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| | HB5421 Engrossed | | LRB103 37501 MXP 67624 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act is amended |
| 5 | | by changing Section 14a as follows:
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| 6 | | (615 ILCS 5/14a) (from Ch. 19, par. 61a) |
| 7 | | Sec. 14a. It is the express intention of this legislation |
| 8 | | that close cooperation shall exist between the Pollution |
| 9 | | Control Board, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the |
| 10 | | Department of Natural Resources and that every resource of |
| 11 | | State government shall be applied to the proper preservation |
| 12 | | and utilization of the waters of Lake Michigan. |
| 13 | | The Environmental Protection Agency shall work in close |
| 14 | | cooperation with the City of Chicago and other affected units |
| 15 | | of government to: (1) terminate discharge of pollutional waste |
| 16 | | materials to Lake Michigan from vessels in both intra-state |
| 17 | | and inter-state navigation, and (2) abate domestic, |
| 18 | | industrial, and other pollution to assure that Lake Michigan |
| 19 | | beaches in Illinois are suitable for full body contact sports, |
| 20 | | meeting criteria of the Pollution Control Board. |
| 21 | | The Environmental Protection Agency shall regularly |
| 22 | | monitor conduct water quality from nearshores, harbors, and |
| 23 | | public water supply intakes in Lake Michigan and provide an |