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1 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
2 CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT
3 ON HOUSE BILL 1230
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6 To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the
7 House of Representatives:
8 We, the conference committee appointed to consider the
9 differences between the houses in relation to Senate
10 Amendment No. 1 to House Bill 1230, recommend the following:
11 (1) that the Senate recede from Senate Amendment No. 1;
12 and
13 (2) that House Bill 1230 be amended by replacing
14 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
15 "Section 5. The Interstate Ozone Transport Oversight Act
16 is amended by changing Sections 10, 20, and 25 as follows:
17 (415 ILCS 130/10)
18 Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
19 "Act" means the Interstate Ozone Transport Oversight Act.
20 "Alternate strategies" means any alternate strategies
21 which could reasonably be utilized by the State of Illinois,
22 in lieu of or in combination with the strategies identified
23 in any proposed memorandum of understanding or other
24 agreement developed by the Ozone Transport Assessment Group,
25 in its efforts to achieve the national ambient air quality
26 standard for ozone.
27 "Board" means the Pollution Control Board.
28 "Director" means the Director of the Illinois
29 Environmental Protection Agency.
30 "House Committee" means the Illinois House of
31 Representatives Committee on Energy and the Environment.
32 "House of Representatives" means the Illinois House of
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1 Representatives.
2 "Memorandum of understanding" means a memorandum of
3 understanding or any other agreement by the Ozone Transport
4 Assessment Group potentially requiring the State of Illinois
5 to undertake emission reductions in addition to those
6 specified in the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.
7 "Ozone Transport Assessment Group" means the national
8 work group formed to conduct a national assessment of and
9 develop a consensus solution to the ozone formation and
10 transport phenomena, including a proposal for national and
11 regional control strategies aimed at achieving reductions of
12 ozone and ozone precursor concentrations.
13 "Senate" means the Illinois Senate.
14 "Senate Committee" means the Illinois Senate Committee on
15 Energy and the Environment.
16 "Senate President" means the President of the Illinois
17 Senate.
18 "Speaker of the House" means the Speaker of the Illinois
19 House of Representatives.
20 "State Implementation Plan" means an Illinois state
21 implementation plan for ozone attainment prepared pursuant to
22 Section 110 of the federal Clean Air Act.
23 (Source: P.A. 89-566, eff. 7-26-96.)
24 (415 ILCS 130/20)
25 Sec. 20. Legislative referral and public hearings.
26 (a) Not later than 10 days after the development of any
27 proposed memorandum of understanding by the Ozone Transport
28 Assessment Group potentially requiring the State of Illinois
29 to undertake emission reductions in addition to those
30 specified by the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, or
31 subsequent to the issuance of a request made by the United
32 States Environmental Protection Agency on or after June 1,
33 1997 for submission of a State Implementation Plan for
34 Illinois relating to ozone attainment and before submission
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1 of the Plan, the Director shall submit the proposed
2 memorandum of understanding or State Implementation Plan to
3 the House Committee and the Senate Committee for their
4 consideration. At that time, the Director shall also submit
5 information detailing any alternate strategies.
6 (b) To assist the legislative review required by this
7 Act, the Department of Natural Resources and the Department
8 of Commerce and Community Affairs shall conduct a joint study
9 of the impacts on the State's economy which may result from
10 implementation of the emission reduction strategies contained
11 within any proposed memorandum of understanding or State
12 Implementation Plan relating to ozone and from implementation
13 of any alternate strategies. The study shall include, but
14 not be limited to, the impacts on economic development,
15 employment, utility costs and rates, personal income, and
16 industrial competitiveness which may result from
17 implementation of the emission reduction strategies contained
18 within any proposed memorandum of agreement or State
19 Implementation Plan relating to ozone and from implementation
20 of any alternate strategies. The study shall be submitted to
21 the House Committee and Senate Committee not less than 10
22 days prior to any scheduled hearing conducted pursuant to
23 subsection (c) of this Section.
24 (c) Upon receipt of the information required by
25 subsections (a) and (b) of this Section, the House Committee
26 and Senate Committee shall each convene one or more public
27 hearings to receive comments from agencies of government and
28 other interested parties on the memorandum of understanding's
29 or State Implementation Plan's prospective economic and
30 environmental impacts, including its impacts on energy use,
31 economic development, utility costs and rates, and
32 competitiveness. Additionally, comments shall be received on
33 the prospective economic and environmental impacts, including
34 impacts on energy use, economic development, utility costs
35 and rates, and competitiveness, which may result from
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1 implementation of any alternate strategies.
2 (Source: P.A. 89-566, eff. 7-26-96.)
3 (415 ILCS 130/25)
4 Sec. 25. Findings and recommendations to the Governor.
5 (a) Upon completion of the public hearings conducted
6 pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 20 15, the House
7 Committee and Senate Committee shall each prepare a report
8 containing its findings and recommendations concerning the
9 proposed memorandum of understanding or State Implementation
10 Plan and alternate strategies. The reports shall also
11 contain findings and recommendations concerning the relative
12 net costs and net benefits which might result from
13 implementation of the emission reduction strategies
14 identified in the memorandum of understanding or State
15 Implementation Plan, contrasted with those that might result
16 from implementation of the alternate strategies. The
17 recommendations may include suggested modifications to the
18 terms or applicability of the memorandum of understanding or
19 State Implementation Plan.
20 (b) Upon completion of the reports, the House Committee
21 and Senate Committee shall forward the reports to the Speaker
22 of the House and the Senate President, respectively.
23 (c) Upon receipt of the reports submitted pursuant to
24 subsection (b) of this Section, the Speaker of the House and
25 the Senate President shall forward the reports to the
26 Governor for his or her further consideration or action that
27 may be warranted.
28 (d) In the absence of a resolution or other act of the
29 Illinois General Assembly approving a State Implementation
30 Plan for Illinois relating to ozone, the Director of the
31 Illinois Environmental Protection Agency shall not submit to
32 the United States Environmental Protection Agency a State
33 Implementation Plan relating to ozone attainment that would
34 impose emission controls in Illinois more stringent than
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1 necessary for Illinois to demonstrate attainment with a
2 national ambient air quality standard for ozone, unless it
3 can be shown (i) that man-made emissions from man-made
4 sources located within Illinois contribute significantly to
5 nonattainment or inability to maintain an ozone standard in
6 another nonattaining state and (ii) that feasible emission
7 reductions in the other nonattaining state, absent the more
8 stringent emission controls in Illinois, would not permit
9 that state to demonstrate attainment and maintenance of the
10 national ambient air quality standard for ozone.
11 (Source: P.A. 89-566, eff. 7-26-96.)
12 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
13 becoming law.".
14 Submitted on , 1997.
15 ______________________________ _____________________________
16 Senator Luechtefeld Representative Phelps
17 ______________________________ _____________________________
18 Senator Mahar Representative Novak
19 ______________________________ _____________________________
20 Senator Donahue Representative Hannig
21 ______________________________ _____________________________
22 Senator Farley Representative Churchill
23 ______________________________ _____________________________
24 Senator Trotter Representative Bost
25 Committee for the Senate Committee for the House