Organization | • | Illinois Environmental Protection Agency | [X] |
| | 161: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 September 19 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois EPA Director Lisa Bonnett today announced that household hazardous waste collections have been scheduled in three communities. | | | | Date Created: | 09-19-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 954**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000051363 Original UID: 172265 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 162: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 October 11 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois EPA today granted a provisional variance to Curtis Metal Finishing Company in Machesney Park. The variance will allow Curtis to operate four of its coating lines without the required thermal oxidizer for up to four weeks. Curtis is a metal parts coating company located at 9917 North Alpine Road in Machesney Park. | | | | Date Created: | 10-11-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 1025**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000051603 Original UID: 172566 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 163: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 October 11 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) today announced that the United States Department of Justice has obtained indictments against five individuals associated with Springfield-based Environmental Management Inc. for criminal charges relating to an alleged fraud scheme done under the auspices of environmental clean-up at leaking underground storage tank (LUST) sites across Illinois. Defendants are charged with conspiring to commit mail and wire fraud in order to illegally obtain millions of taxpayer funded dollars from the Illinois Underground Storage Tank (UST) Fund. | | | | Date Created: | 10-11-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 1024**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000051604 Original UID: 172567 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 164: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 October 21 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) staff were at Lincoln Memorial Gardens today for project Dive In!, an educational and entertaining day of water education for 360 third graders from Chatham elementary schools. The students participated in a hands-on learning experience at a variety of different activity stations, and were taught about the importance of protecting and conserving Illinois water. | | | | Date Created: | 10-21-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 1056**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000051813 Original UID: 172808 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 165: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 (SDWA) (PL104 -182, August 6, 1996, TitleXIV, Section 1420) make provision for each primacy agent to provide for full funding of the State Revolving Loan (SRF) fund (Section 1452) allocation. This is contingent on the federal operator certification program requirements (Section 1419) being met and that a capacity development program is established and implemented. Failure to meet either the program orreporting requirements specified within these sections can result in withholding of up to 20percent of the SRF funds available to the primacy program. Illinois has adopted legislation and rules (415 ILCS 5/15, 35 Ill. Adm. Code 651.102, 652.701-702; 77 Ill. Adm. Code 900.45(c)) fornew public water supply systems, which must complete a capacity demonstration in order toobtain a construction or operating permit. The Strategy for Existing Public Water Systems was approved by U. S. EPA Region 5 September 27, 2000, and is being implemented. Revisions tothe Strategy for Existing Public Water Systems have been made based upon experience learnedthrough early implementation efforts. Those changes are noted in this report. New reportingcriteria for Annual State Capacity Development Program Implementation Reports was developed by USEPA and sent to all primacy states on June 1, 2005, by certified mail (received by Illinois on August 25, 2005). This report is structured in accordance with that memorandum. | | | | Date Created: | 09-30-2014 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000052195 Original UID: 173364 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 166: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2014 August | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) published revisions in the FederalRegister to the ambient nitrogen dioxide (NO2) monitoring requirements , effective March 14,2013, requiring the establishment of near-road NO2 network between January 2014 and January2017. These new minimum monitoring requirements for NO2 are in support of a one-hour NO2National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) and require installation of near-road NO2monitoring stations at locations where peak hourly NO2 concentrations are expected to occurwithin the near-road environment in large urban areas. Illinois EPA is required to establish twosuch near-road NO2 monitors. | | | | Date Created: | 08-28-2014 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000052196 Original UID: 173365 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 167: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 December 16 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois EPA Director Lisa Bonnett has asked the Illinois Attorney Generals Office to seek an immediate injunctive court order compelling Blue Island Phenol LLC, located at 3350 West 131st Street in Alsip, to conduct a root cause analysis and submit other information for state review so as to prevent a similar incident in the future. Todays action follows a large explosion and fire that began on the morning of December 13 and caused the evacuation of the facility and injuries to employees. | | | | Date Created: | 12-16-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 1255**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000052482 Original UID: 173684 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 168: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 December 17 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Fifth and sixth grade writers and artists from around Illinois are invited to compete in this years Poster, Poetry and Prose Contest sponsored by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) and with the partnership of the Illinois State Board of Education. This years contest is focused on environmental justice and how to balance people with industry and learning about environmental issues in their own communities. | | | | Date Created: | 12-17-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 1263**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000052488 Original UID: 173690 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 169: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2014 January 9 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois EPA today granted a provisional variance to Caterpillar Inc. of Mossville in Peoria County. The variance will temporarily allow Caterpillar to store hazardous waste beyond 90 days without having to obtain a permit and operate as a hazardous waste storage facility. This Caterpillar facility performs heavy equipment research and development. | | | | Date Created: | 01-09-2014 | | | | Agency ID: | 29**14 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000052540 Original UID: 173749 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 170: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 September 26 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois EPA Director Lisa Bonnett Thursday asked the Illinois Attorney Generals Office to pursue enforcement against Keokuk Junction Railway Company (KJR), which operated a train