EPA Region 5
Serving Illinois, Indiana,
Michigan, Minnesota,
Ohio, Wisconsin and
35 Tribes
Key Issues
- USS Lead Superfund Site
- Grand Rapids (MI) Vapor Intrusion
- Flint (MI) Drinking Water Response
- Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
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- Cleanup sites in Region 5
- Chicago Lead in Drinking Water Study
- Environmental Issues in Southeast Chicago
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Region 5 Events Calendar
Friday, August 18, 2017
Extended comment period closed on the proposed draft permit MI-035-2R-0034 to allow Muskegon Development Company to inject fresh water deep underground for enhanced oil recovery in Clare County, Michigan.
Saturday, August 19, 2017
Monthly Community Meeting for USS Lead Superfund Site from 10:00AM to 12:00PM CDT at Old Carrie Gosch School, 455 E. 148th St., East Chicago, IN
Wednesday, August 23, 2017
- Comment period closes on a draft NPDES permit for the treated wastewater discharges from the Hannahville Indian Community Reverse Osmosis Facility located within the boundaries of the Hannahville Indian Reservation located in Harris, Michigan (Menominee County).
- Comment period ends on the proposed draft permits MI-091-1I-0001 and -0002 to allow Great Lakes Chemical Corporation of Adrian, Michigan to manage a Class I injection well in Lenawee County, Michigan.
Wednesday, August 30, 2017
Public Comment Period closes on proposed cleanup plan for Area 2 of the Kalamazoo River for the Allied Paper/Portage Creek/KalamCazoo River Superfund site in Kalamazoo, Mich.
Allied Paper/Portage Creek/Kalamazoo River Site webpage
Public Comment Period closes on Lac du Flambeau Lagoon NPDES Permit WI-0036498-4 (Vilas County, WI)
Wednesday, September 6, 2017
Public comment period on the proposed cleanup plan for the Elm Street Groundwater Contamination Superfund site, Terre Haute, Ind.
Friday, September 8, 2017
Comment period closes on EPA’s tentative decision on Duke Energy’s fundamentally different factors (FDF) variance NPDES permit IN0002780, Edwardsport, Indiana.
Saturday, September 16, 2017
Monthly Community Meeting for USS Lead Superfund Site from 10:00AM to 12:00PM CDT at Old Carrie Gosch School, 455 E. 148th St., East Chicago, IN
Saturday, October 14, 2017
Monthly Community Meeting for USS Lead Superfund Site from 10:00AM to 12:00PM CDT at Old Carrie Gosch School, 455 E. 148th St., East Chicago, IN
Saturday, November 18, 2017
Monthly Community Meeting for USS Lead Superfund Site from 10:00AM to 12:00PM CDT at Old Carrie Gosch School, 455 E. 148th St., East Chicago, IN