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Joliet Army Ammunition Plant (Load-Assembly-Packing Area)
This site is a Federal Facility.
Site Responsibility:
This site is being addressed through federal actions. The Army has
the lead responsibility at the site.
NPL Listing History:
Proposed Date: 04/10/85
Final Date: 03/13/89
Threats and Contaminants
There are:
- 12,400 cubic yards of soils contaminated with explosives, primarily trinitrotoluene (TNT), Royal Demolition Explosive (RDX, also known as cyclonite or hexogen), and Octogen (HMX)
- 9,400 cubic yards of soils contaminated with metals, primarily lead and arsenic
- 17,500 cubic yards of soils contaminated with both metals and explosives
- two landfills on the site, each containing approximately 36,000 cubic yards of waste
- relatively minor soil contamination by oils and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
- several small areas containing unexploded ordnance (UXO).
Four separate onsite groundwater plumes, contaminated with explosives, have also been identified.
Cleanup Progress
During 1996, the Army, using Superfund removal authorities, removed two PCB-contaminated oil pits from the burning pad area. More than 18,000 tons of contaminated soils were removed and approximately 40,000 pieces of UXO, about half of which contained explosives, were also removed. During 1997, removal actions were taken to decontaminate the portion of the site to become the Will County landfill area. In the process, 710 cubic yards of PCB-contaminated soil and 3,750 cubic yards of hydrocarbon contaminated soil were removed.
A Record of Decision (ROD) was signed for the entire Joliet Army Ammunition Plant in November 1998. The ROD presented both final and interim response actions for contaminated soil and final response actions for contaminated groundwater. Final actions for the LAP area include excavation and onsite bioremediation for explosives contaminated soil, excavation and offsite treatment and/or disposal for one of the landfills and other contaminated soil, capping the other landfill, and natural attenuation with deed restrictions for the groundwater plumes.
Final remedial alternatives for the interim component of the soil remedy will be developed and presented in a proposed plan. A final ROD was signed in the fall of 2004. Final site cleanup by 2009 is possible if adequate funding is available.
Remedial activities conducted in Fall 1999 resulted in the excavation and offsite disposal of 3,950 cubic yards of soil, contaminated with PCBs. A bioremediation (composting) facility was built in fall 1999 to treat explosives' contaminated soil. See the Joliet Army Ammunition Plant (Manufacturing Area) NPL fact sheet for more details. Excavation of explosives'-contaminated soil in the LAP area is planned to begin sometime in fiscal year 2006.
A basewide five-year review was completed in May 2004.
Property Reuse
Future land use at the Joliet Army Ammunition Plant is prescribed in the Illinois Land Conservation Act of 1995. The LAP Area is designated to become a portion of the U.S. Forest Service tallgrass prairie, a municipal landfill for Will County, and an industrial park for the city of Wilmington.
In November 1996, the Army transferred 9,822 acres to the U.S. Department of Agriculture/Forest Service, and plans are in the works to develop what will be the 19,000-acre Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie.
In August 2000, the Army transferred 706 acres to the Joliet Arsenal Development Authority, a state agency created to oversee conversion of the former munitions plant for the development of an industrial park. An additional 89 acres were transferred for the industrial park in August 2003. Approximately 280 additional acres were transferred for the industrial park in 2004 after being cleaned up by the Army.
In April 2002, the Army transferred 455 acres to Will County for the establishment of a municipal landfill, which opened in January 2004.
Diana Mally
(312) 886-7275
mally.diana@epa.gov
Community Involvement Coordinator
Stuart Hill
(312) 886-0689
hill.stuart@epa.gov
- The Administrative Record may be examined by contacting
Art Holz,
site manager/Commander's Representative, - Joliet Army Ammunition Plant
29401 S Route 53
Wilmington, IL 60481
(815)423-2870
arthur.m.holz@us.army.mil
Approximately 1,200 people live within three miles of the site. The surrounding area is used primarily for agriculture, and a substantial amount of farming and grazing is carried out on uncontaminated portions of the installation.
There are:
Four separate onsite groundwater plumes, contaminated with explosives, have also been identified.
During 1996, the Army, using Superfund removal authorities, removed two PCB-contaminated oil pits from the burning pad area. More than 18,000 tons of contaminated soils were removed and approximately 40,000 pieces of UXO, about half of which contained explosives, were also removed. During 1997, removal actions were taken to decontaminate the portion of the site to become the Will County landfill area. In the process, 710 cubic yards of PCB-contaminated soil and 3,750 cubic yards of hydrocarbon contaminated soil were removed.
A Record of Decision (ROD) was signed for the entire Joliet Army Ammunition Plant in November 1998. The ROD presented both final and interim response actions for contaminated soil and final response actions for contaminated groundwater. Final actions for the LAP area include excavation and onsite bioremediation for explosives contaminated soil, excavation and offsite treatment and/or disposal for one of the landfills and other contaminated soil, capping the other landfill, and natural attenuation with deed restrictions for the groundwater plumes.
Final remedial alternatives for the interim component of the soil remedy will be developed and presented in a proposed plan. A final ROD was signed in the fall of 2004. Final site cleanup by 2009 is possible if adequate funding is available.
Remedial activities conducted in Fall 1999 resulted in the excavation and offsite disposal of 3,950 cubic yards of soil, contaminated with PCBs. A bioremediation (composting) facility was built in fall 1999 to treat explosives' contaminated soil. See the Joliet Army Ammunition Plant (Manufacturing Area) NPL fact sheet for more details. Excavation of explosives'-contaminated soil in the LAP area is planned to begin sometime in fiscal year 2006.
A basewide five-year review was completed in May 2004.
Property Reuse
Future land use at the Joliet Army Ammunition Plant is prescribed in the Illinois Land Conservation Act of 1995. The LAP Area is designated to become a portion of the U.S. Forest Service tallgrass prairie, a municipal landfill for Will County, and an industrial park for the city of Wilmington.
In November 1996, the Army transferred 9,822 acres to the U.S. Department of Agriculture/Forest Service, and plans are in the works to develop what will be the 19,000-acre Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie.
In August 2000, the Army transferred 706 acres to the Joliet Arsenal Development Authority, a state agency created to oversee conversion of the former munitions plant for the development of an industrial park. An additional 89 acres were transferred for the industrial park in August 2003. Approximately 280 additional acres were transferred for the industrial park in 2004 after being cleaned up by the Army.
In April 2002, the Army transferred 455 acres to Will County for the establishment of a municipal landfill, which opened in January 2004.
Community Involvement Coordinator
Stuart Hill
(312) 886-0689
hill.stuart@epa.gov
source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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