[CPEO-BIF] "Toxic sites mapped to promote reuse on Southeast Side, " Chicago, Illinois

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Toxic sites mapped to promote reuse on Southeast Side 
There are hundreds of contaminated sites on the city’s South Side and south suburbs that can be redeveloped, advocates say.

By Brett Chase  
Chicago Sun-Times (IL)
February 22, 2021

There are more than 460 brownfields on Chicago’s Southeast Side and in the south suburbs within Cook County, according to an analysis by a group that promotes the reuse of contaminated sites.

A mapping tool developed by University of Illinois at Chicago researchers for the regional nonprofit group the Calumet Collaborative also identifies in the same area more than 1,370 leaking underground storage locations, more than a dozen hazardous waste sites, nine closed landfills and more than 670 locations taking part in a state environmental cleanup program.

The map also identifies toxic locations across the border in Indiana. In all, the map identifies more than 3,800 toxic sites, most of which are not cleaned up, on the Southeast Side, south suburbs and Northwest Indiana. And while that list includes 18 federal government Superfund sites, some of the country’s most challenging hazardous waste properties designated for cleanup, hundreds of other properties may require far less remediation.

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For the entire article, see
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/2/22/22295380/toxic-sites-mapped-promote-reuse-southeast-side-south-suburbs-biosolids-cleanup

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org





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