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Recent Web Updates - 2002
December 30
- News Releases - Illinois
Landfill Capacity Remains Adequate
- The disposal capacity for landfills in Illinois is sufficient
for the next 14 years, according to the most recent data
from the Illinois EPA.
- Landfill Capacity - Fifteenth
Annual Report
- This annual report provides statistics on landscape waste
compost facilities, waste transfer stations, waste generation
and recycling and solid waste planning efforts.
December 12
- Green
Government Annual Report
- The 2002 report is now available.
- CAAPP Fee Panel - Meeting minutes
- Minutes from the 08/01/02 meeting of the CAAPP Fee Panel
are now online.
December 4
- Drinking
Water Operator Certification Training
- Updated information is available, including courses approved
for renewal training credit, operator training submission
forms, and operator certification training provider forms.
- Two TMDLs approved
- Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) were approved for Governor
Bond Lake and Cedar Creek.
November 27
- News Releases - Illinois
EPA Initiates Mercury Collections and Educational Programs
- Illinois EPA Director Renee Cipriano has announced a statewide
campaign to educate the public about the hazards of mercury
and to reduce it in schools, homes and the environment.
- News Releases - Governor
Ryan Announces $697,000 Grant To Bring Lisle Water To
Woodridge Estates Private Well Owners
- Governor Ryan today announced that the village of Lisle will
receive a grant of $697,467 to cover 70 percent of the cost
of extending mains to carry municipal drinking water from
Lisle to private well owners in the unincorporated area of
Woodridge Estates where some wells have been contaminated
by an industrial chemical.
November 22
- Procurements - Laboratory
Information Management Systems (LIMS)
- The Agency has published two additional documents containing
frequently asked questions and answers about the LIMS solicitation.
They are now available online.
November 21
- News Releases - Governor
Ryan Announces $116,115 To Continue Nutrient Management
Plan Efforts In Lake George Watershed
- Governor Ryan today announced approval of another $116,115
in federal funds for the Association of Illinois Soil & Water
Conservation Districts to continue efforts to improve water
quality in the Lake Georgetown watershed.
- News Releases - Illinois
EPA sets hearing on renewal of Northwestern University's
NPDES Permit
- Illinois EPA has set a public hearing for December 2, 2002,
to accept written or oral comments on the reauthorization
of a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
permit currently held by the university.
November 19
- Leaking Underground Storage
Tanks - Recent News and Technical Forms
- Technical forms related to Public Act 92-0554, a timeline
of changes to Parts 732 and 734, and information about laboratory
accreditation are now available.
- Waste Tires
- Our waste tire pages have been greatly expanded, with information
about waste tire collections, used tire facts, and mosquito-born
illnesses.
November 18
- News Releases - First
Green Youth Awards Recognize Outstanding Environmental
Projects By Illinois Young People
- Illinois EPA Director Renee Cipriano today presented the
first Green Youth Awards, recognizing 11 outstanding environmental
protection and conservation projects by Illinois young people.
November 14
- Procurements - Laboratory
Information Management Systems (LIMS)
- The Illinois EPA is seeking proposals for a single Laboratory
Information Management System (LIMS), to include software,
implementation support and data conversion tasks, as part
of an ongoing program to improve efficiency in their laboratories.
November 13
- News Releases - Illinois
EPA Extends Public Comment Period For New Jersey Zinc/Mobil
Chemical Superfund Site
- The Illinois EPA has extended its deadline until December
20 for written and oral comments on the alternative remedies
studied and the Proposed Plan for the South Ditch sediments
of the New Jersey Zinc/Mobil Chemical Superfund site.
October 28
- NOx Trading Program
- Illinois has adopted a NOx emissions trading program to
reduce NOx emissions using a market-based cap and trade program.
- Capacity
Development Program
- The primary goal of the Capacity Development program is to
ensure that those who drink water in Illinois and across
the country receive safe, potable water from each and every
public water supply tap.
- News Releases - Residential
Soil Removals Begin At Two East St. Louis Sites
- The Illinois EPA has begun removal of soils, contaminated
with elevated levels of lead, from two areas in East St.
Louis: the Adept Tool site, located at 1318 N. 18th Street
and the East St. Louis Awning Company, 1901 Ridge Avenue.
October 25
- News Releases - EPA
Gives Companies 60 Days To Take Action At Ellsworth Industrial
Park Site
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has given a
group of companies, public entities, and individuals 60 days
to provide a good faith offer to address ground water contamination
in an unincorporated area near the Ellsworth Industrial Park
site in Downers Grove, Ill.
October 24
- News Releases - Permit
Issued to Allow Construction at Sangamon County Landfill
- Illinois EPA Director Renee Cipriano has announced that a
permit was issued today to Allied Waste to allow development
and construction of new disposal cells within the Sangamon
Valley landfill facility.
- Water
Monitoring Strategy
- This "Water Monitoring Strategy, 2002-2006" document
identifies the data collection programs, and their associated
goals and objectives, that will be carried out by Illinois
EPA.
October 21
- News Releases - Ryan
Anounces Another $16,254 To Fund Water Quality Projects
In The Eliza Creek Watershed
- Governor Ryan today announced approval of another $16,254
to the Mercer County Soil & Water Conservation District
to reduce nonpoint source pollution and enhance water quality
in the Eliza Creek watershed.
October 18
- News Releases - Pleasant
Plains School District Students Help Celebrate "Year
of Clean Water"
- Illinois EPA Director Renee Cipriano joined Pleasant Plains
School District students today in sampling water quality
at the district's Prairie Creek Environmental Habitat.
October 17
- News Releases - Illinois
EPA to Conduct Brownfields Assistance Workshop in Southern
Illinois
- The Illinois EPA's Office of Brownfields Assistance will
conduct a half-day workshop, Building Partnerships and
Locating Resources to Expand Your Redevelopment Vision,
on November 16, 2002 at Shawnee Community College in Ullin.
October 16
- P.A. 92-0554 Fact Sheet
- This fact sheet explains legislative changes to the Leaking
Underground Storage Tank Program.
- Clean Water Act Celebration
- Find out more about activities related to our celebration
of the Act's 30th Anniversary.
- National
Monitoring Day
- Citizen monitors, established volunteer monitoring organizations,
federal, state and local monitoring staff are invited to
participate in National Water Monitoring Day on October 18,
2002.
- Digester, March and
June issues
- The newsletter for wastewater and drinking water operations.
- Cleanups
Under State Authority
- Activities at Bartonville Industrial Park, Park Plating and
Metal Finishing, Paxton II Landfill, Centralia Environmental
Services, East St. Louis Awning and Adept Tool, and Waste
Hauling Landfill.
October 10
- Procurements - Development
of TMDLs and Implementation Plan for Target Watershed #3
- A summary document providing the Illinois EPA’s answers
to the questions/comments received during the TMDL Request
for Proposals (RFP) Vendor’s Conference is now available
online. The Powerpoint® presentation from the conference
is also available for download.
October 7
- CAAPP Fee Panel
- Information about the CAAPP Fee Panel is now available.
- Illinois Brownfields
Conference 2003
- A web page for this upcoming conference is now available.
Additional information will be added as the conference nears.
- Indian
Refining
- Fact sheets #8 and #9 are now available.
- Downers
Grove Groundwater Investigation
- Fact sheet #4 is now available.
- TMDL Quarterly Reports
- New quarterly reports are now available for Beaucoup Creek,
Big Muddy #1, Big Muddy #2, Bonnie Creek, Casey Fork, Dutchman
Creek, Little Muddy, Little Wabash, and Vandalia.
October 4
- News Releases - Illinois
EPA Director Issues Seal Order on Decatur Property
- Illinois EPA Director Renee Cipriano today issued an order
to seal the property known as AAA New & Used Tire Sales & Repair
due to the detection of mosquitoes infested with the West
Nile virus in used and waste tires at the site.
- News Releases - "Green
Pays On Green Days" Awarded Grand Prize 2002 Honda
Insight
- Illinois EPA Director Renee Cipriano joined program sponsors
and winners at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum to announce
the Green Pays on Green Days Grand Prize winner of a 2002
Honda Insight, super ultra-low emission vehicle.
