SPRINGFIELD, ILL. (AP) -- Setting performance standards for handling rain runoff is part of an anti-pollution report delivered to Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn and leaders of the General Assembly.
The Environmental Protection Agency produced the report in answer to the 2009 Green Infrastructure for Clean Water Act.
The EPA recommends that a group work with citizens in the coming year to set performance standards for retaining runoff in urban areas to prevent pollution.
EPA will also conduct a review to determine whether new laws are needed.
The green infrastructure law set up a process in which interest groups worked with the University of Illinois at Chicago, the Center for Neighborhood Technology and the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, along with EPA staff.
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Online: www.epa.state.il.us/green-infrastructure/index.html
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