SEPA
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Office of Emergency and
Remedial Response
(5201 G)
July 2000
Superfund Redevelopment
Pilots
Yeoman Creek
Waukegan, IL
EPA's Superfund Redevelopment Initiative (SRI) is a nationally coordinated effort to facilitate the return of Superfund
sites to productive use by selecting response actions consistent with anticipated use. The SRI Pilots are intended to
help local governments enhance their involvement in the Superfund decision-making process by assisting EPA in
predicting future land uses for Superfund sites. Under the Pilot Program, EPA will provide up to $100,000 in financial
assistance and/or services to local governments for specified activities. Applicants are offered several types of program
assistance, including funding through a cooperative agreement, access to facilitation services, and/or the availability of
personnel under the Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA).
BACKGROUND
EPA selected the City of Waukegan, Illinois, for a
Superfund Redevelopment Pilot. Waukegan is home to
the Yeoman Creek Superfund site. The 70-acre site
includes three landfills: Yeoman Creek Landfill, Edwards
Field Landfill, and Rubloff Landfill which are now owned
by the Waukegan School District, the Waukegan Park
District, and a shopping plaza, respectively. The
landfills operated from 1958 until 1978. They do not
have bottom liners, and the underlying soils are
permeable. Leachate has been seeping into Yeoman
Creek since 1969. More than 67,000 people in
Waukegan are supplied with drinking water from a Lake
Michigan intake three miles downstream from the site.
In December 1989, EPA added the site to its list of
hazardous waste sites needing cleanup.
OBJECTIVES
Waukegan plans to use its Pilot funds to coordinate
with the Waukegan School and Park Districts, and the
community, to develop a plan that combines light
recreational use, such as walking paths and natural
areas, with educational signs describing plants and
wetlands. The funds will also be used to develop and
coordinate the reuse plan, and for facilitation services.
PILOT SNAPSHOT

Yeoman
Creek


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Applicant Name: Waukegan, IL
Site Name: Yeoman Creek
Date of Selection: July 2000
Anticipated Award: Cooperative Agreement
($100,000)
Profile: The city will coordinate with the
school and park districts, and the community,
to develop a plan for recreational and
educational reuse of the site.
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Contacts:
Thomas Bloom Superfund Hotline:
U.S. EPA Region 5 (800) 424-9346 or
(312) 886-1967 (703) 412-9810
bl00m.th0mas@epa.gov (DC Metro Area)
	reuse.info@epa.gov
Visit the EPA Superfund Redevelopment Web site
http://www.epa.gov/superfund/programs/recycle/pilot.htm

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