- News Releases - Illinois
EPA Holds Public Hearing on New Jersey Zinc/Mobil Chemical
Superfund Site
- The Illinois EPA will hold a public hearing to accept written
and oral comments on the alternative remedies studied and
the Proposed Plan for the South Ditch sediments of the New
Jersey Zinc/Mobil Chemical Superfund site in DePue, Illinois.
October 2
- News Releases - Illinois
EPA Director Encourages Discussion On Facility Planning
Area Process
- Illinois EPA Director Cipriano met today with representatives
of several organizations concerned about urban growth to
discuss potential changes in the Facility Planning Area process
for determining the location of new sewer and wastewater
treatment facilities in unincorporated areas.
October 1
- News Releases - Illinois
EPA Announces Brownfields Redevelopment Grant For Farmington
- Illinois EPA Director Renee Cipriano announced that the
city of Farmington has been awarded a Brownfields Redevelopment
Grant by the Agency.
September 25
- Green Youth Awards
- The Green Youth Award is an annual awards program sponsored
by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. The program
recognizes the outstanding and innovative efforts of youth
in Illinois who are working on environmental protection and
conservation projects.
- News Releases - Illinois
EPA Director's "Green Youth Awards" Announced
- Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Director Renee Cipriano
announced today that applications are now being accepted
for the first Director's Green Youth Awards -- recognizing
outstanding environmental protection and conservation projects
by Illinois young people.
September 24
- Annual Air Quality
Report
- The 2001 edition is now available.
- News Releases - Illinois
EPA Annual Air Quality Report For 2001 Released
- The latest annual outdoor air quality report, for the year
2001, is now available from the Illinois Environmental Protection
Agency.
- News Releases - Illinois
EPA Announces Brownfields Redevelopment Grant For Gillespie
- Illinois EPA Director Renee Cipriano announced that the city
of Gillespie has been awarded a Brownfields Redevelopment
Grant by the Agency.
September 16
- News Releases - Top
Professional Awards To Three Water Plant Operators
- Drinking water plant operators in Zion, Gurnee and Collinsville
have been recognized by their fellow operators as the outstanding
professionals in their individual categories of service.
- News Releases - Illinois
Water Quality Report Now Available On-line and In Print: “Good” Quality
Streams Increase
- The Illinois Water Quality Report 2002, a comprehensive report
on the overall condition of the state's surface and groundwater
resources, is now available online. The 2002 report shows
that 64.5 percent of the state's streams assessed were rated
as “good,” compared with 62.5 percent in the
previous report in 2000. Those ranked as “fair” declined
from 36.1 percent to 34.1 percent, and those classified as “poor” remained
stable at 1.4 percent of the total assessed miles. The biennial
report, required under the federal Clean Water Act, is also
available in paper bound report format.
September 6
- Office of Community
Relations - Fact
Sheets
- The Office of Community Relations has prepared two new fact
sheets containing information about the proposed remedy for
the South Ditch of the New Jersey Zinc/Mobil Chemical Superfund
site in DePue.
September 4
- Environmental
Conditions Report - 2001 Edition
- The Illinois EPA creates this annual report to help focus
attention on environmental results. This edition reports
on environmental conditions in 2001.
- News Releases - Illinois
EPA and U.S. EPA Host Public Meeting On Cleanup Efforts
at Lockformer
- The Illinois EPA and the U.S. EPA are hosting a Public Availability
Session to discuss the progress of the cleanup efforts on
the Lockformer property in Lisle.
- News Releases - Illinois
EPA and U.S. EPA Host Public Meeting On Ellsworth Industrial
Park Investigation
- The Illinois EPA and the U.S. EPA are hosting a Public Availability
Session to discuss the ongoing investigation of the Ellsworth
Industrial Park in Downers Grove, as well as recent findings.
- Procurements - Development
of TMDLs and Implementation Plan for Target Watershed #3
- EPA 303 is an RFP for Total Maximum Daily Loads for Watersheds.
A Vendor Conference is scheduled for September 18, 2002 at
1:00 p.m. - attendance is not mandatory. Proposals are due
on October 22, 2002 at 2:00 p.m.
- Procurements - Chicago
Area Waterway System Use Attainability Analysis
- EPA 311 is a RFP for Chicago Area Waterway System Use Attainability
Analysis. Proposals are due on September 30, 2002 at 2:00
p.m.
August 28
- Industrial Materials Exchange
Service (IMES) - IMES listing now available
- IMES acts as an information clearinghouse, directory, and
marketing facilitator for reusable industrial materials,
dealing with waste by-products, off-spec items, hazardous
and nonhazardous materials, overstock, and damaged or unwanted
material. The IMES listing is now available online.
- Site Remediation
Program - Drycleaner presentation available online
- A Powerpoint presention, Voluntary Cleanups of Drycleaner
Solvent Contamination: The Role of Illinois EPA, presented
at the Midwest 2002 Illinois State Fabricare Association,
is now available online.
August 26
- News Release - Final
Week For Chicago Area Residents To Enter "Green
Pays On Green Days"
- Residents of the Greater Chicagoland area have only one week
remaining to “take the clean air pledge” and
be eligible to win a new Honda gas and electric-hybrid car,
in the “Green Pays on Green Days program,” Illinois
EPA Director Renee Cipriano noted today.
- Public-Notices -
Illinois EPA Bureau of Water Annual Public Hearing
- The transcript of the public hearing is now available online.
August 23
- Air Repair -
July 2002 issue
- A new issue of Air Repair, a newsletter for auto repair
facilities which service vehicles that have failed the emissions
test, is now available.
- Waste
Water Restricted Status and Critical Review Lists
- Restricted status means the facilities have loadings at or
above the design capacity of the system and the Agency may
not issue permits for additional loadings. Critical review
means that facilities have loadings exceeding 80 percent
of the design capacity of the system and the Agency will
very carefully review applications for additional loading.
- Drinking
Water Restricted Status and Critical Review Lists
- Restricted Status means that a water supply has a maximum
contaminant level or treatment technique violation, an inadequate
source of raw water supply, inadequate treatment plant capacity,
finished water storage or distribution system pressure. The
Critical Review List indicates those water supplies which
are approaching a point where the supply could be placed
on Restricted Status.
- Toxic
Chemical Report - Fourteenth annual report now online
- The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of
1986 requires annual reports to be filed by certain companies
which release any of over 600 listed toxic chemicals and
compounds to the environment. This report covers data from
2000.
- Lake
Notes - Several fact sheets now online
- Several more "Lake Notes" fact sheets have been
made available online. The topics covered include the Illinois
Clean Lakes Program, Shoreline Stabilization, Aquatic Exotics,
Stormwater Detention Ponds, Monitoring Lake Quality, Septic
Systems, Fertilizer and Pesticide Basics, Lake Aeration and
Circulation, Lake Stratification and Mixing, and Lake Dredging.
August 20
- Public Notices -
Village of Huntley East Sewage Treatment Plant
- The transcript of the public hearing is now available online.
- Wastewater
operator certification class K study guide
- A newly revised version of this guide is now available.
- News Release - Illinois
EPA Director Hosts Local Government Workshop in Champaign
- Illinois EPA Director Renee Cipriano is hosting an informational
workshop for local governmental officials on Wednesday, August
21, 2002, at the University of Illinois in Urbana.
- News Release - Illinois
EPA Director Hosts Local Government Workshop in Rockford
- Illinois EPA Director Renee Cipriano is hosting an informational
workshop for local governmental officials on Thursday, August
22, 2002, at Northern Illinois University in Rockford.
- News Release - $7.5
Million Loan Approved for Carol Stream Waste Treatment
Plant Expansion, Improvement
- A low interest loan of $7,550,954 has been approved for the
village of Carol Stream, to upgrade and expand the village's
current wastewater treatment facilities.
- Fall
Household Hazardous Waste Collection Schedule
- The schedule for statewide collections of household hazardous
wastes is now available.
- Public Notices -
Corn Belt Energy Corporation, Elkhart
- The transcript of the public hearing is now available online.
