Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that no person shall conduct a carbon sequestration activity within a sequestration facility that overlies, underlies, or passes through a sole-source aquifer. Specifies that this provisions does not deprive the Environmental Protection Agency of the authority to deny a carbon sequestration permit. Defines "sole-source aquifer".
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1: Deletes a reference to certain other provisions in a provision regarding the authority of the Agency to deny a carbon sequestration permit notwithstanding a prohibition against conducting a carbon sequestration activity within a sequestration facility that overlies, underlies, or passes through a sole-source aquifer.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2: Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the introduced bill. Adds legislative findings and a definition of the term "injection". Changes the definition of the term "sole source aquifer". Creates the Mahomet Aquifer Advisory Study Commission. Provides that the University of Illinois shall provide administrative assistance to the Commission. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the Prairie Research Institute shall submit reports to the Commission. Provides that the Mahomet Aquifer Study Commission shall submit a final report to the Governor and General Assembly by no later than December 31, 2031. Specifies that the Commission is dissolved and the relevant provisions regarding the Commission are repealed on January 1, 2032.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 415 ILCS 5/59
Engrossed: 415 ILCS 5/59