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92_HB1758
LRB9206721ACcd
1 AN ACT concerning environmental safety.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended
5 by changing Section 58 as follows:
6 (415 ILCS 5/58)
7 Sec. 58. Intent of Title. It is the intent of this
8 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 such remedial action for
15 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, to provide loans for the redevelopment of
29 brownfields, and to establish and provide for the
30 administration of the Brownfields Redevelopment Fund.
31 (Source: P.A. 90-123, eff. 7-21-97; 91-36, eff. 6-15-99.)