Illinois Code § 765 ILCS 122/4

Contents of environmental covenant.
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(a) An environmental covenant must:
 
 
(1) State that the instrument is an environmental 
 
covenant executed pursuant to this Act.
 
 
(2) Contain a legally sufficient description of the 
 
real property subject to the covenant.
 
 
(3) Describe the activity and use limitations on the 
 
real property.
 
 
(4) Identify every holder.
 
 
(5) Be signed by the agency, every holder, and unless 
 
waived by the agency every owner of the fee simple of the real property subject to the covenant.
 
 
(6) Identify the name and location of any 
 
administrative record for the environmental response project reflected in the environmental covenant.
 
(b) In addition to the information required by subsection (a), an environmental covenant may contain other information, restrictions, and requirements agreed to by the persons who signed it, including any:
 
 
(1) Requirements for notice following transfer of a 
 
specified interest in, or concerning proposed changes in use of, applications for building permits for, or proposals for any site work affecting the contamination on, the property subject to the covenant.
 
 
(2) Requirements for periodic reporting describing 
 
compliance with the covenant.
 
 
(3) Rights of access to the property granted in 
 
connection with implementation or enforcement of the covenant.
 
 
(4) A brief narrative description of the 
 
contamination and remedy, including the contaminants of concern, the pathways of exposure, limits on exposure, and the location and extent of the contamination.
 
 
(5) Limitation on amendment or termination of the 
 
covenant in addition to those contained in Sections 9 and 10.
 
 
(6) Rights of the holder in addition to its right to 
 
enforce the covenant pursuant to Section 11.
 
(c) In addition to other conditions for its approval of an environmental covenant, the agency may require those persons specified by the agency who have interests in the real property to sign the covenant.

covenant executed pursuant to this Act.
real property subject to the covenant.
real property.
waived by the agency every owner of the fee simple of the real property subject to the covenant.
administrative record for the environmental response project reflected in the environmental covenant.
specified interest in, or concerning proposed changes in use of, applications for building permits for, or proposals for any site work affecting the contamination on, the property subject to the covenant.
compliance with the covenant.
connection with implementation or enforcement of the covenant.
contamination and remedy, including the contaminants of concern, the pathways of exposure, limits on exposure, and the location and extent of the contamination.
covenant in addition to those contained in Sections 9 and 10.
enforce the covenant pursuant to Section 11.

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