Organization | • | Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Community Relations | [X] |
| | | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2010 November | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The 55-acre former municipal solid waste landfill located at 4100 West Frontage Road, Hillside, Illinois, commonly known as the Congress Landfill or the Hillside Landfill is owned by Congress Development Company and has been operated by Allied Waste Transportation, Inc. since 2007. During the history of the landfill, odor complaints have been common. In 2005, there was a significant increase in the frequency and strength of odors impacting residents surrounding the landfill and a resulting increase in odor complaints to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. In 2006, landfill gas was found to be migrating offsite potentially causing hazardous conditions in nearby buildings. The Illinois EPA and the Illinois Attorney Generals Office took action at that time forcing the landfill to address problems that were immediately dangerous offsite, including requiring monitors in basements for the detection of landfill gas. Since 2006, there have been continuing odors, high landfill gas readings and other incidents including a leachate release in 2009, although actions taken by the landfill to address these issues have greatly reduced the strength and frequency of these issues. | | | | Date Created: | 05 03 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | Fact Sheet #1 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000041847 Original UID: 21620 FIRST WORD: Congress | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2008 February | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois EPA has scheduled the first controlled prairie burn at the former BATH, Inc. Landfill site for late February or March 2008. The specific date of the event will depend on weather conditions. The site is located on the west side of Highway 48 along the south bank of the Sangamon River. The controlled burn is necessary to eliminate accumulated trees and to stimulate new growth and diversity in the plant life. It will also eliminate invasive plant species, which have more shallow root systems than the mix of prairie plants on the landfill cap. | | | | Date Created: | 05 02 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | Fact Sheet #4 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000041801 Original UID: 21583 FIRST WORD: Controlled | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2007 March | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois EPA has scheduled the first controlled prairie burn at the former Prior-Blackwell Landfill site for April 2007. The specific date of the event will depend on weather conditions. The site is located on Perrine Avenue south of Centralia. The controlled burn is necessary to eliminate accumulated dead vegetation and to stimulate new growth and diversity in the plant life. It will also eliminate invasive plant species, which have more shallow root systems than the mix of prairie plants on the landfill cap. | | | | Date Created: | 05 03 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | Fact Sheet #4 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000041830 Original UID: 21599 FIRST WORD: Controlled | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2008 February | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois EPA has scheduled the first controlled prairie burn at the former Waste Hauling Landfill site for late February to mid-March 2008. The specific date of the event will depend on weather conditions. The site is located west of Decatur, approximately 1/4 mile south of the Sangamon River on the north side of West Rock Springs Road. The controlled burn is necessary to eliminate accumulated dead vegetation and to stimulate new growth and diversity in the plant life. It will also eliminate invasive plant species, which have more shallow root systems than the mix of prairie plants on the landfill cap. | | | | Date Created: | 05 24 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | Fact Sheet #4 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000042469 Original UID: 21990 FIRST WORD: Controlled | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2009 June | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois EPA investigations continue concerning the illegal use of the tainted Crestwood Public Water Supply (PWS) well and the origins of the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) found in the PWS well which we are currently attributing to drycleaner solvent breakdown products. | | | | Date Created: | 05 03 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | Update #1 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000041849 Original UID: 21622 FIRST WORD: Crestwood | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2009 May | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This fact sheet has been prepared based on the information that the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) has at this time and on its investigation to date. The Illinois EPA discovered that a contaminated emergency back-up water supply well was being used illegally by supplementing the treated Lake Michigan water that Crestwood provides to its residents. The well has been sealed; Crestwood has been supplying only treated Lake Michigan water to its residents since November 2007. | | | | Date Created: | 05 03 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000041848 Original UID: 21621 FIRST WORD: Crestwood | |
| | | 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 | |
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