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| Environmentalists See State Budget as Part Green |
Environmentalists see benefits for Illinois in next year's federal budget.
Among the expected benefits are $90 million to upgrade 90 deficient sewage treatment plants, and $17.2 billion over 10 years to clean up six toxic waste sites, and 18 businesses identified as potential beneficiaries from investment in renewable energy.
Also included among environmental benefits, though much more prospective, is $27.4 billion Illinois would realize over 10 years if polluters are required to pay for global warming emissions, and $1.5 billion that Illinois taxpayers would no longer contribute in subsidies to oil companies.
Budgets have been passed by both the U.S. House and Senate with these provisions proposed by the president intact, but in negotiations to reconcile other differences, programs could be diminished or deleted.
Representative clean energy industries that would benefit from investment in renewable energy:
Eco Energy Elgin IL
Eco Energy Freeport IL
General Biomass Evanston IL
Green Dream Group Chicago IL
Heartland New Energy Solutions Bartonville IL
Illinois Geothermal Engineering Urbana IL
Illinois Renewable Energy Association Oregon IL
Invenergy Chicago IL
Johnson & Bell, Ltd. Chicago IL
Leopardo Construction Company Hoffman Estates IL
Mainstay Energy Chicago IL
Mid America Advances Power Solutions Swansea IL
Midstate Renewable Energy Services Champaign IL
Midwest Green Energy, LLC Peoria IL
Renewable Energy Of Illinois Inc. Lombard IL
Sloan Valve Company Franklin IL
Solar Services Inc. Niles IL
The Yellow Dwarf Solar Company Bloomington IL
Imminent hazard Superfund sites that would be eligible for cleanup:
JENNISON-WRIGHT CORPORATION GRANITE CITY IL
LENZ OIL SERVICE, INC. LEMONT IL
OTTAWA RADIATION AREAS OTTAWA IL
OUTBOARD MARINE CORP. WAUKEGAN IL
PARSONS CASKET HARDWARE CO. BELVIDERE IL
SOUTHEAST ROCKFORD GROUND
WATER CONTAMINATION ROCKFORD IL
Sewage treatment facilities exceeding pollution permits (2005), eligible for funds to reach compliance:
WAUCONDA WWTP WAUCONDA IL
HARVARD STP HARVARD IL
NEW LENOX STP #1 NEW LENOX IL
PRINCETON STP PRINCETON IL
FOX RIVER GROVE WWTP FOX RIVER GROVE IL
FOX LAKE NW REGIONAL WRF FOX LAKE IL
MCHENRY CENTRAL STP MCHENRY IL
CREST HILL WEST STP CREST HILL IL
BLOOMINGDALE-REEVES WRF BLOOMINGDALE IL
PARIS SOUTH STP CHARLESTON IL
JACKSONVILLE STP JACKSONVILLE IL
LAKE IN THE HILLS SD STP LAKE IN THE HILLS IL
KANKAKEE RIVER METRO AGENCY KANKAKEE IL
SPRINGFIELD MSD-SUGAR CRK STP SPRINGFIELD IL
SPRINGFIELD SD SPRING CREEK SPRINGFIELD IL
STREATOR STP STREATOR IL
LCDPW-NEW CENTURY TOWN STP VERNON HILLS IL
MOMENCE STP MOMENCE IL
BENTON NORTHWEST STP BENTON IL
JOLIET EAST STP JOLIET IL
FLAGG CREEK WRD MCELWAIN STP BURR RIDGE IL
ST. CHARLES WWTF ST. CHARLES IL
DEKALB S.D. STP DEKALB IL
GALESBURG SD STP GALESBURG IL
ALGONQUIN STP ALGONQUIN IL
WEST CHICAGO STP WEST CHICAGO IL
VANDALIA STP VANDALIA IL
CLINTON SD STP CLINTON IL
MOKENA STP MOKENA IL
JERSEYVILLE STP JERSEYVILLE IL
MANTENO WPCC MANTENO IL
COLUMBIA STP COLUMBIA IL
GREENVILLE STP GREENVILLE IL
CAROL STREAM WRC CAROL STREAM IL
ROCK FALLS STP ROCK FALLS IL
CARBONDALE SOUTHEAST STP CARBONDALE IL
CENTRALIA STP CENTRALIA IL
MWRDGC NORTHSIDE WRP SKOKIE IL
COLLINSVILLE STP COLLINSVILLE IL
CRYSTAL LAKE STP #2 CRYSTAL LAKE IL
DECATUR SD MAIN STP DECATUR IL
DEERFIELD WRF DEERFIELD IL
DUQUOIN STP DUQUOIN IL
EAST MOLINE REGIONAL WWTP EAST MOLINE IL
FOX RIVER WRD SOUTH STP ELGIN IL
FOX RIVER WRD NORTH STP ELGIN IL
ELMHURST STP ELMHURST IL
HARRISBURG STP HARRISBURG IL
HILLSBORO STP HILLSBORO IL
KEWANEE STP KEWANEE IL
LASALLE WWTP LASALLE IL
LAWRENCEVILLE WWTP LAWRENCEVILLE IL
MARION SOUTHEAST STP MARION IL
MATTOON STP MATTOON IL
METROPOLIS STP METROPOLIS IL
MONTICELLO WWTF MONTICELLO IL
MORTON STP #2 MORTON IL
PERU STP #1 PERU IL
SALT CREEK SD STP VILLA PARK IL
SPRING VALLEY WWTP SPRING VALLEY IL
TAYLORVILLE SD STP TAYLORVILLE IL
TROY STP TROY IL
URBANA-CHAMPAIGN SD NE STP URBANA IL
URBANA-CHAMPAIGN SD SW STP CHAMPAIGN IL
WHEATON SD WWTF WHEATON IL
DUPAGE COUNTY-WOODRIDGE STP WOODRIDGE IL
NORTHERN MORAINE WW REC DIST ISLAND LAKE IL
BOLINGBROOK STP #1 BOLINGBROOK IL
BOLINGBROOK WRF #2 BOLINGBROOK IL
GRANITE CITY WWTP GRANITE CITY IL
JOLIET WEST STP JOLIET IL
ADDISON NORTH STP ADDISON IL
NAPERVILLE SPRINGBROOK STP NAPERVILLE IL
PEKIN STP #1 PEKIN IL
FOX RIVER WRD WEST STP ELGIN IL
MWRDGC EGAN WRP SCHAUMBURG IL
ROCK ISLAND SW STP ROCK ISLAND IL
WASHINGTON STP #2 WASHINGTON IL
EAST PEORIA STP #3 EAST PEORIA IL
ST. CLAIR TWP BELLEVILLE IL
ROMEOVILLE STP #1 AND #2 ROMEOVILLE IL
CRYSTAL LAKE WWTP #3 CRYSTAL LAKE IL
MINOOKA STP MINOOKA IL
COLONA - GREEN ROCK STP COLONA IL
ELBURN WWTP ELBURN IL
CREST HILL EAST STP CREST HILL IL
DUPAGE CO PW-KNOLLWOOD STP WHEATON IL
MCHENRY SOUTH WWTP MCHENRY IL
PLAINFIELD NORTH WWTF PLAINFIELD IL
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