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The Illinois EPA has downgraded the air quality forecast for the Metro-East St. Louis forecast sector to Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups, including an Air Pollution Action Day. This is in addition to the Areawide Air Pollution Action Day in effect today, July 20th. This was expanded to include all Illinois AirNow AQI forecast sectors and only excludes select counties in southern Illinois. This Action Day and the associated National Weather Service Air Quality Alert designations are set to expire at midnight tonight.  Visit www.AirNow.gov to stay up to date on current conditions. 

Illinois EPA Laboratory

Illinois EPA Laboratory

The Illinois EPA laboratory is nationally accredited by the National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (NELAP) Institute and U.S. EPA Region V, as the State Primacy Laboratory. The laboratory annually analyzes more than a quarter million samples of a variety of matrices, such as drinking water, wastewater, soil, rivers, lakes and streams, taken by field staff or submitted from public water supplies. The laboratory is the state’s gold standard for the analysis of environmental samples, providing the critical data needed to enable leadership to make decisions that impact the environment and the citizens of Illinois.

Illinois EPA Lab Accreditation Certifications

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Custom Analysis Groups

Staff Directory

The following directory lists laboratory contacts. 

Staff Name and Job Title Phone Number
Lab front office  217-782-9780
Jeff Tucka, Lab Manager 217-524-6380
Kelly Turpin, Project Manager 217-524-6387
Taylor Smith, Project Manager 217-557-2420
Mildred Rose, Quality Assurance and Lab Accreditation Manager 217-557-0274