Smith Douglass Site
South Streator, Illinois
For many years, this 124-acre site was the location of fertilizer manufacturing,
which used naturally occurring phosphates found in rock mined in Florida.
The process used acid to free the phosphates for use in fertilizer production,
and it resulted in a 25 to 40 acre pile/stack of acidic gypsum waste. The
gypsum waste was piled into a strip mine pond and now rises more than 60
feet above the pond surface. Illinois EPA placed a Seal Order (to prevent
public access) on the site in 1988 and, in 1989, spent $500,000 to perform
an Immediate Removal of hazardous waste at the site. In 2000, the Agency
worked with Borden Chemical, Inc., a former site owner, to do emergency
stabilization work to safeguard surrounding residents and the environment.
The temporary repairs have been renewed several times and funding is needed
for a permanent remedy.
Note: Fact Sheets 1,2,
and 3 are available in hard-copy only. Please contact Carol Fuller to request copies.
- Fact
Sheet 1 - March 1993
- Fact Sheet 2 - August 1996
- Fact Sheet 3 - September 1999
- Fact Sheet 4 - August 2000
- Fact Sheet 5 - March 2003
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