JUS AJS GROUP, INC.
Date: August 07,2013 ^ ¦ : ¦ : ...
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From: Meemun Enterprises, Inc. "c 3135 N. Clybourn Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60618
Honorable Susana A. Mendoza 121 N. LaSalle St. Room 107 Chicago, IL 60602
REF: Community Right to Know Notice LPC# 0316050005/Cook County Former Continental State Cleaners 3135 North Clybourn Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60618
Dear Honorable Susana A. Mendoza:
The Illinois EPA has determined that a notice must be issued to property owners and occupants near the former Continental Cleaners (the Site) located at 3135 N. Clybourn Avenue, Chicago, Illinois informing them that nearby homes or businesses may be at risk for vapor intrusion based on groundwater data obtained in the vicinity of the Site (see Area of Concern Figure 1 map in the attached fact sheet).
Please Note: the public drinking water supply is not affected by this contamination.
Elevated concentrations of volatile organic chemicals (that are commonly found in cleaning solvents and readily evaporate into the air) that were detected in groundwater have the potential to migrate from the groundwater to indoor air through a process referred to as vapor intrusion. This notice is required under Section 25d-3(a) of the Environmental Protection Act [415 ILCS S/2Sd-3(a)], the 2006 Right-to-Know law and 2009 amendment of same. The Illinois EPA has further determined that a release of drycleaner solvent tetrachloroethylene (PCE) and its breakdown products trichloroethylene (TCE), cis-1,2-dichloroethylene (cis-1,2-DCE) and vinyl chloride, which have originated from this former drycleaner facility, is the cause of this threat to area groundwater.
Site/Facility Description:
The former Continental Cleaners operated from the 1950's in a building located at 3135 N. Clybourn Avenue, Chicago, Illinois before it ceased in operation about 10 years ago due to a fire. The building was subsequently demolished, and it is now a vacant lot. Tetrachloroethylene or per...
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