[CPEO-MEF] Kerr-McGee to clean W. Chicago radwaste sites

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Kerr-McGee agrees to cleanup West Chicago Superfund sites

Associated Press
WLS ABC7 Chicago
April 20, 2005

Kerr-McGee Chemical, LLP, agreed Wednesday to a settlement with
government officials that is expected to result in the $74 million
cleanup of radioactive waste and the restoration of natural resources at
two Superfund sites near West Chicago. 

A consent decree, filed Wednesday in federal court in Chicago, requires
Kerr-McGee to excavate about 77,000 cubic yards of radioactive
contamination in the West Branch of the DuPage River and Kress Creek,
and ship the contaminated soil to a facility licensed to handle such
waste. The Oklahoma City-based company also will be required to repair
any damage caused to vegetation, riverbanks and waterways because of the
cleanup. 

...

The sites were contaminated with thorium residue from the 1930s through
the early 1970s as a result of the production of thorium materials at
the Rare Earths Facility, operated by Kerr-McGee and its predecessors.
The materials were used for federal defense and other programs. 

...

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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