Champaign County, IL
The federal environmental record for Champaign County (population 205,644): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
3
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
12
TRI facilities
84
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Champaign reported a PFAS detection in the UCMR5 national testing round. Systems serving under 3,300 people were only sampled in part, so absence from this table is not proof of absence in the water.
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
12 facilities in Champaign filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 45k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| KRAFT HEINZ FOODS CO | CHAMPAIGN | Sulfuryl fluoride, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 23k lb |
| HUDSON TECHNOLOGIES CO | CHAMPAIGN | Chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22), 2,2-Dichloro-1,1,1-trifluoroethane (HCFC-123) | 10k lb |
| MPLX TERMINALS LLC - CHAMPAIGN IL TERMINAL | CHAMPAIGN | n-Hexane, Toluene | 6k lb |
| GUARDIAN WEST | URBANA | Methanol, Nickel compounds | 5k lb |
| ALDRICH-APL LLC | URBANA | Lead compounds | 675 lb |
| CLIFFORD-JACOBS FORGING CO | CHAMPAIGN | Manganese, Nickel | 73 lb |
| ADVANCED FILTRATION SYSTEMS INC | CHAMPAIGN | Diisocyanates | 55 lb |
| WIRCO INC. | CHAMPAIGN | Nickel | 39 lb |
| SAFETY-KLEEN SYSTEMS URBANA (URB) | URBANA | Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Ethylene glycol | 5 lb |
| FLEX-N-GATE | URBANA | - | 0 lb |
| EMULSICOAT INC | URBANA | Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 0 lb |
| VCNA PRAIRIE LLC - YARD 1037 | CHAMPAIGN | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 479 tank facilities in Champaign: 299 tanks in service and 1,107 closed. 368 fuel releases are on record, of which 84 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Champaign as Zone 1, the highest predicted indoor radon levels (over 4 pCi/L average). Radon and air quality are covered in depth on lung.com.
The record for one specific address
County figures blur what matters: distance. The Address Environmental Report runs these same federal datasets against one address and reports every site, tank, polluter and water result around it, with distances, in about a minute.
Get the report - $39All federal cleanup sites on file
The wider Superfund enterprise inventory (SEMS) for Champaign, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- CHAMPAIGN FORMER MGPCHAMPAIGN
- CHANUTE AIR FORCE BASERANTOUL
- PRAIRIE PAINT & ADHESIVESMAHOMET