Public Accountability Report Public Accountability Report

2025 Clean Land
Mission Statement Reduce contamination of the land through prevention and cleanup.
Program Goals and Objectives
  1. Ensure that hazardous and non-hazardous wastes are managed in an environmentally sound manner.
    1. Complete closure of all inactive waste management units.
    2. Perform compliance inspections at waste-generating facilities.
    3. Review and evaluate permit applications for hazardous, non- hazardous, and special waste management facilities.
    4. Review permitted groundwater monitoring programs, interpret groundwater standards, and offer assistance concerning impacts on groundwater.
  2. Encourage the recycling and recovery of waste materials.
    1. Oversee a cleanup program for used tires.
    2. Provide financial support to the four-permanent household hazardous waste collection facilities.
    3. Implement "beneficial use determination" legislation that provides for reuse of waste.
  3. Clean up sites with contaminated land and groundwater.
    1. Provide opportunities for the cleanup and reuse of brownfields.
    2. Clean up abandoned landfills.
    3. Target sites to be referred to the Attorney General.
    4. Investigate, reduce, eliminate, and manage impacts of contaminated land and groundwater.
    5. Implement cleanup of Chicago cluster sites.
    6. Implement Drycleaners Environmental Response Trust Fund (DERTF) claims, insurance, and licensing program.
Source of Funds U. S. Environmental Protection Fund, Underground Storage Tank Fund, EPA State Projects Trust Fund, Solid Waste Management Fund, Subtitle D Management Fund, Brownfields Redevelopment Fund, Used Tire Management Fund, Hazardous Waste Fund, Environmental Protection Permit and Inspection Fund Statutory Authority 415 ILCS 5/1 et seq.
Fiscal Year 2026 Target/Projected Fiscal Year 2025 Actual Fiscal Year 2025 Target/Projected Fiscal Year 2024 Actual Fiscal Year 2023 Actual
Input Indicators
Total expenditures - all sources (in thousands) $ 142,804.6 $ 132,226.5 $ 120,989.4 $ 109,990.4 $ 83,050.8
Total expenditures - state appropriated funds (in thousands) $ 142,664.7 $ 132,096.9 $ 120,864.0 $ 109,876.4 $ 82,938.7
Average monthly full-time equivalents 301.0 278.0 273.0 253.0 269.0
Output Indicators
Facility permits issued 520.0 534.0 520.0 523.0 520.0
Facilities inspected 3,700 3,244 3,500 3,399 2,967
Solid waste administrative citations 5.0 3.0 6.0 3.0 10.0
Number of enforcement cases referred to the Attorney General 35.0 30.0 35.0 35.0 18.0
Leaking underground storage tanks (LUSTs) incidents reported 330.0 316.0 325.0 314.0 307.0
Number of violation notices issued 350.0 371.0 350.0 430.0 376.0
State cleanup projects completed 1.0 0.0 3.0 0.0 1.0
Superfund constructions completed 2.0 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.0
One-day household hazardous waste collection events 16.0 13.0 156.0 6.0 10.0
Number of Compliance Commitment Agreements Executed 90.0 95.0 90.0 114.0 107.0
Number of violation notices resolved 210.0 206.0 140.0 168.0 142.0
Total number of eligible DERTF claims closed N/A N/A 680.0 677.0 676.0
DERTF insurance policies issued 140.0 146.0 157.0 156.0 153.0
DERTF licenses issued 400.0 417.0 458.0 457.0 455.0
New DERTF claims filed 1.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 4.0
Total number of eligible DERTF claims open 67.0 72.0 80.0 83.0 49.0
Outcome Indicators
Waste diverted from landfills by household hazardous waste collections at permanent facilities (measured in drums) 5,600 5,362 5,500 5,672 5,500
Waste diverted from landfills by tire collections (measured in tons) 1,800 2,178 1,800 1,933 2,065
Land remediated (measured in acres) 1,135 826.0 856.0 612.0 802.0
Medications diverted from landfills (In Pounds) N/A N/A 0.0 0.0 28,000
Electronic Waste Recovered (In Pounds) (a) 19,000,000 21,405,180 19,000,000 10,475,000 27,940,000
Number of Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) Sites Closed 410.0 379.0 350.0 337.0 522.0
Efficiency/Cost-Effectiveness Indicators
Cost per facility permitted (in dollars) $ 12,519.00 $ 11,592.00 $ 13,000.00 $ 12,549.00 $ 12,886.00
Footnotes
Local municipalities and counties started advertising the electronics collection program better. These efforts informed local residents of the opportunity to recycle their electronics and increased participation at local collection events. Additionally, the Electronics Manufacturer Clearinghouse (a recycling stewardship organization paid by the manufacturers) increased their marketing efforts of the program and staged additional collection sites throughout the state. The combination of these initiatives allowed the program to see an accelerated participation rate.

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