This is a list of Superfund sites in Illinois designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. These sites are listed on the National Priorities List. 13 Sites are listed below.
| CERCLIS ID | Name | County | Reason | Proposed | Listed | Construction completed | Partially deleted | Deleted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ILD980607055 | Adams County Quincy Landfills 2&3 | Adams | (39.9294°N -91.2685°W) https://web.archive.org/web/20110615235947/http://cfpub.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0500656 | 06/24/1988 | 08/30/1990 | 03/31/1999 | N/A | N/A |
| ILD980996789 | Ilada Energy Co. | Alexander | (37.2584°N -89.4635°W) Liquid oily wastes found on site were contaminated with VOCs, PCBs, and heavy metals including lead, arsenic, and zinc. On-site surface soils were contaminated with PCBs and heavy metals.[1] | 06/24/1988 | 10/04/1989 | 09/28/1999 | N/A | 01/08/2001 |
| ILD980397079 | A & F Material Reclaiming, Inc. | Cumberland | (39.2439°N -88.174°W) https://web.archive.org/web/20110616000205/http://cfpub.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0500534 | 12/30/1982 | 09/08/1983 | 09/24/1992 | N/A | N/A |
| IL3210020803 | Savanna Army Depot Activity | Jo Daviess | (42.21°N -90.3133°W) Soils are contaminated with metals, pesticides, explosives, lead-based paint chips, and PAHs. Groundwater is contaminated with various pesticides, explosives, solvents, and petroleum-related contaminants. Sediments and surface water are contaminated with various explosives, PAHs, and metals. Multiple areas throughout the facility contain munitions and explosives of concern/unexploded ordnance (MEC/UXO).[2] | 10/15/1984 | 03/13/1989 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| ILD000802827 | Outboard Marine Corporation | Lake | (42.3653°N -87.8211°W) An engine construction plant released hydraulic fluids into the ground and harbor, which contained PCB. Dredging of the harbor and soil removal have been completed, and decontamination of the isolated soil continues. During cleanup, it was discovered that the site contained additional contamination on the former Waukegan Coke Plant property. Soil removal there is also complete.[3] | 12/30/1982 | 09/08/1983 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| ILD003817137 | Petersen Sand & Gravel | Lake | (42.3158°N -87.9537°W) The site of illegal dumping of paint waste and solvents. Cleanup was completed, and it was removed from the National Priorities List in 1991, and redeveloped as the Independence Grove Forest Preserve.[4] | 10/15/1984 | 06/10/1986 | 09/12/1989 | N/A | 02/11/1991 |
| ILD005443544 | Johns-Manville Corporation | Lake | (42.3867°N -87.8117°W) An asbestos-disposal site. The area has been covered in >24 inches of soil, but areas outside the Johns-Manville property have problems with asbestos contamination, including other beachfront areas near the Waukegan and Zion.[5] The site will be redeveloped as a soccer and baseball complex.[6] | 12/30/1982 | 09/08/1983 | 12/31/1991 | N/A | N/A |
| ILD980500102 | Yeoman Creek Landfill | Lake | (42.3889°N -87.8486°W) The lack of a bottom liner allowed leachate to enter the local groundwater.[7] | 06/24/1988 | 03/31/1989 | 09/23/2005 | N/A | N/A |
| ILD980605836 | H.O.D. Landfill | Lake | (42.4753°N -88.0819°W) Groundwater was contaminated with vinyl chloride.[8] | 09/18/1985 | 02/21/1990 | 06/29/2001 | N/A | N/A |
| ILD048843809 | (38.835°N -90.095°W) Site contains over 450,000 cubic yards of waste slag and over 60,000 cu yd of zinc oxide. The materials contain elevated levels of cadmium, copper and lead. Sediments in nearby wetlands and Long Lake also have elevated levels of the same metals. | 03/04/2010 | - | - | - | |||
| IL0210090049 | Joliet Army Ammunition Plant Load-Assembly-Packing Area | Will | (41.3662°N -88.0772°W) Site of federal ammunitions plant polluted with base neutral acids, metals, nitroaromatics, PCBs, and petroleum hydrocarbon. Physical cleanup has been completed, but site remains on the NPL list.[9] | 04/10/1985 | 03/13/1989 | 09/29/2008 | N/A | N/A |
| IL7213820460 | Joliet Army Ammunition Plant Manufacturing Area | Will | Soil contaminated with explosives and metals, primarily TNT, tetryl, DNT, and lead. Groundwater plumes contaminated with explosives, VOCs, and metals.[10] | 10/15/1984 | 07/22/1987 | 09/10/2008 | N/A | N/A |
| ILD053219259 | Acme Solvent Reclaiming, Inc. (Morristown Plant) | Winnebago | (42.1577°N -89.0455°W) Site was used as a drum storage and disposal area for wastes generated by Acme's solvent distillation units. From 1960 to 1970, the site consisted of seven waste disposal lagoons and open storage of 10,000 to 15,000 drums. Testing of groundwater found it to contain volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Soil sampling identified VOCs, phthalates, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and metals including lead and chromium.[11] | 12/30/1982 | 09/08/1983 | 07/13/1998 | N/A | N/A |