State of Illinois
91^st General Assembly
Public Acts

Public Act 91-0282

HB0321 Enrolled                                LRB9100978MWgc

    AN  ACT  to  amend  the  Metropolitan  Water  Reclamation
District Act by adding Sections 65.1 and 65.2.

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

    Section  5.  The  Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
Act is amended by adding Sections 65.1 and 65.2 as follows:

    (70 ILCS 2605/65.1 new)
    Sec. 65.1.  Lagoons;  Cook  County.   No  reservoir,  low
solids  lagoon, or high solids lagoon shall be located in the
area southwest of the present high  and  low  solids  lagoons
described as follows:
    Said  southwest  area lies in Cook County between the Des
    Plaines River on the north  and  the  Sanitary  and  Ship
    Canal on the south, and is bordered on the northeast by a
    line which is parallel to and 2,000 feet to the northeast
    of  the  centerline  of  LaGrange Road at the approximate
    midpoint between the Des Plaines River and  the  Sanitary
    and  Ship  Canal and is measured parallel to the Sanitary
    and Ship Canal.  The area from  this  line  to  the  most
    southwestern  edge  of  the most southwesterly drying bed
    cannot be converted to any  other  treatment  process  or
    storage  area  for  any product of the Metropolitan Water
    Reclamation  District.    Said  southwestern  edge   lies
    between  the  Des  Plaines  River  on  the  north and the
    Sanitary and Ship Canal on  the  south,  and  is  located
    parallel  to  and  5,500  feet  to  the  southwest of the
    centerline of LaGrange Road at the  approximate  midpoint
    between  the  Des Plaines River and the Sanitary and Ship
    Canal and is measured parallel to the Sanitary  and  Ship
    Canal.
    (70 ILCS 2605/65.1 new)
    Sec.  65.2.  Treatment  process  area;  Cook  County.  No
treatment  process  storage  area  for  any  product  of  the
Metropolitan   Water    Reclamation    District    or    rail
transportation  system shall be located in the tank farm area
or southwest of the most westerly  drying  bed  described  as
follows:
    Said  southwestern  edge  lies in Cook County between the
    Des Plaines River on the north and the Sanitary and  Ship
    Canal  on  the south, and is located parallel to LaGrange
    Road and 5,500 feet to the southwest of the centerline of
    LaGrange Road at the approximate midpoint between the Des
    Plaines River and the Sanitary  and  Ship  Canal  and  is
    measured parallel to the Sanitary and Ship Canal.