August 19
- Public Notices -
Racehorse Investments, L.L.C. - Racehorse Business Park,
St.Clair County
- The Illinois EPA has received an application for a Section
401 water quality certification to discharge into the waters
of the state associated with a Section 404 permit application
received by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers in association
with the above project. An Antidegradation Assessment fact
sheet has been prepared by the IEPA and is available as an
attachment to the public notice.
- Public Notices -
Chicago Park District - Lake Michigan Revetment- Cook County
- The Illinois EPA has received an application for a Section
401 water quality certification to discharge into the waters
of the state associated with a Section 404 permit application
received by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers in association
with the above project. An Antidegradation Assessment fact
sheet has been prepared by the IEPA and is available as an
attachment to the public notice.
August 16
- News Release - Illinois
EPA Responds To Citizen Complaint at H & L Landfill:
Results Reveal No High Readings
- In response to a concern by the property owners, the Illinois
EPA conducted soil sampling on residential property adjacent
to the H & L #1 Landfill in Danville; however, extensive
sampling revealed no levels of contaminants that exceeded
health standards.
- News Release - Director
Cipriano Praises Reclamation Of BP Refinery Site In Wood
River As Brownfields Showcase Project
- Illinois EPA Director Renee Cipriano praised the ongoing
cleanup and redevelopment of the former BP/Amoco refinery
site in Wood River as a national showcase example of a successful “brownfields” project.
August 15
- Public Notices -
City of Decatur - Lake Decatur Basin 6, Macon County
- The city of Decatur proposes to dredge Basin 6 of Lake Decatur
to regain water storage capacity lost to sedimentation over
the years. An Antidegradation Assessment fact sheet has been
prepared by the IEPA and is available online.
- Public Notices -
Kimbal Weber, Dredging, Woodford County
- The Illinois EPA has received an application for a Section
401 water quality certification to discharge into the waters
of the state associated with a Section 404 permit application
received by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers in association
with the above project. An Antidegradation Assessment fact
sheet has been prepared by the IEPA and is available as an
attachment to the public notice.
August 14
- News Release - Lincoln
Given Loan Extension To Seek New Bids for $9.2 Million
Wastewater Project
- Governor George H. Ryan today announced that a low interest
loan for $9,204,440 will continue to be authorized for the
Logan County community of Lincoln while the city seeks new
bidders for the wastewater project.
- News Release - Ryan
Announces $1,242,000 Federally Funded Grant For Parking
Lot Pollution Management Demonstration At Morton Arboretum
- Governor George H. Ryan today announced that a grant of $1,242,000
in federal funds has been awarded to the Morton Arboretum
in Lisle for an innovative demonstration project on reducing
nonpoint source water pollution through improved management
of urban parking areas.
- Public Notices -
IDOT District 3, IL Route 17 Crane Creek Bridge Replacement
- The Illinois EPA has received an application for a Section
401 water quality certification to discharge into the waters
of the state associated with a Section 404 permit application
received by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers in association
with the above project. An Antidegradation Assessment fact
sheet has been prepared by the IEPA and is available as an
attachment to the public notice.
August 12
- Public Notices -
IDOT District 3, US Route 24 Sugar Creek Bridge Replacement
- The Illinois EPA has received an application for a Section
401 water quality certification to discharge into the waters
of the state associated with a Section 404 permit application
received by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers in association
with the above project. An Antidegradation Assessment fact
sheet has been prepared by the IEPA and is available as an
attachment to the public notice.
- Public Notices -
Nicor Pontiac Manufactured Gas Plant, Livingston County
- The Illinois EPA has received an application for a Section
401 water quality certification to discharge into the waters
of the state associated with a Section 404 permit application
received by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers in association
with the above project. An Antidegradation Assessment fact
sheet has been prepared by the IEPA and is available as an
attachment to the public notice.
August 9
- Workshop:
Reviewing and Commenting on New Source Review Permits
- This workshop, sponsored by the Earth Day Coalition and the
U.S. EPA, will introduce citizens to the New Source Review
permit process. Representatives of the Illinois EPA will
also be available to answer questions.
- Public Notices -
Loyfman Pier Revetment - Lake Michigan, Cook County
- The Illinois EPA has received an application for a Section
401 water quality certification to discharge into the waters
of the state associated with a Section 404 permit application
received by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers in association
with the above project. An Antidegradation Assessment fact
sheet has been prepared by the IEPA and is available as an
attachment to the public notice.
August 8
- News Release - Aug.
31 Pre-Application Deadline For Clean Lakes Program Funding
- Pre-applications will be accepted by the IEPA through Aug.
31 for funding assistance offered through the Conservation
2000 - Illinois Clean Lakes Program (ICLP).
August 7
- LUST Program - Recent
News
- Governor George Ryan signed House Bill 4471 into law as Public
Act 92-0554 on June 24, 2002. The Act includes some significant
changes to the handling of underground storage tank releases
and also raised the maximum amount that may be reimbursed
from the Underground Storage Tank Fund.
August 6
- News Release - Illinois
EPA Director Hosts Local Government Workshop in Palatine
- Illinois EPA Director Renee Cipriano is hosting an informational
workshop for local governmental officials on Thursday August
8, 2002, at Harper College in Palatine.
- News Release - Illinois
EPA Director Hosts Local Government Workshop in Joliet
- Illinois EPA Director Renee Cipriano is hosting an informational
workshop for local governmental officials on Wednesday, August
7, 2002 at Joliet Junior College in Joliet.
August 2
- Nonpoint
Source Pollution
- Nonpoint source pollution occurs when runoff from rain and
snowmelt carries pollutants into waterways such as rivers,
streams, lakes, wetlands, and even groundwater. These pages
explain how Section 319 of the Clean Water Act addresses
the problems of nonpoint source pollution.
- News Release - Ryan
Announces $105,600 Grant For Livestock Waste Pollution
Control Efforts In Northwestern Illinois
- Gov. George H. Ryan today announced approval of a $105,600
grant to the Blackhawk Hills Resource Conservation and Development
Inc. to work with dairy producers in the counties of Carroll,
Jo Daviess, Lee, Ogle, Stephenson, and Whiteside on environmentally-friendly
wastewater-handling practices.
- News Release - $3.8
Million Loan Approved For New Water Plant For Georgetown
- A $3,878,760 low-interest loan has been approved for the
Vermilion County community of Georgetown for construction
of a new drinking water system, including new wells, a water
treatment plant and transmission mains.
August 1
- Procurement Opportunities -
Hazardous Educational Waste Collections
- The Illinois EPA has prepared a list of frequently asked
questions and their answers regarding this bid invitation.
This list is now available online.
July 30
- Watershed Management - Section
303(d) List
- The Illinois EPA has prepared a draft list of impaired waters
for the year 2002 to fulfill the requirements set forth in
Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act and the Water
Quality Planning and Management regulation at 40 CFR Part
130. The 2002 section 303(d) report also provides information
about the Total Maximum Daily Load program/process in Illinois.
- Public Notices -
Impaired Waters of Illinois Draft Section 303(d) List, Illinois
2002
- The Illinois EPA Bureau of Water will hold a public hearing
September 11, 2002 to provide an opportunity for the public
to comment on the proposed Draft Section 303(d) List for
2002. The Illinois EPA is required under Section 303 of the
federal Clean Water Act to assess waters of the state and
evaluate compliance with applicable water quality standards
and designated uses. Waters that are assessed as not achieving
those standards are identified on the Section 303(d) List.
July 26
- Public Notices -
Duke Energy Cook, LLC, Chicago Heights
- The comment period in the above matter has been extended
to August 2, 2002. The comment period extension order and
the transcript of the public hearing is now available online.
- News Release - Illinois
EPA Director Hosts Local Government Workshop in Sesser
- Illinois EPA Director Renee Cipriano is hosting an informational
workshop for local governmental officials on Tuesday, July
30, at Rend Lake College in Sesser, in Room 110.
- News Release - Illinois
EPA Director Hosts Local Government Workshop in Centralia
- Illinois EPA Director Renee Cipriano is hosting an informational
workshop for local governmental officials on Monday, July
29, at Kaskaskia College in Centralia, in the Kaskaskia Room,
located in the Health and Business building.
