Kane County, IL
The federal environmental record for Kane County (population 514,982): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
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Superfund NPL sites
21
federal cleanup sites
7
PFAS-detecting water systems
38
TRI facilities
174
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tri-County Landfill Co./Waste Management of Illinois, Inc. | South Elgin | on the NPL | 03/31/1989 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Kane with at least one PFAS detection under UCMR5. The federal limit for PFOA and PFOS is 4 ng/L; EPA proposed in May 2026 to rescind the limits for the other compounds, which are shown for information.
| System | Highest results | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| ELBURN IL0890300 | PFOA: 7.5 ng/L | above final limit |
| SOUTH ELGIN IL0890800 | PFBS: 9.7 ng/L PFBA: 8 ng/L PFPeA: 7.6 ng/L | above final limit |
| SUGAR GROVE IL0890850 | PFHxS: 8 ng/L | detected |
| AURORA IL0894070 | PFBA: 5.9 ng/L PFPeA: 5.3 ng/L PFHxA: 4.7 ng/L | detected |
| ELGIN, IL IL0894380 | PFBA: 7.6 ng/L PFPeA: 4.7 ng/L PFHxA: 4 ng/L | detected |
| WILLOW LAKE ESTATES MHP IL0894400 | PFBA: 5.4 ng/L PFPeA: 5.3 ng/L PFHxA: 3.8 ng/L | detected |
| ST CHARLES IL0894830 | PFPeA: 7.5 ng/L PFBS: 6.2 ng/L PFHxA: 5.3 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
38 facilities in Kane filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 508k lb released. The 25 largest by volume:
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| AURORA METALS DIV LLC | MONTGOMERY | Copper, Nickel | 352k lb |
| ELECTRO-MAX INC. | HAMPSHIRE | Nitric acid, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 47k lb |
| SIKA CORP | AURORA | Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Diisocyanates | 21k lb |
| POLYNT COMPOSITES USA INC. (FORMERLY PCCR USA) | CARPENTERSVILLE | Xylene (mixed isomers), Phthalic anhydride | 18k lb |
| LYONDELLBASELL ADVANCED POLYMERS INC. | CARPENTERSVILLE | Diisononyl Phthalates (DINP) | 13k lb |
| WR MEADOWS INC | HAMPSHIRE | 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene, Toluene | 9k lb |
| DS CONTAINERS | BATAVIA | Certain glycol ethers, n-Butyl alcohol | 9k lb |
| CLARIOS LLC | GENEVA | Lead And Lead Compounds, Antimony And Antimony Compounds | 7k lb |
| TEGRANT ALLOYD BRANDS INC (DBA SONOCO ALLOYD) | BATAVIA | Toluene | 7k lb |
| MARBLEWORKS INC | SOUTH ELGIN | Styrene | 6k lb |
| FINISHES UNLIMITED INC | SUGAR GROVE | Certain glycol ethers, sec-Butyl alcohol | 5k lb |
| HENTZEN COATINGS,INC BATAVIA FACILITY | BATAVIA | Certain glycol ethers, Zinc compounds | 5k lb |
| TIGER DRYLAC USA INC. | SAINT CHARLES | Zinc (fume or dust), Triglycidyl isocyanurate | 4k lb |
| FIBERBASIN INC | AURORA | Styrene | 4k lb |
| INDUSTRIAL HARD CHROME LTD | GENEVA | Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Lead And Lead Compounds | 850 lb |
| HOFFMANN OBERWEIS DAIRY | NORTH AURORA | Ammonia | 633 lb |
| SUN CHEMICAL CORP | SAINT CHARLES | Certain glycol ethers | 454 lb |
| NITREX INC | AURORA | Ammonia | 424 lb |
| BURGESS-NORTON MANUFACTURING CO PLANT 2 | GENEVA | Copper, Nickel | 110 lb |
| PRODUCERS CHEMICAL CO | SUGAR GROVE | Toluene | 101 lb |
| VARN INTERNATIONAL INC A FLINT GROUP CO | BATAVIA | Certain glycol ethers, 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 95 lb |
| OLDCASTLE PRECAST INC | ELGIN | Lead compounds, Mercury compounds | 48 lb |
| LEGGETT & PLATT INC | AURORA | Diisocyanates | 3 lb |
| NIDEC MOBILITY AMERICA CORP | SAINT CHARLES | Lead, Copper | 1 lb |
| QUIKRETE - CHICAGO IL PLANT | ELBURN | Lead | 1 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 900 tank facilities in Kane: 645 tanks in service and 2,049 closed. 805 fuel releases are on record, of which 174 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Kane 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 Kane, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- AURORA POST OFFICE SITE (NEW)AURORA
- AURORA REFININGAURORA
- BATAVIA GROUNDWATER SITEBATAVIA
- BURKART & OEHLERKINGST. CHARLES
- ELBURN ABANDONED DRUMSELBURN
- ELGIN LDFLSOUTH ELGIN
- ELGIN SALVAGE & SUPPLYELGIN
- FOX RIVER FAA RELEASEAURORA
- GILBERTS/KEDZIEGILBERTS
- HAEGER INDUSTRIES INCEAST DUNDEE
- JAMES DAY PAINTSCARPENTERSVILLE
- LOCK CITY TRANSPORTHUNTLEY
- MOLINE FOUNDRY ST. CHARLESST. CHARLES
- O'HARA PROPERTYST. CHARLES
- PHILLIPS THOM LANDFILLMONTGOMERY
- SILBERT WATCH COMPANY SITEELGIN
- ST. CHARLES RESIDENCE MERCURY SPILLSAINT CHARLES
- TOWER HILL ROAD SITEGILBERTS
- TRI-COUNTY LANDFILL CO./WASTE MANAGEMENT OF ILLINOIS, INC.ELGIN
- US DOE FERMILABBATAVIA
- WOODRUFF & EDWARDSELGIN