§ 1-3 — Application

The General Assembly recognizes the environmental, economic and social values of the State's remaining wetlands and directs that State agencies shall preserve, enhance, and create wetlands where possible and avoid adverse impacts to wetlands from: (a) State and State pass-through funded construction activities. This Act does not apply to construction activities costing less than $10,000, in which non-public contributions are at least 25 percent of the total cost. This Act does not apply to cleanup of contaminated sites authorized, funded or approved pursuant to: (1) the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (P.L. 96-510), as amended; (2) the leaking underground storage tank program, as established in Subtitle I of the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 (P.L. 98-616), as amended, of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (P.L. 94-580); (3) the State remedial action program established under Section 4 of the Environmental Protection Act, as amended, or any other Section of this Act or regulations promulgated thereunder which pertain to the above exempted federal cleanup programs. This Act does not apply to projects receiving loan assistance provided to local government units under the provisions of the Illinois Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund, that are subject to review under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) or the state equivalent, pursuant to rules governing the Illinois Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund. (b) State supported land management activities; (c) State and State supported technical assistance programs; and (d) Other State activities that result in adverse impacts to wetlands. Educational materials produced with State support, shall be consistent with the policies contained within this Act.

Legislative History

(Source: P.A. 86-157.)