Bill Text: IL SB1177 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the intent of the Title regarding the site remediation program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-23 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB1177 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-SB1177-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 SB1177 Introduced 2/25/2021, by Sen. Don Harmon SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
415 ILCS 5/58
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the intent of the Title regarding the site remediation program.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning safety.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
changing Section 58 as follows:
(415 ILCS 5/58)
Sec. 58. Intent. It is the the intent of this Title:
(1) To establish a risk-based system of remediation
based on protection of human health and the environment
relative to present and future uses of the site.
(2) To assure that the land use for which remedial
action was undertaken will not be modified without
consideration of the adequacy of such remedial action for
the new land use.
(3) To provide incentives to the private sector to
undertake remedial action.
(4) To establish expeditious alternatives for the
review of site investigation and remedial activities,
including a privatized review process.
(5) To assure that the resources of the Hazardous
Waste Fund are used in a manner that is protective of human
health and the environment relative to present and future
uses of the site and surrounding area.

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(6) To provide assistance to units of local government
for remediation of properties contaminated or potentially
contaminated by commercial, industrial, or other uses, to
provide loans for the redevelopment of brownfields, and to
establish and provide for the administration of the
Brownfields Redevelopment Fund.
(Source: P.A. 90-123, eff. 7-21-97; 91-36, eff. 6-15-99.)