Organization | • | Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Community Relations | [X] |
| | | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2005 November | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This fact sheet describes the status of work at four major sources of groundwater2 contamination found in the Southeast Rockford Groundwater Contamination Superfund5 Site. | | | | Date Created: | 05 25 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000042539 Original UID: 22053 FIRST WORD: Southeast | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 1991 June | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) is conducting a remedial (environmental) investigation as part of the Southeast Rockford Groundwater Contamination Superfund project. This investigation will be carried out by IEPA contractor, Camp, Dresser, and McKee. | | | | Date Created: | 05 25 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000042502 Original UID: 22011 FIRST WORD: Southeast | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2001 June | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This fact sheet describes the feasibility study (alternative remedies) and the proposed plan for Source Area 11 of the Southeast Rockford Groundwater Contamination Superfund project. Fact sheets describing the alternatives and proposed plans for the other three major source areas are available from information sources listed in the back of this fact sheet. A groundwater remedy, focusing on all the project area groundwater predicted to be affected by contamination in the next 65 years, was chosen in 1995. The groundwater remedy is described below. | | | | Date Created: | 05 25 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000042528 Original UID: 22040 FIRST WORD: Southeast | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2001 February | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Area 11 is an old industrial area dating back to at least 1906. Past industries include Rockford Varnish, Rockford Coatings Corporation and Rockwell International Graphics. Some of these industries have documented use of chlorinated solvents, the main chemicals of concern for the project area. Past surface spills appear to have been the primary sources of Area 11 surface and subsurface soil as well as groundwater contamination. Chlorinated industrial solvents found in the remainder of the Southeast Rockford Project were detected in some Area 11 samples at low concentrations. Non-chlorinated solvents, often associated with petroleum products, however, were found in such high concentrations in Area 11 that the detection limit of the analytical equipment had to be raised considerably. There may have been relatively high concentrations of chlorinated solvents in Area 11 samples, but they may not have been detected because of the high detection limit of the analytical equipment. | | | | Date Created: | 05 25 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000042522 Original UID: 22031 FIRST WORD: Southeast | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2001 June | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This fact sheet describes the feasibility study (alternative remedies) and the proposed plan for Source Area 4 of the Southeast Rockford Groundwater Contamination Superfund project. Fact sheets describing the alternatives and proposed plans for the other three major source areas are available from the Illinois EPA staff and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet. A groundwater remedy, focusing on all the project area groundwater predicted to be affected by contamination in the next 65 years, was chosen in 1995. The groundwater remedy is described below. | | | | Date Created: | 05 25 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000042525 Original UID: 22036 FIRST WORD: Southeast | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 1996 April | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Within the next several weeks, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) will collect soil and soil gas (air beneath ground surface) samples in and near Area 4 of the Southeast Groundwater Contamination Superfund Project. The larger map referenced in the fact sheet will be included as a separate pdf attachment. | | | | Date Created: | 05 25 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000042509 Original UID: 22022 FIRST WORD: Southeast | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2001 February | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois EPA investigations show that the main source of contamination in Area 4 appears to have been underground storage tanks located beneath the parking lot south of the building formerly occupied by Swebco. The primary contaminant is the industrial solvent 1,1,1-trichloroethane (TCA). TCA is in a class of chemicals called volatile organic compounds (VOCs). They are called volatile because they readily evaporate. They are called organic because they contain carbon. | | | | Date Created: | 05 25 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000042519 Original UID: 22027 FIRST WORD: Southeast | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2004 July | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | In August 2003, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency collected indoor air samples from four homes near Source Area 4 of the Southeast Rockford Groundwater Contamination Superfund Project. (See the map below.) The Illinois EPA collected and analyzed these samples to make sure that underground vapors from the source area are not moving into the basements of nearby homes. | | | | Date Created: | 05 25 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000042535 Original UID: 22049 FIRST WORD: Southeast | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 1995 February | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) investigations indicate that Area 7 was used mainly for disposal of household wastes but also includes a significant amount of industrial waste. Chemicals from this industrial waste apparently are one of the major sources of private well contamination in the Southeast Rockford Groundwater Contamination Superfund Project. The private wells, contaminated with volatile organic compounds (VOCs), are located west of Area 7, beginning approximately at 25th Street. The IEPA investigated approximately 15 locations, in addition to Area 7, as potential sources for the Superfund contamination. The second fact sheet describes the results of the entire IEPA investigation. The larger map referenced in the fact sheet will be included as a separate pdf attachment. | | | | Date Created: | 05 25 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000042505 Original UID: 22016 FIRST WORD: Southeast | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2001 June | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This fact sheet describes the feasibility study (alternative remedies) and the proposed plan for controlling one of the four major source areas, Source Area 7, of the Southeast Rockford Groundwater Contamination Superfund project. Fact sheets describing the alternatives and proposed plans for