Superfund Site:

PEOPLES GAS NORTH SHORE AVENUE STATION FORMER MGP
CHICAGO, IL

Superfund Site Profile

Site Contacts

Community Involvement Coordinator
Francisco Arcaute
[email protected]
(312) 886-7613

Remedial Project Manager
Melissa Milner
[email protected]
(312) 353-1129

Site Location

Street Address:
6659 NORTH KEDZIE AVENUE
CHICAGO, IL 60645

Announcements and Key Topics

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a “No Further Action” Record of Decision (PDF) (22 pp, 2.67MB, About PDF) in 2019 for the Peoples Gas North Shore Avenue Station Former Manufactured Gas Plant (MGP) site. U.S. EPA chose no further action because North Shore Channel sediment (mud) samples collected during a cleanup investigation showed there is no contamination associated ...
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Background

MGPs were industrial facilities that produced gas from coal, oil and other feedstocks. The processes used to produce the gas also produced waste and byproducts such as tars, purifier waste, ...
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