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Kerr-McGee Superfund Sites
Site Information: Kerr-McGee Kress Creek/West Branch DuPage River Site
- DuPage County, IL
- EPA ID# ILD980823991
- NPL Site Narrative
- NPL Factsheet
- CERCLIS listing
- Alias(es): N/A
Site Information: Kerr-McGee Sewage Treatment Plant Site
- West Chicago, IL (DuPage County)
- EPA ID# ILD980824031
- NPL Site Narrative
- NPL Factsheet
- CERCLIS listing
- Alias(es): N/A
Contact Information
Community Involvement Coordinator
Janet Pope (pope.janet@epa.gov)
312-353-0628 or 800-621-8431, ext.30628
Remedial Project Manager
David Seely (seely.david@epa.gov)
312-886-7058 or 800-621-8431, ext. 67058
Timothy Fischer(fischer.timothy@epa.gov)
312- 886-5787 or 800-621-8431, ext. 65787
Office of Regional Counsel
Mary Fulghum, Attorney
(fulghum.mary@epa.gov)
312-886-4683 or 800-621-8431, ext. 64683
Repositories
(where to view written records)
Warrenville Public Library
28W751 Stafford Place
Warrenville, IL
(NOTE: This location is a repository only for information related to the Kress
Creek and Sewage Treatment Plant Sites)
West Chicago Public Library
118 W. Washington St.
West Chicago, IL
(Note: This location is a repository for information on all four Superfund
sites.)
EPA Records Center
77 W. Jackson Blvd.
Chicago, IL
Background
- Kerr-McGee Kress Creek/West Branch DuPage River Site
- Kerr-McGee Sewage Treatment Plant Site
- Kerr-McGee Residential Areas Superfund Site
- Kerr-McGee Reed-Keppler Park Superfund Site
There are four Kerr-McGee Superfund sites in the West Chicago, IL, area that were contaminated by radioactive thorium waste material. The waste was generated by a processing facility (now closed and owned by the Kerr-McGee Chemical Corporation) that operated in West Chicago between 1932 and 1973.
Sand-like waste materials known as mill tailings were stored at the facility. The mill tailings were available as free fill material from the 1930s through the 1950s and were used throughout the West Chicago area for landscaping projects and to fill low-lying areas. It was later determined that the radioactive material was potentially hazardous.
Wastes from the Kerr-McGee facility also entered Kress Creek through a storm sewer, contaminating sediments (river mud) in the creek and the West Branch DuPage River. (more...)
Site Updates | Fact Sheets || Technical Documents || Public Meetings
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Site Updates
March 2008: Ongoing cleanup of the Kress Creek Superfund site. Cleanup work will continue in the following sections or "reaches" of the West Branch DuPage River during the new construction season: Reach 5E (from River Oaks subdivision to Williams Road) Reach 6 (from Williams Road to Butterfield Road).
Fact Sheets
- Plan de Participacion Comunitaria de 1994 (PDF) (29pp., 406K) Febrero 2009
- Cleanup Schedule Announced for Contaminated River and Creek (PDF) (5pp, 314K) August 2005 plain text version
- EPA Proposes Cleanup Plan for Radioactive Contamination (PDF) (13pp, 425K) May 2004
Technical Documents
- Update to the 1994 Community Involvement Plan(PDF) (27pp., 937K) February 2009
- Five-Year Review Report (PDF) (39pp, 3.7MB)
- Final Ecological Risk Assessment, Kerr-McGee Chemical LLC, Kress Creek/West
Branch DuPage River and Sewage Treatment Plant Sites, May 2004
- Report (PDF) (45pp, 278K)
- Tables (PDF) (64pp, 1.3MB)
- Figures (PDF) (10pp 11" x 17", 915K)
- Final Human Health Risk Assessment, Kerr-McGee Chemical LLC, Kress Creek/West
Branch DuPage River and Sewage Treatment Plant Sites, May 2004
- Report only (PDF) (37pp, 241K)
- Full report (with tables, figures, appendices) (PDF) (171pp, 1.8MB)
- Feasibility Study Report, Kerr-McGee Chemical LLC, Kress Creek/West Branch
DuPage River and Sewage Treatment Plant Sites, May 2004
- Report (PDF) (83pp, 824K)
- Figures from report (PDF) (5pp ranging in size from 8.5" x 11" to 22" x 34", 5.6MB)
- EPA Final Ecological Risk Assessment (PDF) (120pp, 3.7MB) June 2004
Public Meetings
- West Chicago Intergovernmental Forum Meeting Minutes (PDF) (5pp, 243K) February 20, 2009
- West Chicago Intergovernmental Forum conference call minutes (PDF) (4pp., 171K) December 19, 2008
- West Chicago Intergovernmental Forum meeting minutes
- October 10, 2008 (PDF) (6pp., 250K)
- July 2008 (PDF) (9pp, 52K)
- May 09, 2008 (PDF) (9pp, 175K)
- March 2008 (PDF) (7pp, 113K)
- December 2007 (PDF) (9pp, 146K)
- October 2007 (PDF) (8pp, 151K)
- July 2007 (PDF) (5pp, 124K)
- May 2007 (PDF) (7pp, 135K)
- Community Involvement interviews - EPA representatives were in the West Chicago area June 25-26, 2008 to interview people about the Kerr-McGee Residential Areas and Kress Creek/West Branch DuPage River Superfund sites.
- Public Information Meeting, Tuesday March 25, 2008, about the ongoing cleanup of the Kress Creek Superfund site.
Cleanup work will continue in the following sections or "reaches" of the West Branch DuPage River during the new construction season: Reach 5E (from River Oaks subdivision to Williams Road) Reach 6 (from Williams Road to Butterfield Road). - Public Meeting on Tuesday September 11, 2007 at 7:00pm(PDF) (2pp, 291K)
- Information Session on Reach 1 Cleanup, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 4 - 8 p.m., West Chicago City Hall, 475 Main St.
- EPA held a public meeting on the proposed cleanup plan June 2, 2004.