(70 ILCS 3615/2.10) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.10)
Sec. 2.10.
Protection of the Environment.
The Authority and the Service Boards shall take all feasible and prudent
steps to minimize
environmental disruption and pollution arising from its activities or from
public transportation activities of transportation agencies acting pursuant
to purchase of service agreements. In carrying out its purposes and powers
under this Act, the Authority and the Service Boards shall seek to reduce
environmental disruption
and pollution arising from all forms of transportation of persons within
the metropolitan region. The Service Boards shall employ persons
with skills and
responsibilities for determining means to minimize such disruption and
pollution.
(Source: P.A. 83-886.)
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