July 25
- News Release - Illinois
EPA Director Hosts Local Government Workshop in Galesburg
- Illinois EPA Director Renee Cipriano is hosted an informational
workshop, titled Assisting Illinois Communities: Illinois
EPA's Information Exchange for Local Governments, for
local governmental officials on July 11 at Knox College in
Galesburg.
- News Release - Illinois
EPA Director Hosts Local Government Workshop in Jacksonville
- Illinois EPA Director Renee Cipriano is hosted an informational
workshop, titled Assisting Illinois Communities: Illinois
EPA's Information Exchange for Local Governments, for
local governmental officials on July 2 in Jacksonville.
- Public Notices -
IDOT District 3, Eastbound I 80 Collins Run Bridge Replacement
- The Illinois EPA has received an application for a Section
401 water quality certification to discharge into the waters
of the state associated with a Section 404 permit application
received by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers in association
with the above project. An Antidegradation Assessment fact
sheet has been prepared by the IEPA and is available as an
attachment to the public notice.
- Public Notices -
IDOT District 3, US Route 34 Sutphens Run Bridge Replacement
- The Illinois EPA has received an application for a Section
401 water quality certification to discharge into the waters
of the state associated with a Section 404 permit application
received by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers in association
with the above project. An Antidegradation Assessment fact
sheet has been prepared by the IEPA and is available as an
attachment to the public notice.
- Public Notices -
IDOT District 3, Township Road 17 Walley Run Bridge Replacement
- The Illinois EPA has received an application for a Section
401 water quality certification to discharge into the waters
of the state associated with a Section 404 permit application
received by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers in association
with the above project. An Antidegradation Assessment fact
sheet has been prepared by the IEPA and is available as an
attachment to the public notice.
- Public Notices -
IDOT District 3, IL Route 17 Mazon River Bridge Replacement
- The Illinois EPA has received an application for a Section
401 water quality certification to discharge into the waters
of the state associated with a Section 404 permit application
received by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers in association
with the above project. An Antidegradation Assessment fact
sheet has been prepared by the IEPA and is available as an
attachment to the public notice.
- Public Notices -
IDOT District 3, I 80 Aux Sable Bridge Replacement
- The Illinois EPA has received an application for a Section
401 water quality certification to discharge into the waters
of the state associated with a Section 404 permit application
received by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers in association
with the above project. An Antidegradation Assessment fact
sheet has been prepared by the IEPA and is available as an
attachment to the public notice.
- Public Notices -
Chevron Environmental Services Company
- The transcript of the public hearing is now available online.
July 24
- Environmental
Progress - Spring
2002 issue
- A new issue of the Illinois EPA's quarterly newsletter is
now available.
- News Release - "Green
Pays on Green Days" Awards First Intermediate Prize
and Announces New Bonus Prizes
- Taking "clean air actions" continues to pay off,
as the Illinois EPA and the Partners for Clean Air have awarded
the first "intermediate prize" package and announced
additional prizes that residents of the Chicago Metropolitan
area are eligible to win.
- Vehicle Emissions Testing - Onboard
Diagnostic Testing
- Recently Passed Legislation allows the Illinois EPA to utilize
the On Board Diagnostic (OBD) system on 1996 and newer model
vehicles to test the emissions system on these vehicles and
use the results to pass the emissions test. The OBD test
will replace traditional exhaust emission tests for most
1996 and newer model vehicles.
July 22
- Procurement Opportunities -
Hazardous Educational Waste Collections
- The Illinois EPA is soliciting bids from qualified hazardous
waste management companies for a hazardous educational waste
collection and waste management program.
July 19
- Public Notices -
Corn Products Argo Plant, Bedford Park
- The transcript of the public hearing is now available online.
- Public Notices -
Lincoln Village Underbridge Connector, Chicago Department
of Transportation
- The Illinois EPA has received an application for a Section
401 water quality certification to discharge into the waters
of the state associated with a Section 404 permit application
received by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers in association
with the above project. An Antidegradation Assessment fact
sheet has been prepared by the IEPA and is available as an
attachment to the public notice.
July 18
- Public Notices -
Clean Air Act Fee Panel
- The meeting dates for the Clean Air Act Fee Panel have been
set for fiscal year 2003. These meetings will be held at
the headquarters of the Illinois EPA in Springfield.
July 16
- Drinking
Water Annual Compliance Report
- This is an annual report on violations occurring during the
previous calendar year of national primary drinking water
regulations by public water systems in Illinois.
- Public Notices -
Metra, Track and Station Improvements, Cook and Lake Counties
- The Illinois EPA has received an application for a Section
401 water quality certification to discharge into the waters
of the state associated with a Section 404 permit application
received by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers in association
with the above project. An Antidegradation Assessment fact
sheet has been prepared by the IEPA and is available as an
attachment to the public notice.
- Public Notices -
Kibler Development Corp., Landfill Permit
- The Illinois EPA received a 60-day extension of the decision
deadline for Kibler Development Corporation's application
for a permit to construct a landfill. The extension of the
decision deadline gives the applicant additional time to
address deficiencies in the landfill design and the demonstration
of groundwater protection. The receipt of the waiver moves
forward the date of the decision deadline by 60 days to September
10, 2002.
July 12
- TMDLs in Progress -
Beaucoup Creek and Charleston
- A TMDL or Total Maximum Daily Load is the sum of the allowable
amount of a single pollutant that a waterbody can receive
and still meet water quality standards. Two more quarterly
reports for Beaucoup Creek and all four quarterly reports
for Charleston are now available.
- Digester/Over the
Spillway - October
2001 issue
- The October 2001 issue of Digester/Over the Spillway,
the Illinois EPA's newsletter for water supply operators,
is now available online.
- ERMS - Annual
Performance Review Report for 2001
- The second Annual Performance Review Report about the Emissions
Reduction Market System (ERMS) is now available. The ERMS
is an innovative, market-based approach for reducing emissions
of volatile organic materials that contribute to ozone nonattainment.
July 11
- Procurement Opportunities -
Manifest Sales using the Internet
- A frequently asked questions file has been added for this
RFP and is available for download.
July 10
- Public Notices -
H & L #1 Landfill Site, Danville, Illinois
- The Illinois EPA will hold a public availability session
July 11, 2002 to provide an overview of the construction
project and be available to respond to comments and questions
regarding the H & L #1 Landfill. The work planned for
the H & L #1 Landfill site will include constructing
landfill gas vents, an engineered cap and planting vegetation
to stabilize the cover and prevent further erosion.
July 9
- Public Notices -
Bureau of Water Annual Hearing
- The Illinois EPA will hold a public hearing to provide an
opportunity for the public to understand and comment on specific
program areas managed by the Bureau of Water.
July 3
- News Release - Illinois
EPA Receives Two USTfields Pilot Grants
- Illinois EPA Director Renee Cipriano has been notified that
the Agency was awarded two pilot grants by the U.S Environmental
Protection Agency to assess and clean up petroleum contamination
from underground storage tanks, or USTs.
July 2
- News Release - Chicago
Area Attainment Designation Delayed By Recent Ozone Levels
Linked to Weather Conditions
- Redesignation of the Chicago metro area for meeting the federal
one-hour health standard for ground-level ozone will be delayed
as a result of unusual weather conditions in late June, Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency Director Renee Cipriano announced
today.
- Public Notices -
Kendall New Century Development, LLC - Yorkville
- The transcript of the public hearing is now available online.
July 1
- News Release - Annual
Compliance Report Shows Good Drinking Water Numbers Continue
To Rise
- During 2001, 98 percent of consumers served by Illinois community
water supplies received water that met all requirements that
protect against short-term health effects, according to a
new report by Illinois EPA to the U.S. EPA.
June 28
- Public Notices -
William Diamond, Section 401 Application
- A 401 certification has been requested for a farm near Lovington
regarding culverts in Stringtown Branch and an unnamed tributary
of Stringtown Branch. An Antidegradation Assessment fact
sheet has been prepared by the IEPA and is available as an
attachment to the public notice.
June 25
- Public Notices -
Hearing Canceled - State Implementation Plan Submittals for
the Northeastern Illinois Ozone Nonattainment Area
- The public hearing scheduled to be held by the Illinois EPA
on July 1 in the James R. Thompson Center has been canceled.
