Centralia Landfills
The Centralia Landfills Site consists of three adjacent landfills: Prior 1,2,3,4
Landfill (29 acres); Prior/Blackwell Landfill (7.75 acres); and Centralia
Environmental Services Inc., (CESI) Landfill (35 acres). The landfills
are located in Marion County approximately two miles south of Centralia
on Perrine
Avenue just south of Webster Creek. The Burlington
Northern Railroad bisects the landfill areas. South and west of the landfill
are
several residences. Two intermittent streams cross the site. One crosses
the northeast section and flows north for about 1500 feet and drains
into Webster Creek. The other flows west at the south of the site.
The Centralia Landfill sites are three of 33 abandoned landfills that Illinois
EPA identified in 1988 as critical environmental problems that needed
to be addressed. Illinois lawmakers responded in spring 1999 by including
a $50 million appropriation to address problems posed by these abandoned
landfills.
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