Bill Text: IL HB3877 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that after the effective date of the amendatory Act, a new child care facility shall not be located near a hazardous waste disposal site or a heavily polluted area. Provides that the Environmental Protection Agency, in conjunction with the Department of Children and Family Services and any other relevant departments or agencies, shall implement an environmental risk screening program to determine if a proposed child care facility is near or on a hazardous waste disposal site. Provides that the Department and the Agency shall conduct an environmental inspection for a child care facility to identify any concerns with the property, building, or adjacent businesses of the child care facility. Provides that the inspection may identify potentially dangerous sites and potential sources of contaminants. Provides that the Department and the Agency shall adopt rules to implement the environmental risk screening program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-10 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3877 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB3877-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3877 Introduced , by Rep. Joyce Mason SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
225 ILCS 10/5.12 new
Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that after the effective date of the amendatory Act, a new child care facility shall not be located near a hazardous waste disposal site or a heavily polluted area. Provides that the Environmental Protection Agency, in conjunction with the Department of Children and Family Services and any other relevant departments or agencies, shall implement an environmental risk screening program to determine if a proposed child care facility is near or on a hazardous waste disposal site. Provides that the Department and the Agency shall conduct an environmental inspection for a child care facility to identify any concerns with the property, building, or adjacent businesses of the child care facility. Provides that the inspection may identify potentially dangerous sites and potential sources of contaminants. Provides that the Department and the Agency shall adopt rules to implement the environmental risk screening program.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Child Care Act of 1969 is amended by adding
Section 5.12 as follows:
(225 ILCS 10/5.12 new)
Sec. 5.12. Environmental risk screening program.
(a) As used in this Section:
"Agency" means the Environmental Protection Agency.
"Hazardous waste" has the meaning set forth in Section
3.220 of the Environmental Protection Act.
"Hazardous waste disposal site" has the meaning set forth
in Section 3.225 of the Environmental Protection Act.
(b) After the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
103rd General Assembly, a new child care facility shall not be
located near a hazardous waste disposal site or a heavily
polluted area.
(c) The Agency, in conjunction with the Department and any
other relevant departments or agencies, shall implement an
environmental risk screening program to determine if a
proposed child care facility is near or on a hazardous waste
disposal site. The Department shall prohibit a child care
facility from being established at or near a hazardous waste

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disposal site.
(d) The Department and the Agency shall conduct an
environmental inspection for a child care facility to identify
any concerns with the property, building, or adjacent
businesses of the child care facility in accordance with the
following:
(1) The inspection may include cross-referencing the
location of the child care facility with other
environmental databases to identify potentially dangerous
sites, including, but not limited to, (i) superfund sites,
(ii) dry cleaner sites, (iii) sanitary landfills, as
defined in Section 3.445 of the Environmental Protection
Act, (iv) brownfields, as defined in Section 58.2 of the
Environmental Protection Act, or land recycling sites, and
(v) federal Department of Energy or federal Department of
Defense sites.
(2) The inspection shall be reviewed for potential
sources of contaminants that could impact the air, soil,
or water on the site over time. These sources may include
the following:
(A) major highways, rail yards, port facilities,
truck traffic exceeding 100 trucks per day, and
airports;
(B) factories, power plants, refineries, propane
or other storage tank areas, and high pressure
pipelines; and

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(C) auto body shops, dry cleaners, large gas
stations, large animal feeding operations, nail or
hair salons, and print shops.
(e) The Department and the Agency shall adopt rules to
implement this Section.