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News Releases
 Note: These
are not necessarily all of the news releases being created by the Illinois
EPA.
2003
- Dec 22: Environmental Enforcement orders Now On IEPA Web Site:
Information Now Readily Available To Public
- Dec 12 - Illinois EPA
Releases New Data on Landfill Capacity
- Dec 11 - IEPA Asks Attorney
General to Pursue Legal Action Over Manure Spill that Contaminated Creek
in Bureau County
- Dec 9 - City
of Polo Receives Extension to Provisional Variance for Installation
of New Unit in Treatment Process
- Dec 5 - Illinois EPA
grants permit to Tazewell County Landfill, Inc.
- Nov 25 - Partners for Waste
Paint Solutions Has a New Partner in Rock Island
- Nov 24 - South Pekin Granted
45 Day Provisional Variance from Some Discharge Limits to Repair Tornado
Damage at Wastewater Treatment Plant Last Spring
- Nov 19 - IEPA
Grants Provisional Variance from Some Permit Limits to City of Polo
to Allow Installation of New Unit in Treatment Process
- Nov 18 - Five Grants To
Improve Water Quality In Southwestern And Central Illinois Announced
By Illinois EPA On Barge
- Nov 15 - Second Annual Green
Youth Awards On "America Recycles Day" Recognize Outstanding
Environmental Projects By Illinois Young People
- Nov 13 - Illinois
EPA, Village of Wauconda Move to Terminate Village’s Exemption
from Disinfection of Its Wastewater Discharge
- Nov 12 - IEPA Praises
Freeport Brownfields Redevelopment Project As Model: ‘Tutty’s
Crossing” Dedicated
- Nov 3 - Hillsboro Gets
Grant For Stormwater Wetland
- Nov 3 - $290,675 Grant
Approved for Salt Creek Streambank Stabilization
- Nov 3 - Illinois EPA Grants
Provisional Variance to General Electric Company
- Nov 3 - Illinois EPA Launches
New Web Page For Special Projects
- Nov 3 - $131,458 Grant
Continues Charleston Reservoir Improvements
- Nov 3 - $138,054
Grant To Evaluate Conservation Activities and Expedite Information Exchanges
on Water Quality and Wildlife Habitat
- Nov 3 - $300,000 Grant
to Northlake to Restore Wetlands, Slow Addison Creek Erosion
- Oct 30 - Governor
Recognizes McLean County School District As First Participant In His
Illinois Clean School Bus Program, Providing Cleaner Environment For
School Children
- Oct 30 - Governor
Announces Kick-off Of His Statewide Clean School Bus Program To Provide
Healthier Environment For Illinois School Children
- Oct 27 - State
Enters Consent Orders for Ottawa Landfill
- Oct 23 - Cleanup at
Waverly Grain Elevator Complete
- Oct 21 - Partners for
Waste Paint Solutions Has a New Partner for Central Illinois
- Oct 16 - Illinois
EPA Asks Illinois Attorney General To Take Enforcement Action Over Asbestos-Contaminated
Masonry Building Blocks
- Oct 10 - State and Federal
Agencies Take Aggressive Action in Hartford
- Oct 10 - Illinois EPA
Director Urges Delaying Yard Waste Disposal In Aftermath of Garbage
Hauler’s Strike
- Oct 8 - Illinois
EPA Seeks Enforcement Action From Attorney General for Improper Asbestos
Removal
- Oct 8 - Illinois EPA
Makes Decision on Cleanup at New Jersey Zinc in DePue
- Oct 8 - Illinois EPA
Extends Written Public Comment Period for Village of Wauconda Sewage
Treatment Plant Permit Application
- Oct 8 - IEPA Hosting
"Green Schools" Workshops for Winnebago and Boone County Schools
- Oct 3 - Illinois
EPA Asks Attorney General To Enforce Against Asbestos Removal Violations
- Oct 3 - Illinois
EPA completes restoration work at three Centralia landfills
- Sep 26 - Illinois EPA Releases
2002 Annual Air Quality Report: Air Quality Continues To Improve
- Sep 26 - “Green Pays
On Green Days” Ends With Toyota Prius Presentation
- Sep 25 - Advisory Group
Selected to Oversee Pilot Testing for FPA Overhaul
- Sep 25 - Director Cipriano
announces $201,230 to Fund Water Quality Protection in the Flint Creek
Watershed
- Sep 19 - Illinois EPA
Asks Illinois Attorney General to File Petition Objecting to Clean Air
Protection Rollbacks by Bush Administration
- Sep 16 - $2 Million Loan
to Macomb for Expanding, Improving Drinking Water Treatment Plant
- Sep 15 - Illinois
EPA to hold public meeting on proposed composting facility in Decatur
- Sep 12 - State's Water Plant
Operators Recognize Nine Peer as "Best" In Their Classes
- Sep 11 - $780,000 Loan
to Sycamore for New Well to Provide Better Drinking Water
- Sep 4 - $2 Million Loan Approved
for Equipment Upgrade of Elgin’s South Wastewater Treatment Plant
- Sep 4 - Partners
for Waste Paint Solutions Has a New Partner
- Sep 4 - Illinois
EPA Awards Normal Additional Brownfields Redevelopment Funding
- Sep 4 - Illinois
EPA Awards Lansing Additional Brownfields Redevelopment Funding
- Sep 4 - Illinois
EPA Awards Gillespie Additional Brownfields Redevelopment Funding
- Sep 2 - Illinois EPA
Director Seeks to Recover Costs for Work at Decatur Landfills
- Aug 28 - Illinois EPA
Seeks Emergency Court Order to Restore Water Service at McDonough County
Utility
