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| Public Act 095-0066 |
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AN ACT concerning safety.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by | ||||
changing Section 13.6 as follows: | ||||
(415 ILCS 5/13.6) | ||||
Sec. 13.6. Release of
radionuclides at nuclear power | ||||
plants. | ||||
(a) The purpose of this Section is to require the detection | ||||
and reporting of unpermitted releases of any
radionuclides into | ||||
groundwater, surface water, or soil at nuclear power plants, to | ||||
the extent that federal law or regulation does not preempt such | ||||
requirements. | ||||
(b) No owner or operator of a nuclear power plant shall | ||||
violate any rule adopted under this Section. | ||||
(c) Within 24 hours after an unpermitted release of a
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radionuclide from a nuclear power plant, the owner or operator | ||||
of the nuclear power plant where the release occurred shall | ||||
report the release to the Agency and the Illinois Emergency | ||||
Management Agency. For purposes of this Section, "unpermitted | ||||
release of a
radionuclide" means any spilling, leaking, | ||||
emitting, discharging, escaping, leaching, or disposing of a
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radionuclide into groundwater, surface water, or soil that is | ||||
not permitted under State or federal law or regulation. | ||
(d) The Agency and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency | ||
shall inspect each nuclear power plant for compliance with the | ||
requirements of this Section and rules adopted pursuant to this | ||
Section no less than once each calendar quarter. Nothing in | ||
this Section shall limit the Agency's authority to make | ||
inspections under Section 4 or any other provision of this Act. | ||
(e) No later than one year after the effective date of this | ||
amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, the Agency, in | ||
consultation with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, | ||
shall propose rules to the Board prescribing standards for | ||
detecting and reporting unpermitted releases of
radionuclides. | ||
No later than one year after receipt of the Agency's proposal, | ||
the Board shall adopt rules prescribing standards for detecting | ||
and reporting unpermitted releases of
radionuclides. Rules | ||
adopted under this subsection may also include standards for | ||
self-inspection by the owner or operator of the nuclear power | ||
plant in lieu of the inspections required under subsection (d) | ||
of this Section.
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(Source: P.A. 94-849, eff. 6-12-06.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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