This 40-acre landfill site southwest of Decatur in Macon County was developed in 1972 as a sanitary landfill. The site had a history of not complying with the newer landfill rules in the 1980s. The landfill also exceeded its permitted waste disposal limits by 40 to 50 feet, and the Illinois EPA eventually obtained a court order to close the landfill on May 6, 1992. Located less than 1/4 mile south of the Sangamon River and north of Rock Spring Road, the landfill has wide erosion gullies. Visible leachate seeps (leachate is water that has traveled through the landfill and contacted waste material) are observed on three sides of the landfill and drain into a stream that flows into the Sangamon River.
This fact sheet provides an update on the work accomplished at the New Jersey Zinc/Mobil Chemical Superfund site (Site) in the Village of DePue over the past year for Operable Units (OU) 2, 3 and 5. The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) and the U.S. EPA are also conducting the required five-year review of the on-going long-term remediation and monitoring of OU1, the South Ditch. This review was expected to be completed during May 2010 and be available shortly thereafter in the repository at the DePue Public Library. The printable map referenced in the fact sheet will be included in a separate pdf attachment.
The purpose of this fact sheet is to update the residents of DePue and other interested parties about activities associated with the New Jersey Zinc/Mobil Chemical Superfund site (Site) to answer questions and clarify statements that have recently been circulating about the Site. Charged as the responsible regulatory agency, the Illinois EPA works to maintain an open and transparent dialogue with all stakeholders while ensuring the site is remediated and managed under applicable state and federal laws and regulations. The printable map referenced in the fact sheet will be included in a separate pdf attachment.
The John Tarkowski property is 16 acres in unincorporated Lake County near the Village of Wauconda (map attached). Public records show that Mr. Tarkowski has been illegally receiving waste material at his property since the late 1960s, and Lake County as well as the State of Illinois and U.S. EPA have pursued legal actions against Mr. Tarkowski since that time. Although the judgment of more than one court determined that Mr. Tarkowski should remove various waste materials and adhere to deed restrictions, zoning ordinances and state laws regulating permitting of landfills, the problem persisted. Extensive litigation by the local, state and federal authorities has taken place relative to this site. The printable map referenced in the fact sheet will be included as a separate pdf attachment.
Based on the human health threat from exposure posed by the dilapidated, asbestos-containing school located at 7th and Oak Street in Thebes, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) will demolish the building and cleanup the site using both Federal and State funding. 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.
Based on the human health threat from exposure posed by the dilapidated, asbestos-containing school located at 700 Broadway in Venice, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) will abate the asbestos where safe to do so, and recycle the remaining building material using State funds. 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 or nearby residents. Health concerns for human exposure warrants corrective action at this location.
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has launched its new web portal for environmental permitting that will make the process more user-friendly and transparent and allow applicants and other interested parties to track the progress of the Agency's permit decision-making process on-line for the first time. The web portal, along with other permitting efficiencies, was developed as part of Public Act 97-95, which was signed by Gov. Pat Quinn in July 2011.
This fact sheet is a project update about work to be conducted in the vicinity of the New Jersey Zinc/Mobil Chemical Superfund site in the Village of DePue beginning in May and extending into the summer of 2005. The results of historical soil sampling by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) and Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) indicate that elevated levels of metals have been detected in residential and non-residential soils around the DePue site. In 1995, the State of Illinois and the potentially responsible parties (PRPs)1 entered into an Interim Consent Order (ICO) to conduct Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study (RI/FS) activities, including investigation and remediation of off-site soils surrounding the Former Plant Site Area. Given the existing data, additional investigations will be conducted in the Village by the PRPs.
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA or Agency) has chosen removal of the South Ditch unnatural sediments and on-site storage of the sediment in an interim containment cell. The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) concurs with this decision. The agencies signed a record of decision in September 2003 to document this decision. The Illinois EPA has written a responsiveness summary that summarizes the comments received during the comment period and the Illinois EPA and U.S. EPA's responses to these comments. This summary, as well as the South Ditch Record of Decision, is in the Selby Township Library in DePue for public review.
Between 1904 and 1933, the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Company operated a lead smelter at the location that is now home to the Collinwoods and Pine Lake subdivisions. The smelting facilitys main building was located near the present intersection of Raintree Trail and Pine Lake Road. Other plant buildings were located in the area presently bounded by Banyon Tree Road, Lemontree Lane and Dogwood Trail. The company produced a variety of lead products including lead ingots, lead sheets and powdered lead. The lead smelting process also resulted in the production of large amounts of lead-bearing waste known as slag. Slag is a mixture of lead and other elements, impurities and ash. Lead slag for this facility was disposed of in large piles on the site. One such pile existed on the south side of Pine Lake Road starting across from the intersection of Lemontree Lane and extending to the Pine Lake Road cul-de-sac.