Illinois § 59.2

§ 59.2.

Report on minimum carbon capture standards and the deployment of carbon capture and sequestration technology. By December 1, 2028, the Agency, in consultation with Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security, the Illinois Commerce Commission, the Commission on Environmental Justice, and the Department of Natural Resources, shall submit to the Governor and General Assembly, a report that reviews the progress on the implementation of carbon dioxide capture, transport, and storage projects in this State. The Agency may also obtain outside consultants to assist with the report. The report shall include, at minimum: (1) a review of federal and other State statutory or regulatory actions to establish and implement a minimum carbon capture efficiency rate at the stack or emission point; (2) a review of active and proposed capture projects, including the types of technology and capture rates used by various industry subsectors to capture and store carbon; (3) an assessment of the technical and economic feasibility of carbon capture in various industries and various rates of capture; and (4) an environmental justice analysis which includes, but is not limited to: (A) an assessment of capture, transport, and sequestration projects that present potential impacts on environmental justice communities and economically disadvantaged rural communities; (B) how public participation processes associated with the permitting of carbon capture, transport, and storage projects provide transparency and meaningful participation for environmental justice communities, rural communities, minority populations, low-income populations, tribes, or indigenous peoples; and (C) options for State agencies and decision-makers to improve environmental, public health, and economic protections for environmental justice communities and economically disadvantaged rural communities in permitting and regulatory enforcement of permit provisions of carbon capture, transport, and sequestration proposals. (Source: P.A. 103-651, eff. 7-18-24.)