Organization | • | Illinois Environmental Protection Agency | [X] |
| | | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2010 August 19 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Press Release: The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) has granted Northern Moraine Wastewater Reclamation District a provisional variance from the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) water discharge permit limits in order to make necessary repairs to its wastewater treatment system. | | | | Date Created: | 08 19 2010 | | | | Agency ID: | 979**10 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000032319 Original UID: 15033 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2010 October 21 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois EPA Director Doug Scott has announced the award of $2 million to the City of Chicago Department of Water Management (DWM) to continue their pilot program, MeterSave, which allows customers in the Chicago to volunteer to have a water meter installed on their properties | | | | Date Created: | 10 21 2010 | | | | Agency ID: | 1307**10 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000032439 Original UID: 15154 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2010 August 12 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Press Release: The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) has granted Midwest Generation a 15-day extension of its provisional variance from the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) water discharge permit limits for its Crawford Generating Station. | | | | Date Created: | 08 12 2010 | | | | Agency ID: | 943**10 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000033559 Original UID: 15355 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2010 August 12 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Press Release:The Partners for Clean Air and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency are issuing an Air Pollution Action Day notice to alert individuals in the Chicago Metropolitan area that as a result of the high temperatures and low wind speeds, there is a potential for elevated levels of air pollution, specifically ozone, which could reach unhealthy air quality levels for sensitive populations. | | | | Date Created: | 08 12 2010 | | | | Agency ID: | 942**10 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000033620 Original UID: 15418 FIRST WORD: Air | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2010 December 3 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) has granted the City of Oregon a provisional variance from the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) water discharge permit limits in order to make major improvements to its wastewater treatment facilities. Oregon requested the provisional variance since the plant must be temporarily taken out of service to complete improvements. | | | | Date Created: | 12 3 2010 | | | | Agency ID: | 1525**10 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000033667 Original UID: 15458 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2010 December 10 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has released the Bureau of Airs annual Air Quality Report for calendar year 2009. | | | | Date Created: | 12 10 2010 | | | | Agency ID: | 1558**10 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000033706 Original UID: 15500 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2010 December 16 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Director Doug Scott has asked the Illinois Attorney Generals office to proceed with enforcement action against AMD Industries, Inc., for the improper removal, handling, and disposal of asbestos-containing material at its Cicero headquarters and at a disposal site in Chicago. | | | | Date Created: | 12 16 2010 | | | | Agency ID: | 1584**10 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000033757 Original UID: 15559 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2010 December 21 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois EPA and the Village of Washington Park will begin today removing waste, from an area between 40th and Monk Street and 5200 Audubon Avenue, in Washington Park. | | | | Date Created: | 12 21 2010 | | | | Agency ID: | 1602**10 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000034062 Original UID: 15580 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| | | Title: | | | | | 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: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2010 December 28 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois EPA and the Housing Authority of East St. Louis have entered into a Cooperative Agreement to conduct cleanup activities at the former Orr Weathers Gas Station in East St. Louis. | | | | Date Created: | 12 28 2010 | | | | Agency ID: | 1626**10 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000034205 Original UID: 15768 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 January 24 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has issued violation notices to Southern Illinois Regional Landfill (Landfill) in DeSoto for violations of the Environmental Protection Act and Illinois Regulations; the alleged violations resulted in strong odors several miles away. | | | | Date Created: | 01 24 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 114**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000034286 Original UID: 15873 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 February 9 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has issued a violation notice to the Kankakee River Metropolitan Agency (KRMA) for violations of the Environmental Protection Act and Illinois Regulations. The Agency alleges that an illegal release into the waters of the state occurred as a result of a December 27, 2010, explosion that damaged the KRMA waste water treatment plant. | | | | Date Created: | 02 09 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 173**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000034395 Original UID: 15982 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 February 9 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Laboratory results from air samples, and from samples of the solidified waste that caused significant odor problems in December, have been reviewed and found to contain no contaminants at levels of concern. | | | | Date Created: | 02 09 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 172**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000034396 Original UID: 15983 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 February 15 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Director Doug Scott has asked the Illinois Attorney Generals office to proceed with an enforcement action against Bluff City Materials, Inc. (BCM), Bartlett, for a discharge from a salt storage pile into waters of the State, including into the Bluff Spring Fen Nature Preserve. | | | | Date Created: | 02 15 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 189**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000034435 Original UID: 16027 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 February 24 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) has granted Exelon Generation Company, LLC a provisional variance for its Dresden Nuclear Station from its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) water discharge permit limits so that Dresden Station can repair one of the lift station pumps. | | | | Date Created: | 02 24 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 220**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000034580 Original UID: 16147 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2010 November 17 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Press Release: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Director Doug Scott has asked the Illinois Attorney Generals office to proceed with enforcement action against Pangea Ventures and Amigos Construction, Inc. for the improper removal, handling, and disposal of regulated asbestos-containing material (RACM) in an unoccupied apartment building in Chicago undergoing renovation. | | | | Date Created: | 11 17 2010 | | | | Agency ID: | 1456**10 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000034817 Original UID: 16304 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 March 9 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Senate Environment Committee today unanimously passed Senate Bill 1617, which phases out the use of perchloroethylene, or perc, by Illinois dry cleaners. The bill now moves to the entire Senate for their consideration. | | | | Date Created: | 03 09 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 260**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000034862 Original UID: 16336 FIRST WORD: Bill | |
| | | Title: | | | | | 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: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2010 September 15 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Press Release: The city of Aurora will showcase its methods and proposals to improve water quality through the implementation of green infrastructure Best Management Practices | | | | Date Created: | 09 15 2010 | | | | Agency ID: | 1112**10 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000034896 Original UID: 16349 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 March 31 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois EPA will award several fifth and sixth grade students for their creative efforts in helping preserve the environment and Illinois air, with Breathing Easier What Can We Do? Its Up to Me and You! as this years theme. | | | | Date Created: | 03 31 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 375**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000035223 Original UID: 16653 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
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