Illinois Environmental Profile

Comprehensive environmental data from EPA sources for Illinois (IL)

Overview

TRI Facilities

977

Water Systems

1,783

Superfund Sites

Total Violations

2,825

Total Releases

55.6M lbs

Health Violations

642

water systems

Largest Polluters

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#	Facility	City	Industry	Total Releases
1	WIELAND METALS INC	Wheeling	Primary Metals	7.0M lbs
2	PRAIRIE STATE GENERATING CO	Marissa	Electric Utilities	6.9M lbs
3	ADM DECATUR COMPLEX	Decatur	Electric Utilities	3.2M lbs
4	VISCOFAN USA INC	Danville	Plastics and Rubber	2.7M lbs
5	WOOD RIVER REFINERY	Roxana	Petroleum	2.6M lbs
6	TYSON FRESH MEATS INC - JOSLIN IL	Hillsdale	Food	2.2M lbs
7	JBS/SWIFT PORK CO	Beardstown	Food	2.0M lbs
8	EAST DUBUQUE NITROGEN FERTILIZERS LLC	East Dubuque	Chemicals	1.5M lbs
9	EXXONMOBIL OIL CORP JOLIET REFINERY	Channahon	Petroleum	1.4M lbs
10	U.S. STEEL GRANITE CITY WORKS	Granite City	Primary Metals	1.3M lbs
11	ENVIRITE OF ILLINOIS INC	Harvey	Hazardous Waste	1.3M lbs
12	QUINCY OILSEEDS COMPLEX	Quincy	Food	1.2M lbs
13	CARUS LLC LASALLE SITE	La Salle	Chemicals	957.7K lbs
14	INGREDION INC ARGO PLANT	Bedford Park	Food	933.1K lbs
15	CLEVELAND-CLIFFS RIVERDALE LLC	Riverdale	Primary Metals	843.3K lbs
16	NEWTON ENERGY CENTER	Newton	Electric Utilities	817.9K lbs
17	STERLING STEEL CO LLC	Sterling	Primary Metals	694.1K lbs
18	BUNGE CHEVRON AG RENEWABLES LLC	Cairo	Food	689.8K lbs
19	A FINKL & SONS CO DBA FINKL STEEL - CHICAGO	Chicago	Primary Metals	638.8K lbs
20	MARATHON PETROLEUM CO LP ILLINOIS REFINING DIV	Robinson	Petroleum	575.0K lbs

Water Quality

Systems with Health Violations

Water System	City	Population	Violations
DONNELLSON	Donnellson	213	65
BUDA	Peru	482	63
LYNWOOD 3RD ADDITION	Geneseo	100	59
GENESEO HICKORY HILLS HOA	Geneseo	83	53
SHANNON	Shannon	801	52
LAND AND WTR ASSN	Ottawa	83	46
DANVERS	Danvers	1,183	43
MAEYSTOWN	Maeystown	340	43
CARLOCK	Carlock	562	42
GREENFIELD	Greenfield	1,480	40
VERMONT	Vermont	738	38
FOUNTAIN VALLEY MHP	Rantoul	375	30
COMPTON	Compton	279	29
SECOR	Secor	351	29
NEW SALEM PWD	Adair	451	28
CHRISMAN	Chrisman	1,200	26
CHENOA	Chenoa	1,785	26
APPLE CREEK WATER COOP	Jacksonville	968	24
PINCKNEYVILLE	Pinckneyville	5,804	23
BEECHER CITY	Beecher City	500	22

Cities with Water Issues

Superfund Sites (56)

