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  2. List of Superfund sites in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    From 1960 to 1970, the site consisted of seven waste disposal lagoons and open storage of 10,000 to 15,000 drums. Testing of groundwater found it to contain volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Soil sampling identified VOCs, phthalates, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and metals including lead and chromium.

  3. Olinda Landfill - Wikipedia

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    The Olinda Landfill (official name: Olinda Alpha Sanitary Landfill) [1] is a landfill situated in Orange County, California, west of the northern portion of Chino Hills State Park in Carbon Canyon [2] in Olinda neighborhood of Brea City. Facility size is approximately 565-acre (2.29 km 2) with about 420-acre (1.7 km 2) permitted for refuse ...

  4. Flood Brothers Disposal - Wikipedia

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    Flood Brothers Disposal started operations with one truck and one employee, at 139 N. Clark St. in Chicago, Illinois. In 1963, the center of operations moved to 5435 W. Chicago Ave. From 1970 to 1977, the company expanded to several additional locations. The company is currently based at 4827 W. Harrison St. in Chicago,

  5. Stericycle - Wikipedia

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    Stericycle, Inc. is a compliance company that specializes in collecting and disposing regulated medical waste, such as medical waste and sharps, pharmaceuticals, hazardous waste, and providing services for recalled and expired goods. It also provides related education and training services, and patient communication services.

  6. Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago

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    The MWRD and University of Illinois at Chicago developed a new energy source using an $87,500 grant provided by the Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation in 2010; the funding helps to cover the total $175,000 cost.

  7. Red Gate Woods - Wikipedia

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    It is located near where the Cal-Sag Channel meets the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. In the woods is the original site of Argonne National Laboratory and the Site A/Plot M Disposal Site , which contains the buried remains of Chicago Pile-1 , the world's first artificial nuclear reactor.

  8. 311 (telephone number) - Wikipedia

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    The first use of 3-1-1 for informational services was in Baltimore, Maryland, where the service commenced on 2 October 1996. [2] 3-1-1 is intended to connect callers to a call center that can be the same as the 9-1-1 call center, but with 3-1-1 calls assigned a secondary priority, answered only when no 9-1-1 calls are waiting.

  9. List of Superfund sites in Indiana - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Superfund sites in Indiana designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]