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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB3660

Introduced 2/5/2026, by Sen. Christopher Belt

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

420 ILCS 35/6

from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 230.6

Amends the Radioactive Waste Storage Act. Provides that interest
earned by the investment or deposit of moneys accumulated in the fund
pursuant to the settlement agreement in the matter of the State of
Illinois, et al. v. Teledyne, Inc., shall be deposited into the
Radioactive Waste Site Perpetual Care Fund for the continued maintenance
of the Sheffield Low-Level Radioactive Waste Site and the surrounding
buffer zone. Effective immediately.
LRB104 18375 WRO 31817 b

A BILL FOR

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LRB104 18375 WRO 31817 b
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AN ACT concerning Safety.

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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:

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Section 5.
The Radioactive Waste Storage Act is amended by
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changing Section 6 as follows:

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(420 ILCS 35/6)

(from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 230.6)
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Sec. 6.
It is recognized by the General Assembly that any
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site used for the concentration and storage of radioactive
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waste material will represent a continuing and perpetual
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responsibility in the interests of the public health, safety
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and general welfare, and that the same must ultimately be
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reposed in a sovereign government without regard for the
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existence or nonexistence of any particular agency,
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instrumentality, department, division or officer thereof. In
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all instances lands, buildings and grounds which are to be
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designated as sites for the concentration and storage of
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radioactive waste materials shall be acquired in fee simple
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absolute and dedicated in perpetuity to such purpose. All
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rights, title and interest in, of and to any radioactive waste
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materials accepted by
IEMA-OHS

the Agency
for permanent
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storage at such facilities, shall upon acceptance become the
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property of the State and shall be in all respects
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administered, controlled, and disposed of, including transfer

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LRB104 18375 WRO 31817 b
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by sale, lease, loan or otherwise, by
IEMA-OHS

the Agency
in
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the name of the State. All fees received pursuant to contracts
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entered into by
IEMA-OHS

the Agency
shall be deposited in the
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State Treasury and shall be set apart in a special fund to be
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known as the "Radioactive Waste Site Perpetual Care Fund".
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Monies deposited in the fund shall be expended by
IEMA-OHS

the
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Agency
to monitor and maintain the site as required to protect
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the public health and safety on a continuing and perpetual
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basis. All payments received by
IEMA-OHS (formerly the
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Department of Nuclear Safety)

the Department of Nuclear Safety
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(now the Agency)
pursuant to the settlement agreement entered
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May 25, 1988, in the matter of the People of the State of
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Illinois, et al. v. Teledyne, Inc., et al. (No. 78 MR 25,
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Circuit Court, Bureau County, Illinois) shall be held by the
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State Treasurer separate and apart from all public moneys or
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funds of the State, and shall be used only as provided in such
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settlement agreement.
Interest earned by the investment or
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deposit of moneys accumulated in the fund pursuant to the
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settlement agreement shall be deposited into the Radioactive
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Waste Site Perpetual Care Fund for the continued maintenance
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of the Sheffield Low-Level Radioactive Waste Site and the
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surrounding buffer zone.

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(Source: P.A. 103-569, eff. 6-1-24
.)

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Section 99.
Effective date.
This Act takes effect upon
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becoming law.

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