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Alcoa Properties

The 400-acre Alcoa Properties Superfund site is located in East St. Louis, Illinois. From about 1902 to 1957, Alcoa, Inc. refined aluminum at the site. Smelting wastes contaminated soil and groundwater. EPA oversees the potentially responsible party’s cleanup of the site. Site investigations began in 2001 and are ongoing. To manage the cleanup, EPA divided the site into three operable units (OUs). The cleanup addresses smelting waste and soil (OU1), soil contamination (OU2) and groundwater (OU3). OU1 cleanup finished in the summer of 2016. It included consolidating and covering smelter wastes. OU2 cleanup includes excavation, a soil cover, reassessment of existing stormwater runoff controls, revegetation, institutional controls and monitoring for indoor radon. OU2 remedy construction is anticipated to begin by summer 2022.  EPA plans to issue a future Proposed Plan for the final remedial action for OU3. The OU2 area currently supports a mix of commercial uses in addition to Progress Rail, an industrial railway manufacturer. 
Last updated August 2021

As of December 2021, EPA had data on 3 on-site businesses. These businesses employed 195 people and generated an estimated $79,688,000 in annual sales revenue. For additional information click here. For additional information click here.

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Byron Salvage Yard

The Byron Salvage Yard Superfund site is located in rural Ogle County, Illinois. It consists of the 22-acre Byron Salvage Yard Property and the 150-acre Dirk’s Farm Property. From the 1960s until 1972, a junkyard – Byron Salvage Yard – operated on site. Disposal practices at the junkyard and the farm resulted in the contamination of groundwater and soil. EPA added the site to the National Priorities List (NPL) in 1983. Cleanup included removal of buried drums and contaminated soils, soil covering, land use restrictions, and alternate water sources for affected residences. Commercial and residential uses at or near the Byron Salvage Yard Property are ongoing. The Dirk’s Farm Property consists of farmland and open space.
Last updated August 2021

As of December 2021, EPA did not have economic data related to on-site businesses, or economic data were not applicable due to site use. For additional information click here.

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Circle Smelting Corp.

The Circle Smelting Corp. Superfund site is located in Beckemeyer, Illinois. A zinc refinery operated on site from 1904 to 1994. Site operators discarded residual metals, coal cinders and slag from the smelting process in piles on the 28-acre property. Those disposal practices resulted in elevated concentrations of lead, zinc, cadmium, nickel and copper in the soil. In 1996, EPA proposed listing the site on the National Priorities List (NPL). Cleanup activities began in 1998 and are still ongoing for portions of the site. A local trucking company purchased a cleaned-up part of the site property and paved it for use as a parking lot. A prospective purchaser agreement (PPA) signed by the trucking company and EPA in 1999 made the acquisition possible. The PPA limits the company’s liability in exchange for sharing the costs of cleanup. The trucking company continues to operate on the site.
Last updated August 2021

As of December 2021, EPA had data on one on-site business. This business employed 12 people and generated an estimated $1,400,000 in annual sales revenue. For additional information click here.

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Depue/New Jersey Zinc/Mobil Chemical Corp.

