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Illinois House panel urges three year moratorium on lakefront development
A bipartisan Illinois Special House Committee report warns Illinois Lake Michigan and its shorefront face great jeopardy from erosion and poor water quality. It recommends a three year moratorium on shoreline development along the fifty nine mile Illinois coastline until a shoreline management plan is submitted to the Federal Government. The 245 page document cites erosion, water quality decline, and conflicting federal state and local controls as reasons to act. It proposes legislation creating an Interim Shoreline Protection Commission, a three year development moratorium, shoreland title held in trust for the people, and a state coastal zone management program with public input and legislative disapproval rights.
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Lake Michigan
Special
House
Illinois
78Th General Assembly
Richard F. Kelly, Jr
William L. Kempiners
Arthur A. Telcser
Robert L. Thompson
Mann
Feder
General Assembly
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
E.P.A
Illinois Waterway
Downstate
Chicago Area