About EPA
EPA Region 5 (Great Lakes)
Serving Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin and 35 tribes.
Key Issues
- EPA approves Illinois' water quality standards upgrades for portions of Chicago waterways
- Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
- Cleanup sites in Region 5 | By state and cleanup type
- Enbridge oil spill in Michigan
- Midwest Clean Diesel Initiative
- Recovery Act projects in Region 5
- A-Z Index of all Region 5 topics
Region 5 News & Events
Events
Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012- Comment period ends on Core Energy LLC proposed permit
- Comment period ends on proposed cleanup of hazardous contaminants at the Ashland Chemical Co. facility (Calumet City, IL)
- Comment period ends on Whiting Oil & Gas proposed Class II injection well permit (Gladwin County, MI)
- Last day to comment on the proposed cleanup plan at Republic Steel (Canton, OH)
- Comment period ends on Sumner Energy, Inc. proposed Class II injection well permit (Gratiot County, MI)
- Comment period ends on Muskegon Development Corporation Consent Agreement and Final Order
Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012
- Comment period ends on multiple NPDES permits to discharge into waters of the United States in the White Earth Reservation in Minnesota.
- Comment period ends on Muskegon Development Corporation proposed Class II injection well permit (Bay County, MI)
Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2012
- Public meeting about the planned cleanup of the Tuchman Cleaners site (Indianapolis, IN)
Thursday, Nov.1, 2012
- Public meeting and open house about the general permit for discharges from new and replacement septic systems in Illinois (Springfield, IL)
Thursday, Nov.15, 2012
- Comment period ends on the general permit for discharges from new and replacement septic systems in Illinois (Springfield, IL)
Activities
- EPA responds to Enbridge spill in Grand Marsh, WI
- Illinois upgrades water standards for portions of Chicago waterways
- EPA works with Illinois EPA to strengthen environmental programs
- Northern Indiana Public Service Co. investing $600 million to upgrade coal-fired plants under Clean Air Act settlement
- Indianapolis saving money, reducing sewage overflows by making sewer system more efficient
- Evansville, Ind., agrees to major sewer system improvements, reducing sewage overflows and improving public health