Chicago Zoning Ordinance Adds Air Quality Environmental Review Provisions

While not all states allow local governments to regulate air pollution, Illinois does. The City of Chicago, following the lead of several east coast municipalities and the City of Los Angeles, has recently established a bold plan that will likely cause industrial project developers to incur additional costs and extended timelines for their projects involving construction and expansion of existing facilities whose uses will now be regulated for their impact on air quality....
By: Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP

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