About: Region 05

URBANA-CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (September 17, 2020) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $999,377 in funding to the University of Illinois to research how to control and prevent harmful algal blooms (HABs).

For Immediate Release No. 20-OPA-017 EPA completes cleanup of Hegewisch Little League Field

WARRENVILLE, Ill. (September 9, 2020) —The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized the deletion of the DuPage County Landfill/Blackwell Forest Preserve Superfund Site in Warrenville from the National Priorities List (NPL).

SUPERIOR/DULUTH(September 8, 2020) – Today U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Associate Deputy Administrator Doug Benevento and Regional Administrator Kurt Thiede were joined by Reps.