Bill Text: IL HB5539 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the intent of the Title regarding the site remediation program.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB5539 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB5539-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning safety.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | changing Section 58 as follows:
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| 6 | (415 ILCS 5/58)
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| 7 | Sec. 58. Intent. It is the
the intent of this Title:
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| 8 | (1) To establish a risk-based system of remediation | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | based on protection
of human health and the environment | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | relative to present and future uses of the
site.
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| 11 | (2) To assure that the land use for which remedial | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | action was
undertaken will not be modified without | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | consideration of the adequacy of such
remedial action for | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | the new land use.
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| 15 | (3) To provide incentives to the private sector to | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | undertake remedial
action.
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| 17 | (4) To establish expeditious alternatives for the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | review of site
investigation and remedial activities, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | including a privatized review process.
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| 20 | (5) To assure that the resources of the Hazardous Waste | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | Fund are used in a
manner that is protective of human | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | health and the environment relative to
present and future | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | uses of the site and surrounding area.
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| 1 | (6) To provide assistance to units of local government | ||||||
| 2 | for
remediation of properties contaminated or potentially | ||||||
| 3 | contaminated by
commercial, industrial, or other uses, to | ||||||
| 4 | provide loans for the redevelopment
of brownfields, and
to | ||||||
| 5 | establish and provide for the administration of the | ||||||
| 6 | Brownfields
Redevelopment Fund.
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| 7 | (Source: P.A. 90-123, eff.
7-21-97; 91-36, eff. 6-15-99.)
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