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| Public Act 100-0499 | ||||
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Flue | ||||
Gas Desulfurization (FGD) Task Force Act. | ||||
Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: | ||||
"FGD" means flue gas desulfurization and other | ||||
technologies that can be used to lower sulfur dioxide | ||||
emissions. | ||||
"Task Force" means the FGD Task Force
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Section 10. The FGD Task Force. | ||||
(a) The FGD Task Force is hereby created to increase the | ||||
amount of Illinois Basin coal use in generation units. The FGD | ||||
Task Force shall identify and evaluate the costs, benefits, and | ||||
barriers of new and modified FGD, or other post-combustion | ||||
sulfur dioxide emission control technologies, and other | ||||
capital improvements, that would be necessary for generation | ||||
units to comply with the sulfur dioxide National Ambient Air | ||||
Quality Standards (NAAQS) while improving the ability of those | ||||
generation units to meet the effluent limitation guidelines | ||||
(ELGs) for wastewater discharges and enhancing the | ||||
marketability of the generation units' FGD byproducts. | ||||
(b) The membership of the Task Force shall be as follows: | ||
(1) Two members of the Senate appointed by the | ||
President of the Senate. | ||
(2) Two members of the Senate appointed by the Minority | ||
Leader of the Senate.
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(3) Two members of the House of appointed by the | ||
Speaker of the House of Representatives. | ||
(4) Two members of the House of Representatives | ||
appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of | ||
Representatives. | ||
(5) Three members appointed by the Governor, two with | ||
expertise in Illinois coal, coal mining, emission | ||
reduction, or energy production; and one representative of | ||
an electricity generator that owns multiple coal-fueled | ||
electric generation plants with FGD or similar | ||
technologies. | ||
(6) The Director of Natural Resources, or his or her | ||
designee. | ||
(7) The Director of the Environmental Protection | ||
Agency, or his or her designee. | ||
(c) Task Force members shall serve without compensation but | ||
shall be reimbursed for travel expenses incurred in performing | ||
their duties. | ||
(d) The Task Force shall report their findings and | ||
recommendations to the General Assembly by December 31, 2017.
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Section 15. Administrative support. The Department of | ||
Natural Resources and the Illinois Environmental Protection | ||
Agency shall provide administrative and other support to the | ||
Task Force. | ||
Section 20. Repeal. This Act is repealed on January 1, | ||
2019.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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