EPA RCRA ID: ILD000802702
On this page:
- Cleanup Status
- Facility Description
- Institutional/Engineer Controls
- Enforcement and Compliance
- Related Information
- Contacts for this Facility
Cleanup Status
Cleanup Actions or environmental indicators characterizing the entire facility are shown below. It is not intended as an extensive list of milestones/activities. This listing, and all the data on this page, come from EPA’s RCRAInfo and are refreshed nightly to this page. For this table and the Cleanup Activities Pertaining to a Portion of the Facility table that follows, a blank in the Status column could mean the action either has not occurred or has not been reported in RCRAInfo.
Cleanup Activities Pertaining to the Entire Facility
| Action | Status | Date of Action |
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| Human Exposure Under Control Human Exposure Under Control(CA725) | ||
| Groundwater Migration Under ControlGroundwater Migration Under Control (CA750) | ||
| Remedy DecisionRemedy Decision (CA400) | ||
| Remedy ConstructionRemedy Construction (CA550) | ||
| Ready for Anticipated Use Ready for Anticipated Use (CA800) | ||
| Performance Standards AttainedPerformance Standards Attained (CA900) | ||
| Corrective Action Process TerminatedCorrective Action Process Terminated (CA999) |
For definitions of the terms used, hover over or click on the term.
Facility Description
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Solutia is a chemical manufacturer that has operated at 500 Monsanto Avenue in Sauget, Illinois for nearly 100 years. Solutia manufactured various organic chemicals derived from benzene, including PCBs. The Solutia W.G. Krummrich Plant was formerly operated by Monsanto, which spun-off its chemical business in 1997. It is located just east of the Mississippi River along Illinois Route 3 in the American Bottom floodplain.
EPA issued a RCRA 3008(h) Administrative Order on Consent (Order) on May 3, 2000. In 2004, Solutia completed an interim remedy to contain, intercept, and collect contaminated groundwater discharging and causing environmental impacts to the Mississippi River. A groundwater migration control system was installed at the river's edge consisting of a slurry barrier wall keyed into bedrock and groundwater collection wells. Collected groundwater is treated at the American Bottom POTW.
On February 26, 2008, EPA issued a Final Decision and Response to Comments to remediate contaminated soil, groundwater, surface water, and indoor air based on Remedial objectives based on human health and ecological risk assessment, IL TACO and IL Water Quality Standards (WQS). The selected final remedies focus on removing source areas of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs), benzene, chlorobenzenes, lead, and mercury potentially impacting workers, contaminating groundwater, and migrating to the Mississippi River.
Administrative Record documents for the Solutia RCRA Corrective Action are available at Cahokia Public Library, 140 Cahokia Park Drive, Cahokia, Illinois. Phone: (618) 332-1491.
Institutional and Engineering Controls at this Facility
- Institutional Control - Environmental Land Use Control: An Environmental Land Use Control (ELUC) was recorded by Solutia Inc. on April 23rd, 2009.
- Institutional Control – Groundwater Use Restriction Municipal Ordinances: In accordance with the Final Decision and Response to Comments (dated February 26, 2008), groundwater use restriction municipal ordinances are in place within the Village of Sauget, the City of Cahokia Heights, and the City of East St. Louis, Illinois. These municipal ordinances prohibit use of groundwater from within the corporate limits of these municipalities and from certain specific areas within Cahokia as a potable water supply by the installation or drilling of wells or any other method during the lifetime of the Solutia final remedy. Solutia must notify EPA on an annual basis that the municipal ordinances remain in place through due diligence reporting.
For specifics of these municipal ordinances, residents of the Village of Sauget should refer to Ordinance No. 99-5, as amended by Ordinance No. 05- 03. Residents of the City of Cahokia Heights should refer to Ordinance No. 12-1224. Residents of the City of East St. Louis should refer to Ordinance No. 97-10066.
Are Controls in Place at this Facility?
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Control(s) in Place? |
Areas Subject to Control(s) |
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Institutional ControlsNon-engineering controls used to restrict land use or land access in order to protect people and the environment from exposure to hazardous substances remaining in the site/or facility. (CA 772) |
Informational DevicesInformational Devices (ID) |
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| Proprietary ControlsProprietary Controls (PR) | ||||
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Engineering ControlsEngineering measures designed to minimize the potential for human exposure to contamination by either limiting direct contact with contaminated areas or controlling migration of contaminants. (CA 770) |
Groundwater ControlGroundwater Control (GW) |
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Enforcement and Compliance at this Facility
EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) provides detailed historical information about enforcement and compliance activities at each RCRA Corrective Action Site in their Enforcement and Compliance Historical Online (ECHO) system.
RCRA Enforcement and Compliance Reports from ECHO
Related Information
For more information about this facility, see these other EPA links:
- RCRA information in EPA’s Envirofacts database
- Information about this facility submitted to EPA under different environmental programs as reported in EPA’s Facility Registry Services
- Alternative Names for this facility as reported by EPA programs in EPA’s Facility Registry Services
- Cleanups in My Community provides an interactive map to see EPA cleanups in context with additional data, and lists for downloading data
- Search RCRA Corrective Action Sites provides a search feature for Corrective Action Sites
Contacts for this Facility
EPA Project Manager for the Facility is Jay S. Kim (kim.jay@epa.gov), 312-353-8049
All of the states in EPA Region 5 are authorized to implement Corrective Action Programs. As of the end of Fiscal Year 2015, EPA Region 5 had 864 sites listed on the 2020 Corrective Action Baseline.
For further information on this corrective action site, use the Contact Information for Corrective Action Hazardous Waste Clean Ups listings that are accessible through Corrective Action Programs around the Nation.