Bill Text: IL HB2034 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB2034 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB2034-Amended.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2034
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2034 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following.
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4 | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||
5 | Agricultural Non-Point Source Nutrient Pollution Reduction for | ||||||
6 | Clean Water Act.
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7 | Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: | ||||||
8 | "Agency" means the Illinois Environmental Protection | ||||||
9 | Agency. | ||||||
10 | "Agricultural non-point source" means an agricultural | ||||||
11 | source of water pollution that does not meet the legal | ||||||
12 | definition of "point source" in the Federal Water Pollution | ||||||
13 | Control Act. | ||||||
14 | "Fertilizer" means any substance containing nitrogen or | ||||||
15 | phosphorus, which is used for its plant nutrient content. | ||||||
16 | "Nutrient" includes, but is not limited to, total |
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1 | phosphorus, nitrate, and ammonia.
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2 | Section 10. Legislative findings. The General Assembly | ||||||
3 | finds that: | ||||||
4 | (1) agricultural storm water runoff and tile drainage can | ||||||
5 | cause pollution of the waters of the State, degrade public | ||||||
6 | drinking water supplies, produce nuisance algal blooms, | ||||||
7 | diminish aquatic recreational opportunities, and threaten | ||||||
8 | public health by carrying pollutants from agricultural fields | ||||||
9 | into lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, and wetlands; | ||||||
10 | (2) crop production, agriculture, animal feeding | ||||||
11 | operations, and livestock are consistently cited as among the | ||||||
12 | top potential sources of surface water quality impairment in | ||||||
13 | the Agency's biennial Illinois Integrated Water Quality | ||||||
14 | Reports; | ||||||
15 | (3) several Illinois drinking water utilities that source | ||||||
16 | water from surface waters in agricultural watersheds have had | ||||||
17 | to purchase nitrate removal technologies to meet drinking water | ||||||
18 | standards; | ||||||
19 | (4) eutrophication due to nutrient pollution can cause | ||||||
20 | taste and odor problems in lakes; | ||||||
21 | (5) aesthetic impairment due to algal blooms can lower | ||||||
22 | waterfront property values; | ||||||
23 | (6) nitrate pollution can be toxic to people; | ||||||
24 | (7) nutrient pollution may adversely affect stream animal | ||||||
25 | communities; |
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1 | (8) several studies show that adopting nutrient | ||||||
2 | conservation practices or ceasing certain fertilizer | ||||||
3 | application practices can minimize the negative impacts of | ||||||
4 | agricultural non-point source pollution on surface waters.
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5 | Section 15. Agency report. By August 1, 2014, the Illinois | ||||||
6 | Environmental Protection Agency, in consultation with a | ||||||
7 | stakeholder advisory workgroup that consists of the Illinois | ||||||
8 | Department of Agriculture, the Association of Illinois Soil and | ||||||
9 | Water Conservation Districts, the Illinois State Office of the | ||||||
10 | Natural Resources Conservation Service, university | ||||||
11 | researchers, environmental organizations, agricultural | ||||||
12 | organizations, and other interested parties that the Agency | ||||||
13 | deems appropriate to include, shall submit to the General | ||||||
14 | Assembly and the Governor a report that reviews the latest | ||||||
15 | available scientific research, regulatory frameworks, and | ||||||
16 | institutional knowledge to evaluate and document the | ||||||
17 | following: | ||||||
18 | (1) the nature and extent of agricultural non-point | ||||||
19 | source nutrient pollution impacts on surface water quality | ||||||
20 | in Illinois; | ||||||
21 | (2) the nature and extent of agricultural non-point | ||||||
22 | source nutrient pollution impacts on drinking water | ||||||
23 | utilities that source water from surface waters in | ||||||
24 | Illinois; | ||||||
25 | (3) the effectiveness of practices and prohibitions to |
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1 | reduce agricultural non-point source nutrient pollution, | ||||||
2 | including at least: | ||||||
3 | (A) prohibitions on the application of fertilizer | ||||||
4 | on top of frozen, ice-covered, or snow-covered ground; | ||||||
5 | (B) prohibitions on the application of fertilizer | ||||||
6 | until the soil temperature is less than 50° F. | ||||||
7 | (C) prohibitions on the application of phosphorous | ||||||
8 | fertilizer when soil test phosphorus exceeds crop | ||||||
9 | needs; | ||||||
10 | (D) subsurface placement of phosphorus fertilizer; | ||||||
11 | (E) riparian buffers; | ||||||
12 | (F) livestock exclusion from surface waters; | ||||||
13 | (G) split-application of fertilizer; and | ||||||
14 | (H) fertilizer application setbacks from surface | ||||||
15 | waters; | ||||||
16 | (4) the costs and benefits of the practices and | ||||||
17 | prohibitions evaluated pursuant to paragraph (3); | ||||||
18 | (5) existing agricultural non-point source nutrient | ||||||
19 | pollution regulations in Illinois and other states; | ||||||
20 | (6) the feasibility of integrating new agricultural | ||||||
21 | non-point source nutrient pollution regulations with | ||||||
22 | existing water pollution regulatory programs in Illinois; | ||||||
23 | and | ||||||
24 | (7) findings and recommendations for adopting | ||||||
25 | regulations to reduce agricultural non-point source | ||||||
26 | nutrient pollution in Illinois.
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1 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
2 | becoming law.".
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