Organization | • | Illinois Environmental Protection Agency | [X] |
| | 41: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 April 2 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Today, Illinois EPA Associate Director Elmo Dowd honored a group of distinguished Illinois fifth and sixth grade students selected for their creative skills used to express environmental awareness, as part of the Agency's 24th annual Poster, Poetry and Prose Contest. | | | | Date Created: | 04 02 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 386**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000035239 Original UID: 16674 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 42: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 April 5 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois EPA and other interested parties will be available for interviews as it prepares to clean up two large waste tire piles: East St. Louis in Washington Park. These illegally disposed tires are a health hazard, a fire hazard and a safety hazard. | | | | Date Created: | 04 05 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 397**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000035305 Original UID: 16742 FIRST WORD: Tire | |
| 43: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 April 6 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois EPA today begins to remove hundreds of waste tires from sites in East St. Louis and Washington Park in St. Clair County. The Agency wants the removals to be completed before warmer weather brings the mosquito season along with the diseases they carry. | | | | Date Created: | 04 06 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 406**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000035364 Original UID: 16800 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 44: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 April 7 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Interim Director Lisa Bonnett has asked the Illinois Attorney Generals office to proceed with an enforcement action against Stampede Meat, Inc., Bridgeview, for the release of harmful chemicals into the air from its Bridgeview facility, placing workers and potentially putting nearby public at risk. | | | | Date Created: | 04 07 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 429**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000035431 Original UID: 16872 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 45: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 April 19 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) Interim Director Lisa Bonnett, will present Governors Green Youth Awards to Illinois youth who have been recognized for their outstanding work on environmental and conservation projects. Along with receiving their awards at the ceremony hosted by Illinois EPA, winners will also receive tickets to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. | | | | Date Created: | 04 19 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 468**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000035533 Original UID: 16968 FIRST WORD: Interim | |
| 46: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 March 16 | | | | 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 waste-water treatment system. | | | | Date Created: | 03 16 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 297**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000035548 Original UID: 43060 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 47: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 April 21 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The hard work and commitment of students and schools across Illinois to exhibit environmental leadership was recognized today at the Governors Green Youth Awards at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield. | | | | Date Created: | 04 21 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 494**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000035606 Original UID: 17032 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 48: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 April 21 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Interim Director Lisa Bonnett has asked the Illinois Attorney Generals office to proceed with an enforcement action against H. Kramer, a metal smelting facility in Chicago, for the release of lead into the air that caused a violation of federal air quality standards, and potentially putting the public, including children attending a nearby school, at risk. | | | | Date Created: | 04 21 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 478**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000035607 Original UID: 17033 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 49: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 April 21 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Interim Director Lisa Bonnett has asked the Illinois Attorney Generals office to proceed with an enforcement action against H. Kramer, a metal smelting facility in Chicago, for the release of lead into the air that caused a violation of federal air quality standards, and potentially putting the public, including children attending a nearby school, at risk. | | | | Date Created: | 04 21 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 493**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000035608 Original UID: 17034 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 50: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 April 30 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Over 1,000 area Boy Scouts are spending Saturday, April 30 taking part in the annual Lincoln Trail Hike, so named because hikers retrace the steps of a young Abraham Lincoln as he journeyed from New Salem to Springfield to practice law. | | | | Date Created: | 04 30 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 528**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000035690 Original UID: 17110 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 51: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 April 27 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois EPA today begins to remove tens of thousands of waste tires from sites in Chicago and Harvey. The Agency wants the removals to be completed before warmer weather brings the mosquito season along with the diseases they carry. | | | | Date Created: | 04 27 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 516**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000035748 Original UID: 17097 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 52: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 April 28 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Approximately 1,000 Scouts will participate in the annual Lincoln Trail Hike which retraces Abraham Lincolns journey from New Salem to Springfield. The Scouts will hike from New Salem State Park to Stuart Park in Springfield, while collecting trash along the trail. | | | | Date Created: | 04 28 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 524**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000035751 Original UID: 17103 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 53: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 May 3 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Over 900 Sangamon County fourth graders are participating in the 20th annual Earth Stewardship Day at the Illinois State Fairgrounds today, hosted by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Illinois Department of Agriculture and other state and local agencies. | | | | Date Created: | 05 03 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 538**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000035778 Original UID: 17124 FIRST WORD: 20th | |
| 54: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 May 4 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Governor Pat Quinn has declared May Air Quality Awareness Month in Illinois. To coincide with this designation, Partners for Clean Air, a local non-profit organization, has launched a new campaign to educate Chicago-area residents about air quality. | | | | Date Created: | 05 04 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 545**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000035908 Original UID: 17132 FIRST WORD: May | |
| 55: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 May 2 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Over 900 Sangamon County fourth graders will participate in the Sangamon County Earth Stewardship Day Committees 20th annual Earth Stewardship Day at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield. Students and teachers will spend the day observing interactive presentations and other special attractions, throughout the Fairgrounds. | | | | Date Created: | 05 02 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 533**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000036008 Original UID: 17114 FIRST WORD: Over | |
| 56: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 May 9 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | For the ninth consecutive year, the Illinois EPA presented Environmental Excellence Awards to four Illinois students at the State Science Exposition. The competition was hosted by the Junior Academy of Science, in Champaign on Saturday, May 7. | | | | Date Created: | 05 09 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 551**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000036012 Original UID: 17138 FIRST WORD: Four | |
| 57: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 May 13 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Bureau of Air is holding public meetings to discuss the four areas of the state that the Agency will be recommending to the United States Environmental Protection Agency to be designated non-attainment for the new more stringent federal sulfur dioxide standard. The Illinois EPA's recommendation must be made to the USEPA by June 3, 2011. | | | | Date Created: | 05 13 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 583**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000036032 Original UID: 17159 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 58: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 May 31 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Interim Director Lisa Bonnett has asked the Illinois Attorney Generals office to proceed with an enforcement action against Midwest Methane, Inc., the current owner and operator of the Taylor Ridge landfill, for numerous and chronic violations of the Environmental Protection Act. | | | | Date Created: | 05 31 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 665**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000036260 Original UID: 17360 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 59: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 June 1 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Partners for Clean Air, an organization dedicated to improving air quality in the Chicago metropolitan area, has launched its 10th annual Green Pays on Green Days summertime campaign. | | | | Date Created: | 06 01 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 666**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000036271 Original UID: 17368 FIRST WORD: Tell | |
| 60: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 June 7 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois EPA has cited a landfill, three haulers and a wastewater treatment plant for violations of the Environmental Protection Act, as it relates to solid waste management and proper waste disposal. While several paperwork violations are being alleged, the violations focus on the leachate that the landfill sent to the wastewater treatment plant over the last three years. | | | | Date Created: | 06 07 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 681**11 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000036290 Original UID: 17384 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
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