Superfund Success Stories in Illinois
City of West Chicago, Illinois

The 11-acre Kerr-McGee (Reed-Keppler Park) Superfund site (PDF) (2 pp, 427K, About PDF) has been incorporated into the 90-acre Reed-Keppler Park, where residents can now enjoy a complex of baseball fields, a skateboard park, a large maintained greenspace, and new family aquatic center.
In Reuse
Circle Smelting (Beckemeyer)
- Site Reuse Activities | Region 5 Site Summary | CERCLIS Superfund Site Profile
Dupage County Landfill/Blackwell Forest Preserve (Warrenville)
H.O.D. Landfill (Antioch)
- Site Reuse Activities (PDF) (2 pp, 127K, About PDF) | Region 5 Site Summary | CERCLIS Superfund Site Profile
Kerr-McGee (Reed-Keppler Park) (West Chicago)
- Kerr McGee Superfund Site Reuse Success Story (PDF) (18pp, 1.5MB) October 2011
- Site Reuse Activities (PDF) (2 pp, 172K, About PDF)
- Community Involvement
- Region 5 NPL fact sheet
- CERCLIS Superfund Site Progress Profile
Petersen Sand and Gravel-IGFP (Libertyville)
- Site Reuse Activities (PDF) (2 pp, 188K, About PDF) | Region 5 Site Summary | CERCLIS Superfund Site Profile
In Continued Use
Ottawa Township Flat Glass (Naplate)
- Site Reuse Activities (PDF) (1 pg, 136K, About PDF) | Region 5 Site Summary | CERCLIS Superfund Site Profile
Cross Brothers Pail Recycling (Pembroke Township)
- Site Reuse Activities (PDF) (1 pg, 250K, About PDF) | Region 5 Site Summary | CERCLIS Superfund Site Profile