Bill Text: IL HB5421 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning investigations by the Department of Natural Resources.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-11-06 - Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading November 12, 2024 [HB5421 Detail]

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5421 Introduced , by Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
615 ILCS 5/14a from Ch. 19, par. 61a
Amends the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act. Removes a provision requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to work with the City of Chicago and affected units of government for specified concerns. Removes a provision that require the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct water quality and lake bed surveys to evaluate the ecology and the quality of water in Lake Michigan. Removes a provision concerning reporting requirements. Provides that the Environmental Protection Agency shall regularly monitor water quality from nearshores, harbors, and public water supply intakes in Lake Michigan and provide an executive summary biennially on conditions of the water quality in Lake Michigan to the Governor and members of the General Assembly.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning transportation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act is amended
by changing Section 14a as follows:
(615 ILCS 5/14a) (from Ch. 19, par. 61a)
Sec. 14a. It is the express intention of this legislation
that close cooperation shall exist between the Pollution
Control Board, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the
Department of Natural Resources and that every resource of
State government shall be applied to the proper preservation
and utilization of the waters of Lake Michigan.
The Environmental Protection Agency shall work in close
cooperation with the City of Chicago and other affected units
of government to: (1) terminate discharge of pollutional waste
materials to Lake Michigan from vessels in both intra-state
and inter-state navigation, and (2) abate domestic,
industrial, and other pollution to assure that Lake Michigan
beaches in Illinois are suitable for full body contact sports,
meeting criteria of the Pollution Control Board.
The Environmental Protection Agency shall regularly
monitor conduct water quality from nearshores, harbors, and
public water supply intakes in Lake Michigan and provide an

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