Course: BLD 159 Intro to Brownfield Remediation, Land Re-use, and Public Health

Activity: Access the Cleanups in My Community

Access the Cleanups in My Community

The following activity is an exploration into the United States EPA website section about Brownfield Cleanups in your community.  Click here to access the U.S. EPA website for Cleanups in My Community, then follow the instructions provided to complete this activity.

Instructions:

Enter your city or zip code and press the List It link. If there are no sites that result, try another zip code or enter Waukegan, IL; Blue Island, IL; Dolton, IL, or North Chicago, IL. Select the Brownfields reports. Look at the types of contaminants found. You might need to look at several sites until you find one that has completed the contamination reporting (these will have check marks in the boxes). If you do not find any contaminants reported in the Brownfields reports, you can check Superfund reports. Hint: the Johns Mansville site in Waukegan, IL Superfund report is a really interesting site to access.

After you complete the activity, take notes and go to the discussion board to answer the discussion questions pertaining to your research in this activity.