News Releases
 Note:
These are not necessarily all of the news releases being created by the Illinois EPA.
2002
- December 30 - Illinois
Landfill Capacity Remains Adequate
- November 27 - Governor Ryan
Announces $697,000 Grant To Bring Lisle Water To Woodridge Estates
Private Well Owners
- November 26 - Illinois
EPA Initiates Mercury Collections and Educational Programs
- November 20 - Illinois
EPA sets hearing on renewal of Northwestern University's NPDES Permit
- November 20 - Governor Ryan Announces
$116,115 To Continue Nutrient Management Plan Efforts In Lake George
Watershed
- November 16 - Green Youth Award
Recognizes Students In Downers Grove For Outstanding Environmental
Project
- November 16 - Green Youth
Award Recognizes Students In DuQuion For Outstanding Environmental
Project
- November 16 - Green Youth
Award Presented To Pontiac Students For Outstanding Environmental
Project
- November 16 - Green Youth
Award Recognizes Mother McAuley High School Students For Outstanding
Environmental Project
- November 16 - Green Youth Award
Recognizes Students At High School In Chicago For Outstanding Environmental
Project
- November 16 - Green Youth Award
Recognizes Students At Edwardsville High School For Outstanding Environmental
Project
- November 16 - Green Youth
Award Recognizes Students At Pleasant Plains Middle School
- November 16 - Green Youth
Award Presented To Newton Student For Outstanding Environmental Project
- November 16 - Green Youth Award
Presented To New Boston Students For Outstanding Environmental Project
- November 16 - Green Youth Award
Presented To Oak Lawn School For Outstanding Youth Environmental
Project
- November 16 - Green Youth
Award Recognizes Students at Montessori School of Lake Forest
- November 16 - First Green
Youth Awards Recognize Outstanding Environmental Projects By Illinois
Young People
- November 12 - Illinois EPA
Extends Public Comment Period For New Jersey Zinc/Mobil Chemical
Superfund Site
- October 28 - Residential Soil
Removals Begin At Two East St. Louis Sites
- October 24 - Permit
Issued to Allow Construction at Sangamon County Landfill
- October 18 - Ryan Anounces
Another $16,254 To Fund Water Quality Projects In The Eliza Creek
Watershed
- October 18 - Pleasant
Plains School District Students Help Celebrate "Year of Clean
Water"
- October 17 - EPA Gives
Companies 60 Days To Take Action At Ellsworth Industrial Park Site
- October 17 - Illinois
EPA to Conduct Brownfields Assistance Workshop in Southern Illinois
- October 4 - Illinois EPA
Holds Public Hearing on New Jersey Zinc/Mobil Chemical Superfund
Site
- October 4 - Illinois EPA Director
Issues Seal Order on Decatur Property
- October 4 - "Green Pays On
Green Days" Awarded Grand Prize 2002 Honda Insight
- October 4 - Illinois EPA
Holds Public Hearing on New Jersey Zinc/Mobil Chemical Superfund
Site
- October 2 - Illinois EPA
Director Encourages Discussion On Facility Planning Area Process
- October 1 - Illinois EPA
Announces Brownfields Redevelopment Grant For Farmington
- September 25 - Illinois
EPA Director's "Green Youth Awards" Announced
- September 24 - Illinois
EPA Announces Brownfields Redevelopment Grant For Gillespie
- September 24 - Illinois
EPA Annual Air Quality Report For 2001 Released
- September - 13 Illinois
Water Quality Report Now Available On-line and In Print: "Good" Quality
Streams Increase
- September 13 - Top Professional
Awards To Three Water Plant Operators
- August 30 - Illinois EPA and U.S.
EPA Host Public Meeting On Cleanup Efforts at Lockformer
- August 30 - Illinois EPA and U.S.
