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The Illinois EPA has issued a Red Forecast Air Pollution Action Day for Friday, July 17th for Rockford and all 6 Chicago area sectors. This is in addition to downgrade of the ongoing Action Day to a Purple Forecast Air Pollution Action Day in effect today. Visit www.AirNow.gov to stay up to date on current conditions. 

Sterigenics

Information about Sterigenics Willowbrook facility has been moved to the Illinois EPA’s Ethylene Oxide webpage, please go to the below link
https://www2.illinois.gov/epa/topics/community-relations/sites/ethylene-oxide/Pages/default.aspx

Documents & Links

Illinois EPA Letter to USEPA, September 25, 2018

Sterigenics' letter transmitting stack test results to Illinois EPA, September 27, 2018

ATSDR factsheet on ethylene oxide: https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxfaqs/tfacts137.pdf

Clean Air Act Permit Program Permit (CAAPP) – the operating permit for Sterigenics

Construction Permit #18060020 – the construction permit to control emissions from the back vents

Illinois EPA’s 2016 Inspection Report – the last facility inspection report