The Illinois Department of Public Health reviews information about hazardous substances at waste sites and evaluates whether exposure to these substances might cause harm. This written evaluation is called a public health assessment.

When the Department writes an assessment, a draft version is made available to persons in the potentially affected community. Over a 30-day comment period, interested persons can examine the document and make comments to the Department about the assessment. After all comments have been addressed, a final public health assessment is published.

The Department conducts Public Health Assessments under a cooperative agreement with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, a federal agency that is part of the U.S. Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Draft Public Health Assessments

Final Public Health Assessments