EPA Host Public Meeting On Ellsworth Industrial Park Investigation
- August 26 - Final Week For
Chicago Area Residents To Enter "Green Pays On Green Days"
- August 19 - Household Hazardous Waste
Collections Announced for Fall 2002
- August 19 - Illinois EPA
Director Hosts Local Government Workshop in Champaign
- August 19 - Illinois EPA
Director Hosts Local Government Workshop in Rockford
- August 19 - $7.5 Million
Loan Approved for Carol Stream Waste Treatment Plant Expansion, Improvement
- August 15 - Illinois EPA Responds
To Citizen Complaint at H & L Landfill: Results Reveal No High Readings
- August 15 - Director Cipriano
Praises Reclamation Of BP Refinery Site In Wood River As Brownfields
Showcase Project
- August 13 - Lincoln
Given Loan Extension To Seek New Bids for $9.2 Million Wastewater
Project
- August 12 - Ryan
Announces $1,242,000 Federally Funded Grant For Parking Lot Pollution
Management Demonstration At Morton Arboretum
- August 7 - Aug. 31 Pre-Application
Deadline For Clean Lakes Program Funding
- August 5 - Illinois EPA Director
Hosts Local Government Workshop in Palatine
- August 5 - Illinois EPA Director
Hosts Local Government Workshop in Joliet
- August 2 - $3.8 Million Loan
Approved For New Water Plant For Georgetown
- August 1- Ryan Announces
$105,600 Grant For Livestock Waste Pollution Control Efforts In Northwestern
Illinois
- July 24 - Illinois EPA Director
Hosts Local Government Workshop in Sesser
- July 24 - Illinois EPA Director
Hosts Local Government Workshop in Centralia
- July 23 - "Green Pays on
Green Days" Awards First Intermediate Prize and Announces New
Bonus Prizes
- July 18 - Illinois EPA
Announces Brownfields Redevelopment Grant For Village Of Posen
- July 8 - Illinois EPA Director
Hosts Local Government Workshop in Galesburg
- July 3 - Illinois EPA Receives
Two USTfields Pilot Grants
- July 1 - Chicago Area
Attainment Designation Delayed By Recent Ozone Levels Linked to Weather
Conditions
- June 27 - Annual Compliance
Report Shows Good Drinking Water Numbers Continue To Rise
- June 25 - Illinois EPA
Director Hosts Local Government Workshop in Jacksonville
- June 24 - Agreement with Monterey
Coal Co. Addresses Groundwater Quality and Provides Public Water
Hookups
- June 21 - Illinois EPA Director
Meets with Barrie Park Project Representatives
- June 20 - Third and Final
Remedy Decision Announced for Southeast Rockford Groundwater Contamination
Superfund Site
- June 19 - Illinois EPA Director
Hosts Local Government Workshops
- June 14 - Ryan Announces $300,000
To Support Conservation Projects In 24 Counties
- June 11 - Green Pays On Green
Days Getting Attention of Chicago Area Residents
- May 23 - Green Pays on
Green Days "Kicks Off": Environmentally-Friendly "Green
Days" Prizes Unveiled
- May 23 - Work Completed on
Coles County Landfills
- May 20 - Batavia resident
is 250,000th Household Hazardous Waste Participant
- May 13 - Illinois
EPA and Belleville Hold Brownfields Kick-off Meeting
- May 9 - Funding Available for
Nonpoint Source Water Pollution Grants
- May 7 - Governor Ryan Announces
Green Communities Grant Awards
- May 1 - Young Environmentalists
To Be Honored at Awards Reception
- April 30 - Fourth Graders
To Get Introduction to Earth Stewardship
- April 30 - Illinois
EPA and Mt. Carmel Hold Brownfields Kick-off Meeting
- April 29 - Annual Partners for
Clean Air Breakfast Honors Participants for Activities on Ozone Action
Days
- April 29 - Citizens Urged To Participate
In Chicago Area Clean Air Progress Through New "Green pays On
Green Days" Initiative
- April 26 - $90,221 Grant On
Arbor Day To Morton Arboretum For Streambank Improvements On Willoway
Brook
- April 23 - Earth Day Celebrated
With Mercury Reduction Efforts; Expanded Recycling By State Agencies
- April 10 - Brownfields Grants
Awarded to 14 Communities
- March 26 - Governor Ryan's
Conference On "Building Green" Highlights Environmentally-Sustainable
Building Practices
- March 25 - Governor Ryan Announces
$206,580 Grant To Rolling Meadows For Water Quality Protection In
The Salt Creek Watershed
- March 22 - Ryan Announces
$208,710 To Fund Water Quality Protection In The North Fork Embarras
River Watershed In Southeastern Illinois
- March 21 - Barrie Park
Remediation Temporarily Halted
- March 20 - Governor Ryan
Announces Additional Loan For New Bloomington-Normal Wastewater Treatment
Plant
- February 25 - Household Hazardous
Waste Collections Announced for Spring 2002
- February 21 - Illinois
Landfill Capacity Remains Sufficient
- February 21 - Illinois EPA Holds
Public Meeting in Kankakee's Limestone Township
- February 14 - Leveraged Loan
Program to Assist Local Water and Sewer Projects Advances
- February 8 - Illinois
EPA Seeks Further Investigation of Springfield Gasoline Release
- February 5 - New Rules Sought
By IEPA To Protect Water Resources Approved
- January 25 - Informational
Meeting Set for DuPage County Citizen's Advisory Group
- January 15 - Governor's Action
Team Meets to Discuss DuPage County Groundwater Problems
- January 14 - Construction
Progressing Quickly at Centralia Landfill
- January 11 - Governor Ryan
Praises Federal Brownfields Action
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