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Title:  

Galena/Sinsinawa Rivers Watershed TMDL Report

 
 Volume/Number:  2018 June 
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  This report documents the analysis and findings of stage 1 of the TMDL development for water segments within this watershed. Water quality data are gathered by the IEPA, the US Geological Survey, and the USEPA. Illinois is required to identify water bodies that do not meet water quality standards and to determine the Total Maximum Daily Load for pollutants causing the impairment. 
 Date Created:  06-06-2018 
 Agency ID:  IEPA/BOW/18-003 
 ISL ID:  000000068431   Original UID: 187905 FIRST WORD: Galena/Sinsinawa 
 

Title:  

Safe At Home Contest Educates Chicago Area Citizens About Air Quality With Summer Time Rewards

 
 Volume/Number:  2015 May 4 
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  Press Release: Illinois Partners for Clean Air today announced the launch of the Safe at Home contest to encourage residents to learn more about air quality. Through the interactive air quality quiz, residents are asked questions to determine if they know some of the ways to keep their families safe from air pollution. The contest kicks off today, Monday, May 4 and runs through Sunday, August 2. 
 Date Created:  05-04-2015 
 Agency ID:  462**15 
 ISL ID:  000000071367   Original UID: 189341 FIRST WORD: Safe 
 

Title:  

Sampling Activities at Abandoned Crestwood Well #1

 
 Volume/Number:  2009  
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  During the week of June 8, 2009, the Illinois Environmental Protections Agencys Office of Site Evaluation conducted a soil and groundwater investigation in Crestwood, Illinois (see Attachment 1). The investigation included a portion of the Playfield Plaza Shopping Center and the area near the Abandoned Crestwood Well #1. Within the Playfield Plaza Shopping Center is a dry cleaning facility and a possible underground storage tank. 
 Date Created:  06 25 2009 
 Agency ID:   
 ISL ID:  000000040193   Original UID: 20421 FIRST WORD: Sampling 
 

Title:  

Sanitary Water Board Act

 
 Volume/Number:  1966  
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  The Sanitary Water Board (SWB) was created out of the need to control, prevent, and abate pollution of the streams, lakes, ponds, and other surface and underground waters in the State of Illinois. The Board was authorized to adopt, modify or repeal, and promulgate standards of quality of the waters of the State under such conditions as the Board may prescribe for the prevention, control and abatement of pollution. The Pollution Control Board has since replaced the SWB. 
 Date Created:  07-09-2018 
 Agency ID:   
 ISL ID:  000000068449   Original UID: 187926 FIRST WORD: Sanitary 
 

Title:  

Sauk Village Water Supply Contamination Issue, Cook County, Illinois

 
 Volume/Number:  2014 September 19 
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  This fact sheet provides an update to the vinyl chloride contamination in Sauk Villager's water wells used for the community water supply. 
 Date Created:  09-17-2014 
 Agency ID:  Fact sheet #4 
 ISL ID:  000000052198   Original UID: 173367 FIRST WORD: Sauk 
 

Title:  

Seventeenth Annual Toxic Chemical Report

 
 Volume/Number:    
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  A summary of information contained in the Toxic Chemical Report Forms for the calendar year. The Toxic Release Inventory reporting program is required under the federal Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986. Covers toxic chemicals with significant human health effects, i.e. which are known or probable human carcinogens, teratogens, fetal toxicants and/or reproductive toxicants. Includes Total Releases and Number of Reporting Facilities For Each County in Illinois. 
 Date Created:  11 09 2005 
 Agency ID:   
 ISL ID:  000000015833   Original UID: 8621 FIRST WORD: Seventeenth 
 

Title:  

[Shell Environmental: Site History]

 
 Volume/Number:  2011  
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  Shell is performing environmental investigations and remedial efforts for a benzene release area and other petroleum hydrocarbons discovered during investigations of that release at and near the ConocoPhillips Wood River Refinery in Roxana. These efforts are being overseen by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. 
 Date Created:  06 27 2011 
 Agency ID:   
 ISL ID:  000000041365   Original UID: 21224 FIRST WORD: [Shell 
 

Title:  

Shoot For the Skies PSA Video Contest Winner Annouced

 
 Volume/Number:  2014 May 1 
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  As part of Earth Month and Air Quality Awareness Week, Illinois Partners for Clean Air (Illinois PFCA) is pleased to announce that Christian Surtz of Marmion Academy in Aurora has been chosen as the winner of the Shoot for the Skies PSA Video Contest. The creative environmental education contest challenged Chicago area students to write, direct and produce their own Public Service Announcement (PSA) video utilizing their talent, creativity and inspiration to educate the general public about Chicago area air quality and actions to improve it. 
 Date Created:  05-01-2014 
 Agency ID:  496**14 
 ISL ID:  000000053125   Original UID: 174377 FIRST WORD: Shoot 
 

Title:  

Simple Septic Maintenance: A Win for Your Wallet & Wastewater

 
 Volume/Number:  [2012]  
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  This fact sheet gives helpful suggestions on maintaining a healthy septic system to save money and keep water supplies clean. 
 Date Created:  06-18-2012 
 Agency ID:   
 ISL ID:  000000061722   Original UID: 181771 FIRST WORD: Simple 
 

Title:  

Sixteenth Annual Toxic Chemical Report

 
 Volume/Number:    
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  A summary of information contained in the Toxic Chemical Report Forms for the calendar year. The Toxics Release Inventory reporting program is required under the federal Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986. Covers toxic chemicals with significant human health effects, i.e. which are known or probable human carcinogens, teratogens, fetal toxicants and/or reproductive toxicants. Includes Total Releases and Number of Reporting Facilities For Each County in Illinois. 
 Date Created:  01 20 2005 
 Agency ID:   
 ISL ID:  000000015829   Original UID: 8617 FIRST WORD: Sixteenth 
 

