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• EPA and City of Springfield, Illinois, Reach Agreement on Coal Ash

  EPA News Release: EPA and City of Springfield, Illinois, Reach Agreement on Coal Ash

  • Release Date: January 27, 2025

• EPA, DOJ and State of Illinois File Complaint Against City of East St. Louis for Unlawful Discharges of Untreated Sewage

  EPA News Release: EPA, DOJ and State of Illinois File Complaint Against City of East St. Louis for Unlawful Discharges of Untreated Sewage

  • Release Date: December 11, 2024

• EPA and DOJ Announce Settlement with Cahokia Heights, Illinois, for Improper Operation of the City’s Sanitary Sewer System

  Settlement requires city to invest an estimated $30M in upgrades in response to unlawful release of sewage

  EPA News Release: EPA and DOJ Announce Settlement with Cahokia Heights, Illinois, for Improper Operation of the City’s Sanitary Sewer System

  • Release Date: December 10, 2024

• EPA Reaches Settlement with 3M Co. for Alleged Hazardous Waste Storage Violations at Cordova Facility in Illinois

  EPA News Release: EPA Reaches Settlement with 3M Co. for Alleged Hazardous Waste Storage Violations at Cordova Facility in Illinois

  • Release Date: October 2, 2024

• EPA Announces Start of Asbestos Cleanup at the Illinois Cabinet Site in Rockford, Illinois 

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Start of Asbestos Cleanup at the Illinois Cabinet Site in Rockford, Illinois 

  • Release Date: September 30, 2024

• EPA Announces Settlement with Giant Resource Recovery -- Attalla, Inc. for Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations

  Company has agreed to pay a $235,782 penalty, perform a Supplemental Environmental Project to reduce air emissions, and make other changes to its waste management practices.

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Settlement with Giant Resource Recovery -- Attalla, Inc. for Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations

  • Release Date: September 30, 2024

• EPA Reaches Settlement with Pangea Real Estate for Alleged Lead Violations at Rental Units in Chicago and Calumet City  

  EPA News Release: EPA Reaches Settlement with Pangea Real Estate for Alleged Lead Violations at Rental Units in Chicago and Calumet City  

  • Release Date: September 27, 2024

• EPA Announces Settlement with Gulfstream Aerospace Services Corp. in Cahokia, Illinois, for Alleged Clean Air Act Violations

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Settlement with Gulfstream Aerospace Services Corp. in Cahokia, Illinois, for Alleged Clean Air Act Violations

  • Release Date: September 20, 2024

• EPA Announces Proposed Order Requiring Archer Daniels Midland Co. to Take Actions to Ensure Safe Operation of its Carbon Sequestration Well in Decatur, Illinois

  EPA will accept public comments on the proposed order through October 21

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Proposed Order Requiring Archer Daniels Midland Co. to Take Actions to Ensure Safe Operation of its Carbon Sequestration Well in Decatur, Illinois

  • Release Date: September 19, 2024

• EPA Issues Order to Excell Air Filters in Ashland, Ohio, to Stop the Sale of Products using an Unregistered Pesticide

  EPA News Release: EPA Issues Order to Excell Air Filters in Ashland, Ohio, to Stop the Sale of Products using an Unregistered Pesticide

  • Release Date: July 18, 2024

• EPA Announces Settlement with Amerikal Products in Waukegan, Illinois, for Sale of Unregistered Pesticide Product

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Settlement with Amerikal Products in Waukegan, Illinois, for Sale of Unregistered Pesticide Product

  • Release Date: July 15, 2024

• D.R. Horton to pay civil penalties complete a Supplemental Environmental Project and implement Stormwater Compliance Measures across the Southeast for Clean Water Act Noncompliance

  EPA News Release: D.R. Horton to pay civil penalties complete a Supplemental Environmental Project and implement Stormwater Compliance Measures across the Southeast for Clean Water Act Noncompliance

  • Release Date: April 8, 2024

• EPA Orders Six Illinois Drinking Water Suppliers to Comply with Requirements of America’s Water Infrastructure Act

  EPA News Release: EPA Orders Six Illinois Drinking Water Suppliers to Comply with Requirements of America’s Water Infrastructure Act

  • Release Date: April 6, 2023

• EPA Orders Two Illinois Drinking Water Suppliers to Comply with Requirements of America’s Water Infrastructure Act

  Lansing and Maywood must certify they are prepared for risks

  EPA News Release: EPA Orders Two Illinois Drinking Water Suppliers to Comply with Requirements of America’s Water Infrastructure Act

  • Release Date: November 21, 2022

• EPA Reaches Settlement with Petroff Trucking Company, Inc., Over Destroyed Wetlands in East St. Louis, Illinois

  EPA News Release: EPA Reaches Settlement with Petroff Trucking Company, Inc., Over Destroyed Wetlands in East St. Louis, Illinois

  • Release Date: October 27, 2022