Under State of Illinois law, who is potentially liable for contamination at a brownfield site?
The liability laws in Illinois were first drafted using the same structure as the federal liability system established under CERCLA described above. Beginning in 1993 however, a number of changes to the state statutes related to liability for contaminated sites were put into effect. Most notably, Title XVII of the Environmental Protection Act, passed in 1995, included changes to the environmental cleanup liability scheme in Illinois. These changes to the liability system are found in 415 ILCS 5/58.9.
