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Sierra Club Statement on Pollution Control Board Approval of State Plan to Reduce Air Pollution in Will and Peoria Counties in Illinois

CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)—October 2, 2015. Yesterday, the Illinois Pollution Control Board approved a flawed plan from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) to reduce air pollution in the Peoria and Lemont areas, leaving residents still vulnerable to pollution.

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) has designated the air in parts of Cook, Will, Tazewell and Peoria Counties unsafe to breathe due to high levels of sulfur dioxide pollution. The largest sources of sulfur dioxide pollution impacting…

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