Bill Title: Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to evaluate the release of contaminants if it determines that the extent of soil, soil gas, or groundwater contamination may extend beyond the boundary of the site where the release occurred (now, only if "soil or groundwater contamination may extend beyond the boundary of the site where the release occurred"). Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to notify the owner of the contaminated property if soil contamination beyond the boundary of the site where the release occurred, soil gas contamination beyond the boundary of the site where the release occurred, or both pose a threat of exposure to the public above the appropriate Tier 1 remediation objectives (now, the owner of the contaminated property must be contacted only about "soil contamination beyond the boundary of the site where the release occurred"). Defines "soil gas". Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2009-08-24 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0603 [HB4021 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

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Voting Records

Chamber	Vote	Date	Yea	Nay	NV	Abs	Total	Result	Source	View
House	Concurrence in House	2009-05-30	103	14	0	0	117	Passed	Link	View
Senate	Third Reading in Senate	2009-05-21	54	0	0	0	54	Passed	Link	View

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