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Are you in need of a Toxic Tort Lawyer in Land of Lincoln? The E.P.A. has designated Jennison-Wright Corporation in Illinois as a Superfund site due to its levels of enviromental contamination and threat to the natural world. You can read the report for the site below.
Some Superfund sites are on the National Priority Site Lists. The National Priorities List ("NPL") is the list of hazardous waste sites in the United States eligible for long-term remedial action financed under the federal Superfund program. Environmental Protection Agency regulations outline a formal process for assessing hazardous waste sites and placing them on the NPL. The NPL is intended primarily to guide the EPA in determining which sites warrant further investigation.
Sites are listed on the NPL upon completion of Hazard Ranking System (HRS) screening, public solicitation of comments about the proposed site, and after all comments have been addressed. EPA may delete a final NPL site if it determines that no further response is required to protect human health or the environment. Sites where a remediation was completed through the Superfund program are typically deleted from the NPL.
Living near Superfund Sites in Illinois may place you and your communtiy more vulnerable to developing a disease from proximity to the site and experiencing a loss of value for your property, but action is being taken to fight back: The EPA says,
[We have] set up a "Post Construction Completion" (or PCC) strategy to ensure that Superfund response actions provide for the long-term protection of human health and the environment. EPA's Post Construction Completion activities also involve optimizing remedies to increase effectiveness and/or reduce cost without sacrificing long-term protection of human health and the environment.Regardless, most of the Superfund sites are still very dangerous to the well-being of local residents.
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Below you can read the EPA report for the Jennison-Wright Corporation Superfund site. If you, a loved one, or someone in your community has gotten sick due to toxic pollution in Jennison-Wright Corporation, or if your property has lost value because of pollution, you are better off with a toxic tort attorney who knows the people of the State of Illinois . You can begin the process of filing a claim by filling out this simple form. There is no obligation, and your case will be evaluated within one day. To refer a friend, neighbor, or loved one, click here to let them know about the environmental toxic tort attorneys at Weitz & Luxenberg.
Jennison-Wright Corporation
This site is not a Federal Facility.
Site Responsibility:
This site is being addressed through federal and state actions.
NPL Listing History:
Proposed Date: 10/02/95
Final Date: 06/17/96
Threats and Contaminants
Surface waters are contaminated with creosote, pentachlorophenol, and other related compounds. After operations ceased, wastes were left at the site in a railroad tank car, a buried railroad tank car, two aboveground storage tanks, and two lagoons. Neighboring residents may be affected through direct contact or ingestion of contaminants, emanating from the site.Cleanup Progress
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) has undertaken three incremental field actions: one in 1992, to stabilize contaminants on the site; a second in 1994, to remove the most critical of the contaminants; and a third in 2003, to demolish onsite structure and remove some of the drip track residue. The 1992 action was funded by proceeds from the 1990 bankruptcy sale. No financially viable responsible parties have been identified. The 1994 removal action and the 2003 action were federally funded. Both have been limited actions only. EPA began a fund-financed engineering evaluation/cost analysis (EE/CA) in April 1997 to properly quantify the impact of the site contaminants and determine the most effective treatments. The final EE/CA report was received and approved by IEPA in July 1999. IEPA scheduled a public hearing to solicit public comment on a federally-funded proposed plan. The record of decision (ROD) for this site was signed in September 1999 by both U.S. EPA and IEPA. The ROD specifies an onsite biological treatment land farm to treat contaminated soil and steam injection/NAPL recovery to address groundwater concerns.The Remedial Design (RD) for the Site was completed on July 21, 2003.
The total cost for the Remedial Action (RA) s $13.6 million. Partial funding for the RA was awarded in 2004 in the amount of $3.6 million. This money is being used on the north side of the Site to remove hazardous and special wastes along with treatment of the groundwater. The efforts on the north side of the Site should be completed in 2005.
An Explanation of Significant Differences (ESD) is being completed to memnorialize the decision to change the on-site biological land farm alternative with shipping the special waste to an off-site landfill. The change is due to a drop in the cost for off-site disposal of this special waste. The ESD will be completed in 2005.
U.S. EPA Remedial Project Manager
Howard Caine
(312) 353-9685
caine.howard@epa.gov
Remedial Project Manager
Fred Nika
(217) 782-3983
fred.nika@epa.state.il.us
Community Involvement Coordinator
Michelle Tebrugge
(217) 524-4825
tebrugge.michelle@epa.state.il.us
The Remedial Design (RD) for the Site was completed on July 21, 2003.
The total cost for the Remedial Action (RA) s $13.6 million. Partial funding for the RA was awarded in 2004 in the amount of $3.6 million. This money is being used on the north side of the Site to remove hazardous and special wastes along with treatment of the groundwater. The efforts on the north side of the Site should be completed in 2005.
An Explanation of Significant Differences (ESD) is being completed to memnorialize the decision to change the on-site biological land farm alternative with shipping the special waste to an off-site landfill. The change is due to a drop in the cost for off-site disposal of this special waste. The ESD will be completed in 2005.
U.S. EPA Remedial Project Manager
Howard Caine
(312) 353-9685
caine.howard@epa.gov
Remedial Project Manager
Fred Nika
(217) 782-3983
fred.nika@epa.state.il.us
Community Involvement Coordinator
Michelle Tebrugge
(217) 524-4825
tebrugge.michelle@epa.state.il.us
source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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