Press Release - Monday, February 27, 2012
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Illinois EPA Approves Schedule to Move Superfund Cleanup Forward
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has approved the revised schedule for the cleanup of contamination at the former New Jersey Zinc/Mobil Chemical Superfund site.
The schedule was submitted by the DePue Group, which consists of CBS Corporation and the ExxonMobil Corporation, the parties responsible under Superfund and a State Interim Consent Order for cleaning up the site. The schedule requires work at the Superfund site to move forward in a timely manner with enforceable deadlines.
The former New Jersey Zinc/Mobil Chemical Superfund site is located in and immediately north of the Village of DePue and just north of the Illinois River in Bureau County. It is a former zinc smelter which began operations in the early 1900s. The facility consists of five “Operable Units,” including the former plant site where industrial activity took place. The new approved schedule can be found at: http://goo.gl/k5jWR. Additional information on the site including its history is at http://goo.gl/2YAeF.
Upcoming cleanup milestones include submittal of a Design Study for Operable Unit 4, Off-Site Soils, in early March and revision of a human health risk assessment for Operable Unit 5, Lake DePue, by the end of March. The schedule is based on timeframes defined in the Interim Consent Order between the State of Illinois and the DePue Group.
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