Protecting the Mahomet Aquifer (HB 3614)
“The Mahomet Aquifer is the sole-source of clean drinking water for nearly a million people. Our tolerance for risking that water must be zero.”
What’s in the bill? Read the summary:
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that no person shall conduct a carbon sequestration activity within a sequestration facility that overlies, underlies, or passes through a sole-source aquifer. Defines "sole-source aquifer". Effective immediately. (Source: Illinois General Assembly)