95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB4797


 
Introduced , by Rep. Thomas Holbrook
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		







  



415 ILCS 5/58










    Amends the Environmental Protection Act.  Makes a technical change in a
Section
concerning the intent of the Title regarding the site remediation program.
















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A BILL FOR









 











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    AN ACT concerning safety.

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


 
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    Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by 
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changing Section 58 as follows:
 



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    (415 ILCS 5/58)



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    Sec. 58. Intent. It is the
the intent of this Title:

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        (1) To establish a risk-based system of remediation 
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    based on protection
of human health and the environment 
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    relative to present and future uses of the
site.


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        (2) To assure that the land use for which  remedial 
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    action was
undertaken will not be modified without 
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    consideration of the adequacy of such
remedial action for 
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    the new land use.


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        (3) To provide incentives to the private sector to 
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    undertake  remedial
action.


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        (4) To establish expeditious alternatives for the 
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    review of site
investigation and remedial activities, 
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    including a privatized review process.


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        (5) To assure that the resources of the Hazardous Waste 
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    Fund are used in a
manner that is protective of human 
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    health and the environment relative to
present and future 
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    uses of the site and surrounding area.


 


 






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        (6) To provide assistance to units of local government 
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    for
remediation of properties contaminated or potentially 
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    contaminated by
commercial, industrial, or other uses, to 
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    provide loans for the redevelopment
of brownfields, and
to 
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    establish and provide for the administration of the 
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    Brownfields
Redevelopment Fund.

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(Source: P.A. 90-123, eff.
7-21-97; 91-36, eff. 6-15-99.)