95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB5256


 
Introduced , by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













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    Amends the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act. Requires the  Director of the Environmental Protection Agency to seek negotiations with each state that borders Lake Michigan to establish a notification policy under which the states will notify one another when permitting new sources of water pollution or increased levels of pollution into Lake Michigan. Requires the Director to report to the General Assembly no later than January 1, 2009 on the status of these negotiations. Effective immediately. 
















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HB5256

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    AN ACT concerning waterways.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act is amended  by 
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adding Section 14b as follows:
 
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    (615 ILCS 5/14b  new)
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    Sec. 14b. Negotiations for interstate pollution 
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notification policy.
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    (a) The Director of the Environmental Protection Agency 
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shall seek negotiations with each state that borders Lake 
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Michigan to establish a notification policy under which the 
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states will notify one another when permitting new sources of 
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water pollution or increased levels of pollution into Lake 
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Michigan.
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    (b) The Director must report to the General Assembly no 
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later than January 1, 2009 on the status of these negotiations.
 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.