Organization | • | Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Community Relations | [X] |
| | | | 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 | |
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