(415 ILCS 75/5) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 985)
Sec. 5. (a) Upon request by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, the Department shall conduct an initial assessment for any location designated as a Superfund Site or on the State Remedial Action Priority List. Such assessment shall be initiated within 60 days of the request.
(b) For sites designated as Superfund Sites or sites on the State Remedial Action Priority List on the effective date of this Act, the Department and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency shall jointly determine which sites warrant initial assessment. If warranted, initial assessment shall be initiated by January 1, 1986.
(c) If, as a result of the initial assessment, the Department determines that a public health problem related to exposure to hazardous substances may exist in a community located near a designated site, the Department shall conduct a comprehensive health study to assess the full relationship, if any, between such threat or potential threat and possible exposure to hazardous substances at the designated site.
(Source: P.A. 84-987.)
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