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REPORT ILLEGAL STONECUTTING
PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT

With construction season upon us, it's important for all of us to keep contractors and garden companies in compliance with City of Chicago environmental regulations.

It is ILLEGAL to cut stone without a wet blade. If you see stone or brick dust blowing or billowing from a saw, that means workers are not following city law. Remind the foreman, then call the city's Department of the Environment, 312-744-7672. (Put this number in your cell phone.) The Dept. of the Environment will want to know the building site address and the name of the company doing the work. (You can also call that company and describe the illegal situation you're witnessing.) If a property owner is present, make a point to explain or remind that person of the city's environmental laws. (Most homeowners are unaware.)

If the illegal cutting continues, call the City of Chicago non-emergency number 3-1-1. Chicago has the highest incidence of asthma in the nation. It is vital to keep stone and brick dust out of the air.