Posted on December 13, 2021
An aerial photograph of the Chicago Area Limited Disposal Facility, a 45-acre site on the southeastern side of Chicago that has been in operation since 1984. Insertion: The outline of the CDF is shown in red. (Credit: Army Corps of Engineers)
Community activists and environmentalists were disappointed and responded to Friday’s approval by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. Extension of permission for one year for “Trapped disposal facilityIs located on Lake Michigan, run by the US Army Corps of Engineers.
The 43-acre dump, known as the Dredging and Sedimentation Facility or Confinement Disposal Facility (CDF), is located at the port of Calmette at the confluence of Lake Michigan and the Calmette River. The one-year extension will expire on November 30, 2022.
“I’m happy to receive the permit,” said Mike Padilla. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Chicago District Project Manager. “It will allow us to resume the maintenance of the Calmette Canal to support the significant surface commerce they offer.”
The dump opened in 1984 and stores contaminated sediments dredged from the Calmette River and the Calsag Canal. It was expected to reach capacity in 2022, at which point it was handed over to the Chicago Park area for redevelopment.
Instead, the Army Corps has an additional permit application pending a 20-year extension of the life of the dump, made possible by the proposed 22-foot vertical expansion. The Illinois EPA is still considering that requirement.
“”Park friends It is not surprising that the US Army Corps of Engineers has been granted an extension of permission to operate a restricted disposal facility. It is clear that the health and well-being of the South East Side community is not a priority, “Fanita Ilizary, Executive Director of the organization, said in a statement. “We are determined to resist the closure of the CDF and all efforts to postpone the conversion to the park as promised.”
Critics of the expansion plan could lead to poor drinking water quality, especially given the rising water levels of Lake Michigan, coastline erosion, and strong storms breaking waves over previously unmanageable barriers. It states that there is.
Amalia Nieto Gomez, Executive Director of the Alliance of Alliances, said: Southeast.
Kiana Courtney, lawyer Environmental Law Policy CenterActivists have said they continue to oppose garbage dump locations in communities that are already overloaded with environmental pollution and will continue to urge the Illinois EPA to deny additional permits.
