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| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3982 Introduced , by Rep. Will Guzzardi SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 20 ILCS 2310/2310-465 new | |
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Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Directs the Department of Public Health to review, consider, and establish maximum contaminant levels in public water systems. Requires the Department to adopt a maximum contaminant level that is protective of public health and does not exceed any maximum contaminant level or health advisory promulgated by the United State Environmental Protection Agency. Requires the Director of Public Health to annually review the latest peer-reviewed science and independent or government agency studies and undertake additional rulemaking when necessary. Defines "maximum contaminant level". Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning health.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and |
| 5 | | Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is |
| 6 | | amended by adding Section 2310-465 as follows:
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| 7 | | (20 ILCS 2310/2310-465 new) |
| 8 | | Sec. 2310-465. Drinking water maximum contaminant levels. |
| 9 | | (a) The General Assembly finds that it is the goal of the |
| 10 | | State to protect residents from harmful toxins in drinking |
| 11 | | water. |
| 12 | | (b) In this Section: |
| 13 | | "Department" means the Department of Public Health. |
| 14 | | "Director" means the Director of Public Health. |
| 15 | | "Maximum contaminant level" or "MCL" means the legal |
| 16 | | threshold limit on the amount of a substance that is allowed in |
| 17 | | public water systems. |
| 18 | | (c) The Department shall perform the following: |
| 19 | | (1) Within 100 days after the effective date of this |
| 20 | | amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly, commence |
| 21 | | proceedings to establish State-level maximum contaminant |
| 22 | | levels for likely or known carcinogens and toxic chemicals |
| 23 | | likely to pose a substantial health hazard. |
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| 1 | | (2) Establish statewide maximum contaminant levels for |
| 2 | | PFOS, PFOA, and other PFAS compounds in public drinking |
| 3 | | water systems. |
| 4 | | (3) Establish statewide maximum contaminant levels for |
| 5 | | chromium-6 in public drinking water systems. |
| 6 | | (4) Establish statewide maximum contaminant levels for |
| 7 | | 1,4 dioxane in public drinking water systems. |
| 8 | | (5) Create a directive to consider limits on other |
| 9 | | pollutants in public drinking water systems when 2 or more |
| 10 | | other states have set limits or issued guidance on a given |
| 11 | | pollutant or pollutants. |
| 12 | | (6) Review MCLs adopted by other states, the studies |
| 13 | | and scientific evidence reviewed by those states, material |
| 14 | | in the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease |
| 15 | | Registry, and the latest peer reviewed science and |
| 16 | | independent or government agency studies. The Department |
| 17 | | shall adopt an MCL that is protective of public health, |
| 18 | | including vulnerable subpopulations such as pregnant and |
| 19 | | nursing mothers, infants, and children, and that in no case |
| 20 | | exceeds any MCL or health advisory promulgated by the |
| 21 | | United States Environmental Protection Agency. The |
| 22 | | Director shall annually review the latest peer-reviewed |
| 23 | | science and independent or government agency studies and |
| 24 | | undertake additional rulemaking if needed to comply with |
| 25 | | this paragraph.
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| 26 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |