Boaters on the Illinois River can no longer anchor near a Superfund site

The Coast Guard has created a new restricted zone on a section of the Illinois River. This means boats cannot anchor or push onto the riverbank in this area, unless there is an emergency or they get special permission.

This small change means that a specific stretch of the Illinois River is now off-limits to casual boaters. It is a direct response to an Environmental Protection Agency Superfund cleanup site nearby. The Coast Guard is now enforcing a physical boundary around a known environmental hazard.