Interstate Heat Treating, Inc. Site%3A Fact Sheet #3

              Interstate Heat Treating, Inc. Site
Fact Sheet #3
April 2004
Danville, Illinois
Background
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency issued an administrative
order on July 3, 2003, to seal this former industrial site at 2603
Georgetown Road in Danville due to site conditions that posed a potential
risk to public health and the environment. The seal order prohibits entry
to the site by anyone except personnel authorized by the Illinois EPA to
perform official response actions. Signs posted at the site warn of the
danger from and penalty for entry onto the site.
The seal order was based on observations of Illinois EPA inspectors, who
visited the facility with Vermilion County Public Health officials in July
2003. During this investigation, the Illinois EPA discovered abandoned
drums, tanks and other containers that might contain hazardous
substances. Several drums within the building were labeled “Barium
Chloride,” which is a hazardous substance that may cause injury from
ingestion, inhalation or skin contact. Results from sampling the contents
of storage drums, process tanks and other containers on three occasions
revealed some hazardous substances. The site was referred to the Illinois
Attorney General in July 2003.
U.S. EPA, in consultation with Illinois EPA, performed a time-critical removal action at the site in
December 2003. Contractors working for U.S. EPA removed from the site all drums and above-ground
storage containers of hazardous materials as well as soils containing levels of hazardous substances
that exceeded U.S. EPA Emergency Removal Guidelines. The Illinois EPA performed follow-up
inspections and sampling.
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After U.S. EPA removed
the materials that were
out in the open, were
samples taken of the site
soils?
Yes. Illinois EPA performed further on-site investigation to determine
what, if any, hazardous materials remain on the site after U.S. EPA’s
immediate removal action. During the week of December 15th,
Illinois EPA tested site soils and area groundwater to better
characterize what hazards may still be present at the site. Some soil
and groundwater samples were also taken from private properties.
The samples were analyzed for inorganic compounds (metals) and
organics including volatile organic compounds (VOCs), semi-volatile
organic compounds (SVOCs), pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls
(PCBs).
What did the sampling
reveal? Is there residual
contamination on the site?
Although some contamination remains at this site, contamination
levels identified from analysis were less than cleanup objectives for
both state and federal guidelines for residential or
industrial/commercial property.
Will there be any further
site investigation?
No further investigation is planned at this time.
Is the site secure now?
Because children will soon
be out of school, is there
concern that some
U.S. EPA secured the site with a partial fence last fall to complement
the existing fence. All parts of the site are secured from persons
walking onto the site, except for the far eastern portion. Based on
sampling results thus far, Illinois EPA has no evidence of hazardous
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children might come in
contact with the
hazardous waste on the
site?
materials on that part of the property.
What is the current status
of the site?
The State of Illinois, through the Illinois EPA and the Attorney
General’s Office, will continue to review conditions at this site. Based
on past conditions at this site, it is important to reinforce the idea
that children should stay away from the site. While U.S. EPA and
Illinois EPA are fairly certain that the immediate threat from open
chemicals has been removed from the site, we cannot assume that
other environmental and/or physical hazards do not exist.
Carol Fuller
Community Relations Coord
Illinois EPA
(217) 524-8807
Ken Corkill
Project Manager
Illinois EPA
(217) 524-1664
Cary Ware
IDPH Toxicologist
Champaign Regional Office
2125 S. First St.
Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 278-5000
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