97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB3264
 
Introduced 2/24/2011, by Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 



415 ILCS 55/9.1

     Amends the Illinois Groundwater Protection Act. Provides that, within 60 days after receiving notice from the Environmental Protection Agency that volatile organic compounds have been detected in excess of specified standards, the Department of Natural Resources must post a notice that identifies the contaminants of concern on its Internet website for at least 3 weeks. 
  


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1    AN ACT concerning safety.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Groundwater Protection Act is 
5amended  by changing Section 9.1 as follows:
 



6    (415 ILCS 55/9.1)



7    Sec. 9.1. Notification of actual or potential 
8contamination. 

9    (a) Whenever the
Agency identifies any volatile organic 
10compound in excess of the Board's
Groundwater Quality Standards 
11or the Safe Drinking Water Act maximum
contaminant
level while 
12performing its obligations under Section 7 of this Act, Section

1313.1 of the Environmental Protection Act, or the federal Safe 
14Drinking
Water Act, the Agency shall notify the Department, 
15unless notification has
already been provided, and the unit of 
16local government affected.

17    (b) Within 60 days after of receipt of notice provided for 
18in subsection (a) of
this
Section,
the Department, or the 
19Department in coordination with the delegated county
health 
20department, shall provide notice to the public identifying the

21contaminants of concern.  The notice shall be posted on the 
22Department's Internet website and provided by means of
other 
23electronic or
print media and must be designed to inform the 
 
 
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1owner of any private water
system,
semi-private water system, 
2or non-community public water system within an area
potentially 
3affected by the identified contamination of the need for the 
4system
owner to test the system for possible contamination.  The 
5notice shall
appear
in the media for 3 consecutive weeks and 
6must  also appear on the Department's Internet website for not 
7less than that period of time.

8    (c) A unit of local government shall take any action that 
9it deems
appropriate, such as informing any homeowner who 
10potentially could be adversely
affected, within
a reasonable 
11time after notification by the Agency under subsection (a) of 
12this
Section.

13(Source: P.A. 92-652, eff. 7-11-02.)