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Annual Landfill Capacity ReportTwenty-Third Annual Landfill
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one billion gate cubic yards of remaining capacity as of January 1, 2010, down less than
one percent from the previous year. Capacity from a new facility in Atkinson was
included. Capacity from another landfill in Clinton and one landfill
expansion permitted during 2009 were also included in this figure. In mid-2009, two new landfills opened in DeWitt County and Henry County. Clinton Landfill #3 (Clinton) opened across the road from Clinton Landfill #2 on July 14, 2009. Atkinson Landfill, Atkinson, was permitted to open on July 24, 2009, but actually opened for business on August 20, 2009. In February 2009, vertical and horizontal expansions were permitted at Indian Creek Landfill No. 2. Other expansions are pending Agency review and approval at landfills located in Elwood, Rochelle and Milan. In 2009, 44 active landfills in Illinois accepted more than 45 million gate cubic yards of municipal waste for disposal. An issue for local commerce is the closure of any of these active landfills. Landfill closure occurred in Charleston in April 2009 when ERC/Coles County Landfill ceased accepting waste. A transfer station operated by another company then opened at the same location in May 2009. CID RDF #4, Calumet City/Chicago, also closed on Dec. 16, 2009. In January 2008, Congress Development Company closed in Hillside, leaving River Bend Prairie as the only active landfill located in Cook County. Expansions were also permitted in the previous years between 2007 and 2008. At River Bend Prairie, Dolton, a permit was received for a horizontal expansion of 2.94 acres on Jan. 2, 2008; at Rochelle Municipal #2, a vertical expansion above Unit 2 was approved on May 16, 2008 and at Winnebago Landfill, Rockford, a horizontal expansion of the North Unit (66.6 acres) was also approved on May 16, 2008. In 2007, landfill expansions were also approved in Bloomington and Elwood. Three landfills located near Harrisburg, Jerseyville and Streator continued to remain inactive through all of 2009, although they again reported capacity remaining as of Jan. 1, 2010. Besides 44 active landfills, 109 active transfer stations and 40 active compost facilities are also available to handle waste generated in Illinois. This list includes two new transfer stations in the Chicago Metropolitan area: Crystal Lake and Lake Bluff, one in Charleston (Region 4) and one in Jacksonville (Region 5). All total for the six counties in the Chicago Metropolitan area there are 75 transfer stations, some that handle both waste and recyclables. Two compost facilities named Mariani Landscape Design, Lake Bluff and Countryside Landscape, Round Lake, were permitted by the Agency in 2009. Inspections of waste management facilities are conducted by personnel from Illinois EPA’s seven regional field offices and our delegated partners. Our delegated partners include 17 counties, Ambraw Valley Solid Waste Agency and the City of Chicago. They have our Agency’s authority delegated to them to inspect landfills, transfer stations and compost sites in their jurisdictions and to investigate citizen complaints about illegal dumping of waste. The Illinois EPA hopes you will find this information about landfills and other pollution control facilities useful and instructive and welcomes your comments and suggestions as to how it may be improved. Douglas P. Scott Director Illinois EPA |
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