- Aug 28 - Colección de
Desperdicios Peligrosos del Hogar anunciados para el otoño del
2003
- Aug 22 - Household Hazardous Waste
Collections Announced for Fall 2003
- Aug 21 - Spring Valley
Getting $3 Million Loan For Radium Removal Treatment of Drinking Water
- Aug 18 - Final Weeks for Chicago
Area Residents to Enter "Green Pays on Green Days"
- Aug 15 - Rock River
Algae Growth Generating “Release” Reports
- Aug 13 - $2.5 Million
Loan To Flossmoor For Sewer System Upgrade
- Aug 13 - Lake Arlann Drainage
District In Pekin Gets $339,113 To Fund Water Quality Protection
- Aug 12 - $410,326 Loan
Approved For Knoxville To Obtain Radium-Free Drinking Water
- Aug 7 - $553,527 Loan Will
Fund Sewer Improvements At Decatur
- Aug 7 - $740,956 Loan
Will Fund Carlinville Water Tower Replacement
- Aug 7 - $3.9 Million
Loan Approved For Granite City Sewage Facility Upgrade
- Aug 7 - $700,000 Loan Approved
For Improvements To Vandalia Drinking Water System
- Aug 7 - $1.2 Million Loan
Approved To Upgrade Bushnell Drinking Water Treatment System
- Aug 6 - Emissions Reduction Market
System Continues to Promote Major Reduction of Pollutants in Chicago
Metro Area
- Aug 1 - IEPA Approves
Loan For Public Water System Upgrades In Lockport
- Jul 30 - Illinois
EPA Renews Agreement with City of Rockford, Long-Term Collection of
Household Hazardous Wastes Will Continue
- Jul 24 - Springfield Mass
Transit District Adds Biodiesel To existing Green Fleet
- Jul 18 - Illinois
Officials Concerned About Lack of Funding
- Jul 17 - Clean Lakes Program
Applications Due
- Jul 11 - Illinois EPA
Director Praises Mercury Thermometer Ban Approval By Governor
- Jul 11 - Small Water
Systems Eligible for Help With Costs of Upgrading Operators Training
- Jul 7 - Illinois
EPA Issues Permit for Sangamon County Landfill
- Jul 7 - Local Lake Data Will
Be Included in Great North American Secchi Dip-In
- Jul 7 - Sampling Scheduled
for Southeast Rockford Groundwater Contamination Site
- Jul 3 - Illinois
EPA Director Issues Seal Order on Danville Property
- Jul 3 - IEPA Director
Urges Increased Federal Funding
- Jun 30 - Illinois EPA
Awards Grants to Counties For Landfill Inspection and Illegal Dumping
Investigations
- Jun 26 - Report
Shows Most Illinois Public Water Supplies Delivering Drinking Water
That Meets Health Standards
- Jun 25 - Illinois EPA Issues
15th Annual Toxic Chemical Report
- Jun 23 - $700,000 IEPA
Grant will restore, improve Springbrook Creek in DuPage County
- Jun 13 - Illinois EPA
Testifies for Non-Road Diesel Emissions Proposal
- Jun 10 - Area Businesses,
Governments Honored by Partners for Clean Air for Reducing Pollution
on Ozone Action Days
- Jun 9 - Citizens Invited To
Participate In Improving Chicago Area Air Quality Through "Green
Pays On Green Days" Initiative
- Jun 3 - Tazewell County
Men Referred to Attorney General for Waste Tire Violations
- May 30 - Madigan, Cipriano Announce Conviction of Williamson County
Man for Criminal Open Dumping
- May 21 - Seventeen Communities
Awarded Brownfields Grants at Annual Conference
- May 13 - Four Students
Receive Environmental Excellence Award From IEPA
- May 1 - Earth Stewardship
Day 2003 Will Be Held on May Day
- May 1 - Illinois EPA Announces
New Pollution Control Requirements for Electric Generating Units
- Apr 28 - Young Environmentalists
Honored at Awards Reception
- Apr 15 - Vulcan Materials
Shut Down Under Consent Order
- Apr 3 - Three Communities
In Madison County Added To Partners For Waste Paint Solutions Program
- Apr 3 - Lockport Approved
For $5.8 Million Loan To Upgrade Water System, Reduce Radium Levels
- Apr 1 - Shorelines And Fish
Will Benefit From “Scale” Grants
- Mar 31 - $1.3 Million Loan
Approved For Radium Treatment In Water At Sugar Grove
- Mar 27 - Environmental Justice
Policy Gets Stakeholder Input
- Mar 25 - New Animal Waste
Regulations Will Be Discussed at Series of Statewide Meetings
- Mar 20 - "Green Pays
On Green Days" Clean Air Education Program Receives National Recognition
- Mar 20 - Illinois EPA Enlists
More Citizen “Tire Spotters”: Project “Tread”
Launched
- Mar 5 - Five Clean Lakes
Projects Approved
- Mar 4 - Director Cipriano
Confirmed To New Appointment
- Mar 4 - Interim Environmental
Justice Policy Announced
- Mar 3 - Illinois EPA Announces
Spring Household Hazardous Waste Collection Schedule
- Feb 24 - Cicero School
District Site Now in Compliance with State Environmental Laws
- Feb 18 - Long Awaited Study
Of Chicago River Will Begin
- Feb 10 - Illinois
EPA Initiates Mercury Collections and Educational Programs
- Feb 8 - Work Begins At
Smith-Douglass Site in Streator
- Feb 3 - Green Chemistry
Workshops For Schools Start This Week
- Jan 23 - New U.S. Animal Waste
Regulations To Be Topic For Discussion at Upcoming IEPA Meeting
- Jan 8 - Governor
Ryan Announces $711,948 Grant To Bring Water To Private Well Owners
in Unincorporated Downers Grove
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