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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3014
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 3014, by replacing
3 the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT concerning radioactive materials."; and
5 before Section 5, by inserting the following:
6 "Section 3. The Radiation Protection Act of 1990 is
7 amended by changing Section 3 and by adding Section 49 as
8 follows:
9 (420 ILCS 40/3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 210-3)
10 (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2011)
11 Sec. 3. Purpose. It is the purpose of this Act to
12 effectuate the policies set forth in Section 2 by providing
13 for:
14 (1) a program of effective regulation of radiation
15 sources for the protection of human health, welfare and
16 safety;
17 (2) a program to promote an orderly regulatory pattern
18 within the State, among the States and between the Federal
19 Government and the State and facilitate intergovernmental
20 cooperation with respect to use and regulation of sources of
21 ionizing radiation to the end that duplication of regulation
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1 may be minimized;
2 (3) a program to establish procedures for assumption and
3 performance of certain regulatory responsibilities with
4 respect to by-product, source and special nuclear materials;
5 and
6 (4) a program to permit maximum utilization of sources
7 of ionizing radiation consistent with the health and safety
8 of the public; and.
9 (5) a cost-effective remediation that is protective of
10 the public health of the sites designated as the Ottawa
11 radiation sites on the National Priorities List under the
12 federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation
13 and Liability Act of 1980, as amended.
14 (Source: P.A. 86-1341.)
15 (420 ILCS 40/49 new)
16 Sec. 49. Remediation of Ottawa radiation sites. In
17 order to accomplish a cost-effective remediation that is
18 protective of the public health, the Department shall have
19 the following powers regarding the sites designated as the
20 Ottawa radiation sites on the National Priorities List under
21 the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response,
22 Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended:
23 (1) to cooperate with and receive the assistance of
24 other State agencies including, but not limited to, the
25 Illinois Attorney General, the Department of Natural
26 Resources, the Department of Transportation, and the
27 Environmental Protection Agency;
28 (2) to enter into contracts; and
29 (3) to accept by gift, donation, or bequest and to
30 purchase any interests in lands, buildings, grounds, and
31 rights-of-way in, around, or adjacent to the Ottawa
32 radiation sites and, upon completion of remediation, to
33 transfer property to the Department of Natural
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1 Resources.".