June 24
- News Release - Agreement
with Monterey Coal Co. Addresses Groundwater Quality
and Provides Public Water Hookups
- The Illinois EPA and Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan’s
office today signed a Covenant Not to Sue Agreement with
Monterey Coal Co. that will protect groundwater while benefiting
nearby residents of its Albers Mine No. 2.
- Procurement Opportunities -
Manifest Sales using the Internet
- The Illinois EPA wishes to contract with a vendor to implement
a secure Internet site to sell Manifests via credit card
transactions.
June 20
- News Release - Illinois
EPA Director Meets with Barrie Park Project Representatives
- Citing concerns about delays in the Barrie Park cleanup project
in Oak Park, Illinois EPA Director Renee Cipriano met with
representatives of Commonwealth Edison, Nicor, the Village
of Oak Park and the Park District of Oak Park on Wednesday
in an attempt to get the project moving again. The meeting,
held at Illinois EPA headquarters in Springfield, was intended
to resolve differences among the parties on the cleanup of
a former manufactured gas plant site.
- News Release - Third
and Final Remedy Decision Announced for Southeast Rockford
Groundwater Contamination Superfund Site
- Illinois EPA Director Renee Cipriano and William Muno, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency's Regional Superfund Director,
have signed a Record of Decision pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, known
as CERCLA or Superfund, for control of the four major areas
that have been sources of groundwater contamination in the
Southeast Rockford Groundwater Contamination Superfund Project.
- News Release - Illinois
EPA Director Hosts Local Government Workshops
- Illinois EPA Director Renee Cipriano is hosting a series
of informational workshops throughout the state this summer
for local governmental officials. The workshops, titled Assisting
Illinois Communities: Illinois EPA's Information Exchange
for Local Governments, are being held for Illinois officials
such as mayors, city managers, council members, township
supervisors, village presidents, county board chairs, and
representatives from local sanitary districts and public
water districts and anyone with a decision-making role in
local government.
- Public Notices -
Corps of Engineers, S. Branch Chicago River
- The applicant has applied for Section 401 water quality certification
to install 523 linear feet of steel sheet piling along the
East bank of the South Branch Chicago River (replacing about
367 linear feet of existing sheet pile, and placing about
156 linear feet of new sheet piling riverward of existing
timber pilings). The overall impact of this project will
be beneficial, through reduced erosion and sedimentation.
An Antidegradation Assessment fact sheet has been prepared
by the IEPA and is available as an attachment to the public
notice.
June 19
- Total Maximum Daily Load -
web pages updated and expanded
- The TMDL web pages have been significantly updated and expanded.
Additions include information about the TMDL Stakeholder
Workgroup and TMDLs in progress.
- Public Notices -
Village of Seneca
- The Illinois EPA has received an application for a Section
401 water quality certification to discharge into the waters
of the state associated with a Section 404 permit application
received by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers. An Antidegradation
Assessment fact sheet has been prepared by the IEPA and is
available as an attachment to the public notice.
June 18
- News Release - Ryan
Announces $300,000 To Support Conservation Projects In
24 Counties
- Gov. George H. Ryan today announced approval for $300,000
in federal Clean Water Act funds to support Conservation
Reserve Enhancement Programs (CREP) in 24 Illinois counties.
June 11
- News Release - Green
Pays On Green Days Getting Attention of Chicago
Area Residents
- Illinois EPA Director Renee Cipriano announced today that
the Green Pays on Green Days educational initiative
has received a strong response from Chicago area residents.
June 5
- Public Notices -
Chevron Environmental Services Company
- The Illinois EPA gives notice of intent to modify the RCRA
and HSWA Post-Closure permit for the former Texaco Refining
and Marketing, Inc. facility for the continued care of properly
closed hazardous waste management units and corrective action
activities at their refinery property in Lockport. Texaco
and Chevron have merged so the permit has been transferred
to the Chevron Environmental Services Company
May 28
- Consumer
Confidence Report Guidance Manual
- The Consumer Confidence Reports provide an opportunity for
water suppliers to educate consumers about the source and
quality of their drinking water, and to involve them in decisions
about it.
- RCRA
Hazardous Waste Permit Applications
- The RCRA Decision Guide is designed to assist applicants
in the preparation of a RCRA Part B permit application for
the storage, treatment and/or disposal of hazardous waste.
The RCRA permit application checklist is a companion document
for the decision guide and is available in Microsoft Word
and Adobe Acrobat format. It was originally developed to
assist in the review of RCRA permit applications, but may
also be useful to applicants during the preparation of a
permit application.
- Public Notices -
Civil Constructors, Inc., Freeport
- The Illinois EPA has received an application for a Section
401 water quality certification to discharge into the waters
of the state associated with a Section 404 permit application
received by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers. An Antidegradation
Assessment fact sheet has been prepared by the IEPA and is
available as an attachment to the public notice.
May 24
- News Release - Green
Pays on Green Days "Kicks Off": Environmentally-Friendly "Green
Days" Prizes Unveiled
- The top prizes for citizens in the Chicago Metro area who "take
the Clean Air pledge" and participate in the "Green
Pays on Green Days" program this summer are "super
ultra low emissions" electric hybrid Honda Insight vehicle
and ENERGYSTAR® high-efficiency appliances from Sears,
Roebuck and Co.
May 23
- Final Report Chicago O'Hare
Airport Air Toxic Monitoring Program
- As part of its fiscal year 2001 air monitoring program, the
Illinois EPA measured the airborne levels of various air
contaminants in the vicinity of O’Hare as well as at
other locations in the Chicago area. The purpose of this
measurement program was to collect information that would
help assess the relative impact of airport related emissions
and levels of airborne contaminants characteristic of large
urban areas.
May 21
- News Release - Batavia
resident is 250,000th Household Hazardous Waste Participant
- On Saturday, May 18, Dave Burns of Batavia was in line to
drop off items at Illinois EPA's household hazardous waste
collection in St. Charles, when he learned that he was the
250,000th participant in Illinois to do so.
- Public Notices -
State Implementation Plan Submittals for the Northeastern
Illinois Ozone Nonattainment Area
- The Illinois EPA will hold a public hearing for the purpose
of gathering public comment on the Maintenance Plan and the
establishment of motor vehicle emissions budgets.
- Public Notices -
St. Clair County Soil and Water Conservation District
- The Illinois EPA has received an application for a Section
401 water quality certification to discharge into the waters
of the state associated with a Section 404 permit application
received by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers. An Antidegradation
Assessment fact sheet has been prepared by the IEPA and is
available as an attachment to the public notice.
May 20
- Cleanups
Under the Federal Superfund Program - Federal Site
Remediation Program Annual Report for 2001
- The Federal Sites Remediation Section implements and assists
other Federal agencies with the implementation of investigations
and cleanups at a variety of contaminated sites. These sites
range from abandoned mines and artillery ranges to major
weapons production facilities, abandoned industrial areas
and abandoned landfills. Their 2001 annual report is now
available.
May 13
- Repair Facility Performance
Report - April edition
- The latest edition of the Repair Facility Performance Report
is now available. If your vehicle failed the emissions test,
please take a minute to review the information in this report.
The Illinois EPA and the Air Team created this report to
help you identify a repair facility to diagnose and repair
your vehicle.
- Just for Kids - Fill-in
Word game
- We've added a new game to our Envirofun "Just for Kids" area.
Can you fill in the missing words to complete the Hydrologic
Cycle?
- News Release - Illinois
EPA and Belleville Hold Brownfields Kick-off Meeting
- The Illinois EPA and the City of Belleville met the afternoon
of May 13, to announce plans for a $44,116 municipal Brownfields
Redevelopment Grant.
May 10
- Public Notices -
Sherwood Lake Subdivision - McLean County
- The Illinois EPA has received an application for a Section
401 water quality certification to discharge into the waters
of the state associated with a Section 404 permit application
received by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers. An Antidegradation
Assessment fact sheet has been prepared by the IEPA and is
available as an attachment to the public notice.
- Public Notices -
Village of Huntley East Sewage Treatment Plant
- The Illinois EPA Bureau of Water will conduct a public hearing
to receive oral and written comments on a National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit renewal received
from the Village of Huntley for an expansion of their east
sewage treatment plant.
