Vermilion County, IL
The federal environmental record for Vermilion County (population 71,652): 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
13
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
9
TRI facilities
64
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hegeler Zinc | Danville | on the NPL | 04/27/2005 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Vermilion 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 |
|---|---|---|
| AQUA ILLINOIS-VERMILION COUNTY IL1835120 | PFBA: 7.3 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
9 facilities in Vermilion filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 2.7M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| VISCOFAN USA INC | DANVILLE | Carbon disulfide, Ammonia | 2.5M lb |
| DYNACHEM INC | GEORGETOWN | Ammonia, Zinc compounds | 101k lb |
| FIBERTEQ LLC | DANVILLE | Formaldehyde, Methanol | 33k lb |
| THYSSENKRUPP CRANKSHAFT CO LLC | DANVILLE | Manganese, Chromium | 30k lb |
| REG DANVILLE LLC | DANVILLE | Methanol | 6k lb |
| THYSSENKRUPP CRANKSHAFT LLC | DANVILLE | Manganese, Chromium | 5k lb |
| BRAINERD CHEMICAL MIDWEST LLC | DANVILLE | Peracetic acid | 545 lb |
| LEBANON SEABOARD CORP | DANVILLE | Trifluralin | 19 lb |
| WATCH FIRE | DANVILLE | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 348 tank facilities in Vermilion: 153 tanks in service and 874 closed. 206 fuel releases are on record, of which 64 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Vermilion 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 Vermilion, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- DANVILLE PLATING COMPANYDANVILLE
- DEPT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MED CTRDANVILLE
- DIXIE AUTO SALVAGEDANVILLE
- DUNAVAN OILOAKWOOD
- HEGELER ZINCDANVILLE
- HOOPESTON FERTILIZER CO.HOOPESTON
- INTERSTATE HEAT TREATING INCWESTVILLE
- J&R USED TIRE SERVICEHOPPESTON
- LEBANON CHEMICAL COMPANYDANVILLE
- MODEL STAR LINEN SERVICESDANVILLE
- OAKWOOD GASOLINE SPILLOAKWOOD
- TILTON PLATINGTILTON
- VERMILION IRON WORKSHOOPESTON