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Post by 3woodgal on Apr 8, 2008 10:45:51 GMT -6
This pic goes with the article, cross-posted from Arch. My bad... Forgot to mention there was Valet Parking.  If anyone knows this guy.......absolutely hilarious (yet true). If I saw him when I walked in I think I would have pissed my pants in laughter. Kudos to him (or her)! |
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Post by d204mom on Apr 8, 2008 11:10:01 GMT -6
Still laughing at your comment. Again, I am amazed that some people are fine with this logic. How is this a good solution? I just don't get it. I'm not okay with this solution. I think it's foolish. I think that if there is contaminated dirt it should be removed, even if it means tearing up the foundation of the outbuiling and having to pour a new one. Of course, this could be the SB's solution and they have just not publicly embraced it yet. From what I heard these were all just options available, including just throwing clean dirt on top of the yucky stuff.  We do not know the game plan because once again we don't have all the information. Hey the nice thing about just covering it up is that it stays in the ground for future posterity! We wouldn't want kids attending MV decades from now missing out on all the fun. 'Questionable soil' at Riverwalk prompts Hazmat call
April 3, 2008
By KATHY CICHON kcichon@scn1.comThe discovery of “questionable soil” at the Riverwalk construction site Thursday prompted the city to call in an environmentalist and the Naperville Fire Department’s Hazmat team. “We were excavating and we found some questionable soil,” said thingy Dublinski, development services team leader. “When you’re working next to the river, you have to take all the precautions you can.” It was around 11 a.m. when work crews digging first noticed the odor then viewed an oily substance. It was discovered between the covered pedestrian bridge and Main Street bridge, on the north side of the DuPage River, not far from the Dandelion Fountain. “We don’t know what it is. It’s just not regular soil,” Dublinski said. “That’s why we call it questionable.” Decades ago the site was occupied by a gas station. The underground tanks have all been removed, Dublinski said. An environmentalist was called in to evaluate the situation, and soil samples were taken for testing. The results are expected within 24 hours. “We expect something by late tomorrow,” Dublinski said. “From that point going forward, we’ll know what we’re dealing with.” By early next week, the affected area will be completely identified and a plan to clean that area will be put into place, the city said in a statement. With rain expected Thursday evening, the Hazmat team placed floating “bumpers” in the river Thursday afternoon to prevent any of the substance from washing into the river, Dublinski said. If any oil gets into the river, it’s contained and absorbed by the floating bumpers. “Everything was done as a precaution,” Dublinski said. City officials said the discovery will not affect the Phase One construction activities at the Riverwalk. “Right now it shouldn’t impact the work at all,” Dublinski said. |
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Post by rural on Apr 8, 2008 11:20:10 GMT -6
City officials said the discovery will not affect the Phase One construction activities at the Riverwalk. “Right now it shouldn’t impact the work at all,” Dublinski said. Seems they're on the same page as the SD. Why is everyone jumping to the conclusion that the SB is not going to go whole hog on the remediation? No one knows anything at this point. Especially since IEPA isn't even involved yet. I guess it's more fun to bash now AND bash later.  |
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Post by cornholio on Apr 8, 2008 11:26:21 GMT -6
City officials said the discovery will not affect the Phase One construction activities at the Riverwalk. “Right now it shouldn’t impact the work at all,” Dublinski said. Seems they're on the same page as the SD. Why is everyone jumping to the conclusion that the SB is not going to go whole hog on the remediation? No one knows anything at this point. Especially since IEPA isn't even involved yet. I guess it's more fun to bash now AND bash later. They have already said they're going to "fence that baby off", pave it, and use it for storage. |
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Post by Arch on Apr 8, 2008 11:30:17 GMT -6
Someone should take a sample of the soil and soak it in a bucket of water.
Then, after a day run it through a Brita filter and invite everyone on the board and administration to drink a tall glass.
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Post by mandmmom on Apr 8, 2008 11:30:18 GMT -6
City officials said the discovery will not affect the Phase One construction activities at the Riverwalk. “Right now it shouldn’t impact the work at all,” Dublinski said. Seems they're on the same page as the SD. Why is everyone jumping to the conclusion that the SB is not going to go whole hog on the remediation? No one knows anything at this point. Especially since IEPA isn't even involved yet. I guess it's more fun to bash now AND bash later. The SB has lost credibility to most in 204....I just don't get why everything is not done before we buy it....I don't think we have any competition with someone else trying to buy this land, so why isn't our SB demanding more from the sellers? Our SB should be in the driver seat, demanding the best and instead they are coming off as desperate and not demanding much.... |
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Post by d204mom on Apr 8, 2008 12:41:55 GMT -6
I am unclear on this point.
After the 2002 10,500 gal oil spill did they attempt to remediate it and failed or did they not attempt to remediate it? Or did they half-a$$ clean it up but not to EPA standards?
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Post by drdavelasik on Apr 8, 2008 12:44:34 GMT -6
Someone should take a sample of the soil and soak it in a bucket of water. Then, after a day run it through a Brita filter and invite everyone on the board and administration to drink a tall glass. ;D |
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Post by rural on Apr 8, 2008 12:46:51 GMT -6
From what I understand from the meeting video, they were able to collect 7500 gallons of DFO.
2500 seeped into the ground around the overspill areas and was treated with an organic compound to breakdown the oil into a more harmless form.
Please correct me if I'm wrong. I was getting kind of sleepy at that point.
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Post by Arch on Apr 8, 2008 12:49:32 GMT -6
I am unclear on this point. After the 2002 10,500 gal oil spill did they attempt to remediate it and failed or did they not attempt to remediate it? Or did they half-a$$ clean it up but not to EPA standards? There was a remediation attempt. That attempt did not bring it up to the standard needed for Tier1 Residential. |
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Post by JB on Apr 8, 2008 12:52:32 GMT -6
I am unclear on this point. After the 2002 10,500 gal oil spill did they attempt to remediate it and failed or did they not attempt to remediate it? Or did they half-a$$ clean it up but not to EPA standards? The term I wrote down last night @ 7:18 was "superficial remediation", so it should be at around 1:18 into the tape. |
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Post by rew on Apr 8, 2008 12:57:30 GMT -6
I was just reading about PCBs on the government's website. (US EPA) PCBs vaporize and are found miles from their original source of contamination...but the company said they didn't have to test any of the remaining acreage. They assumed it to be contained?
The gov't website stated it was not only an ingestion hazard, but also a contact hazard and a respiratory hazard.
But I thought CBs joke was in regards to having to eat the dirt to create a health concern.
I'm tired of having to question, question, question. Who's right?
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Post by Arch on Apr 8, 2008 13:08:22 GMT -6
Got to love it when a School Board member is up making Kid Health Jokes.
Classic.
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Post by WeBe204 on Apr 8, 2008 17:52:29 GMT -6
This pic goes with the article, cross-posted from Arch. My bad... Forgot to mention there was Valet Parking. I know we are supposed to be mature adults but honestly I have been chuckling all day about this one. Seriously, this guy gets 1M kara points in my book. Was his name really Sam Adams or was that the beer he was drinking?  Edit: He has actually allowed my to regain my sense of humor about this wacked situation,, |
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We do not know the game plan because once again we don't have all the information.
