
11    procedures   for  preserving  key  farmland,  natural  areas,
12    cultural resources, or aquatic resources.

13        Section 10.  Rules.  Within one year of the enactment  of
14    this  Act, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency shall
15    propose rules that set forth procedures for  Agency  approval
16    of  facility  planning  area amendments that provide that the
17    Agency shall do the following:
18             (a)  approve amendments only when they:
19                  (1)  are consistent with (i) the provisions  of
20             the  Illinois  Water Quality Management Plan and its
21             recommended ordinances for nonpoint source   control
22             including,   but  not  limited  to,  provisions  and
23             ordinances  related  to  construction  site  runoff,
24             urban runoff, and  hydrographic  modification;  (ii)
25             the Illinois Nonpoint Source Management Program; and
26             (iii) antidegradation criteria; and
27                  (2)  do  not  cause or contribute to violations
28             of water quality standards; and
29             (b)  consider local, county, and regional  land  use
30        plans  and resource protection plans. The Agency may deny
 
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 1        facility planning area amendments that  are  inconsistent
 2        with a local or regional comprehensive plan or a resource
 3        protection plan.

 4        Section  90.  Repealer.   This Act is repealed on January
 5    1, 2007.

 6        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
 7    becoming law.

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