103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB3716 Introduced 2/9/2024, by Sen. Adriane Johnson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 615 ILCS 5/14a from Ch. 19, par. 61a Amends the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act. Removes a provision requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to work with the City of Chicago and affected units of government for specified concerns. Removes a provision that require the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct water quality and lake bed surveys to evaluate the ecology and the quality of water in Lake Michigan. Removes a provision concerning reporting requirements. Provides that the Environmental Protection Agency shall regularly monitor water quality from nearshores, harbors, and public water supply intakes in Lake Michigan and provide an executive summary biennially on conditions of the water quality in Lake Michigan to the Governor and members of the General Assembly. LRB103 37502 MXP 67625 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB3716 Introduced 2/9/2024, by Sen. Adriane Johnson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 615 ILCS 5/14a from Ch. 19, par. 61a 615 ILCS 5/14a from Ch. 19, par. 61a Amends the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act. Removes a provision requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to work with the City of Chicago and affected units of government for specified concerns. Removes a provision that require the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct water quality and lake bed surveys to evaluate the ecology and the quality of water in Lake Michigan. Removes a provision concerning reporting requirements. Provides that the Environmental Protection Agency shall regularly monitor water quality from nearshores, harbors, and public water supply intakes in Lake Michigan and provide an executive summary biennially on conditions of the water quality in Lake Michigan to the Governor and members of the General Assembly. LRB103 37502 MXP 67625 b LRB103 37502 MXP 67625 b A BILL FOR
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB3716 Introduced 2/9/2024, by Sen. Adriane Johnson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
615 ILCS 5/14a from Ch. 19, par. 61a 615 ILCS 5/14a from Ch. 19, par. 61a
615 ILCS 5/14a from Ch. 19, par. 61a
Amends the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act. Removes a provision requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to work with the City of Chicago and affected units of government for specified concerns. Removes a provision that require the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct water quality and lake bed surveys to evaluate the ecology and the quality of water in Lake Michigan. Removes a provision concerning reporting requirements. Provides that the Environmental Protection Agency shall regularly monitor water quality from nearshores, harbors, and public water supply intakes in Lake Michigan and provide an executive summary biennially on conditions of the water quality in Lake Michigan to the Governor and members of the General Assembly.
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1 AN ACT concerning transportation.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act is amended
5 by changing Section 14a as follows:
6 (615 ILCS 5/14a) (from Ch. 19, par. 61a)
7 Sec. 14a. It is the express intention of this legislation
8 that close cooperation shall exist between the Pollution
9 Control Board, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the
10 Department of Natural Resources and that every resource of
11 State government shall be applied to the proper preservation
12 and utilization of the waters of Lake Michigan.
13 The Environmental Protection Agency shall work in close
14 cooperation with the City of Chicago and other affected units
15 of government to: (1) terminate discharge of pollutional waste
16 materials to Lake Michigan from vessels in both intra-state
17 and inter-state navigation, and (2) abate domestic,
18 industrial, and other pollution to assure that Lake Michigan
19 beaches in Illinois are suitable for full body contact sports,
20 meeting criteria of the Pollution Control Board.
21 The Environmental Protection Agency shall regularly
22 monitor conduct water quality from nearshores, harbors, and
23 public water supply intakes in Lake Michigan and provide an
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB3716 Introduced 2/9/2024, by Sen. Adriane Johnson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
615 ILCS 5/14a from Ch. 19, par. 61a 615 ILCS 5/14a from Ch. 19, par. 61a
615 ILCS 5/14a from Ch. 19, par. 61a
Amends the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act. Removes a provision requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to work with the City of Chicago and affected units of government for specified concerns. Removes a provision that require the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct water quality and lake bed surveys to evaluate the ecology and the quality of water in Lake Michigan. Removes a provision concerning reporting requirements. Provides that the Environmental Protection Agency shall regularly monitor water quality from nearshores, harbors, and public water supply intakes in Lake Michigan and provide an executive summary biennially on conditions of the water quality in Lake Michigan to the Governor and members of the General Assembly.
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