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| 1 | AN ACT concerning safety.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | adding Section 3.141 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (415 ILCS 5/3.141 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 3.141. Notice of power plant demolition. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) If a demolition is conducted at a coal-fueled power | ||||||
| 9 | plant, the owner of the coal-fueled power plant shall, at | ||||||
| 10 | least 60 days before commencing the demolition or as otherwise | ||||||
| 11 | required under State or federal law, notify the Agency and the | ||||||
| 12 | public about the demolition and provide the Agency and the | ||||||
| 13 | public with copies of any plans for the demolition. The notice | ||||||
| 14 | shall comply with the following: | ||||||
| 15 | (1) The notice must be provided, where applicable, in | ||||||
| 16 | both physical and online form in a newspaper of general | ||||||
| 17 | circulation within 25 miles of where the coal-fueled power | ||||||
| 18 | plant is located. The notice must also be posted in | ||||||
| 19 | physical form in 3 prominent public places and, where | ||||||
| 20 | applicable, posted on a relevant municipal website. | ||||||
| 21 | (2) The notice must include reference to any relevant | ||||||
| 22 | permits issued to the coal-fueled power plant in relation | ||||||
| 23 | to the demolition, with express instructions stating how | ||||||
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| 1 | to access a copy of the permits. | ||||||
| 2 | (3) The notice must include the following information: | ||||||
| 3 | (A) The date and time of any scheduled demolition | ||||||
| 4 | activity. | ||||||
| 5 | (B) The portion of the coal-fueled power plant | ||||||
| 6 | that is set for demolition. | ||||||
| 7 | (C) Any potential contaminants associated with the | ||||||
| 8 | demolition. | ||||||
| 9 | (D) The business name of any company that will | ||||||
| 10 | perform the demolition in whole or in part. | ||||||
| 11 | (E) Information on any applicable permits. | ||||||
| 12 | (F) Whether any unlined CCR surface impoundment or | ||||||
| 13 | public water source is near the coal-fueled power | ||||||
| 14 | plant. | ||||||
| 15 | (G) Details of the preventative measures | ||||||
| 16 | implemented by the coal-fueled power plant to control, | ||||||
| 17 | mitigate, or prevent any pollution from occurring. | ||||||
| 18 | (b) In this Section, "public" means the population of a | ||||||
| 19 | town, village, or city in the State of Illinois that is within | ||||||
| 20 | 25 miles of a coal-fueled power plant at which demolition is to | ||||||
| 21 | be conducted.
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| 22 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 23 | becoming law.
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