Organization | • | Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Community Relations | [X] |
| | | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2009 October 9 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The volatile organic compound (VOC) sample results from the Illinois EPAs recently installed bedrock monitoring well indicate vinyl chloride contamination of the bedrock groundwater between Playfield Cleaners and the former Crestwood PWS well, as predicted by the Illinois EPAs groundwater flow modeling results. The VOC samples were collected from the bedrock monitoring well on September 17, 2009. Illinois EPA experts believe these data implicate the Playfield Cleaners property as the source of contamination of the former Crestwood PWS Well #1. | | | | Date Created: | 05 03 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | Update #4 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000041852 Original UID: 21625 FIRST WORD: Crestwood | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2009 September 11 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | 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. | | | | Date Created: | 05 03 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | Update #3 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000041851 Original UID: 21624 FIRST WORD: Crestwood | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2001 August | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | During the spring of 2001, the Illinois EPA began a groundwater investigation just east of I-355 near Downers Grove. This investigation is in response to citizen concerns related to recent private well sampling in neighboring Lisle. Results of a few samples in Downers Grove in May showed some solvent contamination in scattered wells. Consequently, Illinois EPA decided to initiate a separate investigation in Downers Grove to identify contaminated wells and potential sources. The area map referenced in the fact sheet will be included in a separate pdf attachment. | | | | Date Created: | 05 03 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | Fact Sheet #1 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000041854 Original UID: 21627 FIRST WORD: Downers | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2001 October | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | During the spring of 2001, the Illinois EPA began a groundwater investigation just east of I-355 near Downers Grove. This investigation is in response to citizen concerns related to recent private well sampling in neighboring Lisle. Results of a few samples in Downers Grove in May showed some solvent contamination in scattered wells. Consequently, Illinois EPA decided to initiate a separate investigation in Downers Grove to identify contaminated wells and potential sources. The site map referenced in the fact sheet will be included in a separate pdf attachment. | | | | Date Created: | 05 03 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | Fact Sheet #2 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000041855 Original UID: 21628 FIRST WORD: Downers | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2001 December | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois EPA continues to investigate groundwater contamination in the areas of unincorporated Downers Grove. During October 16-18 and October 23-24, Illinois EPA sampling teams collected 159 private well samples. Nine more samples were collected on November 14. The samples were taken primarily in an area south of Maple Street and east of Belmont. The two larger images referenced in the fact sheet will be included as two separate pdf attachments. | | | | Date Created: | 05 03 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | Fact Sheet #3 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000041856 Original UID: 21629 FIRST WORD: Downers | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2003 April | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | 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. | | | | Date Created: | 05 03 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | Fact Sheet #5 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000041858 Original UID: 21631 FIRST WORD: Ellsworth | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2001 December | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Both Illinois EPA and U.S. EPA have been actively investigating since last fall the source of the contamination in the groundwater. Illinois EPA made door-to-door interviews and inspections of businesses located in or near the Ellsworth Industrial Park. Both Illinois EPA and U.S. EPA mailed requests for information to businesses that have used solvents for their processes, and U.S. EPA obtained access to private property in the industrial park.Recently, during the Phase II investigation work, Illinois EPA and U.S. EPA completed installation of 42 monitoring wells for groundwater evaluation within the Ellsworth Industrial Park, collected approximately 150 soil samples and 80 groundwater samples. A map of the sampling area will be included in a separate pdf attachment. | | | | Date Created: | 05 03 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | Fact Sheet #4 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000041857 Original UID: 21630 FIRST WORD: Ellsworth | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Right to Know notifications make citizens aware of contaminated properties in their area. | | | | Date Created: | | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000046862 Original UID: NA for serial records FIRST WORD: EPA | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 January | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This fact sheet provides an update on the status of the remediation of ethanol and methane contamination caused by a 2011 trail derailment near Tiskilwa, Illinois. | | | | Date Created: | 12 20 2013 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000048154 Original UID: 170225 FIRST WORD: Excavation | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2006 February | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | While working with the Exelon Dresden nuclear power plant in the fall of 2004, where tritium was detected in some on-site wells, Illinois EPA became aware of the potential for tritium contamination in groundwater at this type of facility. At the same time, the Agency was involved in the pending renewal of the industrial discharge permit for the Braidwood facility. Comments received from the Godley Park District alerted Illinois EPA to tritium detected in a shallow sand point well at the Park District. The printable map mentioned in the fact sheet will be included in a separate pdf attachment. | | | | Date Created: | 05 14 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | Fact Sheet #1 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000042215 Original UID: 21732 FIRST WORD: Exelon | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2006 April | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) has been working since late November 2005 to fully discover the extent of groundwater contamination at the Exelon Braidwood Generating Facility. Two violations notices have been issued to Exelon, and the Agency has referred a case to the Illinois Attorney Generals Office for enforcement. Illinois EPA requested significant testing of groundwater near the plant in areas of previous leaks of water that contained tritium. Exelon has installed numerous sampling wells and has tested many private wells in the area. A complete investigation report is due soon from Exelon, and this will be available to the public through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. The printable map referenced in the fact sheet will be attached as a separate pdf document. | | | | Date Created: | 05 14 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | Fact Sheet #2 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000042216 Original UID: 21733 FIRST WORD: Exelon | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2006 April | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Exelon Corporation operates the Byron Nuclear Generating Station in Ogle County. On February 13, 2006, the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) Division of Nuclear Safety notified the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA or Agency) that Exelon had inspected six vacuum breaker relief valves along the three-mile long blowdown line which runs west from the station to the Rock River. The blowdown line carries process water and wastewater from the plant and occasionally tritium. Five of the vaults had standing water in them. The vacuum breaker vaults, which are part of the discharge system, have weep holes on the bottom that threatened the release to groundwater of the standing water in the vaults. No discharges down the line occurred from late January to April 20, when releases down the discharge line resumed. The station is installing leak detection devices at each vault along the line to give immediate notification should a leak occur. In the interim, visual inspections will occur at each vacuum breaker location during each planned release to ensure no further leakage occurs. The printable map referenced in the fact sheet will be included in a separate pdf attachment. | | | | Date Created: | 05 14 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | Fact Sheet #1 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000042217 Original UID: 21735 FIRST WORD: Exelon | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2006 May 24 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Right to Know notifications make citizens aware of contaminated properties in their area. | | | | Date Created: | 04 08 2013 | | | | Agency ID: | Right to Know | | | | ISL ID: | 000000050517 Original UID: 168866 FIRST WORD: Exelon | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2009 May | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | In 2007, the Village of Hinsdale renewed their five-year National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit for their combined sewer overflows (CSO). This permit included a new CSO with an excess flow storage and treatment facility (facility or storage facility) to be built in Veeck Park which is adjacent to Flagg Creek. Veeck Park is located in Cook County near where 47th Street crosses Interstate 294. The printable map referenced in the fact sheet will be included as a separate pdf attachment. | | | | Date Created: | 05 14 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | Fact Sheet #1 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000042218 Original UID: 21738 FIRST WORD: Flagg | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2007 March | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | In February 2007, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) conducted an environmental investigation at the former Abingdon Pottery Company located at the corner of Sanitary Road and East Street. This investigation was part on an on-going Brownfield redevelopment effort. During the Illinois EPA investigation, it was discovered that surface soils in this area contained high concentrations of lead. | | | | Date Created: | 05 02 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | Fact Sheet #1 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000041791 Original UID: 21575 FIRST WORD: Former | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2007 October | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | 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. | | | | Date Created: | 05 02 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | Fact Sheet #1 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000041815 Original UID: 21592 FIRST WORD: Former | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 1999 January | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | 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. | | | | Date Created: | 05 03 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | Fact Sheet #1 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000041831 Original UID: 21600 FIRST WORD: Former | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 1999 April | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The purpose of this fact sheet is to discuss the remedial investigation (RI) to be conducted on Landfills 1; 2, 3; and 4 in Operable Unit 2 (OU-2) at the former Chanute Air Ford Base (AFB) in Rantoul Illinois, in order to establish if these landfills pose an unacceptable risk to human health and/or the environment. The image referenced in the fact sheet will be included in a separate pdf attachment. | | | | Date Created: | 05 03 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | Fact Sheet #2 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000041835 Original UID: 21609 FIRST WORD: Former | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2010 February | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This is the third in a series of Illinois EPA fact sheets to help familiarize the public with the environmental restoration program at the former Chanute Air Force Base (AFB). These fact sheets contain information regarding various topics of concern including site history and site status; any sitespecific issues which need to be addressed in a timely manner; and, to update the public on site issues. | | | | Date Created: | 05 03 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | Fact Sheet #3 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000041836 Original UID: 21611 FIRST WORD: Former | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Right to Know notifications make citizens aware of contaminated properties in their area. | | | | Date Created: | 04 08 2013 | | | | Agency ID: | Right to Know | | | | ISL ID: | 000000050508 Original UID: 168855 FIRST WORD: Former | |
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