The DePue/New Jersey Zinc/Mobil Chemical Corp. Superfund site is located in the village of DePue in Bureau County, Illinois. The 950-acre area includes Lake DePue and borders the DePue-Donnelly Wildlife Management Area. Starting in 1903, New Jersey Zinc operated zinc smelting facilities on a stretch of former farmland. New Jersey Zinc built more facilities in 1967 to produce phosphate-based fertilizers. Mobil Chemical Corporation began leasing these facilities in 1972 and purchased them in 1975. The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) and EPA inspected the site. They found heavily contaminated surface water and groundwater. EPA added the site to the National Priorities List (NPL) in 1999. The site is divided into six operable units: OU1 is the South Ditch, OU2 is the phosphogypsum stack, OU3 is the former smelting facility, OU4 is the off-site residential area, OU5 is Lake DePue and OU6 is the mainly agricultural and ecological area. In 2000, the site’s potentially responsible parties (PRPs) finished construction of an interim water treatment plant on OU3. The plant receives contaminated groundwater from the site and removes metals from the water and discharges cleaned water to the Illinois River. In OU1, the PRPs conducted an interim cleanup in the early 2000s that included removing contaminated sediments from a drainage ditch and placing them in a lined and covered containment cell. The phosphogypsum stack, OU2, is being addressed in accordance with Illionis EPA landfill closure regulations. The cap has been covered with two-feet of clean soil and planted with native vegetation. The PRPs are partnering with a solar company to build an array on the cover which will benefit the town. Construction of the array is scheduled for the summer of 2021. In 2020, the PRPs began clean-up of affected residential properties in OU4 around the former smelting plant and Lake DePue. OU3, OU5 and OU6 are currently under investigation. With assistance from EPA’s Superfund Redevelopment Program (SRP), the village of DePue (the Village) developed a reuse plan for the site in 2004. The plan later informed the 2014 DePue Comprehensive Plan adopted by the North Central Illinois Council of Governments. Today, the Village hosts the National Power Boat Racing Association’s races, held each summer on Lake DePue. Ponds and wetlands areas are also on site. White City Park and Lake Park provide spaces for baseball and softball, a playground and picnicking. Other site uses include commercial, industrial, public service and agricultural areas. 
Last updated August 2021

As of December 2021, EPA had data on 21 on-site businesses. These businesses employed 180 people and generated an estimated $6,887,618 in annual sales revenue. For additional information click here.

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DuPage County Landfill/Blackwell Forest Preserve

The 40-acre DuPage County Landfill/Blackwell Forest Preserve Superfund site is located within the 1,200-acre Blackwell Forest Preserve in Warrenville, Illinois. DuPage County established the landfill with the goal of creating a hill to serve as a recreational amenity. The landfill accepted waste between 1965 and 1973. Known as Mt. Hoy, the resulting mountain of waste and soil rises 150 feet above the original ground surface. EPA identified contamination in groundwater at the site. As a result, EPA added the site to the National Priorities List (NPL) in 1990. EPA’s cleanup repaired the landfill cap, installed an extraction system, treated and disposed of the landfill leachate, and installed additional landfill gas vents. EPA continues to monitor the natural breakdown of groundwater contamination. Use controls restrict land and groundwater use at the site. Close cooperation between EPA, Illinois EPA and the site’s potentially responsible party enabled the Forest Preserve to address potential risks efficiently while maintaining public access to recreation and conservation activities. An on-site recreation area features restored native prairie vegetation, picnic areas, trails, an observation area and a snow tubing run on Mt. Hoy. Other recreational and educational activities – including two lakes used for fishing, an archery range, and an urban stream research facility – are located next to the site within the larger Blackwell Forest Preserve. EPA deleted the site from the NPL in September 2020 following its determination that cleanup is complete.
Last updated August 2021

As of December 2021, EPA did not have economic data related to on-site businesses, or economic data were not applicable due to site use. For additional information click here.

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Evergreen Manor Ground Water Contamination

The Evergreen Manor Ground Water Contamination Superfund site is a 2-mile-long area of groundwater contamination in Roscoe Township, Illinois. In 1990, sampling detected contamination in a residential well. Investigations found that contamination came from former waste disposal practices at three companies located near the intersection of Route 251 and Rockton Road. The area of contamination extended to the Rock River. After initially proposing the site for listing on the National Priorities List (NPL) in 1999, EPA managed the site as a Superfund Alternative site cleanup instead. Cleanup included natural processes to help break down contaminants in groundwater and monitoring contaminant levels. Restrictions on groundwater use prevented exposure to contamination. Today, cleanup is complete and groundwater at the site complies with safe drinking water standards. Residential, agricultural, commercial and industrial areas above the groundwater contamination remained active during the cleanup. These land uses remain active today.
Last updated August 2021

As of December 2021, EPA had data on 21 on-site businesses. These businesses employed 180 people and generated an estimated $6,887,618 in annual sales revenue. For additional information click here.

