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ATSDR Press Release November 17, 2023 - Ethylene Oxide (EtO) Exposure Report Released for Public Comment

Village of Willowbrook and Village of Burr Ridge Joint Statement October 14, 2021 (PDF)

Important Joint Press Release (April 21, 2021) (PDF)

Decommissioning Update #11 Sterigenics Location 825 Midway Drive (February 5, 2021) (PDF)

Decommissioning Update #10 Sterigenics Location 7775 Quincy Street (December 28, 2020) (PDF)

Decommissioning Update #9 Sterigenics Location 7775 Quincy Street (November 23, 2020) (PDF)

ILEPA  acknowledges and confirms Sterigenics Withdrawal Request (July 30, 2020) (PDF)

Decommissioning Update #8 Sterigenics Location 7775 Quincy Street (July 24, 2020) (PDF)

Decommissioning Update #7 Sterigenics Location 7775 Quincy Street (April 29, 2020) (PDF)

April 1, 2020 : EPA Administrator Wheeler responds to March 30th release by OIG (April 1, 2020) (PDF)

March 30,2020 EPA Office of Inspector General Releases Alert (April 1, 2020) (PDF)

Decommissioning Update #6 Sterigenics Location 7775 Quincy Street (March 2, 2020) (PDF)

Decommissioning Update #5 Sterigenics Locations 830 Midway Drive and 7775 Quincy Street (January 27, 2020) (PDF)

Decommissioning Update #4 for Sterigenics Locations 830 Midway Drive and 7775 Quincy Street (January 8, 2020) (PDF))

Decommissioning Update #3 for Sterigenics Locations 830 Midway Drive and 7775 Quincy Street (December 18,2019) (PDF)

Decommissioning Update #2 for Sterigenics Locations 830 Midway Drive and 7775 Quincy Street (December 18, 2019) (PDF)

Decommissioning Update #1 for Sterigenics Locations 830 Midway Drive and 7775 Quincy Street (December 16,2019) (PDF)

Village of Willowbrook Posting of All Additional Air Sampling Results (October 31, 2019) (PDF)

USEPA Responds To Mayor Trilla Request for Public Hearing on Nata Assessment (10/08/2019) (PDF)

Willowbrook Letter to IEPA-Re: Sterigenics Plan of Decommissioning of 7775 S. Quincy and 830 Midway (10/04/2019) (PDF)

Notification of Plant Closing Pursuant to Illinois Workers Adjustment and Retraining Notification ACT (10/01/2019) (PDF)

Press Release Re: Closing of Sterigenics in the Village of Willowbrook (09/30/2019) (PDF)

Leader Durkin Statement on Sterigenics Construction Permit Approval (09/20/2019) (PDF)

Mayor Trilla’s response to recently posted IL EPA Construction Permit (09/20/2019) (PDF)

IL EPA issues News Release covering Construction Permit for Sterigenics (09/20/2019) (PDF)

Rep. Durkin-HB3885- Synopsis of Bill for 101st General Assembly (09/10/2019) (PDF) 

US EPA Hazardous Air Pollutants: Ethylene Oxide - Updates (09/13/19) (PDF)

Illinois State Senator John Curran Sponsors New Bipartisan EtO Ban in HB3888 (09/13/2019) (PDF)

ILEPA: Issues Notification of Removal of Seal Order-Sterigenics effective 9/10/19@10:00 a.m.JKim - (09/10/2019) (PDF)

Statement from State’s Attorney Berlin regarding HB3885, Du Page County IL Press Release (09/9/19) 

Hearing Transcript -People of the State of Illinois-vs-Sterigenics, U.S., LLC 9.6.2019 (09/9/19) (PDF)

Mayor Trilla issues Press Release in Support of New Legislation (09/6/19) (PDF)

Village of Hinsdale Resolution Approving Study of Potential IGA with Willowbrook/Burr Ridge/Darien 9.3.2019 (09/6/19) (PDF)

Documents on file: Plaintiffs Response to Villages Comments on Consent Order and Notice of Filing 8.30.19 (08/30/19) (PDF)

