To Illinois Pollution Control Board --Testimony,
Case PCB
CRIGII\IAI
2006-184
April 5,'07
Nation's Most Dangerous Toxic Waste Landfill Location?
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Both at the state and local level we need to realize that no city or town in the nation h"as
more people than Peoria living not only within a 3-mile radius of a toxi~~te
but also immediately adjacent to one
. Not only more, but generally 50 ti
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That includes great cities such as New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco
. APR 0
9 2007
STATE OF
ILLINOIS
Peoria has 54,000 living within 3 miles of Peoria Disposal Co
.'s hazar98AI
VARmiastd
abutting the west-northwest sides of the city, plus Bradley University students . The site
itself is bordered to its fence with both multi and single family units, and nursing homes
.
Even more crucial,
though, is that Peoria is evidently the only place
in the United States
that has a toxic waste landfill that :
1) Sits right atop the shallow sand-gravel aquifer from which is pumped via wells most
of the drinking water
of the 200,000 people of Peoria and adjacent communities :
2) And is also. located immediately upwind of the city and the
air it breathes . *(And
increases in severe maladies (birth defects, premature births, strokes) in the vicinity of
such landfills elsewhere have been linked by researchers to escaping toxic fumes.
Of the 16 still operating commercial toxic waste landfills in the nation listed by the U
.S .
Army Corps of Engineers, most are out in the boondocks . Eight have only 3 to 50
residents within 3 miles and are far (50 to 150 miles) distant from population centers, 4
have 139 to 759 people, one has 1,955, and another 4,227
.
Only one,
Oregon, Ohio, (near Toledo) with 43,580 people within 3 miles, has near the
proximity of Peorians to the hazards of a toxic waste landfill --
but via just air, not both
air and water supply contamination .
Remember, the EPA permit for the PDC landfill allows 843 of the most toxic chemicals
known, and PDC is petitioning to add one more to the list, very toxic PCBs, a chemical
now banned from usage
. It also takes lead metal wastes, which have been recently banned
from landfills in the European Union
.
ALSO REMEMBER,
THERE ARE 100,000 ACRES OF STRIPMINED LAND WITHIN
10 TO 40 MILES OF PEORIA, INCLUDING-TRACTS OF 15,000 AND 5,000 ACRES
WITH NO
PEOPLE LIVING ON THEM, AND VERY FEW EVEN NEARBY
.
YET ALL.THE FOCUS SO FAR HAS
ONLY BEEN ON CONTINUED
OPERATION OF THE PDC LANDFILL
. RATHER, A NEW LOCATION CAN
CERTAINLY BE FOUND BY THE STATE AND/OR THE LANDFILL OWNER
.
IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT "FOREVER" CLOSURE OF THE PDC LANDFILL
AT PEORIA BE BEGUN
NOW
WHILE IT (HOPEFULLY) IS STILL AT A
MANAGEABLE SIZE, AND
WE ARE ON TOP OF THE PROBLEM, AND
WE HAVE
THE PRESENT OWNER-OPERATOR ON BOARD TO HOLD ACCOUNTABLE
.
From: Tom Edwards,
River Rescue, 902 W . Moss Ave, Peoria, IL 61606
Comparison to other Commedfa64tz Waste Landfills
Owner
City
ST
Population
won 3 mile
radius
(ECHO) -
Distance to closest
large (recognizable)
city/town (Google
Earth)
Local Host Fee
State Taxes/Fees
Perpetual Care Fund
ca
anagement
-
ACILITY CLOSED
Emelle
AL
NA
70 mi SW of
Tuscaloosa
$2
.40tton to County where
site located ; and
Sumter County levies addl
$5Ron
Based on toxicity of waste
$41 .60/ton-D, F, K codes requiring
stabilization and PCB
$66 .60/ton- U Codes
$103 .60/ton - P Codes
$11
.60/ton --K061 (electric arc dust)
$1 .00tton on all waste received for disposal
Clean Harbors
Westmorland CA
139 127 mi E of San
Diego
a
Clean Harbors.
