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91_HR0453
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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, 60,000 cubic yards of contaminated soil are to
3 be removed, and hauled by truck, from Chanute Air Force Base
4 in Rantoul, Illinois, to a landfill owned by Illinois Waste
5 Systems Inc. in Hoopeston, in Vermilion County, Illinois; and
6 WHEREAS, Engineers have indicated the soil is
7 contaminated with hydrocarbons, diesel fuel, and possibly
8 pesticides and other contaminants; and
9 WHEREAS, These chemicals may pose a threat to public
10 health; and
11 WHEREAS, The landfill the soil will be moved to is a half
12 mile from Hoopeston Area High School and three quarters of a
13 mile away from Hoopeston Community Memorial Hospital; and
14 WHEREAS, The landfill is also about two miles from an
15 underground aquifer; and
16 WHEREAS, This aquifer provides drinking water to many
17 residents; and
18 WHEREAS, The city of Hoopeston's agreement with the
19 landfill states only sanitary waste may be placed there;
20 therefore, be it
21 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
22 NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
23 the soil from Chanute Air Force Base should not be placed in
24 the landfill at Hoopeston in Vermilion County, Illinois; and
25 be it further
26 RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be sent to the
27 Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, the United States
28 Environmental Protection Agency, and the United States Air
29 Force Conversion Agency.