Livingston County, IL
The federal environmental record for Livingston County (population 35,320): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
0
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
4
TRI facilities
33
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Livingston 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 |
|---|---|---|
| IL AMERICAN-PONTIAC IL1055030 | PFPeA: 3.2 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
4 facilities in Livingston filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 2k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| CATERPILLAR INC - PONTIAC PLANT | PONTIAC | Chromium | 2k lb |
| ANTHONY LIFTGATES INC | PONTIAC | Copper, Nickel | 364 lb |
| QUANEX BUILDING PRODUCTS | CHATSWORTH | - | 0 lb |
| PTC TUBULAR PRODUCTS LLC | FAIRBURY | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 215 tank facilities in Livingston: 99 tanks in service and 407 closed. 110 fuel releases are on record, of which 33 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Livingston 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.
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