Tazewell County, IL
The federal environmental record for Tazewell County (population 129,541): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
2
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
17
TRI facilities
47
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Tazewell 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 |
|---|---|---|
| EAST PEORIA IL1790200 | PFBS: 7.3 ng/L PFOS: 4.2 ng/L PFHxS: 4.1 ng/L | above final limit |
| IL AMERICAN-PEKIN IL1795040 | PFBS: 10.4 ng/L PFHxS: 8.3 ng/L PFPeA: 6.2 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
17 facilities in Tazewell filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 333k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| PACIFIC ETHANOL PEKIN, LLC | PEKIN | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Acetaldehyde | 267k lb |
| CATERPILLAR EAST PEORIA | EAST PEORIA | Ammonia, Manganese | 39k lb |
| POWERTON GENERATING STATION | PEKIN | Hydrogen fluoride, Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 17k lb |
| MESSER LLC | PEKIN | Ammonia | 9k lb |
| FLSMIDTH | PEKIN | Lead, Copper | 2k lb |
| MATCOR METAL FABRICATION | MORTON | Manganese | 210 lb |
| WINPAK HEAT SEAL CORP | PEKIN | Certain glycol ethers | 129 lb |
| MATCOR METAL FABRICATION | MORTON | Manganese | 60 lb |
| BRADLEY SERVICES INC | MORTON | Manganese | 18 lb |
| MORTON INDUSTRIES LLC | MORTON | Manganese, Nickel | 9 lb |
| MULTAX LLC | MORTON | Chromium, Cobalt | 6 lb |
| OX PAPERBOARD ILLINOIS LLC | PEKIN | Lead | 2 lb |
| BTD MANUFACTURING INC. | WASHINGTON | - | 0 lb |
| QUIKRETE - PEORIA IL PLANT | PEKIN | Lead | 0 lb |
| VCNA PRAIRIE LLC - YARD 1029 | MORTON | Lead | 0 lb |
| HANNA STEEL CORP | PEKIN | - | 0 lb |
| PARKER HANNIFIN CORP (ELECTRONIC MOTION & CONTROLS D | MORTON | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 424 tank facilities in Tazewell: 306 tanks in service and 917 closed. 227 fuel releases are on record, of which 47 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Tazewell 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 Tazewell, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- IL AMERICAN WATER CO WELLS #1 & 3PEKIN
- PEKIN MUNICIPAL #1PEKIN