Intervenors Comments to Consent Order-Filed/Accepted on 8/23/19 w/18th Judicial Court of DuPage County (08/23/19) (PDF)

Public Comment on behalf of the Village of Willowbrook and Village of Burr Ridge- Re: ILEPA Draft Construction Permit to Sterigenics (08/15/2019) (PDF)

EPA Final Risk Assessment August 14, 2019 (08/15/2019) (PDF)

 Letter to Governor Pritzker Dated August 12, 2019. (08/14/2019) (PDF)

Village of Oak Brook passes Resolution 2019-GL-BD-R-1819 in Support of the Public Challenge (08/13/2019) (PDF)

Resolution Regarding Sterigenics U.S. LLC., Willowbroook, Il Dated August 8, 2019 Resolution #20-02 (08/09/2019) (PDF)

Transcripts from Last Court Hearing July 24, 2019 (08/08/2019) (PDF)

IEPA Sterigenics Construction Permit Meeting Video August 1, 2019 (08/08/2019) (PDF)

Letter from Mayor Trilla (08/02/2019) (PDF)

EPA Fact Sheet for Construction Permit Applications (07/31/2019) (PDF)

Notice of Formal Public Meeting on August, 1, 2019. (07/31/2019) (PDF) 

Formal Public Meeting- Sterigenics Draft Construction Permit August 1, 2019. (07/31/2019) (PDF)

Curran Files Legislation to Keep Sterigenics Facility Closed. July 30, 2019 (PDF) 

 Comments Solicitation Memo July 26, 2019 (PDF)

Mayor’s Message Regarding July 24, 2019 Court Hearing.(07/25/2019) (PDF)

"Amicus Brief of James Durkin, John Curran and Deanne Mazzochi. (07/23/2019) (PDF) 

CapitalFax releases statement from Gov. Pritzker and AG Raoul regarding Sterigenics (7/18/2019) (PDF)

Sterigenics Update July 18, 2019. (07/18/2019) (PDF)

Memo From Mayor Trilla Regarding Sterigenics July 18, 2019. (07/18/2019) (PDF)

People’s Memorandum in Support of the Joint Motion to Enter Proposed Consent Order. July 17, 2019 (7/17/2019) (PDF)

Sterigenics Notice of Filing July 17, 2019. (7/17/2019) (PDF)

Sterigenics Joint Motion to Enter Proposed Consent Order July 17, 2019. (07/17/2019) (PDF)

Sterigenics Consent Order July 17, 2019. (07/17/2019) (PDF)

Sterigenics Joint Notice of Motion July 17, 2019. (07/17/2019) (PDF)

Illinois EPA Announces Public Forum on August 1, 2019 .(07/15/2019) (PDF)

Click Here for the Fact  Sheet on the Public Forum.(07/15/2019). (PDF)

Sterigenics Next Court Date is July 18,2019. (07/16/2019) (PDF)

Mayor Trilla’s Response to Sterigenics  Application of a Permit with the Illinois EPA  (06/28/2019) (PDF)

Invitation to conduct Rule Making Public Hearings in Illinois From Mayor Trilla of Willowbrook (06/20/2019) (PDF)

Invitation to conduct Rule Making Public Hearings in Illinois From Mayor Grasso of Burr Ridge (06/20/2019) (PDF)

Home Rule 101 by KYJ (06/31/2019) (PDF)

Sterigenics Willowbrook Facility: EPA Community Meeting Presentations May 29, 2019(PDF)

Amends to the Environmental Protection Act  (05/28/2019) (PDF)

Open House May 29, 2019 Resource Table  (05/28/2019) (PDF)

EPA Public Meeting On Ethylene Oxide May 29, 2019, 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.  (PDF)

EPA Public Open House Notice May 29, 2019 For Remote Participants (05/28/2019) (PDF)

EPA Air Toxics Risk Assessment Webinar." (05/23/2019) (PDF)

 EPA Webinar: Air Toxics Risk Assessment 101." (05/16/2019) (PDF)

