Pollution & Cleanup
Start here: this is a statewide screening list, not a check on any one home. A site somewhere in Illinois does not mean a specific address is affected, and the two can be far apart. Illinois carries a heavy industrial and manufacturing legacy, particularly across its older urban and river corridors, which shapes much of its contaminated-site history. The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, separate from the federal EPA, works as the state-side partner to the federal Superfund program on these sites. Treat the records below as context worth reviewing when evaluating an address, not as a safety verdict. They show what the public files document, no more and no less.
On cleanup, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) is the state-side partner to EPA's federal Superfund program, co-managing listed sites and running state-level remediation work alongside it. At contaminated sites where PFAS is in play, Illinois has tended to bring its own health-based guidance to bear in addition to the federal framework, consistent with its more forward posture on PFAS generally. The reassurance here is concrete: a named state office, distinct from the federal EPA, is part of every site on these lists.
From EPA's National Priorities List, filtered to sites with confirmed PFAS contamination. EPA's broader Superfund/SEMS inventory is larger and includes non-PFAS and assessment-stage sites.
| Site | Type / status |
|---|---|
| Adams County Quincy Landfills 2&3 | Private · NPL: Final |
| Beloit Corp. | Private · NPL: Final |
| Estech General Chemical Company | Private · NPL: Final |
| Joliet Army Ammunition Plant (Load-Assembly-Packing Area) | Federal · NPL: Final |
| Ottawa Township Flat Glass Site | Private · NPL: Not on NPL |
| Sangamo Electric Dump/Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge (Usdoi) | Federal · NPL: Final |
| Savanna Army Depot Activity | Federal · NPL: Final |
Check Superfund sites near a specific Illinois address →
VetMyAddress maps nearby EPA Superfund/NPL sites and grades the address A–F alongside its water, PFAS, flood, and air data.
If no PFAS-confirmed Superfund sites turn up for Illinois in these records, that is good news, though not a full all-clear. PFAS confirmation reflects only what has been tested and reported, and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency's broader contaminated-site inventory, together with EPA's SEMS database, reaches well beyond this single slice. Read an empty list as encouraging, with the standing caveat that it is not the complete picture.
A site appearing on this page means EPA has confirmed PFAS contamination at a National Priorities List Superfund site somewhere in Illinois. It is a statewide screening list. It does not tell you the distance from any specific home, the exposure pathway, or whether the local drinking-water system is affected.
For a specific property, the things that actually matter are:
That address-level synthesis — nearest-site distance plus the home's full environmental profile in one A–F grade — is what the VetMyAddress report is for.
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA), separate from the federal EPA, is the state-side partner to the federal Superfund program. The two co-manage contaminated-site cleanup in Illinois, with the state agency typically leading state-level remediation alongside the federal listings.
Illinois has many federally tracked contaminated sites, reflecting its heavy industrial and manufacturing legacy across older urban and river corridors. The table above renders the documented sites from public records, with the Illinois EPA co-managing cleanup alongside the federal program.
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) is the state's own environmental agency, distinct from the federal EPA. On the cleanup side it partners with the federal Superfund program and oversees state-level site remediation across Illinois.
Our curated EPA dataset lists 7 PFAS-confirmed Superfund (NPL) sites in Illinois, including Adams County Quincy Landfills 2&3, Beloit Corp., Estech General Chemical Company. EPA's full Superfund inventory (including non-PFAS and assessment-stage sites) is larger — a specific-address report checks all SEMS sites near the property.
Proximity is a starting point, not a verdict. Real-world impact depends on distance, the type of contamination, the exposure pathway (groundwater, soil, vapor), the home's water source, and the cleanup stage. A site two miles away marked 'construction complete' is very different from an active site next door.
Use VetMyAddress to see EPA Superfund/NPL sites near any Illinois address, bundled with the home's drinking water, PFAS, flood zone, and air-quality data in a single plain-English A–F grade. EPA's own ECHO database (echo.epa.gov) is the free, official source if you prefer to dig through the raw records.
It means PFAS ('forever chemicals') have been documented in the contamination at that National Priorities List site. PFAS is persistent and can migrate through groundwater, so a confirmed PFAS site is worth pairing with the home's drinking-water and PFAS data to understand the exposure pathway.