The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) is allowing controversial polluter MAT Asphalt to keep operating despite the expiration of their permit on July 2nd. Furious residents say the agency is ignoring its own rules and dozens of air quality complaints filed in the first year of the plant’s operation.
Category: ILEPA
You can read the emails from the IEPA here. According to the Illinois EPA’s Environmental Justice Public Participation Policy: Illinois EPA defines “area of [Environmental Justice] concern”…
Detailed emails to/from Illinois EPA about MAT Asphalt (obtained by Freedom of Information Request) Highlights: July 18, 2017: “This facility [MAT Asphalt] is located in…