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Public Act 91-0442

HB2023 Enrolled                                LRB9104508NTsb

    AN ACT to  amend  the  Environmental  Protection  Act  by
adding Section 58.15.

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

    Section 5.  The Environmental Protection Act  is  amended
by adding Section 58.15 as follows:

    (415 ILCS 5/58.15 new)
    Sec.  58.15.  Construction  of school; requirements. This
Section applies only to counties with a  population  of  more
than  3,000,000.  In this Section, "school" means a school as
defined in Section 34-1.1 of  the  School  Code.   No  person
shall  commence  construction  on real property of a building
intended for use as a school unless:
         (1)  a Phase 1  Environmental  Audit,  conducted  in
    accordance with Section 22.2 of this Act, is obtained;
         (2)  if  the  Phase  1 Environmental Audit discloses
    the presence  or  likely  presence  of  a  release  or  a
    substantial  threat of a release of a regulated substance
    at, on, to,  or  from  the  real  property,  a  Phase  II
    Environmental Audit, conducted in accordance with Section
    22.2 of this Act, is obtained; and
         (3)  if  the  Phase II Environmental Audit discloses
    the presence  or  likely  presence  of  a  release  or  a
    substantial  threat of a release of a regulated substance
    at, on, to, or from the real property, the real  property
    is  enrolled in the Site Remediation Program and remedial
    action that the Agency approves for the intended  use  of
    the property is completed.

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