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McLean County, IL

The federal environmental record for McLean County (population 170,441): 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

6

TRI facilities

86

open tank releases

Drinking water: PFAS testing

Public water systems serving McLean 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.

SystemHighest resultsReading
BLOOMINGTON, IL

IL1130200

PFBA: 5.2 ng/L

detected

On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options

Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)

6 facilities in McLean filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 388k lb released.

FacilityCityTop chemicalsTotal released
CARGILL INCBLOOMINGTONn-Hexane, Cyclohexane312k lb
RIVIAN AUTOMOTIVENORMALDiisocyanates, n-Butyl alcohol76k lb
BRIDGESTONE AMERICAS OFF ROADNORMALZinc compounds, Polycyclic aromatic compounds25 lb
AMERICAN BUILDINGS CO EL PASOEL PASOManganese, Lead8 lb
VCNA PRAIRIE LLC - YARD 1026BLOOMINGTONLead0 lb
OLDCASTLE LAWN & GARDENMC LEAN-0 lb

Underground fuel tanks

EPA's UST Finder records 443 tank facilities in McLean: 310 tanks in service and 941 closed. 315 fuel releases are on record, of which 86 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".

Radon

EPA maps McLean 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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