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The property is located at 1375 9th Street in LaSalle, LaSalle County, Illinois. Coordinates for the site are latitude 41 degrees 20' 16" North and longitude 89 degrees 05' 18" West. It is located in an industrial/residential neighborhood, with approximately 895 residents living within one half mile of the site. The Vermilion River is approximately 1000 feet east of the site.
The property known as LaSalle Rolling Mill operated as a metal forming and rolling facility. The facility had been under contract to the U. S. Mint to generate metal blanks for pennies, which required copper plating onto zinc blanks. The facility occupied approximately 12 acres with one main building which contained two furnaces, rolling mill, copper plating line and associated treatment operation, laboratory, warehouse area, and offices. Several storage tanks are located outside which are used for the storage of mill oil and spent plating solution. Although the tanks appeared to have secondary containment, oil staining was present in numerous locations on the west side of the facility. A past spill of mill oil had occurred at the facility and the contaminated soils generated from the remediation were still stored on site. The site is fenced and randomly inspected by the owner.
Due to disposal problems with the sludge roll-off boxes the cyanide sludges have not been shipped, as no TSDs would accept the wet sludge in roll-offs. Advanced Waste off-loaded the roll-off boxes back into the plating line containment dike, the boxes were decontaminated and left the site. The PRP is currently hiring SET Waste to solidify the sludge and repackage into standard Haz Waste roll-off boxes. In addition a liquid phase was removed from the sludge boxes and is currently stored onsite (3500 gallons) this material along with the decon liquids will be shipped for disposal.
SET will begin solidification work on the CN sludges and place material in roll-off boxes.
SET will consolidate, characterize, and dipose of any remaining drums at the facility.
Onyx Waste Services will transport the CN Sludges to Sauget, IL facility for incineration.
Final decon of the containment area, and diposal of all CN liquids.
Final walk thru of the site with IEPA.
Submission of the Final Report.
AOC close-out letter to the PRP.
RP has missed the AOC deadline, EPA is working with the RP to ensure completion of the work. Due to the new lease of the facility, resources appear available to complete the work.
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