Bill Text: IL HB3414 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Chemical Safety Act. Repeals a provision that requires the Illinois Department of Employment Security to annually provide the Illinois Emergency Management Agency with a list of regulated facilities that are covered by certain Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB3414 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB3414-Introduced.html

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 HB3414 Introduced , by Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
430 ILCS 45/3 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 953
Amends the Illinois Chemical Safety Act. Repeals a provision that requires the Illinois Department of Employment Security to annually provide the Illinois Emergency Management Agency with a list of regulated facilities that are covered by certain Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes.
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AN ACT concerning safety.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Chemical Safety Act is amended by
changing Section 3 as follows:
(430 ILCS 45/3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 953)
Sec. 3. Definitions. For the purposes of this Act:
"Agency" means the Illinois Environmental Protection
Agency.
"Business" means any individual, partnership, corporation,
or association in the State engaged in a business operation
that has 5 or more full-time employees, or 20 or more part-time
employees, and that is properly assigned or included within one
of the following Standard Industrial Classifications (SIC), as
designated in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual
prepared by the Federal Office of Management and Budget:
2295 Coated fabrics, not rubberized;
2491 Wood preserving;
2671 Packaging paper and plastics film, coated and
laminated;
2672 Coated and laminated paper, not elsewhere classified;
2812 Alkalies and chlorine;
2813 Industrial gases;

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2819 Industrial inorganic chemicals, not elsewhere
classified;
2821 Plastic materials, synthetic resins, and
non-vulcanizable elastomers;
2834 Pharmaceutical preparations;
2842 Specialty cleaning, polishing and sanitation
preparations;
2851 Paints, varnishes, lacquers, enamels, and allied
products;
2865 Cyclic (coal tar) crudes, and cyclic intermediaries,
dyes and organic pigments (lakes and toners);
2869 Industrial organic chemicals, not elsewhere
classified;
2873 Nitrogenous fertilizer;
2874 Phosphatic fertilizers;
2879 Pesticides and agricultural chemicals, not elsewhere
classified;
2891 Adhesives and sealants;
2892 Explosives;
2911 Petroleum refining;
2952 Asphalt felts and coatings;
2999 Products of petroleum and coal, not elsewhere
classified;
3081 Unsupported plastics, film and sheet;
3082 Unsupported plastics profile shapes;
3083 Laminated plastics plate, sheet and profile shapes;

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3084 Plastic pipe;
3085 Plastic bottles;
3086 Plastic foam products;
3087 Custom compounding of purchased plastic resin;
3088 Plastic plumbing fixtures;
3089 Plastic products, not elsewhere classified;
3111 Leather tanning and finishing;
3339 Primary smelting and refining of nonferrous metals,
except copper and aluminum;
3432 Plumbing fixture fittings and trim;
3471 Electroplating, plating, polishing, anodizing and
coloring;
4953 Refuse systems;
5085 Industrial supplies;
5162 Plastic materials and basic forms and shapes;
5169 Chemicals and allied products, not elsewhere
classified;
5171 Petroleum bulk stations and terminals;
5172 Petroleum and petroleum products, wholesalers, except
bulk stations and terminals.
For the purposes of this Act, the SIC Code that a business
uses for determining its coverage under The Unemployment
Insurance Act shall be the SIC Code for determining the
applicability of this Act. On an annual basis, the Department
of Employment Security shall provide the IEMA with a list of
those regulated facilities covered by the above mentioned SIC

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codes.
"Business" also means any facility not covered by the above
SIC codes that is subject to the provisions of Section 302 of
the federal Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
of 1986 and that is found by the Agency to use, store, or
manufacture a chemical substance in a quantity that poses a
threat to the environment or public health. Such a
determination shall be based on an on-site inspection conducted
by the Agency and certified to the IEMA. The Agency shall also
conduct inspections at the request of IEMA or upon a written
request setting forth a justification to the IEMA from the
chairman of the local emergency planning committee upon
recommendation of the committee. The IEMA shall transmit a copy
of the request to the Agency. The Agency may, in the event of a
reportable release that occurs at any facility operated or
owned by a business not covered by the above SIC codes, conduct
inspections if the site hazard appears to warrant such action.
The above notwithstanding, any farm operation shall not be
considered as a facility subject to this definition.
Notwithstanding the above, for purposes of this Act,
"business" does not mean any facility for which the
requirements promulgated at Part 1910.119 of Title 29 of the
Code of Federal Regulations are applicable or which has
completed and submitted the plan required by Part 68 of Title
40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, provided that such
business conducts and documents in writing an assessment for

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any instance where the Agency provides notice that a
significant release of a chemical substance has occurred at a
facility. Such assessment shall explain the nature, cause and
known effects of the release, any mitigating actions taken, and
preventive measures that can be employed to avoid a future
release. Such assessment shall be available at the facility for
review within 30 days after the Agency notifies the facility
that a significant release has occurred. The Agency may provide
written comments to the business following an on-site review of
an assessment.
"Chemical name" means the scientific designation of a
chemical in accordance with the nomenclature system developed
by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
(IUPAC) or the American Chemical Society's Chemical Abstracts
Service (CAS) rules of nomenclature, or a name that will
clearly identify the chemical for hazard evaluation purposes.
"Chemical substance" means any "extremely hazardous
substance" listed in Appendix A of 40 C.F.R. Part 355 that is
present at a facility in an amount in excess of its threshold
planning quantity, any "hazardous substance" listed in 40
C.F.R. Section 302.4 that is present at a facility in an amount
in excess of its reportable quantity or in excess of its
threshold planning quantity if it is also an "extremely
hazardous substance", and any petroleum including crude oil or
any fraction thereof that is present at a facility in an amount
exceeding 100 pounds unless it is specifically listed as a

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"hazardous substance" or an "extremely hazardous substance".
"Chemical substance" does not mean any substance to the extent
it is used for personal, family, or household purposes or to
the extent it is present in the same form and concentration as
a product packaged for distribution to and use by the general
public.
"IEMA" means the Illinois Emergency Management Agency.
"Facility" means the buildings and all real property
contiguous thereto, and the equipment at a single location used
for the conduct of business.
"Local emergency planning committee" means the committee
that is appointed for an emergency planning district under the
provisions of Section 301 of the federal Emergency Planning and
Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986.
"Release" means any sudden spilling, leaking, pumping,
pouring, emitting, escaping, emptying, discharging, injecting,
leaching, dumping, or disposing into the environment beyond the
boundaries of a facility, but excludes the following:
(a) Any release that results in exposure to persons
solely within a workplace, with respect to a claim that
such persons may assert against their employer.
(b) Emissions from the engine exhaust of a motor
vehicle, rolling stock, aircraft, vessel, or pipeline
pumping station engine.
(c) Release of source, byproduct, or special nuclear
material from a nuclear incident, as those terms are

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defined in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, if the release is
subject to requirements with respect to financial
protection established by the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission under Section 170 of the Atomic Energy Act of
1954.
(d) The normal application of fertilizer.
"Significant release" means any release which is so
designated in writing by the Agency or the IEMA based upon an
inspection at the site of an emergency incident, or any release
which results in any evacuation, hospitalization, or
fatalities of the public.
(Source: P.A. 97-333, eff. 8-12-11.)