IL SB3441

Establishes a temporary statewide moratorium on construction of carbon dioxide pipelines until the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration adopts revised federal safety standards and Illinois completes a state study on pipeline safety setbacks.

Requires the state study to determine required distances between CO2 pipelines and livestock, residences, hospitals, schools, nursing homes, places of worship, jails, prisons, and businesses to allow safe evacuation in case of pipeline rupture or leak, with input from first responders, engineers, meteorologists, and the public.

Mandates the study recommend setbacks for various pipeline diameters and flow rates, and recommend funding and fees for first responders to conduct safe evacuations and emergency response.

Holds any pending pipeline applications in abeyance without prejudice until revised federal and state safety standards are finalized or the moratorium expires.

Moratorium becomes inoperative after four years, when both federal and state studies are finalized, or when Illinois adopts comprehensive legislation including setbacks, eminent domain limits, emergency funding, sequestration site monitoring, lifecycle greenhouse gas analysis, ban on enhanced oil recovery use, and protections for sole source aquifers.