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Galesburg/Koppers Co.

The 105-acre Galesburg/Koppers Company Superfund site is located in Galesburg, Illinois. Since 1907, operators at the wood-treating facility have treated railroad ties with heat, pressure, creosote and coal tar. Past waste disposal practices led to contamination of soil and groundwater on and around the site. EPA placed the site on the National Priorities List (NPL) in 1983. Cleanup activities included treatment of contaminated soil and groundwater. Wood-treating operations remain active on site.
Last updated August 2021

As of December 2021, EPA had data on one on-site business. This business employed 46 people and generated an estimated $19,249,000 in annual sales revenue. For additional information click here.

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H.O.D. Landfill

Playground equipment at Osmond Sports Complex
H.O.D. Landfill

The 121-acre H.O.D. Landfill Superfund site in Antioch, Illinois, includes a former landfill and 70 acres of undeveloped land that served as a buffer area for the landfill. From 1963 to 1984, the landfill accepted municipal and industrial wastes. In 1984, Waste Management closed and capped the landfill. Landfill operations resulted in groundwater contamination. In 1990, EPA added the site to the National Priorities List (NPL). Cleanup included repairs to the landfill cap and upgrades to the landfill’s gas and leachate extraction system. The site’s potentially responsible parties (PRPs) also began monitoring groundwater and placed land use restrictions on the site property. Initial site reuse discussions began in the community in 1998. Community interests focused on recreational reuse opportunities, including sports fields. Remedy construction finished in 2001. EPA worked with the community on a site reuse plan in 2002. EPA issued a recreational Ready for Reuse Determination for the site in 2003. The school district also expressed interest in using methane gas produced by the landfill. Following construction of a methane co-generation plant, methane gas from the landfill supplied heat and electricity to Antioch Community High School from 2003 to 2013. Today, recreation resources at the site include a 30-acre athletic complex, a Frisbee golf course, a running trail, a sledding hill, a pavilion and playground equipment. Area schools use on-site wetlands as an environmental education resource.
Last updated August 2021

As of December 2021, EPA did not have economic data related to on-site businesses, or economic data were not applicable due to site use. For additional information click here.

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Hegeler Zinc

The 100-acre Hegeler Zinc Superfund site is in Danville, Illinois. From 1906 until about 1954, Hegeler Zinc operated a zinc smelter at the site. The company stored smelter waste materials on site, leading to contamination of soil and groundwater. EPA added the site to the National Priorities List (NPL) in 2005. EPA has divided cleanup into three parts or operable units (OUs). OU1 will address soil and groundwater contamination at the former Hegeler property, which is currently vacant. OU2 will address surface water and sediment contamination off the Hegeler property. OU3 addressed soil contamination in the Hegeler residential area. EPA completed OU3 soil cleanup in 2015 and 2016. EPA finalized the feasibility study for OU1 in 2021.
Last updated August 2021

As of December 2021, EPA did not have economic data related to on-site businesses, or economic data were not applicable due to site use. For additional information click here.

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Ilada Energy Co.

The 17-acre Ilada Energy Co. Superfund site is located next to the Mississippi River levee in a rural area southeast of East Cape Girardeau, Illinois. In 1942, the federal government built and operated a tank farm at the site. Several companies operated the tank farm until 1981, when Ilada Energy Company took over operations. The firm put in more tanks and structures and operated a waste oil reclamation facility. In the 1980s, site investigations identified contaminated sludge, soil, liquid oil waste and groundwater resulting from improper storage, use and disposal of waste oil. Ilada Energy Company ended operations at the site in 1983. EPA added the site to the National Priorities List (NPL) in 1989. The site’s potentially responsible parties (PRPs) led cleanup activities, removing all tanks and their contents as well as piping, structures, debris and contaminated soil. The PRPs completed the removal activities in 1991. In 2001, EPA took the site off the NPL. The current site owner purchased the site property in 2006. The owner uses the area for recreation activities. The U.S. Forest Service maintains the forest next to the site.
Last updated August 2021

As of December 2021, EPA did not have economic data related to on-site businesses, or economic data were not applicable due to site use. For additional information click here.

