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Site Location Map
Cleanup Action Begins This Month
Yeoman Creek Landfill
Waukegan, Illinois	March 2002
Introduction
With the approval of the United States Environmental Protection Agency,
the cleanup contractor has moved construction trailers and equipment onto
the Yeoman Creek Landfill Superfund Site in Waukegan. 111. In addition
to the Yeoman Creek Landfill, the site includes Edwards Field Landfill
and Rubloff Landfill. The Yeoman Creek Landfill Superfund Site is
located between Sunset Avenue (W. Golf Road) on the north. Glen Flora
Avenue on the south. Lew is Avenue on the west and Western Avenue on
the east (See Site Location Map below ).
This fact sheet provides highlights of the remedial action work plan, a
brief site history and an overview of the minor changes to the record of
decision. A copy of the Remedial Action Work Plan is available to the
public in the site information repository (See "For Additional Information"
on page 4).
Remedial Action Work Plan
The Remedial Action Work Plan describes the various cleanup tasks, reme-
dial action project team, construction operations plan, construction quality
requirements and other plans. The remedial action has been divided into
five categories:
1.	Final cover system
2.	Soil and sediment excavation
3.	Surface water management
4.	Gas management system
5.	Construction controls and sequencing
Final Cover System Construction
Most of the existing cover will be exca-
vated from the waste. The waste-
exposed areas will be surveyed for grade
control and regraded as necessary. The
excavated cover soil will be separated
into stockpiles for topsoil. vegetative
layer soil and barrier soil (clay).
Odors and infiltration will be controlled
through use of a 6-inch layer of soil or a
synthetic cover, such as spray-on foam.
The layer of soil or synthetic cover will
be applied to the exposed area to limit
rainwater infiltration and gas emissions.
See Remedial Action Work Plan on page 3.
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Site Background
The Yeoman Creek Landfill
Superfund Site is located in
Waukegan, 111. The site consists of
three areas that are referred to as the
Yeoman Creek Landfill
(approximately 60 acres), and
Edwards Field Landfill and Rubloff
Landfill (approximately 12 acres,
combined) (See "Site Diagram").
The site is located in an established
residential and light commercial
area of the City of Waukegan.
Apartment buildings, single-family
homes, businesses, the Lake County
Family YMCA facility, a nursing
home, offices, a shopping center,
restaurants and a large wetland
border the site. Of an approximate
26,890 people who live within a 1-
mile radius of the site. 23.2 percent
are black and 34.9 percent are
Hispanic, per 1990 census data.
Homes in the area are 52.7 percent
owner-occupied. The median
household income of the area is
$28,427.
Yeoman Creek flows through the
site into the Waukegan River 1.75
miles south. From that point, the
Waukegan River flows another 2.25
miles to Lake Michigan.
The site was operated as a
municipal landfill from 1958
through 1969. Based on available
information, wastes from industrial
and commercial facilities were
placed at the site in addition to
typical municipal solid waste (such
as household garbage, landscape
waste, and demolition debris). The
site was largely constructed within
wetlands and also within the flood
plain of Yeoman Creek. The total
volume of land-filled waste at the
site is estimated to be in excess of
one million cubic yards. Repeated
violations of state regulations were
documented in the 1970s and 1980s
because of leachate discharge to
Yeoman Creek and inadequate
cover thickness at the Yeoman
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Creek Landfill. (Leachate is a
liquid that results from water
contacting contaminants as it
trickles through wastes. Leaching
may result in the release of
hazardous substances to surface
water, ground water or soil.)
Polychlorinated biphenyls were
detected in leachate. soil. Yeoman
Creek sediment and creek surface
water samples. Volatile organic
compounds and metals have been
detected in ground water. Landfill
gas containing VOCs has been
detected beyond the site boundary.
The site was operated as a
municipal landfill from 1958
through 1969. The Edwards Field
portion of the site operated from
1958 through 1963.
U.S. EPA Activities
The Yeoman Creek Landfill was
added to the National Priorities List
in 1986. Edwards Field Landfill
and Rubloff Landfill were never
placed on the list. In December
1989, U.S. EPA and Illinois EPA
signed an Administrative Order with
the potentially responsible parties to
conduct the remedial investigation
and feasibility study.
As part of the RI/FS. the PRPs
installed a fence around the site
boundaries in 1990. At that time,
Edwards Field Park was closed and
fenced off when it was determined
to be part of the site. The RI was
conducted from 1991 to 1993. The
PRPs submitted the RI Report to
U.S. EPA and Illinois EPA in
February 1994. In December 1994,
the PRPs submitted the FS Report,
which documented the evaluations
of cleanup options.
In September 1996, U.S. EPA
issued a record of decision for the
site. The ROD describes the
selected cleanup option for the site,
which is intended to be the final
cleanup action. In April 1998, U.S.
EPA issued an order to the PRPs to
install and operate a landfill gas
collection system along the northern
boundary.
In April 1999, U.S. EPA and the
PRPs signed a Consent Decree for
the PRPs to conduct the remedial
design and remedial action at the
site with U.S. EPA approval and
