104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB2180
 
Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Linda Holmes
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
220 ILCS 20/13 new
    Amends the Illinois Gas Pipeline Safety Act. Provides that any person who has received a permit from the United States Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration or the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission must submit a copy of the permit to the Illinois Commerce Commission within 2 weeks of the approval of the permit. Provides that the copy of the permit shall be publicly available on the Illinois Commerce Commission's website. Provides that any person who intends to engage in the transportation of gas via a pipeline facility or who owns or operates pipeline facilities shall file with the Illinois Commerce Commission a notice prior to the construction of a pipeline facility which shall be publicly available on the Commission's website. Sets forth requirements for the content of the notice. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR
 
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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Gas Pipeline Safety Act is amended 
5by adding Section 13 as follows:
 
6    (220 ILCS 20/13 new)
7    Sec. 13. Permits; pipeline facility construction notice.
8    (a) On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act 
9of the 104th General Assembly, any person who has received a 
10permit from the United States Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 
11Safety Administration or the Federal Energy Regulatory 
12Commission must submit a copy of the permit to the Illinois 
13Commerce Commission within 2 weeks of the approval of the 
14permit. The copy of the permit shall be publicly available on 
15the Illinois Commerce Commission's website.
16    (b) On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act 
17of the 104th General Assembly, any person who intends to 
18engage in the transportation of gas via a pipeline facility or 
19who owns or operates pipeline facilities shall file with the 
20Illinois Commerce Commission a notice prior to the 
21construction of a pipeline facility which shall be publicly 
22available on the Commission's website. The notice shall 
23satisfy the requirements of Section 15 of the Pipeline Safety 
 
 
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1Improvement Act (49 U.S.C. 60132), including:
2        (1) geospatial data appropriate for use in the 
3    National Pipeline Mapping System or data in a format that 
4    can be readily converted to geospatial data;
5        (2) the name and address of the person with primary 
6    operational control to be identified as the facility's 
7    operator;
8        (3) a means for a member of the public to contact the 
9    operator for additional information about the pipeline 
10    facilities the operator operates; and
11        (4) any other geospatial or technical data, including 
12    design and material specifications, that the Commission 
13    determines are necessary to carry out the purposes of this 
14    Section.
15    The Commission shall give reasonable notice to operators 
16of the data that is requested under this subsection.
 
17    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
18becoming law.