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Governor Richard Ogilvie signed into law the Illinois Environmental Protection Act (PA 76-2429), which became effective on July 1, 1970, and created the Illinois EPA. Illinois was the first US state with a comprehensive environmental protection act. [2] [3] This was the same year that the United States Environmental Protection Agency was ...
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency; Illinois Executive Ethics Commission; Illinois Export Advisory Council; Illinois Finance Authority; Illinois Gaming Board;
Agencies that are responsible for state-level regulating, monitoring, managing, and protecting environmental and public health concerns. The exact duties of these agencies can vary widely and some are combined with or are part of a state's fish and wildlife management agency .
Maryland Department of the Environment; Department of Conservation and Recreation; Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection; Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy; Michigan Department of Natural Resources; Minnesota Department of Natural Resources; Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
I. Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board; Illinois Gaming Board; Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission; Illinois Housing Development Authority
A Democrat, Scott was appointed to head the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency [2] after losing his mayoral reelection bid in 2005. Scott served as chairman of the Illinois Commerce Commission from 2011 to 2015. [3] Scott is most well known for his work to clean up and maintain the environment.
Provides that upon promulgation by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of a final rule regulating carbon dioxide emissions from existing electric generating units, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency shall be authorized to implement a cap and invest program or similar market mechanism to regulate carbon dioxide emissions.
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, wrote on its [69] website in May 2009 that "When the 2007 illegal use of the well was determined in December of 2007, the Illinois EPA began enforcement action by sending a Non-Compliance Advisory letter to Crestwood advising against future use of the emergency back-up well found to be contaminated ...