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92_HB0344
LRB9203667LBgc
1 AN ACT in relation to environmental safety.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended
5 by changing Section 9.2 as follows:
6 (415 ILCS 5/9.2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1009.2)
7 Sec. 9.2. Sulfur dioxide emission standards; review;
8 amendments.
9 (a) The Agency shall review all Illinois sulfur dioxide
10 emission standards for existing fuel combustion stationary
11 emission sources located within the Chicago, St. Louis
12 (Illinois), and Peoria major metropolitan areas and, if
13 appropriate following such review, propose amendments to such
14 standards to the Board by July 1, 1980, or within 90 days of
15 receipt of the initial reports required pursuant to Section
16 6.1 of this Act, whichever is later. The standards proposed
17 by the Agency shall be designed to enhance the use of
18 Illinois coal, consistent with the need to attain and
19 maintain the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for
20 sulfur dioxide and particulate matter.
21 (b) In granting any alternative emission standard or
22 variance relating to sulfur dioxide emissions from a
23 coal-burning stationary source, the Board may require the use
24 of Illinois coal as a condition of such alternative standard
25 or variance, provided that the Board determines that Illinois
26 coal of the proper quality is available and competitive in
27 price; such determination shall include consideration of the
28 cost of pollution control equipment and the economic impact
29 on the Illinois coal mining industry.
30 (Source: P.A. 84-585.)