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Byron Salvage Yard
Site Information
- Byron, IL (Ogle County)
- EPA ID# ILD010236230
- NPL Site Narrative
- NPL Factsheet
- CERCLIS listing
- Alias(es): Byron Johnson
Contact Information
Community Involvement Coordinator
Janet Pope (pope.janet@epa.gov)
312-353-0628 or 800-621-8431, ext.30628
Remedial Project Manager
William Ryan
(ryan.williamj@epa.gov)
312-353-4374 or 800-621-8431, ext. 34374
Illinois EPA Contact
Greg Ratliff
217-782-9882
Repositories
(where to view written records)
Ogle County Public Health Dept.
Ogle County Court House
104 South 5th Street
Oregon, IL 61061
Byron Public Library
109 North Franklin Street
Byron, IL 61010
Background
The site consists of the Byron Salvage Yard property and Dirk's Farm property. The contiguous properties are located in rural Ogle County in Northern Illinois, about halfway between the cities of Byron and Oregon, Illinois. In the 1960s, the Byron Salvage Yard was operated as a junkyard where miscellaneous waste and debris were brought for disposal. Disposal activities continued until about 1972. Drums of electroplating wastes and other materials (oil sludges, paint sludges, cutting wheels, solvents, and scrap metal) were disposed of at the Byron Salvage Yard. (more...)
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Site Updates
- EPA Reviewing Byron Salvage Yard Superfund Site June 2008
- 5-Year Review and Explanation of Significant Differences , January 2004
- Five Year Review Report (PDF) (11pp, 60K) December 2003
- Proposed Plan, August, 1999 (PDF version, 4pp, 135K)
Public Meetings
- EPA sponsored a public meeting on August 5, 1999, to explain the Proposed Plan and all of the alternatives presented in the Feasibility Study Addendum.
- EPA accepted written comments on the Proposed Plan and the other alternatives presented in the Feasibility Study Addendum during a 30-day public comment period August 23 - September 21, 1999.