which derailed over a bridge on its rail line crossing the Spoon River in Fulton County on September 16. IEPA is also citing the operation for several violations of Illinois Pollution Control Board regulations and the Illinois Environmental Protection Act. | | | | Date Created: | 09-26-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 984**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000052640 Original UID: 173854 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 171: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 November 1 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois EPA Director Lisa Bonnett this week asked the Illinois Attorney Generals Office to seek an immediate injunctive court order compelling Citgo Petroleum Corporation and its refinery in Lemont to, among other things, conduct a root cause analysis and submit other information for state review so as to prevent a similar incident in the future. Todays action follows a large fire that began on the evening of October 23 and caused significant damage to the facility. | | | | Date Created: | 11-01-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 1082**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000052658 Original UID: 173873 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 172: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2014 August 22 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Director Lisa Bonnett has referred an enforcement action to the Illinois Attorney Generals office against Macs Convenience Stores, LLC for releasing free product (gasoline) into the ground and the groundwater in Danville, Illinois. The Agency is seeking an order requiring the company to immediately control the gasoline release from the site, discover the source of the release, remediate contamination resulting from the release and take all necessary steps to prevent the recurrence of a similar release in the future. | | | | Date Created: | 08-22-2014 | | | | Agency ID: | 986**14 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000052701 Original UID: 173919 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 173: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2014 August 26 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Director Lisa Bonnett has referred an enforcement action to the Illinois Attorney Generals office against Olympic Oil Ltd. for causing an on-going release of an unknown amount of petroleum products mixed with stormwater, which has migrated in the adjacent Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. The Agency is seeking an order requiring the company to immediately take action to prevent oil/chemicals from being released into the environment, fully remediate contaminated soil and potentially impacted groundwater, and conduct an evaluation to determine the extent of contamination. | | | | Date Created: | 08-26-2014 | | | | Agency ID: | 996**14 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000052720 Original UID: 173940 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 174: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2014 July 16 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has released the Illinois Landfill Projections of Disposal Capacity Report for calendar year 2013. This is the 27th annual report, which includes data regarding the expected disposal capacity available for municipal waste at Illinois landfills as of January 1, 2014. | | | | Date Created: | 07-16-2014 | | | | Agency ID: | 816**14 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000052791 Original UID: 174013 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 175: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2014 August 8 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois EPA Director Lisa Bonnett today announced the Agencys participation in the 2014 Illinois State Fair Exhibits. In keeping with this years State Fair theme Making Memories, the Agencys State Fair exhibit theme will be Recycling Memories at the Illinois State Fair. Using a carnival/midway theme, the exhibit will teach visiting youth how to recycle and highlight green actions they can take at home. | | | | Date Created: | 08-08-2014 | | | | Agency ID: | 911**14 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000052893 Original UID: 174116 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 176: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2014 August 13 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois EPA Director Lisa Bonnett today announced household hazardous waste collections have been scheduled in six communities for the fall of 2014. Through household hazardous waste collections, citizens are given the opportunity to safely dispose of unused or leftover household products commonly found in homes, basements and garages. Todays announcement is part of Governor Quinns agenda to protect our natural resources and ensure a clean and healthy environment for future generations. | | | | Date Created: | 08-13-2014 | | | | Agency ID: | 932**14 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000052904 Original UID: 174128 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 177: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2014 April 22 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois EPA and Director Lisa Bonnett received recognition for the Agencys continued participation in the Graduate Public Service Internship (GPSI) Program with the University of Illinois at Springfield (UIS) formerly Sangamon State University (SSU). As part of the Illinois EPAs Earth Day celebration, the Agency is highlighting three internship programs the Agency participates in each year, the GPSI, the Governors Environmental Corp, and the Pollution Prevention & Energy Efficiency Internship Programs. | | | | Date Created: | 04-22-2014 | | | | Agency ID: | 442**14 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000053045 Original UID: 174280 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 178: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2014 April 24 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Approximately 700 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. Governor Pat Quinn proclaimed April 26 and 27, 2014, as Lincoln Pilgrimage Weekend. The Scouts will be formally presented with the Proclamation at 11:00 a.m. at the corner of Spring and Mill Streets in Salisbury, Illinois. | | | | Date Created: | 04-24-2014 | | | | Agency ID: | 466**14 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000053053 Original UID: 174294 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 179: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2014 April 24 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois EPA Director Lisa Bonnett today announced that the Agency has begun the cleanup of an open dump site at Woodlawn Mobile Home Park in Centralia. The cleanup began on Monday, April 21 and is expected to be completed next week, weather permitting. | | | | Date Created: | 04-24-2014 | | | | Agency ID: | 465**14 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000053054 Original UID: 174295 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
| 180: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2014 April 26 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Over 700 area Boy Scouts are spending the day 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 borrow books. The Lincoln Trail Hike is part of the weekend activities of the 69th Annual Lincoln Pilgrimage, which is hosted by the Abraham Lincoln Council Boy Scouts of America. This is the 20th year the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has teamed with the Council for the event. | | | | Date Created: | 04-26-2014 | | | | Agency ID: | 470**14 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000053073 Original UID: 174317 FIRST WORD: Illinois | |
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