Bill Text: IL SB2385 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Defines terms. Provides that, within one year after the amendatory Act's effective date, the Environmental Protection Agency shall cite specified federal resources, informed by satellite and community data when available, when determining the placement of air monitoring devices at truck-attracting facilities. Requires truck-attracting facilities to continuously monitor onsite emissions for diesel particulate matter and nitrogen oxides. Allows local authorities to employ mobile air monitoring in vehicles dedicated for that purpose or in fleet vehicles in the course of conducting regular business. Requires the Agency to conduct truck counting on a representative sample of local roads where trucks enter or exit a commercial freight trucking facility each year.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-18 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy [SB2385 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB2385-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2385 Introduced 2/10/2023, by Sen. Javier L. Cervantes SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
415 ILCS 5/9.19 new
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Defines terms. Provides that, within one year after the amendatory Act's effective date, the Environmental Protection Agency shall cite specified federal resources, informed by satellite and community data when available, when determining the placement of air monitoring devices at truck-attracting facilities. Requires truck-attracting facilities to continuously monitor onsite emissions for diesel particulate matter and nitrogen oxides. Allows local authorities to employ mobile air monitoring in vehicles dedicated for that purpose or in fleet vehicles in the course of conducting regular business. Requires the Agency to conduct truck counting on a representative sample of local roads where trucks enter or exit a commercial freight trucking facility each year.
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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 9.19 as follows:
(415 ILCS 5/9.19 new)
Sec. 9.19. Monitoring commercial freight trucking
facilities.
(a) In this Section:
"Continuous emissions monitor" means a monitor that is not
switched on and off and consistently collects data 24 hours a
day, 7 days a week unless paused for repair, calibration, or
servicing.
"Local authority" means a State or sub-State entity with
the authority to enable mobile monitoring as a complement to
stationary and meteorological monitoring.
"Meteorological monitoring" means monitoring for
meteorological data such as wind speed and direction.
"Truck-attracting facility" means a property, including,
but not limited to, parking areas and driving lanes, for
trucks, trailers, or passenger vehicles. "Truck-attracting
facility" includes:
(1) warehouses, distribution centers, and intermodal

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facilities on the property, including, but not limited to,
a main building and accessory building;
(2) entry and exit points for vehicles' accessory
maintenance or security buildings; and
(3) fueling or charging infrastructure for vehicles.
"Truck count" means a manual or automated account of the
number of medium-duty and heavy-duty vehicles that pass
through a defined area in a designated amount of time.
(b) Within one year after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, the Agency shall
cite Federal Reference Methods and Federal Equivalent Methods
established under Part 53 of Title 40 of the Code of Federal
Regulations, informed by satellite and community data when
available, when determining the placement of air monitoring
devices at truck-attracting facilities.
(c) A truck-attracting facility must continuously monitor
onsite emissions for diesel particulate matter and nitrogen
oxides. Monitoring must be conducted using at least 4
continuous fence line monitors spaced as far apart as possible
around the perimeter of the truck-attracting facility.
(d) In addition to stationary monitoring otherwise imposed
by law, a local authority may employ mobile air monitoring in
vehicles dedicated for that purpose or in fleet vehicles in
the course of conducting regular business.
(e) A truck-attracting facility may include meteorological
monitoring alongside one or more continuous emissions

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monitors.
(f) Each year, the Agency shall conduct truck counting on
a representative sample of local roads where trucks enter or
exit a truck-attracting facility. Where possible, the truck
counts must include the class and age of the truck.