Letter from Illinois Senate and Congressional Representatives to Cathy Stepp US EPA." (05/15/2019) (PDF)

May 21, 2019, Home Rule 101 Forum - Meeting Cancellation (05/15/2019) (PDF)

On May 29, 2019, there will be an Open House and Community Meeting on Ethylene Oxide hosted by the U.S. EPA (05/15/2019) (PDF)

Re: State of Illinois, County of Dupage v. Sterigenics, # 18CH 1329 (Dupage County) (05/08/2019) (PDF)

On April, 26, 2019, Update on EPA Ethylene Oxide Monitoring Data Table (05/1/2019) (PDF)

Outdoor Air Monitoring Data in the Willowbrook Community | US EPA (PDF)

Sterigenics Willowbrook Facility - Updates | US EPA (PDF)

Senate passes Curran’s Legislation targeting Sterigenics Crisis  (04/11/2019) (PDF)

IDPH Establishes E-Mail Address to Submit Questions on Cancer Incidence Study (03/29/2019) Individuals with questions can contact the IDPH Division of Epidemiologic Studies (PDF)

Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Releases Cancer Incidence Study Results (03/29/2019) (PDF)

After 4 ½ Months of Testing, US EPA to Pause Air Monitoring in Willowbrook.(03/28/2019) (PDF)

Graph depicting US EPA’s EtO sampling concentrations at Willowbrook Village Hall - through February 26, 2019.  (03/22/2019) (PDF)

On March 21, 2019, the US EPA released seven (7) additional days of outdoor air sampling data-through February 26, 2019.  (03/22/2019.) (PDF)

Meeting with Representatives from the US EPA to Discuss Sterigenics Matter. (03/20/2019) (PDF)

Meeting with U.S. Senator Dick Durbin to Discuss Sterigenics Matter.  (03/20/2019) (PDF)

On March 11, 2019, federal court Judge John Lee issued a Memorandum Opinion & Order granting the State’s motion to remand the Sterigenics lawsuit to the Circuit Court of DuPage County." (03/12/2019) (PDF)

 On February 25, 2019, the IEPA conducted an unannounced inspection of the Willowbrook Sterigenics facilities to ensure compliance with the Seal Order issued February 15, 2019. The report was made public today. (03/05/2019)  (PDF)

Attached is the court agreement scheduling order for briefing and discovering in the case Sterigenics v. the IEPA. (02/28/2019) (PDF)

Update #6 from IDPH (02/26/2019) (PDF)

Today, the US EPA posted the results of their most recent ambient air sampling which includes the dates: January 2, 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, and 17. Link to summary table: (02/21/2019) (PDF)

Summary table of results from Willowbrook EtO sampling performed February 14-17, 2019 (02/21/2019) (PDF)

Summary table of results from Willowbrook EtO sampling performed February 11-14, 2019 (02/21/2019) (PDF)

Summary table of results from Willowbrook EtO sampling performed February 8-11, 2019 (02/21/2019) (PDF)

Mayor Trilla’s statement regarding federal court upholding Sterigenics Seal Order (02/20/2019) (PDF)

Press Release From the Mayor of River Grove in Support of the Village of Willowbrook in their fight against Sterigenics (02/18/2019) (PDF)

Seal Order issued by IL EPA (02/15/2019) (PDF)

As a result of Willowbrook’s new testing, I have been notified by the Illinois EPA that Sterigenics will be shut down this evening. Mayor Frank Trilla (02/15/2019) (PDF)

Update from Senator Dick Durbin to hold EPA accountable for poor oversight of Ethylene Oxide Emissions (02/12/2019) (PDF)

 Western Springs Letter to State’s Attorney Robert Berlin (02/14/2019) (PDF)

 Sterigenics response to Village’s request for documents and information (02/13/2019) (PDF)

 Lagrange Park Letter to Attorney General Kwame Raul (02/11/2019) (PDF)

 Burr Ridge Letter to Attorney General Kwame Raul (02/11/2019) (PDF)

