Bill Text: IL HB3508 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Enrolled
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Bill Title: Amends the PFAS Reduction Act. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a take-back program for fire departments that use and store firefighting foam containing PFAS. Provides that fire departments that participated in the most recent survey conducted under the Act by the Office of the State Fire Marshal shall be eligible to participate in the program, but participation in the program shall not be required. Requires the program to provide funding and resources to ensure the proper disposal or destruction of firefighting foam containing PFAS. Provides that the program shall continue for a period of 5 years or until the Office of the State Fire Marshal finds that no firefighting foam containing PFAS is reported. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-07-28 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0351 [HB3508 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB3508-Enrolled.html
Bill Title: Amends the PFAS Reduction Act. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a take-back program for fire departments that use and store firefighting foam containing PFAS. Provides that fire departments that participated in the most recent survey conducted under the Act by the Office of the State Fire Marshal shall be eligible to participate in the program, but participation in the program shall not be required. Requires the program to provide funding and resources to ensure the proper disposal or destruction of firefighting foam containing PFAS. Provides that the program shall continue for a period of 5 years or until the Office of the State Fire Marshal finds that no firefighting foam containing PFAS is reported. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-07-28 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0351 [HB3508 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB3508-Enrolled.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning safety.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The PFAS Reduction Act is amended by adding | ||||||
| 5 | Section 40 as follows:
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| 6 | (415 ILCS 170/40 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 40. PFAS disposal program. The Agency shall establish
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| 8 | a take-back program for fire departments that use and store | ||||||
| 9 | firefighting foam
containing PFAS. Fire departments that | ||||||
| 10 | participated in the most recent survey
described in Section 25 | ||||||
| 11 | shall be eligible to participate in
the program, but | ||||||
| 12 | participation in the program shall not be
required. The | ||||||
| 13 | program shall provide funding and resources to
ensure the | ||||||
| 14 | proper disposal or destruction of firefighting foam containing
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| 15 | PFAS. The program shall continue for a period of 5 years or
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| 16 | until the Office of the State Fire Marshal finds that no
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| 17 | firefighting foam containing PFAS is reported in the survey
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| 18 | described in
Section 25. This program is subject to | ||||||
| 19 | appropriation.
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| 20 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 21 | becoming law.
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