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During the week of September 12th, 2011, demolition activities are being conducted on the Chemetco site south of Hartford. The removal of several structures will reduce the bulk of the industrial materials on the site and will dramatically change the overall look of the facility. Included in the demolition activities are the Foundry Building and adjacent American Air Filter air pollution control system, the interior demolition of the Tank House Building, and demolition of other adjacent small support buildings.
Sampling results from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agencys (Illinois EPAs) June 2009 field work near Playfield Cleaners indicate that an area of shallow groundwater at the Playfield Plaza is contaminated with drycleaner solvent and its breakdown products, all volatile organic compounds (VOCs), originating from contaminated soils at the Playfield Cleaners site. Shallow groundwater sampling results from the field work near Playfield Cleaners and the former Crestwood Public Water Supply (PWS) Well #1 did not allow the Illinois EPA to conclusively identify Playfield Cleaners as the source of the Crestwood PWS Well #1 VOC contamination. However, we suspect that dissolved contamination from this site migrated downward into the groundwater of the bedrock and eventually contaminated the Crestwood PWS Well #1.
(El relleno sanitario Chicago Heights oper como un relleno municipal desde junio de 1978 hasta mayo de 1988. El sitio tiene un tamao de 29 acres (approximadamente 11,5 hectreas), con una altura aproximada de 50 pies (15 metros). Al este y sur del sitio existen otros dos rellenos municipales. Hacia el norte hay un lugar de almacenamiento de chatarra y vas de ferrocarril, y residencias a lo largo de la Calle East 26th. En el oeste se encuentran negocios a lo largo de la Avenida East End, y ms al oeste hay vas de ferrocarril y edificios industriales.) The printable map referenced in the fact sheet will be included as a separate pdf attachment.
El propsito de esta tercera Hoja de Informacin es de proveer informacin a la comunidad sobre el reciente trabajo en el Depsito de Relleno Sanitario de Chicago Heights. Aparte de mantenimiento e inspecciones de rutina, el trabajo de construccin en el rea ha sido finalizado y se ha logrado colocar una capa completa sobre el relleno sanitario, mas otras mejoras listadas a continuacin. The printable map referenced in the fact sheet will be included as a separate pdf attachment.
This is the first of a series of Illinois EPA fact sheets to acquaint you with the environmental resion program at the former Chanute Air Force Base (AFB). These fact sheets will contain information regarding various topics of concern, including site history, site status, and any site-specific issues which need to be addressed in a timely manner. We are aware that some of the information in this fact sheet may be redundant from previous fact sheets distributed by the Air Force Base, however, we are attempting to provide sufficient background information for newly-interested community members. It is our intention that Illinois Environmental Protection Agency fact sheets will be distributed every two months, prior to the Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) meetings. However, in the future, it is the Illinois EPA's intention to transfer the development and distribution of fact sheets to the Air Force. The map referenced in the fact sheet will be included as a separate pdf attachment.
Illinois EPA sampling efforts from May 2001 through January 2002 identified groundwater contamination that threatened private drinking water wells in unincorporated areas of Downers Grove. U.S. EPA and Illinois EPA have worked together to identify possible sources in and near the Ellsworth Industrial Park of the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) found in the groundwater. The contamination consists mainly of trichloroethylene (TCE) and tetrachloroethylene (PCE), which are commonly used solvents.
El propsito de esta hoja de informacin es de proveer informacin a los ciudadanos y negocios del rea sobre el prximo trabajo en el Relleno Sanitario Chicago Heights (Depot). The printable map referenced in the fact sheet will be included in a separate pdf attachment.
The Centralia Landfill Site is one of the thirty-three (33) abandoned landfills that no longer accept waste but were never properly closed. During 1998, Illinois EPA identified these orphaned landfill sites as critical environmental problems that need to be addressed. Governor George H. Ryan and Illinois lawmakers responded in spring 1999 by including $50 million in the Illinois FIRST program for addressing problems posed by these abandoned landfills.
CESI began operations in 1986. The 35-acre site was subdivided into six disposal areas and two borrow areas. The site was permitted for municipal waste and special non-hazardous waste. Areas I, II and III were filled with waste and have a partial soil cover ranging from 0 to 18 inches in depth. Due to site operating deficiencies, the permit to operate Area IV was denied. As a result, an extremely steep excavation face (about 30 to 50 feet high by 500 feet long) remains where the waste already in place was cut back to remove it. Operations at the site stopped in 1989. Although some soil cover was placed on the landfill, it is not certified closed by the Illinois EPA.
On February 18, 2011, Caterpillar Tractor Company, Inc. (CAT) was notified by the Woodford County Emergency Management Agency that residents along Ten Mile Creek had noticed a fuel odor. CAT personnel checked outfalls on the bluff below the Proving Grounds fuel station and discovered some diesel fuel seeping into a ravine which continues to Ten Mile Creek. An initial investigation around the fueling facility revealed a diesel leak in an underground line that feeds the fuel dispensers. Diesel fuel is used on the Proving Grounds property to power the earth-moving equipment being tested there. At the time the leak was found, CAT began excavating to remove the source and to find the extent of the leak. The fuel had followed a down-hill slope to a ravine on CAT property, ran down the ravine and impacted Ten-Mile Creek (about one-half mile away) with a visible sheen of diesel fuel on top of the water. The map referenced in the fact sheet will be included as a separate pdf attachment.