| 4 | | - | AN ACT concerning transportation. |
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| 5 | | - | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| 6 | | - | represented in the General Assembly: |
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| 7 | | - | Section 5. The Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act is amended |
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| 8 | | - | by changing Section 14a as follows: |
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| 3 | + | 1 AN ACT concerning transportation. |
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| 4 | + | 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| 5 | + | 3 represented in the General Assembly: |
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| 6 | + | 4 Section 5. The Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act is amended |
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| 7 | + | 5 by changing Section 14a as follows: |
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| 8 | + | 6 (615 ILCS 5/14a) (from Ch. 19, par. 61a) |
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| 9 | + | 7 Sec. 14a. It is the express intention of this legislation |
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| 10 | + | 8 that close cooperation shall exist between the Pollution |
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| 11 | + | 9 Control Board, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the |
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| 12 | + | 10 Department of Natural Resources and that every resource of |
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| 13 | + | 11 State government shall be applied to the proper preservation |
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| 14 | + | 12 and utilization of the waters of Lake Michigan. |
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| 15 | + | 13 The Environmental Protection Agency shall work in close |
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| 16 | + | 14 cooperation with the City of Chicago and other affected units |
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| 17 | + | 15 of government to: (1) terminate discharge of pollutional waste |
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| 18 | + | 16 materials to Lake Michigan from vessels in both intra-state |
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| 19 | + | 17 and inter-state navigation, and (2) abate domestic, |
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| 20 | + | 18 industrial, and other pollution to assure that Lake Michigan |
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| 21 | + | 19 beaches in Illinois are suitable for full body contact sports, |
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| 22 | + | 20 meeting criteria of the Pollution Control Board. |
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| 23 | + | 21 The Environmental Protection Agency shall regularly |
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| 24 | + | 22 monitor conduct water quality from nearshores, harbors, and |
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| 25 | + | 23 public water supply intakes in Lake Michigan and provide an |
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