Reducing and recycling mercury switch thermostats and vehicle components : a report to Governor Blagojevich and the Illinois General Assembly.

Over the last two years, Governor Blagojevich and the Illinois General Assembly have enacted a number of laws to reduce the health risks associated with the use and disposal of consumer, household and commercial products that contain mercury. These products include thermometers, switches, electrical relays and scientific instruments used in schools. The purpose of these laws is to reduce mercury releases into the environment. Mercury is a strong neurotoxin that can be harmful to the health of humans and wildlife. Mercury exposure poses a particular risk to young children and pregnant women because mercury may inhibit the development of the brain and nervous system. This report presents recommendations for improving efforts to reduce and recycle mercury components that are found in thermostats and motor vehicles. Illinois EPA prepared the report in response to Public Act 93-0964. In drafting the report, Illinois EPA conducted research on mercury reduction and recycling programs in other states, reviewed technical studies and consulted with officials in the private and public sectors.

Recycling mercury vehicle switches in Illinois.

"July 2008"

Report of the Interagency Council on Census Coordination for the 1990 U.S. Census.

Summary of the comprehensive public information campaign to promote the 1990 census in Illinois, sponsored by the 14 state agencies represented on the Council and coordinated by the Illinois Information Service.

Report to the Illinois General Assembly on the issue of expanding public water supply loan eligibility to privately owned community water supplies /

"August 1998."

Report to the Illinois General Assembly in response to House Resolution 405.

"On May 31, 2001, House Resolution 405 was adopted ..." [92nd General Assembly].

Restoring Illinois water quality with TMDLs.

The establishment of a Total Maximum Daily Load sets the pollutant reduction goal necessary to improve impaired waters. It determines the load, or quantity of any given pollutant that can be allowed in a particular water body. A TDML must consider all potential sources of pollutants whether point or nonpoint. It also takes into account a margin of safety, which reflects scientific uncertainty, as well as the effects of seasonal variation.

Responsiveness summary : United States Army Corps of Engineers : Waukegan Harbor, Lake County, Illinois : Section 401 water quality certification for dredging of the Waukegan Harbor approach channel and advanced maintenance area.

The approved project allows the Corps to dredge the Waukegan Harbor approach channel and advanced maintenance area. The area to be dredged lies immediately east of the north breakwater. It is approximately a rectangle 650 feet north and south and 1,400 feet east and west. The advanced maintenance area is a band along the north side of the channel. The approved project is for a 10-year certification, under which the Corps may remove 22,000 to 75,000 cubic yards of sediment per dredging event. The dredging depth is 22 feet and the amount to be dredged is about one foot of sediment. As a condition of the certification, disposal of the dredged sediment in Lake Michigan or the waters of the state cannot occur until the conditions of the certification are met. These conditions, which have been placed on the certification by Illinois EPA, ensure that the project meets state water quality standards and is consistent with the determinations of the Illinois Attorney General's Task Force on asbestos contamination at Illinois Beach State Park.

Siting new coal-fired power plants in Illinois : a guide to permits and economic incentives /

Summary: On June 22, 2001, the groundwork was laid for the construction of new electric generation in the state of Illinois when the Illinois Resource Development and Energy Act was signed. Overwhelmingly approved by the Illinois General Assembly, this broad-based $3.5 billion package is designed to reinvigorate the Illinois coal industry and to strengthen the state's ability to provide electricity to its citizens. The legislation (Public Act 92-0012) provides tax incentives and financial assistance to builders of new electric plants generating in excess of 400 megawatts that create Illinois coal-mining jobs, new and expanding coal mines, and natural gas-fired baseload electric plants with a capacity of 1,000 megawatts. The legislation also directs the the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to explore the need for a state-level, multi-pollutant strategy to reduce emissions from coal-fired electric generating plants.

Siting a pollution control facility in Illinois.

"IEPA/BOL/98-021".

Soil erosion and sediment delivery in the Highland Silver Lake Watershed, Madison County, Illinois : preliminary analysis /

"October, 1982."

Soil erosion and sediment transport dynamics in the Blue Creek Watershed, Pike County, Illinois /

"IEPA/WPC/83-004."

State universities in Illinois; a counseling handbook for students, parents, teachers and counselors.

Mode of access: Internet.

State of Illinois river basins.

"Spring 1995"

Surface water pesticide monitoring of Illinois streams : summary of results 1985-1998 /

This report provides a review and summarization of stream pesticide data collected by the Illinois EPA Ambient Water Quality Monitoring Network between October 1985 and December 1998. A list of sampling stations is provided in Appendix A along with data from the seven most detected pesticides which are provided in Appendix B.

Strategy for the protection of underground water in Illinois /

"October 9, 1984."