The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) of the state of Illinois is the primary body concerned with the protection of the environment for the state. The Illinois EPA's mission is "to safeguard environmental quality, consistent with the social and economic needs of the State, so as to protect health, welfare, property and the quality of life."[1]
Logo of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
Its stated goals are to:
Provide leadership to chart a new course for clean air which is responsive to relevant needs in Illinois and complies with priority aspects of the Clean Air Act Amendments.
Address outstanding solid and hazardous waste management concerns and participate, as appropriate, in the national deliberations on reauthorization of the hazardous waste program.
Utilize creative means to address the priority needs for clean and safe water in Illinois and participate, as appropriate, in the national deliberations on reauthorization of the water programs.
Enhance capability to fund environmental cleanup, when necessary, and to provide better service for private party actions.
Develop an environmental planning capability which emphasizes risk-based analysis, good science and sound data, and open communication and informed participation.
The current acting director of the Illinois EPA is John J. Kim.
The Illinois EPA was established in July 1970, shortly after the first Earth Day. Governor Richard Ogilvie signed into law the Illinois Environmental Protection Act (PA 76-2429), which became effective on July 1, 1970, and created the Illinois EPA. Illinois was the first US state with a comprehensive environmental protection act.[2][3] This was the same year that the United States Environmental Protection Agency was created.[4]
Division of Air Pollution Control - "to improve air quality by identifying air pollution problems, proposing appropriate regulations to control or reduce air contaminants, conducting inspections and reviewing permit applications to assure compliance with existing air pollution regulations"
Division of Mobil Source Programs - "to enforce vehicle emission limitations"
Bureau of Land
Division of Land Pollution Control - "to ensure that hazardous and nonhazardous wastes are managed in an environmentally sound manner and to implement regulatory programs such as the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and the Solid Waste program"
Division of Remediation Management - "for administering cleanup programs for hazardous waste sites (including Superfund), leaking underground storage tanks, and used tires"
Bureau of Water
Division of Water Pollution Control - "to identify sources of water pollution and implement steps to abate the pollution"
Division of Public Water Supply - "to protect the public from disease and to assure an adequate supply of pure water for all beneficial uses"
There are also offices designed to assist both industry and the public in the areas of pollution prevention, community relations, and environmental justice.
Illinois Pollution Control Board – the Illinois EPA's "sister" agency which adopts environmental rules and regulations, adjudicates enforcement actions, processes permit denial appeals, and hears variance petitions
January 01, 1970
illinois, environmental, protection, agency, this, article, relies, excessively, references, primary, sources, please, improve, this, article, adding, secondary, tertiary, sources, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, december, 2022, learn, . This article relies excessively on references to primary sources Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources Find sources Illinois Environmental Protection Agency news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2022 Learn how and when to remove this message The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Illinois EPA of the state of Illinois is the primary body concerned with the protection of the environment for the state The Illinois EPA s mission is to safeguard environmental quality consistent with the social and economic needs of the State so as to protect health welfare property and the quality of life 1 Logo of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Its stated goals are to Provide leadership to chart a new course for clean air which is responsive to relevant needs in Illinois and complies with priority aspects of the Clean Air Act Amendments Address outstanding solid and hazardous waste management concerns and participate as appropriate in the national deliberations on reauthorization of the hazardous waste program Utilize creative means to address the priority needs for clean and safe water in Illinois and participate as appropriate in the national deliberations on reauthorization of the water programs Enhance capability to fund environmental cleanup when necessary and to provide better service for private party actions Promote pollution prevention and market based approaches for continued environmental progress Develop an environmental planning capability which emphasizes risk based analysis good science and sound data and open communication and informed participation The current acting director of the Illinois EPA is John J Kim Contents 1 History 2 Structure 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory editThe Illinois EPA was established in July 1970 shortly after the first Earth Day Governor Richard Ogilvie signed into law the Illinois Environmental Protection Act PA 76 2429 which became effective on July 1 1970 and created the Illinois EPA Illinois was the first US state with a comprehensive environmental protection act 2 3 This was the same year that the United States Environmental Protection Agency was created 4 Structure editThe agency s headquarters is located in Springfield with a laboratory in Springfield and field offices centered in Champaign Marion Elgin Rockford Moline Des Plaines Collinsville and Peoria The Illinois EPA is composed of three main Bureaus Bureau of Air Division of Air Pollution Control to improve air quality by identifying air pollution problems proposing appropriate regulations to control or reduce air contaminants conducting inspections and reviewing permit applications to assure compliance with existing air pollution regulations Division of Mobil Source Programs to enforce vehicle emission limitations Bureau of Land Division of Land Pollution Control to ensure that hazardous and nonhazardous wastes are managed in an environmentally sound manner and to implement regulatory programs such as the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act RCRA and the Solid Waste program Division of Remediation Management for administering cleanup programs for hazardous waste sites including Superfund leaking underground storage tanks and used tires Bureau of Water Division of Water Pollution Control to identify sources of water pollution and implement steps to abate the pollution Division of Public Water Supply to protect the public from disease and to assure an adequate supply of pure water for all beneficial uses There are also offices designed to assist both industry and the public in the areas of pollution prevention community relations and environmental justice See also editClimate change in Illinois List of ecoregions of IllinoisReferences edit Purpose of the Illinois EPA History of the Illinois EPA About the Illinois EPA U S EPA HistoryExternal links editIllinois EPA website Illinois Pollution Control Board the Illinois EPA s sister agency which adopts environmental rules and regulations adjudicates enforcement actions processes permit denial appeals and hears variance petitions Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Illinois Environmental Protection Agency amp oldid 1189398554, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
