(415 ILCS 47/5)

(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date)

Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:

"Agency" means the Environmental Protection Agency.

"Board" means the Pollution Control Board.

"MCL" means maximum contaminant level, or the legal threshold limit on the amount of a substance that is allowed in public water systems.

"Perfluoroalkyl substance or polyfluoroalkyl substance" or "PFAS" means a class of fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom.

(Source: P.A. 103-1077, eff. 1-1-26.)