House Sponsors: NOVAK. Senate Sponsors: RAUSCHENBERGER Short description: EPA-POLL CONTRL FACIL-PERMIT Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that a subsequent owner of a new pollution control facility is not required to submit proof that the location of the facility has been approved pursuant to the local siting review process if the location has already been approved by a local siting body, the Pollution Control Board, or a court of competent jurisdiction prior to the transfer of ownership to the subsequent owner. FISCAL NOTE (Pollution Control Bd.) HB 767 is not expected to significantly increase the number of appeals the Board will hear in any given fiscal year; any additional appeals can be handled with current resources. FISCAL NOTE, AMENDED (Environmental Protection Agency) No fiscal impact on IEPA. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Adds reference to: 415 ILCS 5/39.2 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1039.2 Replaces the title and everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that local siting appproval is transferrable to a subsequent owner or operator. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to evaluate the prior experience in waste management of a prospective operator of a waste transfer station or incinerator facility before issuing a permit to the prospective operator. Requires the Agency to evaluate the waste management history of the subsequent owner of a facility, that has already been subject to local siting review, before issuing a permit to the subsequent owner. Adds immediate effective date. STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE In the opinion of DCCA, HB767 fails to create a State mandate. STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE, H-am 1 In the opinion of DCCA, HB767, as amended by Amendment 1, fails to create a State mandate under the State Mandates Act. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2. Specifies that the Environmental Protection Agency may grant a development or construction permit on application by the subsequent owner of a facility for which local siting approval was granted to the prior owner. Makes stylistic changes. Provides that a subsequent owner of a pollution control facility, upon application for an Environmental Protection Agency permit, shall notify the county board or governing body of the municipality that granted approval for the facility and any party to the original siting proceeding. Requires the Agency to conduct an evaluation of a prospective operator's prior waste management experience in the case of a sanitary landfill, waste treatment facility, and waste storage site. GOVERNOR'S AMENDATORY VETO MESSAGE Recommends the retention of the provision of the Environmental Protection Act requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to eval- uate the prior waste management experience of a prospective owner or operator of a waste transportation operation before it issues an RCRA or any permit to the prospective owner. Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0537 Last action date: 97-11-26 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 2 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status