(a) A civil action for injunctive or other equitable relief for violation of an environmental covenant may be maintained by:
- (1) A party to the covenant.
- (2) The agency or, if it is not the agency, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
- (3) Any person to whom the covenant expressly grants power to enforce.
- (4) A person whose interest in the real property or whose collateral or liability may be affected by the alleged violation of the covenant.
- (5) A municipality or other unit of local government in which the real property subject to the covenant is located.
- (6) Any agency that is enforcing the terms of any court or Board order.
- (b) This Act does not limit the regulatory authority of the agency or the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency under law other than this Act with respect to an environmental response project.
- (c) A person is not responsible for or subject to liability for environmental remediation solely because it has the right to enforce an environmental covenant.
(Source: P.A. 99-396, eff. 8-18-15.)