Public Act 0802 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB3135 Enrolled LRB100 20512 MJP 35889 b

Public Act 100-0802

AN ACT concerning safety.

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 13.8 as follows:

(415 ILCS 5/13.8 new)

Sec. 13.8. Algicide permits. No person shall be required to obtain a permit from the Agency to apply a commercially available algicide, such as copper sulfate or a copper sulfate solution, in accordance with the instructions of its manufacturer, to a body of water that: (i) is located wholly on private property, (ii) is not a water of the United States for purposes of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, and (iii) is not used as a community water supply source.

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