101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB2253

 

Introduced 4/12/2019, by Sen. David Koehler

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
415 ILCS 5/14.4a new

    Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that livestock management facilities or livestock waste management facilities that expand their capacity or waste handling capacity to serve additional animal units shall be required to have an Illinois State Water Survey report verifying an adequate water supply for the livestock and the surrounding neighbors within 1.5 miles. Requires that if the Illinois State Water Survey finds that there is not an adequate supply of water, the Illinois State Water Survey shall send notice to the Department of Agriculture.


LRB101 12031 CPF 59429 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

SB2253LRB101 12031 CPF 59429 b

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 14.4a as follows:
 
6    (415 ILCS 5/14.4a new)
7    Sec. 14.4a. Livestock management facilities or livestock
8waste management facilities; adequate water supply. Livestock
9management facilities or livestock waste management facilities
10that expand their capacity or waste handling capacity to serve
11additional animal units shall be required to have an Illinois
12State Water Survey report verifying an adequate water supply
13for the livestock and the surrounding neighbors within 1.5
14miles. If the Illinois State Water Survey finds that there is
15not an adequate supply of water, the Illinois State Water
16Survey shall send notice to the Department of Agriculture.