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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Unlike public water supply wells, private or |
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| semi-private drinking water system wells used by countless |
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| Illinois residents in areas adjacent to commercial and |
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| industrial facilities are not sampled for volatile organic |
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| chemicals and are potentially vulnerable to groundwater |
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| contamination; and
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| WHEREAS, The Lockformer Company in Lisle polluted private |
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| wells with a chemical solvent for almost 20 years, affecting |
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| the health of residents in nearly 100 homes; and
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| WHEREAS, In Downers Grove, toxic chemicals from the |
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| Ellsworth Industrial Park seeped into an aquifer, resulting in |
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| health problems for Downers Grove residents; and
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| WHEREAS, Contamination can adversely affect public health, |
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| the environment, and property values; and
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| WHEREAS, The incidents in Downers Grove and Lisle |
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| demonstrate there is a need for enhanced coordination of |
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| response among local, State, and federal (USEPA) government |
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| agencies so that contamination of groundwater is appropriately |
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| investigated and any health threat properly characterized; |
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| there is also a need to ensure that communication among |
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| federal, State, and local officials occurs in order to make it |
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| known where private wells are located and to facilitate |
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| appropriate notification to potable well property owners; and
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| WHEREAS, It is in the best interest of the people of |
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| Illinois to provide notification to property owners whenever |
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| the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) has |
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| confirmed that an exceedence of applicable health and safety |
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| standards under Illinois regulations has occurred in order to |
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| preserve the health and well-being of the public; therefore, be |