• DEPUE/NEW JERSEY ZINC/MOBIL CHEM CORP, BUREAU County, IL

Stage of Clean-up: Study Underway

Conditions at Proposal (April 1997): The DePue/New Jersey Z inc/Mobil Chemical Corp site is located in the Village of DePue, Bureau County, Illinois. The New Jersey ZINC Company began opera tions in 1903 on 175 acres of farmland. The facility was compose d of the original smelter and several associated plants, which we re added over the years. The original plant produced slab ZINC, used in the automobile and appliance industries, and sulfuric aci d. ZINC dust was also produced and used as an additive to produc e corrosive-resistant paints. Shortly after the facility ceased operations in 1990, New Jersey ZINC demolished the remaining stru ctures. During the height of operations, the smelter was reporte d to employ approximately 3,000 workers. New Jersey ZINC Company is currently owned by the ZINC Corporation of America. New Jersey ZINC constructed a diammonium phosphate (DAP) fer tilizer plant in 1966.  More...

Contaminants Detected
	Ground Water	Surface Water	Air	Soil	Other
ACETONE					X
ARSENIC				X
ARSENIC (ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS)				X
BARIUM		X		X
BARIUM COMPOUNDS		X		X
BERYLLIUM					X
BERYLLIUM COMPOUNDS					X
CADMIUM		X		X
CHROMIUM				X
CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS				X
COBALT					X
COBALT COMPOUNDS					X
COPPER		X		X
COPPER COMPOUNDS		X		X
CYANIDE COMPOUNDS				X
LEAD		X		X
MANGANESE					X
MANGANESE COMPOUNDS					X
MERCURY		X		X
NICKEL		X		X
NICKEL COMPOUNDS		X		X
SELENIUM				X
SELENIUM COMPOUNDS				X
SILVER		X		X
SILVER COMPOUNDS		X		X
VANADIUM					X
VANADIUM COMPOUNDS					X
ZINC		X		X
ZINC COMPOUNDS		X		X

Groundwater and Drinking Water
Were drinking water wells shut down due to contamination?	No data
Are drinking water wells potentially threatened?	No data

EPA Hazard Ranking System scores for DEPUE/NEW JERSEY ZINC/MOBIL CHEM CORP:

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Number of PRPs currently associated with this site:

0

EPA Site Information

• NPL Fact Sheet
• NPL Site 5 Year Reviews
• Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System (CERCLIS) Hazardous Waste Site Information
• Superfund Hazardous Waste Site Advanced Query Form

Scorecard reports for BUREAU County on:

• Potential Sources of Land Contamination
• Criteria Air Pollutants
• Hazardous Air Pollutants