oversight of all activities. In late
2001, U.S. EPA approved the PRPs"
Final Remedial Design. (The
remedial design is the engineering
phase that follows the ROD when
technical drawings and
specifications are developed for the
next step, the remedial action.)
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Remedial Action Work Plan (Continuedfrom page 1)
After the proper grade has been
established, the construction of the
new final cover will begin with the
gas-venting layer.
Overlying the gas-venting layer will
be layers consisting of 24 inches of
compacted soil (clay), a 40-mil low-
density polyethylene geomembrane
(thick plastic). 12 inches of tire
chips and 18 inches of protective
cover/ vegetative layer.
Soil and Sediment Excavation
Prior to placement of the final cover,
the waste surface will be regraded.
The regrading efforts will occur
throughout the remedial action.
Waste may be removed and
relocated or have additional waste
placed as fill. Additional fill or
waste may also be obtained from the
excavation of sediments and waste
outside the final cover limits.
Sediment excavation from Yeoman
Creek may use several options
presented in the remedial design.
This work will be performed during
dry weather.
Surface Water Management
Minimizing surface water contact
with waste is a top priority of the
remedial action. Methods to be
used to minimize surface water
contact include the follow ing:
•	Limit open waste area.
•	Cover wastes daily.
•	Leave excavation areas open for
the shortest time period possible.
•	Quickly sample and survey
exposed areas so that cover
construction can begin.
•	Monitor weather conditions and
coordinate activities with
weather forecasts.
•	Construct soil berms around
exposed waste areas to limit
run-on of clean surface water.
During the construction period,
water and liquids that come into
contact with the waste will be
decontaminated.
Gas Management System
An interim landfill gas collection
system is operating at the site to
manage landfill gas that may move
towards the buildings near the north
end of site. Interim basement gas
monitoring and reporting will con-
tinue. Operations of the interim sys-
tem will also continue until the new
system is operational.
The cover construction schedule
will allow for installation of the
new flare station prior to
abandonment of the interim system.
Minor Changes to the Record of Decision
U.S. EPA approved three minor PRP-initiated changes to the ROD. The
changes will not impact the cleanup, which remains a containment
remedy. The cleanup standards remain the same as stated in the ROD
and Consent Decree and the remedy will be monitored to demonstrate its
effectiveness. The cost of the cleanup will be reduced; however, the cost
of the remedy is still to be in the range of costs as presented in the ROD.
U.S. EPA considers the follow ing three changes to be insignificant or
minor in consideration of site-specific condition and characteristics.
Active Gas Collection System - A wind-assisted ventilator system will be
used at the Edw ards Field and Rubloff Landfills instead of an active gas
collection system. During its operation, the system will be monitored to
See Minor Changes on page 4.
PROJECT CLEANUP
SCHEDULE
February 2002
•- Begin Yeoman Creek Landfill
construction
December 2002 -
February 2003
¦- Complete Yeoman Creek
Landfill construction
March 2003
Begin Edwards Field Landfill
construction
July 2003
•- Begin Rubloff Landfill
construction
July - September 2003
•- Complete Rubloff Landfill
September 2003
Complete Edwards Field
Landfill construction
October 2003
Pre-final construction
inspection and report
October - November 2003
Work identified in pre-final
construction report
October - December 2003
Final operations and
maintenance plan
December 2003
•- Construction completion
inspection
January 2004
Construction completion
report
January 2004
Maintenance period begins
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Minor Changes
(Continued from page 1)
ensure it can meet the standards. If
necessary, the system can easily be
converted to an active system with
few additional construction activities.
Final Cover - The cover is made of
a variety of layers to minimize infil-
tration of water into the landfills.
Alternative materials, such as tire
chips used in place of gravel for the
ventilation and drainage layers of
the cover, will be accepted. U.S.
EPA will monitor the landfill to
ensure the standards are met.
Steel Pipe Enclosure - Water blad-
ders and earthen berms, instead of
steel pipes, will be used to protect
the creek during excavation of cont-
aminated sediments and construc-
tion activities. U.S. EPA will allow
these substitutions as long as they
offer adequate protection.
For More Information

Anyone interested in learning more about the Yeoman Creek Landfill
Superfund Site is encouraged to visit the Information Repository. It is
located at:

Reference Desk, Waukegan Public Library
128 N. County St., Waukegan, IL
Site Contacts

Mike Joyce
Tammy Mitchell
Community Involvement Coordinator
Community Relations Coordinator
Office of Public Affairs (P-19J)
Illinois EPA
U.S. EPA Region 5
1021 N. Grand Av. E.
77 W. Jackson Blvd.
Springfield, IL 62794
Chicago, IL 60604-3590
(217) 524-2292
(312)353-5546
tammy. mitchell@epa. state .il .us
j oyce .mike@epa.gov

Matthew Ohl
Erin Rednour
Remedial Project Manager
Project Manager
Office of Superfund (SR-6J)
Illinois EPA
U.S. EPA Region 5
1021 N. Grand Av. E.
77 W. Jackson Blvd.
Springfield, IL 62794
Chicago, IL 60604-3590
(217) 785-8725
(312) 886-4442
erin.rednour@epa. state .il .us
ohl.matthew@epa.gov
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