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| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB1840 Introduced 2/20/2015, by Sen. Sue Rezin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that in counties with a population of more than 100,000 and less than 150,000, an owner or operator of a solid waste disposal site, clean construction or demolition debris fill operation, waste transfer station, recycling center, or other similar landfill site shall conduct and pay for semiannual water well testing for private well owners in a 5-mile radius around the site. Effective immediately.
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| | SB1840 | | LRB099 10635 MGM 30876 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning safety.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 13.2a as follows:
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| 6 | | (415 ILCS 5/13.2a new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 13.2a. Private water well testing. In counties with a |
| 8 | | population of more than 100,000 and less than 150,000, an owner |
| 9 | | or operator of a solid waste disposal site, clean construction |
| 10 | | or demolition debris fill operation, waste transfer station, |
| 11 | | recycling center, or other similar landfill site shall conduct |
| 12 | | and pay for semiannual water well testing for private well |
| 13 | | owners in a 5-mile radius around the site.
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| 14 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 15 | | becoming law.
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