Joliet Army Ammunition Plant (Manufacturing Area)
Superfund site in Joliet, IL · EPA ID IL7213820460
Joliet Army Ammunition Plant (Manufacturing Area) is a Superfund site in Joliet, IL on the EPA National Priorities List (Currently on the Final NPL). Contaminants of concern include 1,3,5-TRINITROBENZENE, 2,4,6-TRINITROTOLUENE, 2,4-DINITROTOLUENE, 2,6-DINITROTOLUENE. At Joliet Army Ammunition Plant (Manufacturing Area), the EPA has determined that human exposure is under control.
EPA status
- National Priorities List
- Currently on the Final NPL
- Human exposure under control
- Yes
- Groundwater migration under control
- Yes
- Construction complete
- Yes
- Sitewide ready for reuse
- Yes
- Federal facility
- Yes
- EPA region
- 05
- County
- Will
Contaminants of concern
Grouped by the environmental medium in which the EPA recorded them.
Groundwater
- 1,3,5-Trinitrobenzene
- 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene
- 2,4-Dinitrotoluene
- 2,6-Dinitrotoluene
- Antimony
- Cadmium
- Hexahydro-1,3,5-Trinitro-1,3,5-Triazine (Rdx)
- Iron
- Nitrobenzene
- Tetrachloroethene
Soil
- 1,3,5-Trinitrobenzene
- 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene
- 2,4-Dinitrotoluene
- 2,6-Dinitrotoluene
- Arsenic
- Beryllium
- Hexahydro-1,3,5-Trinitro-1,3,5-Triazine (Rdx)
- Lead
- N-Methyl-N,2,4,6-Tetranitroaniline (Tetryl)
Location
6MI S OF ELWOOD OFF RTE 53, Joliet, IL 60434
Latitude 41.3762, longitude -88.1563