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90_HB2417

      415 ILCS 5/58
          Amends  the  Environmental  Protection  Act  to  make   a
      technical   change   in   the  intent  Section  of  the  site
      remediation program Title.
                                                     LRB9008014LDdv
                                               LRB9008014LDdv
 1        AN ACT to  amend  the  Environmental  Protection  Act  by
 2    changing Section 58.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The Environmental Protection Act  is  amended
 6    by changing Section 58 as follows:
 7        (415 ILCS 5/58)
 8        Sec. 58. Intent.  It is the intent of this Title:
 9             (1)  To establish a risk-based system of remediation
10        based  on  protection of human health and the environment
11        relative to present and future uses of the site.
12             (2)  To assure that the land use for which  remedial
13        action  was  undertaken  will  not  be  modified  without
14        consideration of the adequacy of the such remedial action
15        for the new land use.
16             (3)  To provide incentives to the private sector  to
17        undertake  remedial action.
18             (4)  To  establish  expeditious alternatives for the
19        review of site  investigation  and  remedial  activities,
20        including a privatized review process.
21             (5)  To  assure  that the resources of the Hazardous
22        Waste Fund are used in a manner  that  is  protective  of
23        human  health and the environment relative to present and
24        future uses of the site and surrounding area.
25             (6)  To  provide  assistance  to  units   of   local
26        government  for remediation of properties contaminated or
27        potentially contaminated by  commercial,  industrial,  or
28        other   uses   and  to  establish  and  provide  for  the
29        administration of the Brownfields Redevelopment Fund.
30    (Source: P.A. 89-431, eff.  12-15-95;  89-443,  eff.  7-1-96;
31    90-123, eff. 7-21-97.)

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