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90_HB3384

      70 ILCS 2605/65.1 new
      70 ILCS 2605/65.2 new
      70 ILCS 2605/65.3 new
          Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation  District  Act.
      Provides  that  no reservoir or addition to a reservoir shall
      be used for the storage  of  water  from  the  T.A.R.P.  Deep
      Tunnel  System  unless  certain conditions are met.  Provides
      that no low solids lagoons, high  solids  lagoons,  treatment
      process  areas,  or storage areas shall be located in certain
      described areas.  Effective immediately.
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  Metropolitan  Water  Reclamation
 2    District Act by adding Sections 65.1, 65.2, and 65.3.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.  The  Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
 6    Act is amended by adding Sections  65.1, 65.2,  and  65.3  as
 7    follows:
 8        (70 ILCS 2605/65.1 new)
 9        Sec.  65.1.  Reservoir,  T.A.R.P. Deep Tunnel System.  No
10    reservoir or addition to a reservoir used for the storage  of
11    water  from  the  T.A.R.P.  Deep  Tunnel  System operating in
12    conjunction with the Stickney Water Reclamation  Plant  shall
13    be  constructed  or  operated without (i) the coordination of
14    the Army Corps of Engineers and (ii)  the  procurement  of  a
15    minimum of 75% federal funding.
16        (70 ILCS 2605/65.2 new)
17        Sec.  65.2.  Lagoons; Cook County.  No low solids lagoon,
18    high solids lagoon,  and  their  rail  transportation  system
19    shall  be  located  in the area southwest of the present most
20    westerly high solids lagoon described as follows:
21        Said southwest area lies in Cook County between  the  Des
22        Plaines  River  on  the  north  and the Sanitary and Ship
23        Canal on the south, and is bordered on the east by a line
24        which is parallel to and 11,600 feet to the southwest  of
25        the  Indiana  Harbor  Belt  Railroad,  said  11,600  feet
26        measured  parallel  to  the Sanitary and Ship Canal.  The
27        area from this line,  which  borders  the  most  easterly
28        drying bed, to the most western edge of the most westerly
29        drying  bed  which also includes the tank farm, cannot be
30        converted to a reservoir, modified, or converted  to  any
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 1        other  treatment  process or storage area for any product
 2        of the Metropolitan  Water  Reclamation  District.   Said
 3        western  edge lies in Cook County between the Des Plaines
 4        River on the north and the Sanitary and Ship Canal on the
 5        south, and is located perpendicular to the  Sanitary  and
 6        Ship  Canal and 5,300 feet to the southwest of the center
 7        line of  La  Grange  Road  at  the  approximate  midpoint
 8        between  the  Des Plaines River and the Sanitary and Ship
 9        Canal and is measured parallel to the Sanitary  and  Ship
10        Canal.
11        (70 ILCS 2605/65.3 new)
12        Sec.  65.3.  Treatment  process  area;  Cook  County.  No
13    treatment process or storage area  for  any  product  of  the
14    District  shall  be  located in the tank farm area or west of
15    the western edge of the most westerly drying bed described as
16    follows:
17        Said western edge lies in Cook County   between  the  Des
18        Plaines  River  on  the  north  and the Sanitary and Ship
19        Canal on the south, and is located perpendicular  to  the
20        Sanitary  and  Ship Canal and 5,300 feet to the southwest
21        of the center line of La Grange Road at  the  approximate
22        midpoint  between  the Des Plaines River and the Sanitary
23        and Ship Canal and is measured parallel to  the  Sanitary
24        and Ship Canal.
25        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
26    becoming law.

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