The US EPA has updated their Lake County webpage with additional information and frequently asked questions. This update can be found online at: https://www.epa.gov/il/addressing-ethylene-oxide-emissi...

Vantage Specialty (3938 Porett Drive, Gurnee, IL 60031) has provided the Lake County Health Department with a series of 60 air samples that were recorded from June 9th to July 7th, 2019. A complete ...

Senator Melinda Bush hosted a Town Hall Meeting on Wednesday, October 2nd at the College of Lake County. Members of the public, as well as representatives from numerous public bodies, including the Ma...

Phase II Ethylene Oxide Air Monitoring Completed Health Department plans third and final phase of air monitoring Lake County, Ill. — The Lake County Health Department, Village of Gurnee, and ...

Lake County, Ill. — Outdoor air monitoring is set to begin this week near Vantage Specialty Chemicals in Gurnee and Medline Industries in Waukegan. In partnership with the Lake County Health De...

In this update includes: Quarter 2 stack monitoring and fugitive emissions results received by IEPA; Vantage within permit Congressman Brad Schneider secures EtO monitoring priorities in Minibus...

In this update includes: Quarter 3 stack monitoring and fugitive emissions results received by IEPA; Vantage within permitted emission cap The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) has...

In this update includes: Third set of results from the 2nd phase of ambient air monitoring received Results included five days of testing between November 19th – December 2nd Testing contin...

The Lake County Health Department has received the first set of results from the second phase of ethylene oxide (EtO) air monitoring. The initial results include samples collected on three separate da...

Lake County, Ill. — The Lake County Health Department, Village of Gurnee, and City of Waukegan have received the final results from their joint outdoor air monitoring for ethylene oxide (EtO) n...

The Lake County Health Department, Village of Gurnee, and City of Waukegan have received the first set of results from their joint outdoor air monitoring for ethylene oxide (EtO) near Vantage Specialt...

Ethylene Oxide Update #28: December 19, 2019 In this update: IEPA issues construction permit to Vantage limiting EtO emissions to 110lbs per calendar year: https://bit.ly/36ZdC5J IEPA provides r...