Notes
Slide Show
Outline
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CIC Meeting
  • July 10, 2001
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Regional Administrator
  • Thomas Skinner is New Region 5 Regional Administrator


  • Former Head of Illinois EPA
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Illinois Central Spring
  • IDEM Awards Earth Tech ICS Plant Operation


  • Both Storage Tanks Operational


  • Tank 1 Operational on 6/04/01


  • Tank 2 Operational on 6/28/01
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Illinois Central Spring
  • Improvements to Measuring ICS Parameters


  • Data From ICS Recorded at Plant


  • Air Monitoring Devices Installed & July 4 Sampling
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Illinois Central Spring
  • Rain Event on May 17 - 19, 2001 at 400 gpm


  • Rain Event June 4, 2001 at 1,900 gpm and 510 ppb PCB


  • Rain Event July 4, 2001 at 1,400 gpm.


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Illinois Central Spring

  • Water Stored in Tank 1 During June Storm


  • Tank 2 was not Operational During June 4 Storm - Bypass Occurred


  • July 4, 2001 Storm both Tanks Used – No Bypass


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Illinois Central Spring
June  4, 2001 Storm
  • Start of Storm - 100 ppb PCBs
  • Storm Peak - 300 ppb (Viacom – 510 ppb)
  • Storage Tank 1 - 250 ppb PCBs
  • Overflow from Tank 1 - 5.5 ppb
  • As Designed, Storage Tank Acting as Passive Clarifier
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Lemon Lane Landfill
  • Approved Lemon Lane Cap Maintenance & Inspection Plan


  • Viacom Developing the Long-Term Groundwater Monitoring Plan
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Lemon Lane Landfill

  • Pump Testing of Discrete Wells at the Periphery of the Landfill
  • Continuation of the Karst Conduit Investigation
  • Possible Pump Test & Dye Trace
  • Monitoring of Piezometers Installed During Remediation
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Lemon Lane Landfill

  • Quarry Springs Flow and PCB Investigation
  • Illinois Central Spring Treatment Plant Influent and Effluent Monitoring
  • Illinois Central Spring Storm Event Monitoring
  • Discussing Cleanup of Swallow Hole Area
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Winston Thomas WWTP

  • Disagreement on Long-Term Groundwater Monitoring Plan
  • Monitoring Well Sampling Along Clear Creek in July 2001
  • Spring Sampling Along Clear Creek, and Abandoned Lagoon Spring
  • Long-Term Monitoring of Wells Based on Initial Sample Analytical Results
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Neal’s Landfill

  • Storm Water Flow Measurement and Sampling at U.S. Geological Survey Gaging Stations
  • Continuous Flow Measurements and PCB Sampling (June 4, 2001 Storm & Rising Limb of July 4, 2001 Storm)
  • Viacom Storm Water Sampling at their Conard’s Branch Gage
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Neal’s Landfill
Data Collection Plan
  • Viacom/IU Particle Size Study for One Storm Event (> 4000 gpm)


  • Reviewing Viacom’s Long-Term Groundwater Monitoring Plan


  • U.S. EPA Preparing Historical Water Record at Neal’s Landfill



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Neal’s Landfill

  • Monitoring of Piezometers and Comparison to Storm Event Data


  • Fish Sampling Funded by U.S. EPA at Conard’s Branch and Richland Creek by U.S. EPA/FWS/IDEM – Week of August 6, 2001


  • Five Stations (1 in Conard’s Branch and 4 in Richland Creek)



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Neal’s Landfill
Data Collection
  • Based on NAS Study – Some Congener Analysis


  • Sediment and Water Sampling at Conard’s Branch and Richland Creek by U.S. EPA


  • U.S. EPA Fields Group Involved


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Neal’s Landfill
Surface Water
Monitoring Locations
  • South Spring
  • North Spring
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Figure 1
Neal’s Landfill
South Spring
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Figure 2
Neal’s Landfill
North Spring
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Bennett’s Dump

  • Continuous Monitoring of Middle and Mound Springs
  • Monitoring of Staff Level Gages at Ice Box and Wedge Quarries and Stout’s Creek
  • Installation and Monitoring of Piezometers in the H-7 Area


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Bennett’s Dump

  • Water Quality Monitoring in Wells 5, 6I, and 6D
  • Water Quality Monitoring in Stout’s Creek (Upstream, Downstream, and West Branch)
  • Water, Sediment, and Fish Tissue Sampling in Stout’s Creek
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Bennett’s Dump
Surface Water and Groundwater
Monitoring Locations
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Figure 1
Bennett’s Dump
Monitoring Well MW-6D
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Figure 2
Bennett’s Dump
Monitoring Well MW-6I
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Figure 3
Bennett’s Dump
Stout’s Creek West Branch
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Figure 4
Bennett’s Dump
Stout’s Creek Downstream
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Figure 5
Bennett’s Dump
Middle Spring
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Figure 6
Bennett’s Dump
Mound Spring
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