May 9
- News Release - Funding
Available for Nonpoint Source Water Pollution Grants
- More than $5.5 million in federal funding for Nonpoint Source
Pollution Control projects is expected to be available in
the current application period that ends Aug. 1, 2002.
- Public Notices -
Westfield Development Corporation
- The Illinois EPA has received an application for a Section
401 water quality certification to discharge into the waters
of the state associated with a Section 404 permit application
received by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers from Westfield
Development Corporation. An Antidegradation Assessment fact
sheet has been prepared by the IEPA and is available as an
attachment to the public notice.
- Public Notices -
Corn Products Argo Plant in Bedford Park
- Corn Products Argo Plant has requested that the Illinois
EPA issue a permit to construct three natural gas fired boilers
at the Corn Products facility in Bedford Park. The Illinois
EPA is accepting comments on the proposed permit.
May 8
- Brownfields -
Redevelopment Grants: Project Descriptions updated
- Through the Brownfields Redevelopment Grant Program, cities
of all sizes can initiate and support brownfield cleanup
and redevelopment projects that the private sector would
not undertake on its own. Brownfields Redevelopment Grants
may be used to perform environmental site assessments to
determine whether a brownfields property is contaminated,
and if so, to what extent.
- Public
Water Supply Restricted Status and Critical Review Lists
- A construction permit to expand the distribution system cannot
be granted when a water supply has a maximum contaminant
level or treatment technique violation, an inadequate source
of raw water supply, inadequate treatment plant capacity,
finished water storage or distribution system pressure. The
Restricted Status List is published quarterly to notify those
persons considering expansion of a water supply distribution
system of that status before large sums of money have been
spent on items such as land acquisition, financing and engineering
fees. The companion Critical Review List is also published
quarterly and lists water supplies which are approaching
a point where the supply could be placed on Restricted Status.
- Waste
Water Restricted Status and Critical Review Lists
- Restricted status means the facilities have loadings at or
above the design capacity of the system and the Agency may
not issue permits for additional loadings. Critical review
means that facilities have loadings exceeding 80 percent
of the design capacity of the system and the Agency will
very carefully review applications for additional loading.
- News Release - Governor
Ryan Announces Green Communities Grant Awards
- Governor George H. Ryan today announced Green Communities
Demonstration Program grants totaling $1,262, 987 to 16 local
governments and community groups to develop a vision, long-term
goals and action plan for improving local environmental conditions.
May 3
- News Release - Annual
Partners for Clean Air Breakfast Honors Participants
for Activities on Ozone Action Days
- Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Director Renee Cipriano
today joined the Partners for Clean Air to recognize the
achievements of businesses and local governments in improving
air quality. Awards were presented at the 7th Annual Partners
Recognition Ceremony in Chicago.
- Leaking Underground Storage
Tanks - Annual
Report
- The Leaking Underground Storage Tanks (LUST) Annual Report
for 2001 is now online. The Year 2001 presented Illinois
EPA with one of its greatest achievements in the LUST Program:
more LUST incidents were closed than reported. With reimbursement
for corrective action activities continuing to increase,
we expect the trend to continue, allowing the Illinois EPA
to reduce the 10,000-plus backlog of LUST sites. Indeed,
during the year 2001, $56.8 million were reimbursed to tank
owners.
- News Release - Young
Environmentalists To Be Honored at Awards Reception
- An honors reception from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Hilton Springfield
on Saturday (May 4) will honor fifth and sixth graders from
around Illinois, wrapping up the Illinois Environmental Protection
Agency's 15th annual poster/prose competition. Six youngsters
will receive U.S. savings bonds, books, ribbons and certificates
for submitting winning posters or written works on the importance
of “The Air We Breathe.”
- Public Notices -
Kendall New Century Development, LLC - Yorkville
- Kendall New Century Development, L.L.C. has requested that
the Illinois EPA reissue a permit to construct a natural
gas fired power plant northwest of Yorkville in Kendall County.
The Illinois EPA will hold a public hearing to receive verbal
comments and data into the written hearing record and to
answer questions from the public prior to making a final
decision concerning the permit.
April 30
- News Release - $90,221
Grant On Arbor Day To Morton Arboretum For Streambank
Improvements On Willoway Brook
- Illinois EPA Director Renee Cipriano today announced approval
of a $90,221 federal grant to The Morton Arboretum to stabilize
approximately 1,440 feet of Willoway Brook on the Arboretum's
grounds.
- News Release - Citizens
Urged To Participate In Chicago Area Clean Air Progress
Through New "Green pays On Green Days" Initiative
- “Green Pays on Green Days” — Governor Ryan's
new initiative to encourage continued “green actions” by
Chicago metro area residents that help reduce smog--- was
announced today by Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Director Renee Cipriano.
April 24
- Public Notices -
Concrete Structures of the Midwest, Inc., Chicago
- The Illinois EPA has received an application for a Section
401 water quality certification to discharge into the waters
of the state associated with a Section 404 permit application
received by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers from Concrete
Structures of the Midwest, Inc.. An Antidegradation Assessment
fact sheet has been prepared by the IEPA and is available
as an attachment to the public notice.
- Public Notices -
Golf Learning Center, LLC. - McLean County
- A fact sheet for antidegradation assessment for Golf Learning
Center, LLC. - McLean County has been posted.
April 23
- News Release - Earth
Day Celebrated With Mercury Reduction Efforts; Expanded
Recycling By State Agencies
- Governor George H. Ryan and Illinois Environmental Protection
Agency Director Renee Cipriano today announced new efforts
to reduce potentially hazardous mercury in the environment,
as well as additional recycling and waste reduction by state
agencies.
- Public Notices -
Griffith Laboratories U.S.A., Inc., Chicago
- The transcript of the public hearing is now available online.
April 12
- Public Notices -
Midwest Generation EME, Inc.
- The transcript of the public hearing is now available online.
April 11
- News Release - Brownfields
Grants Awarded to 14 Communities
- Illinois EPA Director Renee Cipriano recognized 14 Illinois
communities as recipients of Municipal Brownfields Redevelopment
Grants at the annual Illinois Brownfields Conference this
week. The grants will be used to identify, investigate and
characterize sites, determine clean up objectives and develop
remedial action plans.
April 8
- Report to the Illinois General
Assembly in Response to House Resolution 405 - Availability
of Nitrogen Oxide Emission Allowances In Illinois
- House Resolution 405 expressed concern over the availability
of nitrogen oxide (“NOx”) emission allowances
to new electric generation units under the federally required
NOx SIP Call regulations adopted by the Illinois Pollution
Control Board. The Resolution directed the Illinois EPA to
prepare an annual report to the General Assembly for seven
years, beginning on October 31, 2001, regarding the availability
of NOx allowances within the State and within the larger
trading region established by U.S. EPA as part of the NOx
SIP Call. This is the first of these annual reports.
- Proposed Guidelines for Best Available
Retrofit Technology (BART) Determinations Under the Regional
Haze Regulations - Illinois EPA Response
- The objective of the U.S. EPA's BART Guidelines is to facilitate
visibility improvements in Class I areas, but public health
benefits will also result from its implementation. This response
from the Illinois EPA to the U.S. EPA offers several suggestions
and comments to improve the proposed Guidelines.
April 5
- Green Illinois
- The Green Illinois pages have been significantly expanded.
Additions include overview information about the program,
additional contact information, press releases related to
the program, and a long list of resources for Green Communities
information.
- Air Repair -
March 2002 issue
- A new issue of Air Repair, a newsletter for auto repair
facilities which service vehicles that have failed the emissions
test, is now available.
April 1
- Propane Gas Cylinder Recycling
- These companies will accept old-style propane gas cylinders
at no charge. This information has been provided by the Executive
Director of the Illinois Propane Gas Association.
March 29
- Land
Permits and Waste Management - Two more forms online
- The Groundwater, Leachate and Gas Reporting Forms for RCRA
Facilities (LPC-592) and the Solid Waste Landfills (LPC-591)
are now available online. These forms may be completed within
Acrobat before printing.
