Illinois Administrative Code › Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part 367 - PROCEDURES FOR ISSUING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AWARDS UNDER THE ILLINOIS CLEAN LAKES PROGRAM › Subpart A - INTRODUCTION › Section 367.120 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Unless otherwise
				specified, all terms shall have the meanings set out in the Illinois Lake
				Management Program Act [525 ILCS 25 ] and the Illinois Environmental Protection
				Act [415 ILCS 5 ].
b) For the
				purposes of this Part, the following definitions apply:
Agency: the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
Comprehensive Lake Management: an action resulting from lake
				  management strategies and plans that address all potential causes of lake
				  degradation, including factors situated both in the lake and within the lake's
				  tributary watershed; and followed by the development and implementation of
				  management strategies that impart long-term improvements and benefits for the
				  lake. [525 ILCS
				  25/3(c) ]
Diagnostic and Feasibility (Phase I) Study: the gathering of
				  data to document the existing and potential sources of pollution and to
				  determine the limnological, morphological, demographic, and other pertinent
				  characteristics of an inland lake and its associated watershed and the analysis
				  of this information to determine the most appropriate method for improving or
				  preserving the quality of the lake for intended uses and to determine the need
				  for a Long-Term Restoration and Preservation (Phase II) Project or a Lake Water
				  Quality Maintenance Program (LQMP). [525 ILCS
				  25/3(d) ]
Financial Assistance Agreement (FAA): an agreement between
				  the Agency and the lake owner that covers the conditions of the financial
				  assistance award.
Financial Assistance Recipient: a lake owner who has entered
				  into a Financial Assistance Agreement with the Illinois Environmental
				  Protection Agency.
Illinois Clean Lakes Program: the inland lake study or
				  implementation financial assistance award program administered by the Agency
				  pursuant to the Illinois Lake Management Act [525 ILCS 25] and the Conservation
				  2000 Fund program [30 ILCS
				  105/6z-32 ].
Lake: any inland lake as defined in Section 3(e) of the
				  Illinois Lake Management Act [525 ILCS
				  25/3(e) ].
Lake Owner: the owner, owners, or designated management
				  authority of any inland lake who possesses the legal authority over a given
				  lake and the ability to generate revenue and in-kind contributions to perform
				  Diagnostic and Feasibility Studies and to enact comprehensive lake management
				  through the implementation of Long-Term Restoration and Preservation Projects
				  (Phase II) and Lake Water Quality Maintenance Programs. [525 ILCS
				  25/3(f) ]
Lake Water Quality Maintenance Program (LQMP): the water
				  quality maintenance program described in Section 3 of the Illinois Lake
				  Management Program Act [525 ILCS
				  25/3 ] for implementation of a lake and watershed
				  management plan recommended by the Diagnostic and Feasibility (Phase I) Study
				  which provides short-term relief from nuisance aquatic vegetation and algae
				  growth; projects under this program must demonstrate that the proposed
				  maintenance program would result in attainment of significant public
				  recreational lake use, and that watershed management plans are being
				  implemented to control and reduce incoming nutrients, sediments, and other
				  pollutants. [525 ILCS
				  25/3(l) ]
Long-Term Restoration and Preservation (Phase II) Project:
				  implementation of lake and watershed management plans as developed under the
				  Diagnostic and Feasibility Study which will provide for long-term restoration
				  benefits and long-term preservation of the lake's water quality. [525 ILCS
				  25/3(g) ]
Monitoring: programs to scientifically document the existing
				  chemical, physical, and biological quality of a lake and the potential sources
				  of pollutants which might lead to the lake's degradation or reduced
				  environmental and cultural values. [525 ILCS
				  25/3(h) ]