Anna Municipal Landfill : Anna, Illinois

6 Pages·2003·0.2 MB·English

by  Illinois. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Community Relations

Illinois OfficeofCommunityRelations July2003
Environmental P.O.Box19276
ProtectionAgency Springfield,Illinois 62794-9276
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Fact Sheet#2
Anna Municipal Landfill SEP 1 0 2003
Anna, Illinois univ-
Site Update
TheIllinoisEnvironmental Protection Agency(IllinoisEPA) has begun construction activities at
theAnnaMunicipal Landfill which startedearlyJuly2003. This responseaction isfundedby the
State of Illinois Abandoned Landfill Program. The construction contract for Anna Municipal
Landfill was awarded to WRS Infrastructure & Environment, Inc (WRS). The Illinois EPA’s
MACTEC
engineeringconsultant Engineering andConsulting Inc. (formerly HardingESE), the
designerofthese improvements, will overseeWRS’s construction activities undersupervision of
the Illinois EPA. An overview of these designs was presented to the community in a Public
Meeting on January 7, 2003.
Response actions will include...
^ Repairing existing erosion areas on and immediately adjacent to the landHIl;
Regrading of the landfill to prevent ponding and runoffof surface water;
Installation and monitoring ofa passive gas venting system;
Installation ofa low permeability cover in previously uncovered areas; and
r- Repairing of the existing landfill cover to decrease the rate of leachate generation.
Response work began at the landfill in July 2003. Site work is anticipated to be complete by
October2003. On-site soil to complete the claycap will be provided, forthe landfill site, bythe
City ofAnna. Response activities at and transportation ofthe soil to the landfill will not require
soil travelingon public roadways andwill notimpedetrafficflowon StateRoute51. IllinoisEPA
estimates that this project will cost approximately $1.8 million.
Rackiiround
Anna Municipal Landfill is an 80-acre inactive
solid waste landfill that was not certified as
closed by Illinois Environmental Protection
Agency (Illinois EPA). The landfill isownedby
the City ofAnna, and it operated from 1975 till
1992. It was permitted to accept only general
refuse (trash), not hazardous waste.
Several ravines were filled in to create the
landfill; some of these ravines are still present
around the limits of the fill areas. When the
landfill closed in September 1992, a part ofthe
western portion of the landfill was left with
only six inches of cover soil over the exposed
waste.
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AnnaMunicipal Landfill is forthe most part well vegetated. The western portion ofthe landfill,
wherefinal coverwasnotapplied, has several leachate seeps (precipitation thathasinfiltratedthe
landfill and mixed with the waste) andone ponded area. Several erosion gullies extendfrom the
southern edgeofthe landfill andintotheravines. In someofthese areas,erosion hasexposedthe
waste.
Private Water Well Results
Laboratoryanalysisofthe private waterwell samplingconductedatnearbyresidential properties
did not detect anychemicals from the landfill in the groundwater. The plannedresponse actions
will minimize any contamination in the future.
Future Land Use
The landfill is owned by the City ofAnna. Upon completion ofthe response action, the City of
Annawill install afencearoundthe landfill site, applyto theIllinoisEPAforclosurecertification
ofthe landfill, andconduct post-closure care. Since public orprivaterecreational activities such
as four-wheeling, motorcycle riding, and hiking could cause damage or erosion to the landfill,
access to the landfill will be restricted.
For further information, you may contact
:
KathyVieregge, ProjectManager MichelleTebrugge,CommunityRelationsCoordinator
IllinoisEPA IllinoisEPA
BureauofLand.StateSitesUnit OfficeofCommunityReladons
CollinsvilleRegionalOffice P.O. Box 19276
2009MallStreet Springfield, IL 62794-9276
Collinsville,IL 62234 Phone: [phone]
Phone: [phone]
[email protected]
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In addition, an Information Repositoryforthe AnnaMunicipal Landfill has beenestablishedatthe
Stinson Memorial Library District (618/833-2521 The Information Repository contains
).
technical documents for the site investigation and upcoming response actions.
Librarv Honrs: Monday thru Friday: 10:00 am - 7:00 pm
Saturday: 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
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