- Performance Partnership Agreement - FY
2002 edition
- The Performance Partnership Agreement sets forth the mutual
understandings reached regarding the state/federal relationship,
the desirable environmental outcomes, the performance expectations
for the participating programs, and the oversight arrangements
between the parties.
March 27
- Public Notices -
Modified Water Quality Standards and Antidegradation Assessment
- Two documents have been attached to this public notice. They
are a Section 401 Fact Sheet and the Certifications, Denials,
and Regional Conditions document.
March 26
- News Release - Governor
Ryan Announces Additional Loan For New Bloomington-Normal
Wastewater Treatment Plant
- Governor George H. Ryan announced today that another $19.6
million in state low-interest loan funds have been provided
to the Bloomington-Normal Water Reclamation District for
continued construction of a new wastewater treatment plant.
- News Release - Ryan
Announces $208,710 To Fund Water Quality Protection In
The North Fork Embarras River Watershed In Southeastern
Illinois
- Governor George H. Ryan today announced approval of a $208,710
grant from federal funds to the North Fork Conservancy District
to reduce nonpoint source pollution and protect water quality
in the North Fork Embarras River watershed.
- News Release - Governor
Ryan Announces $206,580 Grant To Rolling Meadows For
Water Quality Protection In The Salt Creek Watershed
- Governor George H. Ryan today announced approval of a $206,580
grant from federal funds to the city of Rolling Meadows to
reduce nonpoint source pollution and improve water quality
in the Salt Creek watershed within the Illinois River Basin.
- News Release - Governor
Ryan's Conference On “Building Green” Highlights
Environmentally-Sustainable Building Practices
- Governor Ryan's first Conference on Building Green today
increased the awareness of good environmental building practices
among state agencies, building architects, engineering firms
and university officials.
March 22
- News Release - Barrie
Park Remediation Temporarily Halted
- After conferring with state and local authorities, Commonwealth
Edison halted its remedial activities at the Barrie Park
cleanup project in Oak Park due to air sampling results that
exceeded established project emissions standards.
- Environmental
Progress - Winter
issue
- The Winter issue of the Illinois EPA's quarterly newsletter
is now available.
- Digester - Several
recent issues
- Several recent back issues of Digester, the Illinois
EPA's newsletter for water operators, are now available.
- NOx Trading Program
- Information about the NOx trading program is now available.
March 19
- Public Notices -
Tonyan Brothers, Inc. Sand and Gravel plant, Hebron
- The transcript of the public hearing is now available online.
March 18
- Site Remediation
Program - Billing
and Invoice Procedures
- This page provides information to help those enrolled in
the Site Remediation Program understand the invoice process
used to pay the oversight and review costs.
March 14
- Delegated Local
Government Solid Waste Enforcement Grantees
- The list of local governments that have received funding
for the state fiscal year of July 1, 2001 - June 30, 2002
is now available.
- Wastewater
Operator Certification forms updated
- The Industrial Wastewater Operator Certification Application
and the Collection System Operator Certification Application
forms have been updated.
- Waste Tire
Collections - Schedule
Update
- The schedule of upcoming county-wide waste tire collections
has been updated.
- Public Notices -
Modified Water Quality Standards and Antidegradation Assessment
- On February 22, 2002, the Illinois Pollution Control Board
announced modified water quality standards that provide for
the Illinois EPA to review individual projects by providing
an antidegradation assessment when there is an increase in
pollutant loading to a water body.
March 13
- Public Notices -
Metropolitan Biosolids Management, LLC, Cicero
- The transcript of the public hearing is now available online.
- Public Notices -
North Shore Sanitary District, Waukegan
- The Illinois EPA's Bureau of Air and Bureau of Land have
issued construction permits in this matter. The permits are
now available online. The permits are listed under their
respective public hearing announcements dated January, 24,
2002 and October 3, 2001.
March 8
- RCRA Corrective Action Conference
- On March 21, the Illinois EPA, the Chemical Industry Council
of Illinois, the Consulting Engineering Council of Illinois
and the Illinois Environmental Regulatory Group are jointly
sponsoring and presenting a one-time only conference on IEPA's
RCRA program. This conference will focus mainly on RCRA remediation
projects (RCRA closures, RCRA corrective action at permitted
facilities, and RCRA Remedial Action Permits) but will also
address some aspects of the RCRA permitting program.
March 4
- Public
Water Supply Restricted Status and Critical Review Lists
- A construction permit to expand the distribution system cannot
be granted when a water supply has a maximum contaminant
level or treatment technique violation, an inadequate source
of raw water supply, inadequate treatment plant capacity,
finished water storage or distribution system pressure. The
Restricted Status List is published quarterly to notify those
persons considering expansion of a water supply distribution
system of that status before large sums of money have been
spent on items such as land acquisition, financing and engineering
fees. The companion Critical Review List is also published
quarterly and lists water supplies which are approaching
a point where the supply could be placed on Restricted Status.
- Waste
Water Restricted Status and Critical Review Lists
- Restricted status means the facilities have loadings at or
above the design capacity of the system and the Agency may
not issue permits for additional loadings. Critical review
means that facilities have loadings exceeding 80 percent
of the design capacity of the system and the Agency will
very carefully review applications for additional loading.
- Air Fact Sheets -
Five new fact sheets available
- Several new fact sheets are now available These include "Concrete
Batch Plants: Lifetime General Operating Permits", "Facts
About Boilers", "How to Obtain a State Air Permit
for an Incinerator", "How to Obtain a State Air
Permit for Petroleum Dry Cleaning", and "Aggregate
Processing Plants: Lifetime General Operating Permits".
- Waste Tire
Collections - Schedule updated
- The schedule of waste tire collections has been updated.
- Drinking
Water Operator Certification - Exam schedule updated
- The schedule of drinking water operator certification exams
has been updated. Exams are scheduled for the first Monday
of the month unless otherwise indicated.
- List of Accredited Laboratories
- The combined lists of accredited laboratories have been updated.
February 27
- The Condition of
Illinois Water Resources - 2001 summary
- This report is prepared yearly by the Illinois EPA to describe
in general terms the overall water quality conditions throughout
Illinois. This includes facts about Illinois rivers and streams,
inland lakes, Lake Michigan, and groundwater. The 2001 summary
is now online.
- Groundwater Protection Program
Biennial Report for 2002 (Acrobat PDF)
- This report responds to the need to manage groundwater quality
by emphasizing a prevention oriented process. The IGPA is
a comprehensive law which relies upon a state and local partnership.
Although the IGPA is directed toward protection of groundwater
as a natural and public resource, special provisions target
drinking water wells.
- Wellhead
Protection Program Biennial Report for 1997-1999 (Acrobat
PDF)
- This report describes the state's progress in implementing
the Wellhead Protection Program, as required by the Safe
Drinking Water Act.
- Land
Permits & Waste Management - Groundwater Forms
- These include the Monitoring Well Diagram, Well Plugging
Procedures, Field Boring Log Form and Monitoring Well Completion
Form.
February 25
- News Release - Household
Hazardous Waste Collections Announced for Spring 2002
- The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency will sponsor
17 household hazardous waste collection events between April
6 and June 29. Each of the one-day events will be held on
a Saturday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- Household
Hazardous Waste Collection Program - Collection
Schedule
- The schedule of household hazardous waste collections has
been updated. The schedule now contains the spring 2002 events.
February 21
- News Release - Illinois
Landfill Capacity Remains Sufficient
- The remaining capacity for landfills in Illinois is sufficient
for the next 15 years, according to the most recent data
from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. The annual
report, "Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill
Capacity in Illinois," also provides statistics on landscape
waste compost facilities, waste transfer stations, waste
generation and recycling, incineration and solid waste planning
efforts.
- Landfill Capacity - Landfill
Capacity Report for 2000
- The 2000 report is now available.
February 15
- News Release - Leveraged
Loan Program to Assist Local Water and Sewer Projects
Advances
- The Illinois Development Finance Authority has given preliminary
approval to issuing up to $150 million in revenue bonds for
the state's first leveraging program to increase funding
for loans to local governments for water and sewer projects.
February 13
- Public Notices -
North Shore Sanitary District, Waukegan
- The transcript of the public hearing is now available online.
