4 out of 5 Illinois debris dump sites high in toxins
SPRINGFIELD — In testing of soil samples last spring, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency found higher- than- allowable toxins in 80 percent of the quarries and excavation pits licensed to accept “clean construction- demolition debris” as backfill, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act.
Here are the sites issued violation notices by the IEPA and the counties in which they’re located:
Bureau County
Universal Aggregate Quarry
Carroll County
Brookville Quarry
Champaign County
Mahomet Sport Redi- Mix
Cook County
Elgin Clean Soils Fill Site Bartlett- Gifford East ( 1- 3) Bartlett- Gifford East ( 4) Glenwood- Lambrecht Lyons- Reliable Lyons Richton Park Thornton- Ridge Road Rio Vista McCook- Vulcan Construction Materials- McCook Quarry
Douglas County
Murdock- Little, Willis
Kane County
Bartlett- 47 Acres- Southwind Business Park Elburn- Baldmound East Dundee- Beverly Materials Bartlett- BHBP- NE Bartlett- BHBP- South Bartlett- BHBP- SW Elburn- Lorang Road Aurora- Heartland Recycling South Elgin- LaFarge Aggregates Fox River Quarry Kaneville- Lakeview Estates Hampshire Township- Melms Gravel South Elgin- Middle Street East Dundee- Palumbo Management
Elburn- VCNA- Prairie Materials Yard 91
Huntley- Square Barn Road Quarry
Kankakee County
Kankakee Recycling Manteno- Prairie Yard 95 Manteno- Vulcan Construction Materials
Manteno- Vulcan Construction Materials 2
Kendall County
Oswego- Fox Ridge Stone Bristol- Fox Valley Plano Clean Fill Site Lisbon- Vulcan Construction Materials
Lake County
Berger Excavating- East Pit Midwest Aggregates Oaks
La Salle County
Sheridan Sand & GravelN4201 Road
Sheridan Sand & GravelWiensland
McHenry County
Algonquin Township- Consolidated Materials Huntley- Foster Road Quarry Algonquin- Hanson Material Service Lake in the Hills Woodstock- Lily Pond Stone McHenry- Petersen Sand & Gravel
East Dundee- Prairie Materials Yard 92
McHenry- Reliable Sand & Gravel
Thelen Sand & Gravel
McLean County
Downs- McLean County Asphalt Downs- Rowe Construction Co. Downs- Stark, David Shirley- Stringtown Pit
Putnam County
Hennepin Pit
Sangamon County
Mechanicsburg- Buckhart Sand & Gravel
Tazewell County
Farmdale Pit
Whiteside County
Quality Ready Mix Concrete Co.
Will County
Joliet- Black Forest- Zurich Joliet- Chicago Street Elmhurst Chicago Stone Romeoville- Hanson Material Services Romeoville- Orange Crush Joliet- Richards Street Plainfield- WillCo Green 1 Plainfield- WillCo Green 2
Winnebago County
Rockford- Auburn Rockford- Cooling Roscoe- Northern Illinois Svc Co
Rockford- Northern Illinois Svc- Auburn Rockford- Pierpont Quarry South Beloit Loves Park- Speedway Quarry Roscoe- Stenstrom Sand & Gravel Source: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency