103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3716

 

Introduced 2/9/2024, by Sen. Adriane Johnson

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
615 ILCS 5/14a  from Ch. 19, par. 61a

    Amends the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act. Removes a provision requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to work with the City of Chicago and affected units of government for specified concerns. Removes a provision that require the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct water quality and lake bed surveys to evaluate the ecology and the quality of water in Lake Michigan. Removes a provision concerning reporting requirements. Provides that the Environmental Protection Agency shall regularly monitor water quality from nearshores, harbors, and public water supply intakes in Lake Michigan and provide an executive summary biennially on conditions of the water quality in Lake Michigan to the Governor and members of the General Assembly.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning transportation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act is amended
5by changing Section 14a as follows:
 
6    (615 ILCS 5/14a)  (from Ch. 19, par. 61a)
7    Sec. 14a. It is the express intention of this legislation
8that close cooperation shall exist between the Pollution
9Control Board, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the
10Department of Natural Resources and that every resource of
11State government shall be applied to the proper preservation
12and utilization of the waters of Lake Michigan.
13    The Environmental Protection Agency shall work in close
14cooperation with the City of Chicago and other affected units
15of government to: (1) terminate discharge of pollutional waste
16materials to Lake Michigan from vessels in both intra-state
17and inter-state navigation, and (2) abate domestic,
18industrial, and other pollution to assure that Lake Michigan
19beaches in Illinois are suitable for full body contact sports,
20meeting criteria of the Pollution Control Board.
21    The Environmental Protection Agency shall regularly
22monitor conduct water quality from nearshores, harbors, and
23public water supply intakes in Lake Michigan and provide an

 

 

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1executive summary biennially on conditions of the water
2quality in Lake Michigan and lake bed surveys to evaluate the
3ecology and the quality of water in Lake Michigan. Results of
4such surveys shall be made available, without charge, to all
5interested persons and agencies. It shall be the
6responsibility of the Director of the Environmental Protection
7Agency to report biennially or at such other times as the
8Governor shall direct; such report shall provide hydrologic,
9biologic, and chemical data together with recommendations to
10the Governor and members of the General Assembly.
11    The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly
12shall be satisfied by filing copies of the report as required
13by Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization Act, and
14filing such additional copies with the State Government Report
15Distribution Center for the General Assembly as is required
16under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the State Library Act.
17    In meeting the requirements of this Act, the Pollution
18Control Board, Environmental Protection Agency and Department
19of Natural Resources are authorized to be in direct contact
20with individuals, municipalities, public and private
21corporations and other organizations which are or may be
22contributing to the discharge of pollution to Lake Michigan.
23(Source: P.A. 100-1148, eff. 12-10-18.)