Kendall County, IL
The federal environmental record for Kendall County (population 139,976): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
4
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
2
TRI facilities
16
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Kendall 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)
2 facilities in Kendall filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 18 lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLANO METAL SPECIALTIES INC | PLANO | Copper, Lead compounds | 18 lb |
| MIDWEST MANUFACTURING TREATING PLANT | PLANO | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 119 tank facilities in Kendall: 116 tanks in service and 255 closed. 72 fuel releases are on record, of which 16 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Kendall 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 Kendall, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- JOLIET ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT (LOAD-ASSEMBLY-PACKING AREA)JOLIET
- MONARCH FOUNDARYPLANO
- SAW WEE KEE FOREST PRESERVEOSWEGO
- SAW WEE KEE PARKOSWEGO