the other three major source areas are available from the information sources listed on the back of this fact sheet. Source area control was one part of the overall groundwater remedy chosen in 1995. Other components of the groundwater remedy are described below. | | | | Date Created: | 05 25 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000042526 Original UID: 22037 FIRST WORD: Southeast | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 1996 April | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Within the next several weeks, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) will conduct the final phase of field work in Area 7 of the Southeast Rockford Groundwater Contamination Superfund Project. The larger map referenced in the fact sheet will be included as a separate pdf attachment. | | | | Date Created: | 05 25 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000042510 Original UID: 22023 FIRST WORD: Southeast | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2001 February | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | used for both household and industrial waste. Early aerial photographs of Area 7 show evidence of waste disposal and excavation from 1959 through 1970. The area, located north of Balsam Lane in Rockford, now contains a field, wooded areas and Ekberg Park. The depth of contamination varies from four feet below ground surface to at least 29 feet. Illinois EPA estimates that there are approximately 265,000 cubic yards of highly contaminated soil beneath the ground surface. Illinois EPA soil borings show sands, silts and clay to bedrock. Bedrock varies between 35 and 135 feet below ground surface. The water table varies from 36 feet below ground surface south of the park, to 13 feet in the park and 2 feet near the creek. The groundwater flows to the northwest. | | | | Date Created: | 05 25 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000042520 Original UID: 22028 FIRST WORD: Southeast | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2004 July | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | In August 2003, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) collected indoor air samples from five homes near Source Area 7. (See the map on page 2) This sampling was conducted as part of the Southeast Rockford Groundwater Contamination Superfund Project. The Illinois EPA collected and analyzed these samples to make sure that underground vapors from Source Area 7 are not moving into the basements of nearby homes. | | | | Date Created: | 05 25 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000042536 Original UID: 22050 FIRST WORD: Southeast | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2001 June | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This fact sheet describes the feasibility study (alternative remedies) and the proposed plan for Source Area 9/10 of the Southeast Rockford Groundwater Contamination Superfund project. Fact sheets describing the alternatives and proposed plans for the other three major source areas are available from the information sources listed on the back of this fact sheet. A groundwater remedy, focusing on all the project area groundwater predicted to be affected by contamination in the next 65 years, was chosen in 1995. The groundwater remedy is described below. | | | | Date Created: | 05 25 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000042527 Original UID: 22039 FIRST WORD: Southeast | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2001 February | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Area 9/10 has a history of industrial activity extending back at least to 1926 when the Rockford Milling Machine and Rockford Tool companies merged to become the Sundstrand Machine Tool Company. Other industries also have located in the area since that time. | | | | Date Created: | 05 25 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000042521 Original UID: 22030 FIRST WORD: Southeast | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 1996 April | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Within the next several weeks, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) will collect soil and soil gas (air beneath ground surface) samples in Areas 9/10 and 11 of the Southeast Rockford Groundwater Contamination Superfund Project. The larger map referenced in the fact sheet will be included as a separate pdf attachment. | | | | Date Created: | 05 25 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000042511 Original UID: 22025 FIRST WORD: Southeast | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2004 July | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Area 9/10 has a long history of industrial activity extending back to approximately 1926. At that time, the Rockford Milling Machine and Rockford Tool companies merged to become the Sundstrand Machine Tool Company, which is located at the northwest corner of Area 9/10. Other companies have operated in the area. United Technologies Corporation company purchased Sundstrand. Sundstrand is now known as Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation (HS). HS manufactures and tests parts, such as fuel pumps, for the aviation industry. | | | | Date Created: | 05 25 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000042537 Original UID: 22051 FIRST WORD: Southeast | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 1994 December | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) has completed the field work for phase II of the environmental investigation (remedial investigation) for the Southeast Rockford Groundwater Contamination Superfund project. The remedial investigation report will be made public around February 1995. A draft final study of groundwater remedies (groundwater feasibility study) will be available for-public comment several months after the release of the remedial investigation report. | | | | Date Created: | 05 25 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000042504 Original UID: 22015 FIRST WORD: Southeast | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 1995 February | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This Fact Sheet Summarizes: Phase II groundwater investigation results; an evaluation of ehalth risks which may be associated with the groundwater; and planned future actions. The larger map referenced in the fact sheet will be included as a separate pdf attachment. | | | | Date Created: | 05 25 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000042506 Original UID: 22017 FIRST WORD: Southeast | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2003 March | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) plans to sample indoor air in at least ten Southeast Rockford homes in late May or June. Actual sample dates depend upon the weather. At least five of these homes will be in the residential neighborhood near Area 7 and five in the neighborhood near Area 4. FYI: There was no map included, despite the "see the map below" statement contained in the fact sheet. | | | | Date Created: | 05 25 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000042534 Original UID: 22048 FIRST WORD: Southeast | |
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