101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3982
 
Introduced 1/8/2020, by Rep. Will Guzzardi
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
20 ILCS 2310/2310-465 new

     Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Directs the Department of Public Health to review, consider, and establish maximum contaminant levels in public water systems. Requires the Department to adopt a maximum contaminant level that is protective of public health and does not exceed any maximum contaminant level or health advisory promulgated by the United State Environmental Protection Agency. Requires the Director of Public Health to annually review the latest peer-reviewed science and independent or government agency studies and undertake additional rulemaking when necessary. Defines "maximum contaminant level". Effective immediately.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning health.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and 
5Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is 
6amended  by adding Section 2310-465 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 2310/2310-465 new)
8    Sec. 2310-465. Drinking water maximum contaminant levels.
9    (a) The General Assembly finds that it is the goal of the 
10State to protect residents from harmful toxins in drinking 
11water.
12    (b) In this Section: 
13    "Department" means the Department of Public Health.
14    "Director" means the Director of Public Health.
15    "Maximum contaminant level" or "MCL" means the legal 
16threshold limit on the amount of a substance that is allowed in 
17public water systems. 
18    (c) The Department shall perform the following:
19        (1) Within 100 days after the effective date of this 
20    amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly, commence 
21    proceedings to establish State-level maximum contaminant 
22    levels for likely or known carcinogens and toxic chemicals 
23    likely to pose a substantial health hazard.
 
 
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1        (2) Establish statewide maximum contaminant levels for 
2    PFOS, PFOA, and other PFAS compounds in public drinking 
3    water systems.
4        (3) Establish statewide maximum contaminant levels for 
5    chromium-6 in public drinking water systems.
6        (4) Establish statewide maximum contaminant levels for 
7    1,4 dioxane in public drinking water systems.
8        (5) Create a directive to consider limits on other 
9    pollutants in public drinking water systems when 2 or more 
10    other states have set limits or issued guidance on a given 
11    pollutant or pollutants. 
12        (6) Review MCLs adopted by other states, the studies 
13    and scientific evidence reviewed by those states, material 
14    in the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 
15    Registry, and the latest peer reviewed science and 
16    independent or government agency studies. The Department 
17    shall adopt an MCL that is protective of public health, 
18    including vulnerable subpopulations such as pregnant and 
19    nursing mothers, infants, and children, and that in no case 
20    exceeds any MCL or health advisory promulgated by the 
21    United States Environmental Protection Agency. The 
22    Director shall annually review the latest peer-reviewed 
23    science and independent or government agency studies and 
24    undertake additional rulemaking if needed to comply with 
25    this paragraph. 
 
 
26    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
 
 
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1becoming law.