Site Name	City	Status	HRS Score
A & F Materials Reclaiming, Inc.	Greenup	Deleted NPL Site	55.49
Acme Solvents Reclaiming, Inc. (Morristown Plant)	Morristown	NPL Site	31.98
Acme Steel Coke Plant	Chicago	NPL Site	30.00
Adams County Quincy Landfills 2&3	Quincy	NPL Site	34.21
Amoco Chemicals (Joliet Landfill)	Joliet	NPL Site	39.44
ASARCO Taylor Springs	Taylor Springs	NPL Site	30.00
Bautsch-Gray Mine	Galena	NPL Site	48.97
Beloit Corp.	Rockton	NPL Site	52.08
Belvidere Municipal Landfill	Belvidere	Deleted NPL Site	28.62
Byron Salvage Yard	Byron	NPL Site	33.93
Central Illinois Public Service Co.	Taylorville	NPL Site	28.95
Chemetco	Hartford	NPL Site	30.00
Circle Smelting Corp	Beckemeyer	Proposed NPL Site	70.71
Cross Brothers Pail Recycling (Pembroke)	Pembroke Township	NPL Site	42.04
DePue/New Jersey Zinc/Mobil Chemical Corp.	Depue	NPL Site	70.71
DuPage County Landfill/Blackwell Forest	Warrenville	Deleted NPL Site	35.57
Eagle Zinc Co Div T L Diamond	Hillsboro	NPL Site	50.00
Estech General Chemical Company	Calumet City	NPL Site	30.00
Galesburg/Koppers Co.	Galesburg	NPL Site	34.78
H.O.D. Landfill	Antioch	NPL Site	34.68
Hegeler Zinc	Danville	NPL Site	50.00
Ilada Energy Co.	East Cape Girardeau	Deleted NPL Site	34.21
Indian Refinery-Texaco Lawrenceville	Lawrenceville	NPL Site	56.67
Interstate Pollution Control, Inc.	Rockford	NPL Site	46.01
Jennison-Wright Corporation	Granite City	NPL Site	40.30
Johns-Manville Corp.	Waukegan	NPL Site	38.20
Joliet Army Ammunition Plant (Load-Assembly-Packing Area)	Joliet	NPL Site	35.23
Joliet Army Ammunition Plant (Manufacturing Area)	Joliet	NPL Site	32.08
Kerr-McGee (Kress Creek/West Branch of DuPage River)	Dupage County	NPL Site	39.05
Kerr-McGee (Reed-Keppler Park)	West Chicago	Deleted NPL Site	39.51
Kerr-McGee (Residential Areas)	Dupage County, West Chicago	NPL Site	38.15
Kerr-McGee (Sewage Treatment Plant)	West Chicago	Deleted NPL Site	35.20
Lake Calumet Cluster	Chicago	NPL Site	30.00
LaSalle Electric Utilities	La Salle	NPL Site	42.06
Lenz Oil Service, Inc.	Lemont	NPL Site	42.33
Matthiessen and Hegeler Zinc Company	La Salle	NPL Site	50.00
MIG/Dewane Landfill	Belvidere	NPL Site	49.91
NL Industries/Taracorp Lead Smelter	Granite City	NPL Site	38.11
Old American Zinc Plant	Fairmont City	NPL Site	30.00
Ottawa Radiation Areas	Ottawa	NPL Site	50.00
Outboard Marine Corp.	Waukegan	NPL Site	0.00
Pagel's Pit	Rockford	NPL Site	45.91
Parsons Casket Hardware Co.	Belvidere	NPL Site	55.58
Petersen Sand & Gravel	Libertyville	Deleted NPL Site	38.43
Sandoval Zinc Company	Sandoval	NPL Site	30.00
Sangamo Electric Dump/Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge (USDOI)	Carterville	NPL Site	43.70
Sauget Area 1	Cahokia, Sauget	Proposed NPL Site	50.00
Sauget Area 2	Sauget	Proposed NPL Site	50.00
Savanna Army Depot Activity	Savanna	NPL Site	42.20
Schroud Property	Chicago	NPL Site	50.00
Southeast Rockford Ground Water Contamination	Rockford	NPL Site	42.24
Tri-County Landfill Co./Waste Management of Illinois, Inc.	South Elgin	NPL Site	42.76
Velsicol Chemical Corp. (Marshall Plant)	Marshall	NPL Site	48.78
Wauconda Sand & Gravel	Wauconda	NPL Site	53.42
Woodstock Municipal Landfill	Woodstock	NPL Site	50.10
Yeoman Creek Landfill	Waukegan	NPL Site	33.23

Counties (84 total)

County	Population	Facilities	Superfund
Cook	—	305	4
Dupage	—	78	0
Will	—	63	3
Winnebago	—	41	5
Kane	—	44	1
Lake	—	38	6
Mchenry	—	27	1
Madison	—	24	3
St. Clair	—	23	3
Lasalle	—	23	0
Rock Island	—	17	0
Tazewell	—	17	0
Dekalb	—	14	0
Adams	—	12	1
Champaign	—	13	0
Kankakee	—	12	1
Peoria	—	12	0
Macon	—	11	0
Ogle	—	10	1
Stephenson	—	11	0

Showing top 20 counties by environmental activity. Illinois has 84 counties total.

Largest Cities

Arlington Heights

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2 facilities · 2 water systems

Elk Grove Village

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32 facilities · 2 water systems

Rolling Meadows

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1 facilities · 1 water systems

Antioch

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1 facilities · 2 water systems

Crystal Lake

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5 facilities · 1 water systems

Cary

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3 facilities · 1 water systems

Des Plaines

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4 facilities · 2 water systems

Fox River Grove

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1 facilities · 2 water systems

Glenview

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1 facilities · 2 water systems

Grayslake

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2 facilities · 3 water systems

Gurnee

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3 facilities · 1 water systems

Lake Bluff

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4 facilities · 3 water systems

Lake Zurich

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4 facilities · 3 water systems

Morton Grove

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5 facilities · 1 water systems

Mount Prospect

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1 facilities · 1 water systems

Mchenry

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1 facilities · 18 water systems

Mundelein

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3 facilities · 6 water systems

Vernon Hills

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1 facilities · 4 water systems

Northbrook

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3 facilities · 12 water systems

North Chicago

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3 facilities · 1 water systems

About This Data

This page aggregates environmental data from three EPA programs for Illinois: the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) for industrial chemical releases, the Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) for water quality, and the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) for hazardous waste cleanup sites.

PlainEnviro presents this data without advocacy framing. Numbers reflect reported data and may not capture all environmental activity. For specific health or environmental concerns, contact your state environmental agency.