The Illinois Department of Transportation announces today that weather permitting, construction work on the US 52/IL 26 bridge at the north edge of Polo will begin on Monday, May 7, 2012. Brandt Construction Company is starting the $2.6 million project to replace the deck on the structure.
Bishop Landfill, located about one mile south of Litchfield and the Long Branch Creek, is an approximately 36-acre permitted sanitary landfill that was not certified as closed by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA). It operated from 1971 till 1987. Bishop Landfill was permitted to accept only general refuse (trash); however, hazardous wastes were taken without the operator acquiring the proper permits. The printable map referenced in the fact sheet will be included as a separate pdf attachment.
The Beloit Corporation has completed Phase 1 of a Remedial Investigation as part of the Beloit Corporation Superfund Site project. The site is located northeast of Rockton, Illinois, in Winnebago County. This investigation was financed by Beloit Corporation and carried out by Warzyn Engineering, with complete oversight by Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) and their contractors. The larger map indicated in the fact sheet will be included in a separate pdf attachment.
Based on the human health threat from exposure posed by the dilapidated, asbestos-containing school located at 29th Street in Cair9 (also known as the Lincoln School), the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) will abate the asbestos where safe to do so and remove the building using State funds. Cairo is located at the confluence of the Mississippiand Ohio Rivers in the southernmost part of the State. Due to the condition of this former school, it is highly likely that asbestos fibers are being released to the environment and coming in contact with trespassers. Health concerns for human exposure warrants corrective action at this location.
In 1996, routine water sampling by the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) identified groundwater contamination in several semi-private and non-community public water supply wells in Batavia, Illinois. Subsequent extensive investigation by the Illinois EPA and IDPH has defined the area where groundwater contamination with Vinyl Chloride and other volatile organic contaminants (VOCs) has been detected. The surface area overlying the contaminated groundwater is roughly bounded by the Fox River on the West, Laurel Street on the North, Illinois Route 25 on the East and Bond Drive on the South and has been designated the Batavia Groundwater Contamination Site (Site).
The IEPA will be conducting an investigation in Batavia in an effort to determine the source of industrial solvent contamination which has been detected in some private water wells near the east bank of the Fox river.
The purpose of this investigation is to determine the nature and extent of contamination at the Beloit Corporation Site. Groundwater contamination in drinking water was found at several locations in the Blackhawk Subdivision during the 1988 Winnebago County Groundwater Study conducted by IEPA. The larger map indicated in the fact sheet will be included as a separate attachment.
Laboratory results for the analysis of volatile organic chemicals (VOCs) in private water wells located in the Blackhawk Acres Subdivision and nearby areas have been received. Private wells were sampled on May 11-12th as part of Phase 2 of the Remedial Investigation (RI). Letters to the residents explaining the individual results will be sent by the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) after quality assurance/quality control has been conducted to ensure the accuracy of the sample data. IEPA will be contacting any homeowners who had detectable amounts of VOCs in their drinking water.
As previously reported in Fact Sheet #2, routine water sampling by the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) identified groundwater contamination in several semi-private and non-community public water supply wells in Batavia, Illinois. Subsequent, extensive investigation by the Illinois EPA and IDPH has defined the area where groundwater contaminated with Vinyl Chloride and other volatile organic contaminants (VOCs) has been detected. The surface area overlying the contaminated groundwater is roughly bounded by the Fox River on the West, Laurel Street on the North, Illinois Route 25 on the East and Bond Drive on the South and is known as the Batavia Groundwater Contamination Site (Site).