Kankakee, IL
Transparent derived index from EPA TRI / SDWIS / Superfund extracts: not an official EPA rating. Fixed caps: facilities ≤25 pts (50+ = max), log10 releases ≤25 pts, Superfund ≤25 pts (5/site), health-violation systems ≤15 pts (3/system), high-chemical facilities ≤10 pts. Bands: High ≥60, Moderate ≥30. See methodology. This is a different measure than the EJ Screening score for this county, which ranks it by percentile against other tracked counties rather than against these fixed caps.
Environmental data for Kankakee in Illinois · Population: 106,833
TRI sites such as Nucor Steel Kankakee Inc; Crown Beverage Packaging; Csl Behring; SDWIS systems such as STEGER; MOMENCE; ST ANNE; NPL sites such as Cross Brothers Pail Recycling (Pembroke) anchor Kankakee, IL's EPA extract. Derived burden score 55/100 (Moderate Risk) uses fixed national caps on density, log release volume, Superfund count, and health-flagged systems - not an official EPA rating.
Health-flagged SDWIS rows in Kankakee include STEGER; MOMENCE; ST ANNE, while Nucor Steel Kankakee Inc leads reported TRI pounds among local Form R filers. No AQS county monitors report here.
Burden score 55/100 (Moderate Risk) is the only weighted composite on this page. The tables below list every TRI facility, SDWIS system, and Superfund site EPA has on record for Kankakee -- not just the names called out above -- reproducing the disclosure history as filed, not a current-safety verdict. Extract current as of 2026-08-25.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Kankakee, IL: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
+2.1%
12 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
+0.8%
1.0 million lb → 1.0 million lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 0 facilities filed for the first time and 2 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Kankakee, IL's total reported releases rose from 987.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.0 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Kankakee, IL's water releases rose from 64 lb in 2022 to 132 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Kankakee, IL's off-site transfers rose from 390.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 543.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Kankakee, IL's air releases fell from 596.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 464.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Water Systems (10)
| System | System pop (SDWIS) | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| STEGER | 9,700 | 3 |
| MOMENCE | 3,075 | 1 |
| ST ANNE | 1,200 | 1 |
| CHEBANSE | 1,044 | 0 |
| LAKE SHANNON | 500 | 12 |
| BUCKINGHAM | 300 | 0 |
| IL VETERANS HOME-MANTENO | 256 | 0 |
| WINDMILL ESTATES | 65 | 0 |
| SKYVIEW ESTATES | 56 | 1 |
| BARBERRY ACRES MHP | 50 | 0 |
TRI Facilities (17)
| # | Facility | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nucor Steel Kankakee Inc | 1.8M lbs |
| 2 | Crown Beverage Packaging | 1.7M lbs |
| 3 | Csl Behring | 404.0K lbs |
| 4 | Sherwin-Williams Co | 318.5K lbs |
| 5 | Kensing LLC | 156.2K lbs |
| 6 | Ardex | 51.9K lbs |
| 7 | Rohm & Haas Chemicals LLC | 30.4K lbs |
| 8 | Ahf Products | 25.6K lbs |
| 9 | E a Allen Lumber Co | 17.5K lbs |
| 10 | Iko Midwest Inc | 3.8K lbs |
| 11 | American Highway (a Simplex Company) | 160 lbs |
| 12 | Ozinga Ready Mix Concrete Inc. - Manteno | 0 lbs |
| 13 | Sun Chemical Corp | 0 lbs |
| 14 | Cmc Coating Toltec Steel | 0 lbs |
| 15 | Cmc Steel Fabricators Inc DBA Cmc Paving Solutions | 0 lbs |
| 16 | Nucor Grating - Fisher & Ludlow Inc | 0 lbs |
| 17 | Ambassador Steel Fabrication LLC | 0 lbs |
Superfund Sites (1)
| Site Name | Status | HRS Score |
|---|---|---|
| Cross Brothers Pail Recycling (Pembroke) | NPL Site | 42.04 |
Cities in Kankakee (10)
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This county environmental profile rolls up EPA Toxics Release Inventory facility reports, Safe Drinking Water Information System public-water-system filings, and Superfund National Priorities List sites for the county boundary defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. Facility counts reflect facilities with a reporting address inside the county, not where downstream environmental effects may be observed. Population figures are from the most recent Census ACS 5-year estimate. The county detail page is updated whenever the upstream EPA programs publish revised data; see the methodology page for the documented ingest cadence and the editorial choices governing how aggregations are computed.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.