(615 ILCS 50/14) (from Ch. 19, par. 120.12)
Sec. 14.
No regional organization, municipality, political subdivision,
agency or instrumentality, or any other organization, association or individual
within the State of Illinois, which under Section 1.2 of this Act is not
required to obtain a permit to divert Lake Michigan water but which has
a new or increased consumptive use of Lake Michigan water in excess of an
average of 2 million gallons per day in any 30 day period, shall commence
such new or increased consumptive use without first obtaining a valid
consumptive use permit from the Department. A regional organization,
municipality, political subdivision, agency or instrumentality, or any
other organization, association or individual desiring to consume water
from Lake Michigan in excess of 2 million gallons per day in any 30 day
period shall make application to the Department on forms provided by the
Department, which application shall contain a detailed statement, with
supporting documentation, of all the following information: (1) the place
of the proposed withdrawal and the place of the proposed consumptive use;
(2) the nature and purpose of the proposed consumptive use, including the
total annual and monthly volume and rate of the withdrawal; (3) the annual
and monthly volume and rate of consumptive use resulting from the
withdrawal and the place, volume, and quality of return flows, detailing
anticipated physical, chemical and biological alterations of return flow
water; and (4) a statement of alternative possibilities for meeting the
applicant's need for a consumptive use of Lake Michigan water.
In reviewing an application for a consumptive use permit, the Department
shall permit the proposed consumptive use if: (1) it is a reasonable and
beneficial use and is necessary to serve the present and future needs of
the applicant; (2) reasonable conservation practices, measures and technologies
are incorporated to minimize the quantity of Lake Michigan water consumed;
and (3) it is consistent with the protection of the public health, safety
and welfare, and does not adversely affect the public interest.
(Source: P.A. 84-993.)
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