Organization | • | Illinois Environmental Protection Agency | [X] |
| | 61: | | 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 | |
| 62: | | 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 | |
| 63: | | 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 | |
| 64: | | 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 | |
| 65: | | 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 | |
| 66: | | 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 | |
| 67: | | 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 | |
| 68: | | 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 | |
| 69: | | 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 | |
| 70: | | 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 | |
| 71: | | 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 | |
| 72: | | 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 | |
| 73: | | 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 | |
| 74: | | 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 | |
| 75: | | 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 | |
| 76: | | 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 | |
| 77: | | 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 | |
| 78: | | 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 | |
| 79: | | 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 | |
| 80: | | 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 | |
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