A Pilsen copper plant that’s been accused of polluting the neighborhood with lead got yet another government entity piling onto it today — the Illinois Attorney General.

Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed a complaint against H. Kramer and Co., located at 1345 W. 21st St., on Friday, and got a preliminary injunction order against the company requiring it to immediately reduce its lead emissions.

“Today’s agreement requires H. Kramer officials to make immediate changes to reduce harmful emission levels,” Madigan said in a statement.

The injunction will require H. Kramer to update its pollution controls, conduct a ventilation study of one of its buildings and remediate lead-contaminated gravel at its facility by the end of the year, among other steps.

H. Kramer’s pollution problems came to the forefront during Ald. Danny Solis’ runoff campaign against neighborhood activist Cuahutemoc Morfin earlier this year. Midway through a campaign which had focused on pollution from the Fisk coal-fired power plant, the Chicago Tribune reported that lead levels at Perez Elementary School, 1241 W. 19th St., were consistently above U.S. Environmental Protection Agency limits.