A rea Sur de Chicago : un iniciativo de alcanze para pruebas de pozos privados : Incluye las a freas de Chicago Heights, South Chicago Heights y Steger.

Areas of concern: This notification is based on information Illinois EPA has found while investigating, monitoring and working on two landfill sites in the Chicago Heights/South Chicago Heights area. Tests from groundwater and surface water at one landfill site showed levels of vinyl chloride greater than state Class I groundwater standards - the state standards that are designed to protect groundwater for use as drinking water. Vinyl chloride is from a family of chemicals known as volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which are common man-made chemicals found in cleaning solvents, gasoline and oil. These chemicals can travel in groundwater long distances from where they were spilled or dumped.

In Spanish.

"House Resolution (HR) 1010 adopted June 2004 by the Illinois General Assembly, encourages the Illinois EPA to establish a Right-to-Know Committee and to get citizens' input on the best way to notify residents who may be exposed to contamination from air, land or water. In keeping with the spirit of the resolution, Illinois EPA and the state and local health departments met with citizens to develop this educational outreach project to notify private well owners about potential contamination."--P. [1].

The Illinois Department of Public Health and the Cook County Department of Public Health are also partly responsible for this study.

"June 2005."

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Areas of concern: This notification is based on information Illinois EPA has found while investigating, monitoring and working on two landfill sites in the Chicago Heights/South Chicago Heights area. Tests from groundwater and surface water at one landfill site showed levels of vinyl chloride greater than state Class I groundwater standards - the state standards that are designed to protect groundwater for use as drinking water. Vinyl chloride is from a family of chemicals known as volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which are common man-made chemicals found in cleaning solvents, gasoline and oil. These chemicals can travel in groundwater long distances from where they were spilled or dumped.

Mode of access: Internet.