The Site is located at 1900 Factory Street in Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois. The coordinates of the Site are 39°49’36.68” North latitude and 89°38’13.01” West longitude. The Site is presently occupied by a mix of commercial and residential properties. This includes: warehouse space, whole sale merchandise storage, a plumbing service company, a taxi cab company, an electrical service company, a large city water storage tank and a city backup electrical generator. The residential properties occupy the very most southern part of the Site. Residential properties also border the Site to the north, east, and south. The Chicago and Illinois Railroad creates the west border of Site. A mix of industrial, commercial, and residential properties exists to the west of the Chicago and Illinois Railroad (Figure 2). The Site is less than 0.5 mile from several schools, including Ridgely Elementary School and St. Aloysius Catholic School.
U.S. EPA conducted a site assessment in August 2012 and identified the following hazardous substances in soils and surficial coal tar at levels that exceed their respective removal management levels (RML): 2-methylnaphthalene, benzo(a)anthracene, benzo(a)pyrene, benzo(b)fluoranthene, benzo(k)fluoranthene, dibenz(a,h)anthracene, dibenzofuran, indeno(l,2,3-cd)pyrene, and naphthalene. During the site assessment, the on-site coal-tar seep areas were not fenced or secured. One coal-tar seep was on a public sidewalk, and seeps have been reported on public streets. Nearby human populations and animals could easily contact coal tar seeping out of the ground through public walkways or by trespassing. The time-critical removal action is being conducted to mitigate endangerment posed to human health, human welfare, and the environment by Site conditions.
