The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has issued an Areawide Air Pollution Action Day for Sunday, July 19^th. This is in addition to the ongoing Chicago Air Pollu tion Action Day in effect today July 18^th. This alert includes all of Illinois’ Air Quality Index (AQI) forecast sectors, except Metro-East St. Louis. Visit www.AirNow.gov to stay up to date on current conditions.

Permit Annual Summary

Pursuant to Public Act 98-237, the Illinois EPA will be reporting information annually about each type of permit. The files below contain information about the deadlines, whether a public hearing is required, and whether public notice is required. By February 1, they will also contain information for the previous calendar year about how many applications were received, how many permits were issued, and the average time it took.