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Brownfield sites in Lake County, Illinois
EPA lists 35 brownfield sites in Lake County. Grant recipients report them. 4 carry EPA's ready-for-reuse flag.
Zoning: Check zoning with the city.
The sites
Each row is a site name and city, as EPA holds them. Where several sites share a name, the count shows how many.
| Site | City | Sites | EPA flags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrington Park District | Barrington | 1 | Targeted assessment |
| Diamond | Waukegan | 1 | None |
| Duphar | Waukegan | 1 | None |
| EJ & E Property Waukegan | Waukegan | 1 | Assessment |
| Former Diamond Scrap Yard | Waukegan | 1 | Assessment |
| Former Fansteel V.R. Wesson Property | Waukegan | 1 | Cleanup, Targeted assessment |
| Former Lavin Property | North Chicago | 2 | Ready for reuse (2), Cleanup (2), State or tribal program (2) |
| Former North Chicago Inn | North Chicago | 1 | Assessment |
| Former OMC Plant #1 / Bombardier Facility | Waukegan | 1 | State or tribal program |
| Grant Place- 18th & Sheriden | North Chicago | 1 | Ready for reuse, Cleanup |
| Jensen | Waukegan | 1 | None |
| Kyritsis I | Waukegan | 1 | None |
| Kyritsis Ii | Waukegan | 1 | None |
| Martinovich | Waukegan | 1 | None |
| North Chicago | North Chicago | 1 | State or tribal program |
| Waukegan Dry Cleaners | Waukegan | 1 | Targeted assessment |
| Waukegan Gas Station | Waukegan | 1 | Targeted assessment |
17 more sites have an address or parcel number as the EPA name. We count them but don't show the name.
To see each site in Lake County on a map, use the Cleanups in My Community map, on EPA's site.
EPA flags
| EPA flag | Sites |
|---|---|
| Ready for reuse | 4 |
| Assessment | 18 |
| Cleanup | 4 |
| Targeted assessment | 5 |
| State or tribal program | 5 |
| Multipurpose grant | 0 |
| Area-wide planning | 0 |
A site can carry more than one flag. The grant flags show which kinds of EPA brownfield funding a site is listed under.
What this data holds
- Acreage isn't in EPA's national data, so we don't show site sizes.
- We hold no flood data for these sites.
- We show the city and county, not street addresses.
- Grant recipients report these sites to EPA. A flag is EPA's record, not a site visit.
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US EPA data, as of 18 Oct 2026, reported by grant recipients. Not endorsed by EPA. Not legal or environmental advice; confirm with the state or EPA region.