Bill Text: IL SB0727 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Creates the Safe Public Drinking Water Act. Provides that within one year of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) promulgating regulations or amendments that establish maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) for any perfluoroalkyl substance, the Pollution Control Board shall adopt rules which are identical to such federal regulations or amendments. Requires the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to, by June 30, 2026, conduct sampling of the Illinois community water supplies previously sampled by the Agency for 1,4-Dioxane from the years 2013 through 2015. Provides that if the results of such sampling detect drinking water levels of 1,4-Dioxane in excess of the USEPA Health Reference Level of 35 micrograms per liter, then the Agency shall, within 2 years after June 30, 2026, take all actions needed to obtain the expertise necessary to propose rules to establish a State-only MCL for 1,4-Dioxane. Contains provisions concerning: (i) the adoption of rules by June 30, 2030 that establish a State-only MCL for 1,4-Dioxane; and (ii) annual chemical reviews by a stakeholder group for the purpose of proposing or revising a State-only MCL for those chemicals that are likely to pose a health hazard to Illinois residents.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11)

Status: (Passed) 2025-03-21 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-1077 [SB0727 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB0727-Chaptered.html

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Public Act 103-1077
SB0727 Enrolled LRB103 03200 CPF 48206 b
AN ACT concerning health.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Safe
Public Drinking Water Act.
Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
"Agency" means the Environmental Protection Agency.
"Board" means the Pollution Control Board.
"MCL" means maximum contaminant level, or the legal
threshold limit on the amount of a substance that is allowed in
public water systems.
"Perfluoroalkyl substance or polyfluoroalkyl substance" or
"PFAS" means a class of fluorinated organic chemicals
containing at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom.
Section 10. Purpose. It is the goal of the State of
Illinois to protect residents from harmful toxins in drinking
water. Accordingly, this Act directs the Agency to conduct
statewide sampling of certain community water supplies for the
presence of 1,4-Dioxane.
Section 15. Rulemaking; identical in substance. Within one
year of the promulgation by the United States Environmental

Protection Agency of regulations or amendments establishing
MCLs for any PFAS, the Board shall adopt rules that are
identical in substance to such federal regulations or
amendments, thereby establishing such PFAS MCLs for Illinois'
community water supplies.
Section 20. Sampling for 1,4-Dioxane.
(a) The Agency shall, by June 30, 2026, conduct sampling
of the Illinois community water supplies previously sampled by
the Agency for 1,4-Dioxane from the years 2013 through 2015.
(b) If the results of such sampling detect drinking water
levels of 1,4-Dioxane in excess of the United States
Environmental Protection Agency Health Reference Level of 35
micrograms per liter, the Agency shall, within 2 years after
June 30, 2026, take all actions needed to obtain the expertise
necessary to propose rules that will establish a State-only
MCL for 1,4-Dioxane.
(c) By no later than June 30, 2029, the Agency shall
propose, and, by no later than June 30, 2030, the Board shall
adopt, amendments to the Board rules to establish a State-only
MCL for 1,4-Dioxane.
(d) The Agency shall, at least annually, convene a
stakeholder group to review a subset of chemicals that are
likely to pose a substantial health hazard to residents of the
State, for the purpose of proposing or revising a State-only
MCL for those chemicals.