Former Ocoya Landfill
Located at a former limestone quarry, this 57-acre municipal solid waste landfill
is in an agricultural area of Livingston County between Pontiac and Chenoa
along old Route 66, approximately 1½ miles southwest of Ocoya. The landfill
received municipal solid waste from 1968 until 1980, when it ceased accepting
waste.
Through Illinois EPA's investigation and evaluation of abandoned landfills
in the state, we discovered that the Ocoya Landfill site has severe erosion
problems, exposed waste, low spots that allow water to pond, and leachate
seeps (water that becomes contaminated after contact with landfill waste).
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