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This bill, titled the Warehouse Pollution Reduction Act, establishes a comprehensive program to regulate and reduce air pollution from large warehouses, defined as fulfillment centers, parcel hubs, or parcel sorting facilities of 30,000 square feet or more, or any entity operating 500,000 square feet or more of such space. The Environmental Protection Agency (Agency) is tasked with proposing rules, which the Pollution Control Board (Board) will adopt, to create a qualifying warehouse review program. This program will include requirements for reporting, recordkeeping, and public notices, along with annual targets for reducing emissions and a system of points awarded for implementing air-pollution mitigation measures, such as using zero-emission vehicles or installing renewable energy. New or modified qualifying warehouses will need construction permits, with conditions including readiness for zero-emission operations and buffer zones near sensitive receptors, which are defined as places like homes, schools, hospitals, and overburdened communities. A registry of qualifying warehouses will be created, providing public access to reports and permit information, and mitigation fees collected will be used in the same geographic area where the pollution originates. The Agency will also develop and annually publish air-quality modeling results, and a dedicated Warehouse Pollution Management Fund will be established to support these efforts, with penalties for violations and provisions for citizen lawsuits. This Act also limits the ability of local governments, including home rule units, to enact ordinances less stringent than its requirements.

https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=3732&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=114&GA=104