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SPRINGFIELD — Four in five Illinois quarries that backfill with concrete and other demolition waste show higher-than-acceptable levels of toxins, according to state sampling results obtained by The Associated Press.Illinois Environmental Protection Agency testing last spring produced levels exceeding allowable limits of arsenic, lead, mercury, atrazine and other heavy metals and pesticides as well as volatile organic compounds that can cause health hazards, according to violation notices disclosed to the AP under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act.Among 92 quarries and other excavation sites licensed to take what state law calls “clean construction and demolition debris,” or CCDD, the agency notified 74 of violations.Quarry owners and industry representatives complain that IEPA conducted a basic test, which revealed naturally occurring metals such as aluminum and manganese. IEPA counters the levels found exceeded what’s allowed by law.Environmentalists are seizing on the results,...
On Monday, Oct. 23, 2017, the Logan County Sheriff’s Department responded to a two vehicle accident on Nashville Road.Heather Spivey, 19, of Springfield, Tenn., was traveling northbound on Nashville Road when she attempted to pass a Scott Waste truck that was starting to pull away from a stop. As she was attempting to pass she did not notice an on-coming vehicle. She told deputy Billy Poole she tried to stop but could not due to the wet roadway. Spivey’s vehicle slid into the back of the Scott Waste truck causing severe damage. Spivey’s airbags deployed saving her from serious injury.Lannie Smalling, driver of the Scott Waste truck, told deputy Poole he had just finished picking up the garbage can and started to pull away when he felt the impact from behind. There was minor damage to the waste truck.Spivey was transported to Logan Memorial Hospital for minor injuries by the Logan County EMS.Deputy Poole of the Logan County Sheriff’s Department is the investigating officer. He was assisted by sheriff Wallace Whittaker and the Adairville Fire Department. (News-Democrat & Leader)
Fox Illinois News TeamSpringfield holds October hazardous waste collection (WRSP)SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WRSP) — The City of Springfield is hosting a VOUCHER-ONLY Household Hazardous Waste Collection on October 28 at the Illinois State Fairgrounds. Residents of the city who are participating in the drop off MUST have a voucher in-hand in order to dispose of their materials. Proof of residency (i.e. driver’s license or utility bill) and voucher will be required at time of drop off.How to obtain a voucher:Residents must first contact the Office of Public Works by calling 217.789.2255 or submit an online form available at www.springfield.il.us/recycling.The resident must provide the following information when a voucher is requested:Full nameContact phone numberAddressEmail (if applicable)Type and amount of items that will be dropped offParticipants must be a resident of the City of Springfield corporate limitsVouchers are limited and are issued on a first-come, first-served basis. Upon registering residents wi... (FOX Illinois)
Winters said. A crew of about 60 employees from Quincy and divisions as far away as Jefferson City, Mo., St. Louis and Springfield manned the event which ran for 10 hours. With temperatures in the 70s, the weather was ideal for both crews and residents. "Obviously, when you have weather like this, it's a win-win for anybody," Winters said. The cleanup site at Front and Payson was busy once it opened at 6 a.m. and it remained busy throughout the day. The line for the cleanup sometimes reached as far east as 12th and Payson Avenue. "There has not been a break to the bridge from what I can see all day, which is typical until early afternoon," Winters said. During the 10-hour event, 425 tons was collected, which is 25 tons less than last year. However, 2,512 vehicles went through the site, which is up from 2,381 last year. The city of Quincy budgeted $70,000 for this year's cleanup. Bobby Barnes was brought a trailer through the site at about 12:30 p.m., and was already planning to make a second trip later in the afternoon. "I always have a lot of old kids toys and stuff from my grandparents that I always spend a day trying to consolidate down," Barnes said. "A lot of stuff broken over the years, so I'm trying to get rid of some stuff." He was surprised at how quickly he was at the front of the line. "Usually I'm waiting all the up by 18th Street," he said. Since Republic Service crews cannot assist with unloading the junk, many people brought help to quickly throw it into the dumpsters and trucks. Including herself, Je... (Herald-Whig)
Auditors in the Secretary of State's office required 1,700 hours to analyze tips last year, records show.Told of those figures, Sen. Lee Beyer, D-Springfield, said it shouldn't take that long."That seems like baloney. Come on," he said. "That seems to be an inefficiency."The hotline is staffed 24 hours a day by operators who work for an outside firm. Complaints pour in by the dozen via phone and also come in through an online form, fax line and by U.S. mail. State auditors check hotline submissions daily to monitor for emergencies, and a full team of eight auditors review tips in detail every other week.Although the number of hotline calls has grown in recent years, tips are often untrue or identify problems outside the state's purview, officials say. Ninety-six percent of last year's tips were unsubstantiated, irrelevant or better handled somewhere else, auditors concluded."We get a lot of calls that could be better addressed by another agency," said Dale Bond, the auditor who's managed the hotline program for 11 years.Some tips are forwarded to other state agencies or the ethics commission. Tips can also spark a formal audit of a state government program.Often, auditors consider the reported waste insignificant, Bond said. As an example, she told of one call to the hotline reporting a $5,000 expense for four office chairs."It was spendy," Bond said, "but not exorbitant."Auditors say that in its lifetime, the hotline has netted tips that identified $16 million in questionable spending. Tipsters helped officials identify $1.4 million in wasteful spending by the Oregon Commission for the Blind in 2010, $1.2 million by the Sisters school district in 2006 and $2.3 million by the Dep... (OregonLive.com)
