Public Health Assessment for Joliet Army Ammunition Plant (Manufacturing Area)EPA Facility ID: IL7213820460 and Joliet Army Ammunition Plant (Lap Area) EPA Facility ID: IL0210090049 Joliet, Will County, Illinois, September 28, 2001

摘要

The Joliet Army Ammunition Plant (JOAAP) is a former munitions production plantlocated in Will County, Illinois, approximately 60 miles southwest of Chicago. JOAAP once occupied 23,542 acres, split into two main areas by Route 53: west of the highway was the Manufacturing (MFG) Area (9,159 acres) and east of the highway was the Load-Assemble-Package (LAP) Area (14,383 acres). Activities at JOAAP began in the early 1940. By the end of World War II, JOAAP was the nation's largest manufacturer of munitions. JOAAP was also used to manufacture explosive during the Korean and Vietnam Wars. The perimeter of JOAAP is surrounded by rural farmland with scattered residences. The closest residential communities include Elwood (just north of JOAAP), Symerton (0.5 miles south), Channahon (2.5 miles northwest), and Wilmington (8 miles south of JOAAP). The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency placed the MFG Area on the National Priorities List on July 21, 1987, and the LAP Area on the National Priorities List on March 31, 1989, because of site contamination.