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91_SB1088
LRB9102840LDpkA
1 AN ACT to amend the Environmental Protection Act by
2 adding Section 9.9.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended
6 by adding Section 9.9 as follows:
7 (415 ILCS 5/9.9 new)
8 Sec. 9.9. Nitrogen oxide trading system.
9 (a) The General Assembly finds:
10 (1) That reducing emissions of nitrogen oxides
11 (NOx) in the State may be necessary for attainment of the
12 national ambient air quality standards for ozone.
13 (2) That emissions trading is a cost-effective
14 means of obtaining reductions of NOx emissions.
15 (b) The Agency may propose rules to the Board addressing
16 the implementation of a nitrogen oxide trading system.
17 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
18 becoming law.