HESE ODORS ARE VERY UNCOMFORTABLE TO INHALE AND INSTANTLY MADE ME NAUSEOUS. A CITIZEN THAT WAS WALKING IN THE PARK EXPRESSED HOW HORRIBLE THE ODORS WERE THAT DAY AND HOW DIFFICULT IT WAS FOR HIM TO BREATH.
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.