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Johns-Manville Corp.

The 150-acre Johns-Manville Corp. Superfund site is in Waukegan, Illinois. From the 1920s to 1998, an asbestos manufacturing facility and landfill operated at the site. Disposal practices resulted in air, groundwater and surface water contamination. EPA added the site to the National Priorities List (NPL) in 1983. Cleanup in 2017 and 2018 included putting barriers in place to prevent contact with contamination. The barriers included paving, a vegetated soil cover, fencing and signage. After cleanup, sampling identified seven more areas of asbestos contamination outside of the Johns-Manville fence line. Cleanup of these areas finished, with the exception of a 1-acre disposal area that extends into an adjacent nature preserve. Site inspections, maintenance and groundwater monitoring are ongoing. A utility corridor crosses the site. In 2016, several piping plovers, rare birds protected by the Endangered Species Act, established a nesting area at the site. This inspired a community-led exploration of ecological reuse opportunities for the site. The site now serves as a buffer between the nature preserve to the north and industrial land use to the south.
Last updated August 2021

As of December 2021, EPA did not have economic data related to on-site businesses, or economic data were not applicable due to site use. For additional information click here.

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Kerr-McGee (Reed Keppler Park)

The Kerr-McGee (Reed-Keppler Park) Superfund site is one of four sites associated with radioactive waste contamination in West Chicago, Illinois. The site spans 11 acres of a larger 90-acre area. A sand and gravel quarry operated on parts of the 11-acre site in the early 1900s. The area hosted a small municipal landfill, which received waste as fill material for the quarry, from the 1930s to 1974. The landfill accepted waste materials, including radioactive tailings from the nearby Rare Earths Facility. Site operators used the mill tailings to cover the landfill and provide fill for the surrounding park. Fencing was placed around parts of the landfill area in the 1970s. EPA added the site to the National Priorities List (NPL) in 1990.Investigations at the park in 1993 found small areas of contamination scattered across the site in addition to the landfilled area and identified groundwater contamination. Prior to cleanup, the community expressed interest in redeveloping the area as an aquatics center. EPA worked with the local park district on a focused investigation for the proposed development area. The park district identified potential areas of contamination which required the building plans for the aquatic center to be modified to avoid contaminated areas. The Prairie Oaks Family Aquatic Center opened on site in 1995. Cleanup activities for other parts of the site removed all contaminated soil between 1997 and 2000. In 2010, EPA took the site off the NPL. The site can accommodate unrestricted use. Reed-Keppler Park now features sports fields, a skateboard park, two playgrounds, a concession stand, pavilions, a 25-acre nature sanctuary, a dog park and parking. The park is also home to the West Chicago Park District Wildcat Youth Football League. Commercial businesses, industrial businesses and a water park also operate on site.
Last updated August 2021

As of December 2021, EPA had data on 11 on-site businesses. These businesses employed 127 people and generated an estimated $14,341,107 in annual sales revenue. For additional information click here.

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Kerr-McGee (Residential Areas)

The Kerr-McGee (Residential Areas) Superfund site is located in West Chicago, Illinois. From 1932 to 1973, operations at the Rare Earths Facility, located nearby, produced non-radioactive elements known as rare earths, radioactive elements and gas lantern mantles. Production of these compounds generated radioactive waste. Before the health risks associated with radioactive materials were recognized, residents and contractors used the waste as free fill material. Wind may have also spread the waste to nearby properties. Kerr-McGee bought the Rare Earths Facility in 1967 and maintained operations until 1973. Site properties in the West Chicago area were contaminated with radioactive materials from windblown contamination and the use of the waste as fill material. EPA added the site to the National Priorities List (NPL) in 1990. Cleanup activities included soil sampling and soil cleanup at hundreds of properties. Residential, institutional, commercial, industrial, and municipal uses are ongoing at the site.
Last updated August 2021

As of December 2021, EPA did not have economic data related to on-site businesses, or economic data were not applicable due to site use. For additional information click here.