Buttonwillow
A
246 27. mi W of
9 62/ton
Bakersfield
n/a
- Extremelyy haz
restricted haz. waste
Chemical Waste Management Kettlemah City A
16 54 mi S of Fresno
a
$46 .381ton - RCRA haz . Waste
Clean Harbors
Deer Trail
CO
50
58 mi E of Denver $120,000 annually + 2%
gross tipping fees (state
statute
$600 annual operating fee
US Ecolo /American Ecology Grand View
ID
5 53 mi S of Boise
no
$30 .00tton - RCRA defined waste
$20 .00tton -
same site 0-2,500 tons
$10 .00/ton - same site 2,500 - 12,500
$5
.00/ton - same site 12,500 - 25,000
_
IL
53,190
partially located
win
$2 .50/ton - same site 25,000+ tons
City of Peoria
$1
.00/ton to Peoria County (if
expansion permitted)
$18 .18/cubic yard - RCRA defined waste
$6 .06/cubic yard - treated waste
Peoria Disposal Company
Pottstown
•
Heritage Environmental
Roachdale
IN
758 39 mi W of
'25%
Indianapolis
of amount collected , $11 .50/ton
from state's Haz. Waste
Disposal Tax
Chemical Waste Management
~~
Sulphur
1,955 12 W of Lake
Charles
no
$30/ton of haz waste generated & disposed
of at the same site
$40/ton of haz waste disposed of in LA at a
site other than generated
$100/ton of extremely haz waste disposed o
in LA
Wayne Disposal, Inc. -
FACILITY CLOSED
Belleville
MI
NA
21 mi SW of
Dearbom
no
$10.00/ton
-
RCRA defined waste
excludes K061, treated waste, incineration S
ash
Comparison to othestmnmercial Haz Waste Landfills
Owner
City
ST
Population
w/in 3 mile
radius
(ECHO)
Distance to closest
large (recognizable)
city/town (Google
Earth
Local Host Fee
State Taxes/Fees
Perpetual Care Fund
US Ecology/American Ecology
Beatty
NV
39 117 ini NW of Las
Vegas
$ .80/ton to Nye County
$18 .50/ton - RCRA defined waste
$3 .00 - PCBs and treated waste
$2
.80/ton + $ .07/cubic
foot for perpetual care
and maintenance
Chemical Waste Management
Model City
NY
4,227 8 .5 mi NE of Niagara
Falls
no
Regulatory Program fees and
$27.00/ton
agreement between
NYS Dept of
Environmental
Conservation and
CWM Chemical
Services
Envirosafe of Ohio
Oregon
OH
43,581 4 .3 mi SW of Toledo no
$9.00/ton - RCRA define waste .
$2 .00/ton
- treated waste
$11 million deposited
by Envirosafe in 1991
Clean Harbors Lone Mountain
Facility
Waynoka
OK
67 137 mi NW of
Oklahoma City
10% of amount collected
from State's Facility
Monitoring Fees to an
organization comprising of
several counties
$9.00/ton - RCRA define waste
$2.00/ton - treated waste
Chemical Waste Management
Arlington
OR
48 116 mi S of Yakima,
WA
$1 .18/ton to Gilliam County
$20
.00/ton
- RCRA defined waste and PCBs
$T50/ton - K061
$20.00/ton - same site 0-2,500 tons
$10.00/ton - same site 2,500 -12,500
$5.00/ton - same site 12,500 - 25,000
$2 .50/ton - same site 25,000+ tons
US Ecology/American Ecology Robstown
TX
51622 mi NW of Corpus no
Christi, TX
$5,000/ rfa
Waste Control Specialists
Andrews
36 45 mi NW of Midland/ no
ffa li f e Min
35 mi N of Odessa
$2,500 and max . $25,000)
nvl
re of Utah - FACILITY Clive
UT NA
74 mi W of Salt Lake
Envirocare deposits
. C SED
City
10% of the fees received to
since
county facility located in
(Utah Code)
$28 .00/ton - RCRA defined waste
$14 .00tton - treated waste
$4 .75/ton - PCBs
2001
2001 ; ; Fund
Fund available
after 100 years
Clean Harbors Lone & Grassy Grantsville
UT
3
36 ml SW of Salt
Mountain
Lake City
