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35th Place Abandoned Trailer

 
Site Contact:
Jaime Brown
OSC

(BROWN.JAIME@EPA.GOV)

Site Location:
4000 W 35th Place
Chicago, IL 60632
 response.epa.gov/35thplace
NRC#: 1147491

On May 11, 2016, the Chicago Department of Public Health reported an abandoned box trailer to the National Response Center. There are seventy 55 gallons drums and 10 to 20 various other sized containers of unknown materials. Two poly-drums were leaking. Field Screening tests indicate the material to be a strong acid (pH of 1). OSC Brown, START and the ERRS contractor responded to the incident on May 11 and coordinated response efforts with local responders.


ERRS crew sampling a drum ERRS crew sampling drums Overpacks being staged on a concrete pad at the Chicago Haz Materials Recycling Center Hazardous waste in drums being off-loaded from trailer to be staged and sampled
For additional information, visit the Pollution/Situation Report (Pol/Sitreps) section.