House Sponsors: SLONE-LINDNER-WINTERS, HOEFT, KURTZ, SCOTT AND COULSON. Senate Sponsors: PETERSON-SULLIVAN-MADIGAN,L-PARKER-GEO-KARIS Short description: SEWER FACLTY EXPANSN GUIDELNS Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Requires the Agency to propose rules to the Board concerning the water quality impact for facility planning area enlargements. Effective immediately. FISCAL NOTE (Environmental Protection Agency) The degree of effort on the part of the review authority and the participants as well as the cost of compliance, research, and plan development are uncertain at this point. EPA will be required to write and pursue Board rules under HB 604. Current expenditures for areawide agencies are provided through federal funds and set aside for FPA activities as currently prescribed. Upon passage of HB 604, additional appropriations would need to be appropriated to these areawide agencies through the IEPA. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Deletes reference to: 415 ILCS 5/12.5 new Adds reference to: New Act Creates the Facility Planning Area Rules Act. Requires the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to propose rules and procedures for facility planning area amendments. Gives guidelines for the proposed rules and procedures. Effective immediately. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2. Changes the Agency's consideration of local and regional comprehensive plans to consideration of local, county, and regional land use plans. Repeals the Facility Planning Area Rules Act on January 1, 2007. FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 1 (Environmental Protection Agency) The Illinois EPA estimates that the enactment of HB 604 will require approximately $30,000 in FY02 to cover costs associated with rule making. In addition, the Agency estimates that the workload associated with FPA amendment reviews will increase by approximately 50 percent. In FY03, the Agency will need one additional headcount, at a cost of approximately $60,000. This position is necessary to perform outreach activities and to begin implementation of the adopted rules. In FY04, the Agency will require a second headcount at a cost of approximately $60,000 to assist with the increased workload associated with additional reviews of local ordinances, regional/county/city plans, land use ordinances. Also in FY04, the Agency antici- pates that the three planning commissions that conduct the primary FPA reviews will realize an increase in workload and may require additional funding to perform the expanded reviews. The Agency also anticipates increased legal costs associated with appeals. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Deletes everything but the short title. Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: JAN-07-2003 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 2 SENATE - 1 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status