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The Illinois Institute for Environmental Quality was established as an independent agency within the executive branch in 1970. The Governor appointed the Institute's director who in turn selected a small staff. The Institute was charged with making maximum use of existing state and federal agencies to investigate the practical problems of environmental conservation and protection and to recommend technical, administrative, and legislative changes designed to produce solutions. It was to work closely with the Environmental Protection Agency and the Pollution Control Board in helping those agencies formulate regulations and fulfill program goals. The institute was to take full advantage of the technical expertise of the various academic departments at the state's institutions of higher education, evaluate curricula, sponsor annual conferences, and issue annual reports to the Governor and the General Assembly (P.A. 76-2429, pp. 879-880).
A law passed in 1981 transferred the institute's responsibilities to the newly created Department of Energy and Natural Resources (P.A. 82-592, p. 3016). Further it assumed the functions of the Division of Energy of the Department of Business and Economic Development and the Museum Division of the Department of Registration and Education (P.A. 82-592, p. 3016). The Illinois Natural History Survey, Illinois State Water Survey, and the Illinois State Geological Survey physically remained at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign but were placed under the Department of Energy and Natural Resources (P.A. 82-592, p. 3043). In addition to conducting research the department was charged with promoting the marketing of native coal; developing programs for energy conservation, alternative energy sources, and the safe disposal of hazardous wastes; and evaluating the economic impact and public health issues relating to nuclear energy in cooperation with the Department of Nuclear Safety (P.A. 82-592, pp. 3017, 3033, and 3046). An act passed in 1985 directed the department to prepare an extensive proposal for the location of a superconducting super collider particle beam accelerator in Illinois for the consideration of the U.S. Department of Energy (P.A. 84-647, p. 4204).
248.001
SUPERCONDUCTING SUPER COLLIDER PROJECT ADMINISTRATIVE FILES. 1983-1988. 13 cu. ft. No index.
Files concern locating the superconducting super collider particle beam accelerator in Illinois and include reports, studies, plans, overviews, analyses, publications, maps, drawings, news releases, correspondence, memoranda, and copies of local, state, and federal regulations and legislation. Subjects include the Illinois site proposal, competition from other states, private and governmental interest in and support of the project, waste disposal, pollution, transportation, utilities, landscape, climate, U.S. Department of Energy Site Task Force visits, lobbying efforts, consulting contracts, land acquisition, land profiles, approach surfaces, fault locations, and projected social and economic impacts on the site location.
248.002
SUPERCONDUCTING SUPER COLLIDER PROJECT PROPOSALS OF VARIOUS STATES. 1985-1988. 3.5 cu. ft. No index.
Proposals submitted to the U.S. Department of Energy by Illinois and other competing states for the location of the project include executive summaries; evaluative reviews of such factors as regional resources, real estate and financial incentives, geology and tunneling, environmental impact, landscape setting, climatic conditions, and utility services; and maps of proposed sites and surrounding areas. For Illinois additional documentation includes state and federal permitting reports; township, county, municipal, and state resolutions supporting the site location; reports concerning site background radiation, disposal of excavated material, surface and groundwater supplies, test drillings, geological feasibility, and the cultural resources of the area; and an environmental screening atlas.
248.003
SUPERCONDUCTING SUPER COLLIDER ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FILES. 1988. 3 cu. ft. No index.
Environmental impact statement files include notices of the state's intent to prepare an environmental impact statement and conduct related public hearings, copies of draft and final environmental impact statements, transcripts of Illinois representative testimonies before U.S. Department of Energy public hearings held in regard to Illinois draft environmental impact statements, draft and final copies of Illinois responses to U.S. Department of Energy questions regarding the environmental impact statement, U.S. Department of Energy comments on Illinois responses, and related memoranda and correspondence.
248.004
SUPERCONDUCTING SUPER COLLIDER PUBLIC HEARING RECORDINGS. February 1988. 7 video cassette tapes. No index.
Tapes record the public meetings conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy in Illinois concerning the state's environmental impact statement. Also included is footage of local and national television coverage of those meetings.
248.005
SUPERCONDUCTING SUPER COLLIDER INFORMATIONAL VIDEO TAPES. 1988. 12 video cassette tapes. No index.
Video tapes were prepared by the department to promote an Illinois location for the project, to inform citizens of the nature and importance of the project, and to document local and national television coverage of the site selection process.
248.006
SUPERCONDUCTING SUPER COLLIDER PROJECT TOWN MEETING FILES. 1988. 0.1 cu. ft. No index.
Files concern a series of meetings conducted by the Department of Energy and Natural Resources to provide information to the residents of the area selected by the department to house the superconducting super
collider. Included are a copy of an overview of the project, transcripts of department presentations, cassette tape recordings of meetings, transcripts of question and answer sessions, and related notes and memoranda.
248.007
SUPERCONDUCTING SUPER COLLIDER PROJECT PUBLIC MEETING FILES. 1988. 1 cu. ft. No index.
Files include transcripts of public meetings conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy which were held in Illinois and other states competing for the location of the superconducting super
collider. Subjects include an overview of the project and the solicitation of public opinion regarding it. Also included are correspondence, petitions, and statements supporting or objecting to the project. U.S. Department of Energy news releases are included as well.
248.008
SUPERCONDUCTING SUPER COLLIDER FORMAL PRESENTATION FILES. 1988. 1.5 cu. ft. No index.
Files on the presentation of the Illinois proposal to the U.S. Department of Energy include proposal outlines, photographs, a report on the presentation to the Department of Energy Site Selection Task Force itself, and formal follow-up responses and data as requested.
248.009
SUPERCONDUCTING SUPER COLLIDER FORMAL PRESENTATION SUPPLEMENT FILES. 1987-1988. 7 cu. ft. No index.
Files include a formal response to a request for additional information, copies of various studies on such regional factors as transportation, infrastructure,
socioeconomics, utilities, public finances, and environmental resources; copies of state and local legislation, rules, regulations, and plans related to such issues as land use and development, zoning, handling and disposing of hazardous waste, and environmental protection; and photographs and maps of the proposed site and its surrounding area.
248.010
SUPERCONDUCTING SUPER COLLIDER SITE SELECTION DEBRIEFING FILES. December 1988. 0.1 cu. ft. No index.
Files concern a debriefing session held by officials of the U.S. Department of Energy with Illinois representatives in order to explain why a Texas site had been chosen. Included are transcripts of the meeting, cassette tape recordings of it, and related notes and memoranda.
These records are available at the Illinois State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State.
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