 Update on EPA Ethylene Oxide Monitoring Data Webinar RECORDING (02/05/2019)

Attorney General Kwame Raoul, Governor JB Pritzker issue statement on Sterigenics (February 7, 2019)

 US EPA posts latest Ambient Air testing results on their website (February 5, 2019)

 Village Board Letter to Governor J.B Pritzker (January 25, 2019) (PDF)

Letter to Mayor Trilla from the Illinois Department of Health (January 21, 2019)  (PDF)

Letter from Mayor Trilla to Sterigenics (January 15, 2019)  (PDF)

Willowbrook "Freedom of Information" Request letter to the IEPA (January 14, 2019) (PDF)

Burr Ridge Patch Article - No Contamination Found In Private Water Wells Near Sterigenics (January 10, 2019)

Letter from Illinois Attorney General’s Office to the Indian Head Park Village President (January 9, 2019) (PDF)

 Letter from LaGrange Park Village President to Sterigenics (January 7, 2019) (PDF)

Community Risk Assessment of Ethylene Oxide near Terumo BCT in Lakewood, CO (January 2, 2019)  (PDF)

 USEPA’s Slide Presentation from the 11/29 Community Forum meeting (December 26, 2018) (PDF)

 Letter from Hinsdale Village Trustee to Illinois Attorney General’s Office (December 21, 2018) (PDF)

 Letter from Western Springs Village President to Illinois Attorney General’s Office (December 21, 2018) (PDF)

Congressman Dan Lipinski calls for new testing at Sterigenics (December 18, 2018)  (PDF)

Illinois Attorney General’s Office response to Mayor Trilla’s 12/11/18 letter. (December 17, 2018)  (PDF)

Letter from the Darien Mayor to the Attorney General’s Office and State’s Attorney’s Office (December 14, 2018)  (PDF)

 Village message regarding recent air monitoring (December 13, 2018) (PDF)

Willowbrook letter to Attorney General’s Office and State’s Attorney’s Office (December 12, 2018) (PDF)

Village of Willowbrook EtO Air Monitoring Report (December 12, 2018)  (PDF)

Village of Willowbrook releases Independent Air Monitoring Report (December 12, 2018)  (PDF)

DuPage County Health Department - Private Drinking Water Well Testing (December 12, 2018) (PDF)

Illinois Department of Public Health - Cancer Incidence Study Update (December 12, 2018) (PDF)

EPA posts initial 3 days of ambient monitoring around Sterigenics Willowbrook facility (December 7, 2018) 

Village of Burr Ridge Resolution to the EPA (November 30, 2018)

Community Forum Agenda (November 29, 2018) (PDF)

Open House Resource Tables (November 29, 2018) (PDF)

USEPA Ethylene Oxide Background Information (November 26, 2018) (PDF)

USEPA response to Willowbrook Task Force questions (November 26, 2018) (PDF)

USEPA Reports Discovering an Issue with Previous Ethylene Oxide Monitoring Results (November 21, 2018) 

DuPage County Election Commission - Referendum Posting (November 21, 2018) (PDF)

IL EPA - Notice to Residents with private water wells (November 20, 2018) (PDF)

Willowbrook Air Monitoring - Q & A (November 19, 2018) (PDF)

US EPA: Outdoor Air Monitoring in the Willowbrook Community (November 14, 2018)  (PDF)

Letter from Congressman Daniel Lipinski to the U.S. EPA (November 14, 2018) (PDF)

Mayor’s update to the Board of Trustees (November 12, 2018) (PDF)

Update from Illinois Department of Public Health (November 9, 2018) (PDF)

DuPage County Health Department - Sampling of Private Home Well Water (November 8, 2018) (PDF)

Letters received from Hinsdale about Sterigenics (November 5, 2018) (PDF)

Letter received from Willow Springs about Sterigenics (November 5, 2018) (PDF)

DuPage County Press Release regarding Illinois AG Lawsuit (October 31, 2018) (PDF)

US EPA Press Release on being misrepresented in the Media (October 31, 2018)

Chicago Tribune Article on Illinois AG court action (October 30, 2018)

