Pollution in Vermilion County, Illinois

Vermilion County contains 106 EPA-regulated facilities, 7 of which are currently flagged for significant noncompliance. The county also hosts 1 Superfund sites and 9 TRI chemical reporters. EPA has assessed $5.8M in lifetime penalties and TRI reporters disclosed roughly 2.6M lb of on-site releases. That facility count is well above the Illinois state average of 61 per county.

Superfund1NPL sites
TRI Facilities9reporters
EPA Facilities106regulated
Sig. Violators7current SNC

Superfund sites

SiteCityStatus
Hegeler ZincDanvilleCleanup underway

Largest releasers

FacilityCityOn-site (lb)Status
Viscofan Usa IncDanville2.5MCompliant
Dynachem IncGeorgetown48.0kPenalties
Fiberteq LlcDanville33.1kCompliant
Reg Danville LlcDanville2.4kCompliant
Thyssenkrupp Crankshaft CoDanville1.0kCompliant
Thyssenkrupp Crankshaft Co LlcDanville1.0kCompliant
Brainerd Chemical Midwest LlcDanville545Penalties
Lebanon Chemical CorpDanville19Compliant

Significant violators

FacilityCityPenaltiesLast Inspected
Kik Custom ProductsDanville$350.0k2025-04-23
Pillsbury CompanyHoopeston$02020-11-18
East Lynn Community Water System$02004-09-03
Danville, City OfDanville$02019-09-19
Alvin Pws, Village OfAlvin$02018-12-20
Heidelberg Materials - Fairmount QuarryFairmount$02014-08-05
Camp Robert Drake StpFairmount$02023-03-13