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1    AN ACT concerning health.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Safe 
5Public Drinking Water Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
7    "Agency" means the Environmental Protection Agency.
8    "Board" means the Pollution Control Board.
9    "MCL" means maximum contaminant level, or the legal 
10threshold limit on the amount of a substance that is allowed in 
11public water systems.
12    "Perfluoroalkyl substance or polyfluoroalkyl substance" or 
13"PFAS" means a class of fluorinated organic chemicals 
14containing at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom.
 
15    Section 10. Purpose. It is the goal of the State of 
16Illinois to protect residents from harmful toxins in drinking 
17water. Accordingly, this Act directs the Agency to conduct 
18statewide sampling of certain community water supplies for the 
19presence of 1,4-Dioxane.
 
20    Section 15. Rulemaking; identical in substance. Within one 
21year of the promulgation by the United States Environmental 
 
 
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1Protection Agency of regulations or amendments establishing 
2MCLs for any PFAS, the Board shall adopt rules that are 
3identical in substance to such federal regulations or 
4amendments, thereby establishing such PFAS MCLs for Illinois' 
5community water supplies. 
 
6    Section 20. Sampling for 1,4-Dioxane. 
7    (a) The Agency shall, by June 30, 2026, conduct sampling 
8of the Illinois community water supplies previously sampled by 
9the Agency for 1,4-Dioxane from the years 2013 through 2015.
10    (b) If the results of such sampling detect drinking water 
11levels of 1,4-Dioxane in excess of the United States 
12Environmental Protection Agency Health Reference Level of 35 
13micrograms per liter, the Agency shall, within 2 years after 
14June 30, 2026, take all actions needed to obtain the expertise 
15necessary to propose rules that will establish a State-only 
16MCL for 1,4-Dioxane.
17    (c) By no later than June 30, 2029, the Agency shall 
18propose, and, by no later than June 30, 2030, the Board shall 
19adopt, amendments to the Board rules to establish a State-only 
20MCL for 1,4-Dioxane.
21    (d) The Agency shall, at least annually, convene a 
22stakeholder group to review a subset of chemicals that are 
23likely to pose a substantial health hazard to residents of the 
24State, for the purpose of proposing or revising a State-only 
25MCL for those chemicals.