Illinois has become the latest state to issue formal Health Advisories for a number of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS). The Health Advisories are for four compounds—Perfluorobutanesulfonic (PFBS) (140,000 parts per trillion “ppt”); Perfluorohexanesulfonic acid (PFHxS) (140 ppt); Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) (2 ppt); and Perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA) (560,000 ppt)—and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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The Chicago Ozone Nonattainment Area Status Has Become a Moving Target
By Ann Zwick on
Posted in General Environmental
The ink is barely dry on the reclassification of the Chicago ozone nonattainment area from moderate to serious, under the 2008 ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) intends to seek redesignation to attainment. According to IEPA staff, the agency has data supporting a request for redesignation to…
Illinois Court Finds that Landfill Post-Closure Monitoring Period not Limited to 15 Years by Statute
By Ryan Rudich on
Posted in Landfill News
An Illinois appellate court recently ruled that the 15 year post-closure monitoring requirement for sanitary landfills under the Illinois Environmental Protection Act sets the minimum, not maximum, period, and that that the operator will be required to continue post-closure monitoring if the threat of future violations of the Act is present.
D&L Landfill, Inc., the…
First Permit By Rule Regulations Coming to Illinois
By Ann Zwick on
Posted in General Environmental
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) recently proposed its general “Permit By Rule” or PBR regulations to the Pollution Control Board. The PBR regulations will allow certain emission units at a CAAPP source to be constructed without going through the standard construction permit requirements. Instead, the owner or operator of the unit is merely required…