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Former
Indian Oil Refinery
Lawrenceville, Illinois
Natural Resources Damage Assessment and Restoration Project
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The Former Indian Refinery Site (the Site) consists of approximately 990 acres located south of the City of Lawrenceville in southeastern Illinois. The area is bounded by residential neighborhoods, cropland, bottomland forested wetlands, the Embarras River, and an unnamed tributary of Indian Creek.
The facility at the Site was active as a petroleum refinery from the early 1900's until the mid-1990's. During its operation, the refinery produced various petroleum products. A variety of waste products were also generated and disposed of or released to various areas on- and off-site, including the floodplain of the Embarras River. Petroleum products and hazardous substances, including an acidic sludge, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), benzene, toluene, ethyl-benzene, xylene, cadmium, lead and other metals have been detected in surface water, soils, and in groundwater on or adjacent to the site.
The Site was placed on the National Priorities List (NPL) of uncontrolled hazardous waste sites in 2000 pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 USC 9601 et seq. (CERCLA, also known as Superfund) and is being cleaned up under that authority. Chevron with oversight by The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) is conducting a remedial investigation/feasibility study (RI/FS) to determine the response actions that are required to address human health and ecological risks at the site. For the current status of the RI/FS cleanup process, visit the IEPA's website.
The natural resource trustees (the Trustees), which are the IEPA, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), and the U.S. Department of Interior acting through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are conducting a Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) for the Site in cooperation with Chevron. In November 2004, the Trustees and Chevron signed a Funding and Participation Agreement to facilitate a cooperative NRDA for the Site. An NRDA Technical Workgroup, consisting of representatives of IEPA, IDNR, the Service, and Chevron, was established to conduct the NRDA. The NRDA will be coordinated with the ongoing RI/FS, the first time such coordination has been formally conducted in the State of Illinois.
Contaminants released into the environment from the Site can cause injuries to natural resources, including surface water, groundwater, soils, air, and biota. The purpose of the NRDA is to determine the amount and type of natural resource restoration that is required to:
(1) restore injured natural resources and the services they provide to the conditions that they would have been in had the Site contaminant releases not occurred; and
(2) compensate the public for the natural resource losses that have occurred over the interim period of time as a result of the releases.
Natural resource restoration can include actions that rehabilitate, replace, or acquire the equivalent of the injured natural resources and the services they provide.
In conducting the NRDA cooperatively with Chevron, the Trustees will take advantage of the shared expertise and experience between the two groups to determine the amount of natural resource restoration that is required to make the public whole for the natural resource injuries.
Reports
The links below will allow you to view the Trustees' reports concerning the Former Indian Refinery NRDA. Most reports will be in PDF format, and you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view them. Some files may be large, so note the file size before downloading.
Memorandum of Understanding (85 KB PDF file) Signed by the IEPA, IDNR, and the Service in 2002.
PreAssessment Screen (929 KB PDF file) Signed by the IEPA, IDNR, and the Service in 2004.
Funding and Participation Agreement (272 KB PDF file) Signed by the IEPA, IDNR, the Service and Chevron in 2004.
Assessment Plan (2.9 MB PDF file) Signed by the IEPA, IDNR, and the Service in 2006.
Questions:
If you have any questions concerning information found in these reports or other comments related to the Sauget Areas Sites NRDA, please contact us via the e-mail addresses or telephone numbers listed below:
Trustee Council Technical Members:
Greg Ratliff, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, 217-782-9882
Tom Heavisides, Illinois Department of Natural Resources, 217-524-6832
Mike Coffey, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 309-793-5800 extension 206
Industry Partner Technical Representatives
Robert Conlon, Project Manager, Chevron, 925-842-9974
Mike Amman, Staff Environmental Scientist, Chevron, 510-242-4366
Links
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Homepage
Illinois Department of Natural Resources Homepage
Illinois Office of the Attorney General Homepage
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Ecological Services, Rock Island Field Office Homepage
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 NRDA Homepage
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 Contaminants Program Homepage
For more information on the Superfund cleanup process at this Site, visit IEPA's website.
For more information on NRDA in general, and to view the NRDA regulations visit the U.S. Department of Interior's Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance Homepage
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