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Aluminum, chromium and iron registered as too high in the sample taken at Chicago Street CCDD in Will County, about 45 miles southwest of Chicago. The spent quarry now recycles concrete and asphalt for re-use in addition to backfilling with clean debris.Manager Bud Boyer said he noted during a recent meeting with IEPA regulators that follow-up toxin assessments were not done. He said they agreed when he suggested thorough testing of samples from his site would show there’s no threat.In at least one case, existing requirements already proved cost-prohibitive. Aluminum, chromium, iron and selenium were excessive in samples taken from Buckhart Sand and Gravel in Mechanicsburg, 17 miles east of Springfield. Co-owner Barney Flatt said the site hasn’t taken any backfill for about two years because haulers found the testing too expensive.“It’s not worth it at all,” Flatt said. “All we do now is take concrete and crush it for recycling.”...
Workers from the Environmental Protection Agency respond to an oil spill Oct. 26 at a fork of the Chicago River known as Bubbly Creek. (EPA) Cleanup activities are expected to continue this the week after an oil spill Thursday along the south fork of the South Branch of the Chicago River known as Bubbly Creek.Staff from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency responded Oct. 26 to an oil discharge along a 1.5-mile section of the waterway. Crews have secured the affected area of the river with containment booms, but the source of the oil spill is unknown, according to the EPA’s website.The EPA said it did not know how long the cleanup would last.The spill resulted in the closure of the boat dock at Chicago Park District’s Park No. 571, which remains out of service. The U.S. Coast Guard has also closed off access to Bubbly Creek.Video: Cleanup efforts underway Saturday at Bubbly Creek. (Credit: Oliver Czuma)According to the EPA, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service staff are working with the EPA to retrieve killed and injured wildlife. Oiled birds that are alive will be transferred to... (Chicago Tonight | WTTW)
View Full CaptionCourtesy Frank Bergh, Kimberly Camacho and Jayleen SandovalCHICAGO — A set for a TV show that looked like a corner store stirred false hope in neighbors living in a West Side food desert — and then the show threw out a dumpster's worth of food and household supplies that decorated the make-believe shop, residents said.With no grocery stores available for many people in the area, and unwilling to let the items go to waste, North Lawndale residents helped each other pick through the dumpster Monday so they could bring home food to their families.The set at 19th Street and Kedzie Avenue led to frustration in the neighborhood this summer when residents mistook it for a real corner store, a much-needed business in a neighborhood where residents seldom see investment and have few, if any, options for buying groceries."The Chi," which is set to run on Showtime and is produced by Chicago native and Emmy winner Lena Waithe, depicts life and its challenges on the South Side of Chicago. Neighbors questioned why the items weren't donated to a shelter or food pantry to benefit local families in need."It is so shameful that a company like this is profiting off of a show about the hardship...
View Full CaptionCourtesy Frank Bergh, Kimberly Camacho and Jayleen SandovalCHICAGO — A representative of the upcoming Showtime series "The Chi" that's caught flak for throwing away a dumpster full of food and household items in a West Side food desert says the food had expired and wasn't safe to eat.But neighbors, who picked through the dumpster to find items they could bring home to their families, said that's not true and again questioned why the food wasn't donated.The set at 19th Street and Kedzie Avenue was designed to look like a corner store and had been in use since at least mid-June. Filming finished, and the set's very real props apparently were thrown out Monday.Jayleen Sandoval and her roommate, Kimberly Camacho, live next door to the North Lawndale set and joined other residents, including children, in going through the dumpster to find food and household supplies on Monday. They took home a variety of items, including flour, dish soap, sponges and granola bars."Their expiration date isn't until a very long time," said Sandoval, a University of Illinois at Chicago student who works two jobs.Food like the edibles thrown out by the show can be hard to buy in North Lawndale, wher...
Wabash Avenue following record rainfall this weekend. View Full CaptionDNAinfo/David MatthewsDOWNTOWN — Restaurants along the Chicago Riverwalk expect to start reopening Tuesday after record rainfall this weekend put the Downtown attraction under water, city officials say. The Riverwalk remains closed west of Wabash Avenue as crews work to clean up debris and mud brought by the weekend flooding. Affected restaurants include O'Brien's Riverwalk Cafe, Tiny Tapp and City Winery. The cleanup comes after 4.19 inches of rain fell Saturday, making it the wettest October day in Chicago history, according to the National Weather Service, which recorded the rainfall at O'Hare Airport. "While these events are rare, the Riverwalk was designed to withstand flood conditions during significant rain events," Tori Joseph, a spokeswoman for Mayor Rahm Emanuel, said in an email. "It is expected that the Riverwalk will flood as a result of significant rain events in the future and (the city) is prepared to address these events as necessary."The city opened the third leg of the Downtown Riverwalk last year after...