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Kerr-McGee (Sewage Treatment Plant)

The Kerr-McGee (Sewage Treatment Plant) Superfund site is located in West Chicago, Illinois. The site includes the 25-acre West Chicago Sewage Treatment Plant and about 1.2 miles of river sediments, and floodplain soils. The city of West Chicago (the City) built the West Chicago Sewage Treatment Plant in 1919. Radioactive waste materials were hauled from the Kerr-McGee Rare Earths Facility to the treatment plant, contaminating the facility. Pursuant to a Consent Decree with the City, Kerr-McGee led cleanup activities to allow the City to expand the treatment plant. However, further investigations found more radioactive waste contamination. EPA placed the site on the National Priorities List (NPL) in 1990. Cleanup of the river portion of the site included ecological restoration. The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County owns most of the land along the river portion of the site. EPA worked with the District to share technical expertise and guidance related to achieving restoration goals. The District also helped fund restoration activities at the site. Land use along the river portion of the site is mostly recreational. The ecological health and recreational use of the river has greatly increased as a result of cleanup and restoration activities. A sewage treatment plant continues to operate on part of the site.
Last updated August 2021

As of December 2021, EPA had data on one on-site business. EPA did not have further economic details related to this business. For additional information click here.

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Matthiessen and Hegeler Zinc Company

The 160-acre Matthiessen and Hegeler Zinc Company Superfund site is in La Salle, Illinois. From 1858 to 1978, a zinc smelting and rolling facility was on site. La Salle Rolling Mills continued operating until the firm’s bankruptcy in 2001. Investigations found contamination in slag piles remaining on site from smelting activities. EPA added the site to the National Priorities List (NPL) in 2003. The site’s potentially responsible parties removed contaminated waste piles, asbestos and storage tanks from the site. In 2009, EPA demolished a contaminated building on site. Carus Chemical Company’s chemical manufacturing facility remains active on site. A metal service center and wholesaler is also now on site. Site investigations have finished. A large residential area surrounds the facility. EPA selected a site remedy in 2017. It includes digging up soil, backfilling these areas with clean soil, putting soil covers and revetments in place, revegetating areas, constructing a consolidation cell, putting property access restrictions and institutional controls in place, and using other measures to manage surface water runoff and control soil erosion.
Last updated August 2021

As of December 2021, EPA had data on 2 on-site businesses. These businesses employed 137 people and generated an estimated $41,208,696 in annual sales revenue. For additional information click here.

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North Shore Gas South Plant

The 20-acre North Shore Gas South Plant Superfund site is located on the shore of Lake Michigan in Waukegan, Illinois. The former manufactured gas plant includes parts of the Waukegan Port District, Akzo Nobel Aerospace Coatings facility, and Elgin, Joliet and Eastern (EJ&E) railroad tracks. The site also includes a city of Waukegan right of way. The Waukegan Pipeline Service Company constructed the North Shore Gas South Plant in 1897. North Shore Gas purchased the plant in 1900. On-site features included a coal gas condensing building, a purifying building, a generator building and a laboratory. There were also four tar wells and five gas and oil storage tanks on site. Groundwater samples collected at the site from 2001 to 2003 contained volatile organic compounds, semi-volatile organic compounds, cyanide and metals. The site is not listed on the National Priorities List (NPL) but is considered an NPL-caliber site and is following the Superfund Alternative Approach. Potentially responsible party (PRP) actions are addressing the site under federal and state oversight. PRPs are recovering tar from monitoring and recovery wells located on site and on the Port District property. PRPs began construction of a dense non-aqueous phase liquid (DNAPL) recovery system in 2019 and completed it in 2020. The site does not affect public water in the area because it is drawn from Lake Michigan. Several businesses are active and operating at the site. They include Waukegan Port District administrative maintenance facilities, marina parking and storage, and a specialty coatings manufacturer. In 2016, the Waukegan Marina and Harbor approved a lease agreement to use part of the site as an indoor boat sales and storage facility. Developer Bay Marine is developing the Chicago Yachting Center, a state-of-the-art facility with heated indoor and outdoor storage, repair capacity, and yacht sales and brokerage services. Bay Marine completed construction of the indoor boat storage building in 2018. 
Last updated August 2021

