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| Public Act 103-1038 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning transportation. | ||||
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||
represented in the General Assembly: | ||||
Section 5. The Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act is amended | ||||
by changing Section 14a as follows: | ||||
(615 ILCS 5/14a) (from Ch. 19, par. 61a) | ||||
Sec. 14a. It is the express intention of this legislation | ||||
that close cooperation shall exist between the Pollution | ||||
Control Board, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the | ||||
Department of Natural Resources and that every resource of | ||||
State government shall be applied to the proper preservation | ||||
and utilization of the waters of Lake Michigan. | ||||
The Environmental Protection Agency shall work in close | ||||
cooperation with the City of Chicago and other affected units | ||||
of government to: (1) terminate discharge of pollutional waste | ||||
materials to Lake Michigan from vessels in both intra-state | ||||
and inter-state navigation, and (2) abate domestic, | ||||
industrial, and other pollution to assure that Lake Michigan | ||||
beaches in Illinois are suitable for full body contact sports, | ||||
meeting criteria of the Pollution Control Board. | ||||
The Environmental Protection Agency shall regularly | ||||
monitor conduct water quality from nearshores, harbors, and | ||||
public water supply intakes in Lake Michigan and provide an | ||||
executive summary biennially on conditions of the water | ||
quality in Lake Michigan and lake bed surveys to evaluate the | ||
ecology and the quality of water in Lake Michigan. Results of | ||
such surveys shall be made available, without charge, to all | ||
interested persons and agencies. It shall be the | ||
responsibility of the Director of the Environmental Protection | ||
Agency to report biennially or at such other times as the | ||
Governor shall direct; such report shall provide hydrologic, | ||
biologic, and chemical data together with recommendations to | ||
the Governor and members of the General Assembly. | ||
The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly | ||
shall be satisfied by filing copies of the report as required | ||
by Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization Act, and | ||
filing such additional copies with the State Government Report | ||
Distribution Center for the General Assembly as is required | ||
under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the State Library Act. | ||
In meeting the requirements of this Act, the Pollution | ||
Control Board, Environmental Protection Agency and Department | ||
of Natural Resources are authorized to be in direct contact | ||
with individuals, municipalities, public and private | ||
corporations and other organizations which are or may be | ||
contributing to the discharge of pollution to Lake Michigan. | ||
(Source: P.A. 100-1148, eff. 12-10-18.) | ||