b'the process, making it clear that while the Agencys proposal was considerably better than anything offered by the activists up to this point, there were still significant concerns with the language as drafted.This issue will likely continue into the summer with further discussions with the Agency.Low Carbon Fuel StandardChamber staff continued to participate in Senator Koehlers Low Carbon Fuel Standard workgroup meetings throughout the quarter and will continue to do so during the summer.The Senator has scheduled these meet-ings to gather feedback on a host of issues, which he hopes will enable his staff to have a new draft for stake-holders to consider by mid-summer. The Senator has targeted veto session for making another legislative push.Isolated WetlandsChamber staff worked with its partners to push back on unreasonable regulation of what are commonly re-ferred to as isolated wetlands during the fall veto session.We were successful in slowing that legislation last fall, but advocates promised a renewed push this spring.By continuing to work with our partners and meeting this spring with state regulators who would be tasked with implementing these broad limitations, the Chamber was able to generate enough opposition within the General Assembly to stall the proposal this session.Fur-ther, the Chamber drafted alternative language that would first require a study to determine what the poten-tial impacts of the advocates poorly defined proposal would be, both in cost to implement but also in number of isolated wetlands that would be coveredgiving legislators an alternative approach should the issue be raised later this fall or next spring.Environmental PenaltiesOne issue that gives Chamber staff great concern is an issue that was slipped into the revenue bill on the very last day of session.Tucked away in the 1300 pages of House Bill 2755 (Tarver/Villanueva), beginning on page 139, is language that would double the maximum penalties authorized by the Illinois Environmental Protection Act.Among other changes found in the bill, the revenue legislation would double the penalty. Any person is liable for violating the Act from $50,000 to $100,000 and increases the per day penalty from $10,000 to $25,000.Certainly, it is an interesting way to obtain revenue for the State.8|END OF SESSION REPORT'