As of December 2021, EPA had data on 3 on-site businesses. These businesses employed 227 people and generated an estimated $55,836,182 in annual sales revenue. For additional information click here.

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Ottawa Radiation Areas

 The Ottawa Radiation Areas Superfund site is in LaSalle County, Illinois. It consists of 16 areas scattered throughout the city of Ottawa. The Radium Dial Company (from 1918 to 1936) and Luminous Processes, Inc. (from 1937 to 1978) made glow-in-the-dark dials for clocks and watches on site using radium-based paint. Fill material in the Ottawa area consisted of site building demolition material and soil polluted with radioactive waste from the plants. EPA added the site to the National Priorities List (NPL) in 1992. Cleanup involved removing contaminated soils and installing radon reduction systems. Institutional controls in place also ensure the long-term protection of human health. The Illinois Power sub-area is now a skate park. The Illinois Appellate Court and a private school are in the NPL-2 sub-area. A hardware store operates on part of the Luminous Processes Adjacent sub-area. Many sub-areas include homes. 
Last updated August 2021

As of December 2021, EPA had data on 5 on-site businesses. These businesses employed 40 people and generated an estimated $2,555,000 in annual sales revenue. For additional information click here.

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Outboard Marine Corp.

The 100-acre Outboard Marine Corp. Superfund site is on the western shore of Lake Michigan in Waukegan, Illinois. EPA divided the site into operable units (OUs). OU1 is an area of the Waukegan Harbor. OU2 was the location of a railroad tie-treatment plant in the early 1900s. This area later became a manufactured gas and coke plant facility. Outboard Marine Corporation bought the OU2 property in the 1970s and demolished the coke plant buildings. OU3 is a containment area for contaminated materials removed during a harbor cleanup between 1990 and 1993. OU4 is an abandoned facility where Outboard Marine Corporation made parts for outboard motors from about 1949 until the company declared bankruptcy in 2000. This abandoned facility is the source of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the harbor. EPA added the site to the National Priorities List (NPL) in 1983. Cleanup included dredging contaminated sediments, removing contaminated soils and placing a cap over contaminated materials. Cleanup also included active groundwater treatment at OU2 from 2008 to 2012 and at OU4 starting in 2011. Monitoring of groundwater and harbor fish is ongoing. Parts of the site remain in continued use. A recreational boat storage and repair business operates at the harbor. Additional industrial support businesses are also located in the harbor area. The Waukegan Port District runs a recreational and commercial marina at the harbor. This allows for commercial and recreational fishing and boating access to Lake Michigan. Some beachfront areas of the site include ecologically important emergent dune-land environments. This provides critical habitat for the piping plover, a federally-protected endangered species, and supports several state-protected plant species. In 2015, EPA developed a reuse assessment for sites along the Waukegan lakefront, including the site, to support reuse planning. Additionally, the city of Waukegan (the City) developed a master plan for redevelopment of the lakefront area, including the site. The City bought the OU2 area of the site, added clean fill and has rezoned this property for high-density residential development, in accordance with the master plan. The City plans to develop parkland and mixed-use development on the OU3 and OU4 areas of the site.
Last updated August 2021

As of December 2021, EPA had data on one on-site business.  EPA did not have further economic details related to this business. For additional information click here.

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Parsons Casket Hardware Co.