Title:  

Solar Power (Audio)

 
 Volume/Number:  2003 January 
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  Springfield is home to a solar-powered convenience store owned and operated by the BP Corporation, one of over 300 BP retail sites worldwide that have been built or retrofitted with solar panels. But, it's not the only place in Springfield that has incorporated solar power. This program provides interviews with state and local agencies regarding the use of solar power within the Capital city, and the financial assistance that is available to encourage using renewable energy sources. 12:47 
 Date Created:  03 01 2012 
 Agency ID:   
 ISL ID:  000000040437   Original UID: 20556 FIRST WORD: Solar 
 

Title:  

Southeast Chicago (Audio)

 
 Volume/Number:  2001 February 
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  The Illinois EPA uses Global Positioning System (GPS) technology to accurately locate specific areas on a site that may not easily be distinguished by reference points to determine areas that are in need of testing for contamination. Learn about the use of GPS in the remediation of six sites in the Chicago area, and hear from field staffers and Agency director Tom Skinner. 7:06 
 Date Created:  03 08 2012 
 Agency ID:   
 ISL ID:  000000040493   Original UID: 20666 FIRST WORD: Southeast 
 

Title:  

Southeast Rockford Groundwater Contamination Superfund Site, Rockford, Illinois

 
 Volume/Number:    
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  This decision document contains the selected remedial actions for the Southeast Rockford Superfund Site, developed in accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) and to the extent practicable, the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP). This decision is based upon the contents of the administrative record for the Southeast Rockford Superfund Site. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA), Region V supports the selected remedy on the Southeast Rockford Site. 
 Date Created:  04 09 2003 
 Agency ID:   
 ISL ID:  000000040199   Original UID: 20424 FIRST WORD: Southeast 
 

Title:  

Springfield Area Volunteers Needed to Wrap Trees for MillionTrees Project

 
 Volume/Number:  2011 March 10 
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  Living Lands and Waters (LLandW), an East Moline, Illinois non-profit environmental organization needs volunteers to help prepare trees for a massive giveaway this April. LLandW is planning to distribute 100,000 free oak tree saplings in April as part of LLandW's Million Trees Project. The goal of the project is to improve the health of rivers in the Midwest, by re-establishing hardwoods that have been depleted by over-harvesting, flooding and disease. 
 Date Created:  03 10 2011 
 Agency ID:  261**11 
 ISL ID:  000000034863   Original UID: 16337 FIRST WORD: Springfield 
 

Title:  

State and federal environmental agencies will be visiting the site of the May 2010 warehouse fire in Greenup

 
 Volume/Number:  2010 October 13 
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  The state and federal environmental agencies will be visiting the site of the May 2010 warehouse fire in Greenup. The former shoe factory was located at Illinois and South Kentucky Streets and covers approximately two-thirds of a city block. 
 Date Created:  10 13 2010 
 Agency ID:  1258**10 
 ISL ID:  000000031873   Original UID: 14881 FIRST WORD: State 
 

Title:  

State environmental agency warns retailers about selling skin-lightening products that may contain mercury

 
 Volume/Number:  2010 December 27 
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  The discovery of the toxic metal mercury in several skin lightening creams sold in the Chicago area has prompted state environmental officials to warn area retailers not to sell skin products if the product is not labeled, or to take special precautions when dealing with imported cosmetics that use unfamiliar names for mercury. 
 Date Created:  12 27 2010 
 Agency ID:  1625**10 
 ISL ID:  000000034176   Original UID: 15709 FIRST WORD: State 
 

Title:  

State of Illinois Section 319 Biannual Report

 
 Volume/Number:  2014 September 
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  Grants issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under section 319 of the Clean Water Act include a condition requiring the submittal of a status report every six months. Nonpoint source pollution is the diffuse, intermittent runoff of pollutants from various sources. Major sources that contribute to Illinois' nonpoint source pollution problems are agriculture, construction erosion, urban runoff, hydrologic modifications, and resource extraction activities. 
 Date Created:  09-02-2014 
 Agency ID:   
 ISL ID:  000000052197   Original UID: 173366 FIRST WORD: State 
 

Title:  

State Public Health Department Urges Public to Be Informed, Get Ready for Emergencies During National Preparedness Month

 
 Volume/Number:  2012 September 4 
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  September is National Preparedness Month and Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Director Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck is reminding all Illinoisans to use this month to make a plan and prepare for natural disasters and emergencies. 
 Date Created:  09 04 2012 
 Agency ID:  980**12 
 ISL ID:  000000044865   Original UID: 24342 FIRST WORD: State 
 

Title:  

Statement from Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Director Lisa Bonnet

 
 Volume/Number:  2014 March 27 
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  Press Release: Under the direction of Governor Quinn, the Illinois EPA is working with U.S. EPA to ensure that a recent crude oil release into Lake Michigan from the BP Whiting Refinery does not harm this precious water resource used for drinking, recreation and fishing. 
 Date Created:  03-27-2014 
 Agency ID:  335**14 
 ISL ID:  000000058894   Original UID: 180102 FIRST WORD: Statement 
 

Title:  

Steps for Restoration of Jacksonville Drinking Water Supply Impaired By Flooding

 
 Volume/Number:  2011 June 24 
 Issuing Agency:   
 Description:  In the wake of last weekends flooding of the Jacksonville drinking water treatment plant, which resulted in the city's inability to provide safe drinking water, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Division of Public Water Supplies has been working closely, on a daily basis, with city officials and treatment plant operators to carry out the necessary steps to restore service. 
 Date Created:  06 24 2011 
 Agency ID:  744**11 
 ISL ID:  000000036502   Original UID: 17631 FIRST WORD: Steps 
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