Public Health Assessment for Sand Park (a/k/a Browning-Ferris Industry, Incorporated) Loves Park, Winnebago County, Illinois. EPA Facility NO. ILD980606693

摘要

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) requested the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) evaluate the public health significance of the Sand Park site and recommend further actions to reduce or prevent possible health effects. The Sand Park site is a 40-acre parcel of land in Loves Park, Winnebago County, Illinois. About 22 acres of the site is a closed landfill, and the property is used as a city park. The site is bordered on the north by Riverside Boulevard, on the east by Chicago and Northwestern Railroad tracks, on the west by Walker Road, and on the south by Loves Park City Hall. The Rock River is about one mile west of Sand Park.