100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB3135

 

Introduced 2/15/2018, by Sen. Chapin Rose

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
415 ILCS 5/14.8 new

    Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that the Environmental Protection Agency may not require an individual to obtain a permit in order to apply algicide, copper sulfate, copper sulfate based products, or copper sulfate chemical aids to a privately held water retention pond, provided that the products are commercially available at retail outlets and are not prohibited by federal law.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning safety.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
5adding Section 14.8 as follows:
 
6    (415 ILCS 5/14.8 new)
7    Sec. 14.8. Algicide permit not required. The Agency may not
8require an individual to obtain a permit in order to apply
9algicide, copper sulfate, copper sulfate based products, or
10copper sulfate chemical aids to a privately held water
11retention pond, provided that the products are commercially
12available at retail outlets and are not prohibited by federal
13law.