Bill Amendment: IL HB2958 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: EPA-COAL TAR BAN
Status: 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB2958 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB2958-House_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: EPA-COAL TAR BAN
Status: 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB2958 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB2958-House_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2958
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2958 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by | ||||||
5 | adding Section 52.6 as follows:
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6 | (415 ILCS 5/52.6 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 52.6. Coal tar and high PAH sealant use and sale | ||||||
8 | prohibited. | ||||||
9 | (a) As used in this Section: | ||||||
10 | "Coal tar sealant product" means a surface applied sealing | ||||||
11 | product containing any amount of coal tar, coal tar pitch, coal | ||||||
12 | tar pitch volatiles, or any variation assigned the Chemical | ||||||
13 | Abstracts Service (CAS) numbers 65996-93-2, 65996-89-6, or | ||||||
14 | 8007-45-2. | ||||||
15 | "High PAH sealant product" means a surface applied sealing | ||||||
16 | product that contains greater than 0.1% polycyclic aromatic |
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1 | hydrocarbons (PAHs) by weight, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
2 | coal tar pitch volatiles, tar, fuel oil, petroleum, or asphalt. | ||||||
3 | (b) On and after January 1, 2018, no person may knowingly | ||||||
4 | cause or allow sale at wholesale or retail of a coal tar | ||||||
5 | sealant product or high PAH sealant product. | ||||||
6 | (c) On and after July 1, 2019, no person may knowingly | ||||||
7 | cause or allow application of a coal tar sealant product or | ||||||
8 | high PAH sealant product on any surface, except for highway | ||||||
9 | structures, in the State of Illinois, including, but not | ||||||
10 | limited to, a driveway, parking area, playground, sidewalk, | ||||||
11 | bike trail or roadway. | ||||||
12 | (d) A municipality or county may adopt ordinances providing | ||||||
13 | for enforcement of the requirements of subsections (b) or (c) | ||||||
14 | of this Section with penalties as provided in subsection (e). A | ||||||
15 | municipality or county adopting an ordinance under this | ||||||
16 | subsection (d) has jurisdiction concurrent with the Agency to | ||||||
17 | enforce this Section. | ||||||
18 | (e) Any violation of this Section shall be enforceable by | ||||||
19 | administrative citation. Penalties under this Section may not | ||||||
20 | exceed $1,000 for the first offense and $5,000 for the second | ||||||
21 | offense.
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22 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
23 | becoming law.".
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