Bill Text: IL HB5870 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Carbon Capture and Sequestration Title of the Environmental Protection Act. Prohibits a person from conducting a carbon sequestration activity over any federally designated sole source aquifer. Prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency from issuing a carbon sequestration permit if the Agency knows that the applicant is intending to conduct carbon sequestration activity over any federally designated sole source aquifer. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB5870 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB5870-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5870 Introduced , by Rep. Brandun Schweizer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
415 ILCS 5/59.18 new
Amends the Carbon Capture and Sequestration Title of the Environmental Protection Act. Prohibits a person from conducting a carbon sequestration activity over any federally designated sole source aquifer. Prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency from issuing a carbon sequestration permit if the Agency knows that the applicant is intending to conduct carbon sequestration activity over any federally designated sole source aquifer. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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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 Environmental Protection Act is amended by
adding Section 59.18 as follows:
(415 ILCS 5/59.18 new)
Sec. 59.18. Sole source aquifer carbon sequestration
operations prohibited. No person shall conduct a carbon
sequestration activity over any federally designated sole
source aquifer, including, without limitation, the Mahomet
Sole Source Aquifer. The Agency shall not issue a carbon
sequestration permit under this Title if the Agency knows that
the applicant is intending to conduct carbon sequestration
activity over any federally designated sole source aquifer,
including, without limitation, the Mahomet Sole Source
Aquifer.