The 6-acre Parsons Casket Hardware Company Superfund site is in Belvidere, Illinois. From the early 1900s until 1982, the Parson’s Casket Hardware Company made decorative metal fittings for caskets at the site. Poor chemical storage practices and spills contaminated soil and groundwater. Illinois EPA began cleanup in 1985. EPA added the site to the National Priorities List (NPL) in 1987. Soil cleanup finished in 2002. EPA is currently sampling and planning for the site’s groundwater cleanup. The plume of contaminated groundwater covers about 75 acres. A company that supplies industrial and environmental chemicals now operates at the source area. State Street Auto Rebuilders, an auto repair and maintenance facility, operates above part of the plume. A neighborhood also overlies part of the plume.
Last updated August 2021

As of December 2021, EPA had data on 2 on-site businesses. These businesses employed 3 people and generated an estimated $226,000 in annual sales revenue. For additional information click here.

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Tri-County Landfill Co./Waste Management of Illinois, Inc. 

The 66-acre Tri-County Landfill Co./Waste Management of Illinois, Inc. Superfund site is in Elgin, Illinois. Two landfills at the site received commercial and industrial waste from 1961 to 1976. Landfill operations contaminated groundwater, surface water, sediment in a nearby wetland, and surface soil at the landfills. EPA added the site to the National Priorities List (NPL) in 1989. Cleanup included installing a cap over the landfills, collecting and burning landfill gas, and treating contaminated groundwater. Due to low levels of contamination in groundwater, EPA deferred active treatment in 1996 to see if the landfill gas removal and cap stopped further contamination of groundwater. Active treatment could be required in the future if groundwater contamination increases. A part of the site is currently used for vehicle storage. 
Last updated August 2021

As of December 2021, EPA had data on one on-site business.  EPA did not have further economic details related to this business.  For additional information click here.

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Woodstock Municipal Landfill

The 50-acre Woodstock Municipal Landfill Superfund site is located in Woodstock, Illinois. From 1935 to 1958, a local dump and open burning area operated on site. The city of Woodstock (the City) acquired the site property in 1958. From 1958 to 1975, the City disposed of municipal and industrial wastes at the site. These activities resulted in contamination of groundwater, surface water and surrounding wetlands. EPA added the site to the National Priorities List (NPL) in 1989. Cleanup activities included wetlands restoration and landfill capping. Following cleanup, the community developed and implemented recreational reuse plans for the site. A sports complex, which includes six soccer fields and a parking lot, opened on site in 2007. The City continues to maintain the site and monitor for potential groundwater contamination issues. 
Last updated August 2021

As of December 2021, EPA did not have economic data related to on-site businesses, or economic data were not applicable due to site use. For additional information click here.

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Yeoman Creek Landfill

The 70-acre Yeoman Creek Landfill Superfund site is located in Waukegan, Illinois. From 1958 to 1969, three unlined landfills accepted municipal and industrial wastes. Site activities resulted in the contamination of soil, sediment and groundwater. EPA added the site to the National Priorities List (NPL) in 1989. The Site includes areas known as the East and West Yeoman Creek Landfills, the Edwards Field Landfill, and the Rubloff Landfill.  Cleanup activities included the installation of a landfill cover and a landfill gas collection system, removal of contaminated sediment, monitoring of groundwater, sediment and air, and placement of contaminated soil and sediment under the landfill cover. The Waukegan School District, the Waukegan Park District and several private parties own parts of the site. Currently, these areas are not in use. While cleanup, monitoring and reuse planning activities continue at the site, many properties next to the site remain in continued commercial, residential and recreational use. In September 2012, EPA funded a renewable energy study at the site to evaluate its suitability for on-site solar electricity generation. The Waukegan School District is pursuing the option of viable solar generation at the site and has selected a solar energy developer to work with on the project.
Last updated August 2021

As of December 2021, EPA did not have economic data related to on-site businesses, or economic data were not applicable due to site use. For additional information click here.

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