- Procurement Opportunities -
Request for Proposal, Asbestos Testing
- This request is to confirm and quantify the presence of asbestos
in samples collected by IEPA personnel, using appropriate
analytical methodology and providing legally defensible anlaysis
for use in regulatory enforcement. Awarded contractor may
also be required to provide advice on asbestos sampling,
analysis and related issues.
- Procurement Opportunities -
Request for Proposal, VOC Analysis
- This request is for analysis of toxic VOCs in support of
the Photochemical Assessment Monitoring Station (PAMS) and
Air Toxics Program in the Chicago area.
February 8
- News Release - Illinois
EPA Seeks Further Investigation of Springfield Gasoline
Release
- The Illinois EPA today asked the Illinois Attorney General’s
Office to seek a court injunction requiring further investigation
and corrective action of a gasoline leak in Springfield.
- Governor's Environmental Corps -
Summer 2002 Application
- Governor George Ryan and the Illinois EPA are sponsoring
the 11th annual Governor’s Environmental Corps summer
internship program. We are searching for students in biological
sciences, physical sciences, chemistry, engineering, prelaw,
personal computers, and communications, who are looking for
a unique and comprehensive summer internship experience.
The application packet for the summer 2002 program is now
available.
February 6
- Public Notices -
Proposed Issuance of a Revision to the Acid Rain Permits
and Notice of Public Hearing for Midwest Generation EME Inc.
- The Illinois EPA will hold a public hearing to answer questions
and solicit comments from the public prior to making a final
decision concerning revisions to the Acid Rain permit.
- Public Notices -
Kibler Development Corp., Landfill Permit
- The Illinois EPA received a 90-day extension of the decision
deadline for Kibler Development Corporation's application
for a permit to construct a landfill. The receipt of the
waiver moves forward the date of the decision deadline by
90 days to April 13, 2002.
- News Release - New
Rules Sought By IEPA To Protect Water Resources Approved
- New environmental regulations to further protect outstanding
water resources in Illinois cleared a final hurdle today
when the Illinois Legislature's Joint Committee on Administrative
Rules approved proposed rules sent to the committee in December
by the Illinois Pollution Control Board.
February 1
- News Release - Informational
Meeting Set for DuPage County Citizen's Advisory Group
- An informational meeting for the formation of a Citizen's
Advisory Group will be held on February 12, 2002 in Downers
Grove. The meeting is open to citizens of the area that are
concerned about the groundwater contamination in DuPage County.
January 29
- Public Notices -
Public Meeting, West Branch Dupage River Watershed TMDL
- The Illinois EPA will hold a public meeting to discuss and
to solicit public comments on the status of Total Maximum
Daily Load (TMDL) development for the West Branch DuPage
River watershed The Agency is particularly interested in
hearing comments on possible solutions to the impairments
identified in this watershed.
January 28
- ERMS - Frequently
Asked Questions updated
- The FAQ page for the Emissions Reduction Market System (ERMS)
has been updated.
- Public Notices -
Re-Opening of Comment Period and Notice of Public Meeting,
North Shore Sanitary District, Waukegan
- The Illinois EPA is re-opening the comment period for the
draft air construction permit for North Shore Sanitary District.
The Illinois EPA is taking this action because the company
submitted air modeling to the Illinois EPA in response to
comments made during the original hearing comment period.
The Illinois EPA will also hold a meeting on February 11,
2002 to explain the modeling.
January 25
- Public Notices -
Public Meeting, Fox River Watershed TMDL
- The Illinois EPA will hold a public meeting discuss and to
solicit public comments on the status of Total Maximum Daily
Load (TMDL) development for waterbodies in the Fox River
watershed.
January 24
- Office of Small Business - Quick
Answer Directory
- The Quick Answer Directory provides quick access to information
about the agency and agency programs. The Directory provides
addresses, lists of commonly used abbreviations and acronyms,
contact information for regional offices, a topical telephone
directory and more. The directory has been updated for 2002
and is available online now.
January 22
- Public Notices -
Livingston Energy Center
- The transcript of the public hearing is now available online.
January 16
- P2 Internship Program -
Campus Pre-Screen Dates
- Information about upcoming campus pre-screening sessions
for the Office of Pollution Prevention's internship program
is now available.
- Public Notices -
Public Hearing, Metropolitan Biosolids Management, LLC
- Metropolitan Biosolids Management, LLC has requested that
the Illinois EPA issue a construction permit for a biosolids
heat drying plant in Cicero. The Illinois EPA will hold a
public hearing on February 26, 2002 in Cicero to receive
verbal comments and data into the written hearing record
and to answer questions from the public prior to making a
final decision concerning the permit.
- News Release - Governor's
Action Team Meets to Discuss DuPage County Groundwater
Problems
- State, federal and local government officials met Monday
in downtown Chicago to discuss the groundwater contamination
problems in the Downers Grove area and possible solutions.
- News Release - Construction
Progressing Quickly at Centralia Landfill
- Construction funded by the Illinois FIRST program to address
environmental problems caused by the Centralia Environmental
Services Inc. landfill is ahead of schedule.
- News Release - Governor
Ryan Praises Federal Brownfields Action
- Governor George H. Ryan praised President Bush today for
signing the bipartisan Small Business Liability Relief and
Brownfields Revitalization Act.
- Bureau
of Land - 2001
Nonhazardous Waste Report Forms
- Forms and instructions for submission of 2001 Illinois nonhazardous
waste generator annual reports are now available online.
January 15
- Bureau of Land - 2001
Hazardous Waste Report Forms
- Revised forms and instructions for submission of 2001 Illinois
RCRA hazardous waste reports are now available online.
January 14
- Arsenic
in Illinois Groundwater
- Recently, considerable national attention has been focused
on possible adverse health effects from drinking water containing
high levels of naturally occurring arsenic for an extended
period of time. Three state agencies have compiled a “white
paper” identifying areas where naturally occurring
arsenic have been identified in Illinois, and suggesting
steps Illinois citizens can take to protect themselves and
their families.
January 9
- Green Illinois -
Green Communities grant application
- The application packet for the Green Communities Demonstration
Program is now available for download. The deadline is 5:00
pm on February 25.
January 8
- Public Notices -
Public Meeting, Charleston Side Channel Reservoir TMDL
- There has been a change in meeting location for the January
17 public meeting on water quality improvement for the Charleston
Side-Channel reservoir. The meeting will now be held in the
Lecture Room at the Charleston High School, 1603 Lincoln
Ave. in Charleston.
January 7
- Public Notices -
Tonyan Brothers, Inc., Hebron
- Tonyan Brothers, Inc. has requested that the Illinois EPA
issue a joint construction and lifetime operating permit
for a sand and gravel processing plant to be located east
of Hebron. The Illinois EPA will hold a public hearing to
receive verbal comments and data into the written hearing
record and to answer questions from the public prior to making
a final decision concerning the permit.
- Office of Community
Relations - Fact
Sheets
- The IEPA has produced new fact sheets for the following topics:
- Bath Landfill, Decatur
- Waste Hauling Landfill, Decatur
- Rhodes Landfill, Decatur
- Downers Grove Groundwater Contamination
January 4
- Laboratory Accreditation - Combined
List of Laboratories updated
- The combined list of accredited laboratories has been updated.
- Groundwater
Ordinance Status Chart updated
- The lists of groundwater ordinances have been updated.
- Public Notices -
Bath Landfill site, Decatur, Illinois
- The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA)
will hold a public meeting to present the plan to repair
and stabilize Bath Landfill, and respond to questions from
the public. The work planned for the Bath Landfill site will
include regrading, constructing a cap and planting vegetation
to stabilize the cover and prevent further erosion.
- Public Notices -
Prior / Blackwell and Prior 1,2,3,4 landfills sites, Centralia
- The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA)
will hold a public meeting to present the plan to repair
and stabilize Prior/Blackwell and Prior 1,2,3, 4 landfills,
and respond to questions from the public. The work planned
for the site will include constructing a clay cap over the
landfill and planting vegetation to stabilize the cover and
prevent further erosion.
- Public Notices -
Village of Huntley, Sewage Treatment Plant
- The responsiveness summary is now available online.
- Earlier "What's New" Items
- The "What's New" items for the previous year are
still available.
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