Complaint filed by Illinois AG seeking injunctive relief (October 30, 2018)  (PDF)

Mayor’s update to the Board of Trustees (October 22,2018) (PDF)

Tristate FPD EtO Presentation (October 22, 2018) (PDF)

Stack Test Executive Summary (October 19, 2018) (PDF)

Midway Drive Facility Stack Test Report (October 19, 2018)(PDF)

Quincy Street Facility Stack Test Report (October 19, 2018) (PDF)

Sterigenics Letter to the IL EPA summarizing results (October 19, 2018) (PDF)

Sterigenics Emissions Diagram (October 19, 2018) (PDF)

Willowbrook and DuPage County’s Request for Well Testing (October 16, 2018) (PDF)

Letter from Congressman Lipinksi to the US EPA (October 16, 2018) (PDF)

Senator Duckworth’s Response to letter from US EPA (October 12, 2018) (PDF)

 Village of Willowbrook letter to the US EPA (October 12, 2018) (PDF)

IDPH Cancer Incidence Study Update (October 10, 2018) (PDF)

Mayor’s update to the Board of Trustees (October 8,2018) (PDF)

 Update from the US EPA (October 5,2018) (PDF)

IEPA referral to Attorney General for enforcement action (October 2, 2018)

Joint Willowbrook, Burr Ridge, and Darien letter to Governor Rauner (October 2, 2018)

Willowbrook Press Release on Stack Testing (October 1, 2018) (PDF)

September Stack Testing Results (September 28, 2018) (PDF)

 Sterigenics Press Release on Stack Testing Results (September 28, 2018)(PDF)

Press Release from DuPage County announcing ambient air testing (September 27, 2018) (PDF)

Press Release from Representative Roskam’s office (September 27, 2018)  (PDF)

Response from US EPA to Senator Duckworth (September 27, 2018)

Response from US EPA to Mayor Trilla (September 27, 2018) (PDF)

Response from US EPA to Representative Roskam (September 27, 2018) (PDF)

Response from US EPA to Governor Rauner (September 27, 2018)

Update from IDPH and Response to Residents Questions (September 26, 2018) (PDF)

Letter from Senators Durbin and Duckworth, and Representative Foster, to the EPA (September 25, 2018) (PDF)

Letter from Representative Durkin to the EPA (September 25, 2018) (PDF)

Mayor’s Update to the Board of Trustees (September 25, 2018) (PDF)

Letter from Senators Durbin and Duckworth, and Representative Foster, to Sterigenics (September 24, 2018)  (PDF)

Response received from Sterigenics (September 24, 2018) (PDF)

Village of Willowbrook FOIA request (September 21, 2018) (PDF)

Letter to IEPA regarding Stack Test Results (September 21, 2018) (PDF)

Letter from the Illinois Attorney General (September 18, 2018) (PDF)

Facts about cancer in your environment from IDPH (September 17, 2018) (PDF)

Proving Causality (September 17, 2018) (PDF)

Summary of Events (September 14, 2018) (PDF)

IDPH Cancer Incidence Study Announcement (September 11, 2018) (PDF)

Information provided by ATSDR to West Swim Club (September 11, 2018) (PDF)

Update from Mayor Trilla (September 10, 2018) (PDF)

D86 Letter to ATSDR asking to accelerate testing (September 10, 2018) (PDF)

Letter to Sterigenics from Western Springs Village President (September 6, 2018) (PDF)

Historical Review of Sterigenics’ Zoning (September 5, 2018) (PDF)

Illinois Department of Public Health to Perform Cancer Incidence Study (September 4, 2018) (PDF)

Written Response received from Sterigenics (September 3, 2018) (PDF)

Letter to Sterigenics asking the company to cease operations (August 31, 2018) (PDF)

Ethylene Oxide Fact Sheet (August 31, 2018) (PDF)

July 2018 Ethylene Oxide Report from ATSDR (August 30, 2018) (PDF)

May 2018 Air Sampling Summary (August 30, 2018) (PDF)