Groundwater Quality Protection Program

Groundwater Advisory Council and Interagency Coordination Committee on Groundwater

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Reports Available:

• Report to the Interagency Coordination Committee on Groundwater from the Subcommittee on Integrated Water Planning and Management
• Report from the Interagency Coordination Committee on Groundwater: Status of Water Quantity Planning Activities - January 2003

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The Groundwater Advisory Council (GAC) is composed of nine public members appointed by the Governor, including two persons representing environmental interests, two persons representing industrial and commercial interests, one person representing agricultural interests, one person representing local government interests, one person representing a regional planning agency, one person representing public water supplies, and one person representing the water well driller industry. The GAC is required to:

1. Review, evaluate and make recommendations regarding state laws, regulations and procedures that relate to groundwater protection;
2. Review, evaluate and make recommendations regarding the state's efforts to implement this Act and to generally protect the groundwater of the state;
3. Make recommendations relating to the state's needs for groundwater research; and
4. Review, evaluate and make recommendations regarding groundwater data collection and analyses. groundwater data collection and analyses.

The current GAC members are as follows:

• Bill Compton (Chair), Groveland Water District, Central Groundwater Protection Planning Committee, Retired Caterpillar, Public Water Supplies Representative
• Jack Norman, Kaskaskia Group of the Sierra Club, Environmental Representative
• Robert C. Kohlhase, Farnsworth Group, Inc., Environmental Representative
• Dr. George Czpar, Ph.D., Director, Center for Watershed Science, Illinois State Water Survey, Agricultural Representative
• Paul McNamara, Southwestern Metropolitan Planning Committee, Local Government Representative
• William H. Olthoff, Kankakee County Board Member, Regional Planning Committee Representative
• John D. Liberg, Illinois Association of Groundwater Professionals, Water Well Driller Industry Representative
• C. Pius Weibel, Ph.D., Illinois State Geological Survey, Industrial and Commercial Representative
• Vacant, Industrial and Commercial Representative

Interagency Coordination Committee on Groundwater

The IGPA required the creation of the Interagency Coordination Committee on Groundwater (ICCG). The Committee is chaired by the director of Illinois EPA or designee and has members from 10 state agencies/departments which have some jurisdiction over groundwater. The ICCG continues to review and update an Implementation Plan and Regulatory Agenda pursuant to the IGPA. The following is a list of participating agencies/departments on the Committee:

• Environmental Protection Agency - (Chair) Marcia Willhite; Richard P. Cobb, designee
• Department of Natural Resources - Todd Rettig, designee
  • Office of Water Resources – Arlan Juhl, designee
  • Office of Mines and Minerals - Vickie Broomhead, designee
• Department of Public Health - Dave Johnson, designee
• Office of the Fire Marshal - Shelly Bradley, designee
• Department of Agriculture – Warren Goetsch, designee
• Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity – Dan Wheeler, designee
• Illinois Emergency Management Agency - Gary McCandless, designee

In addition, Don Keefer, Hydrogeology Section, Illinois State Geological Survey; Walt Kelly, Center for Groundwater Science, Illinois State Water Survey; Kelly Warner, United States Geological Survey, and Steve Gobelman from the Illinois Department of Transportation also serve on the ICCG.

The ICCG continues to hold quarterly meetings. The Committee has met regularly since 1988 to address groundwater protection issues. The ICCG has continued to assist with coordination associated with the GAC by providing Committee meeting agendas and minutes. The ICCG has also continued to review and make recommendations on groundwater research, data collection, and dissemination programs. The Committee has been successful in coordinating and assisting in many aspects of the groundwater protection program.

The ICCG, as well as its subcommittees and work groups, have helped to provide a cooperative process to develop and implement groundwater protection programs.

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