Superfund Site:

OLD AMERICAN ZINC PLANT
FAIRMONT CITY, IL

Superfund Site Profile

Site Contacts

Community Involvement Coordinator
Ruth Muhtsun
[email protected]
(312) 886-6595

Remedial Project Manager
Sheila Desai
[email protected]
(312) 353-4150

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Site Location

Street Address:
JUNCTION OF 45TH ST AND COOKSON ROAD
FAIRMONT CITY, IL 62201

Announcements and Key Topics

EPA is conducting a five-year review of the Old American Zinc Plant Superfund site. Cleanup at the site is ongoing, but the Superfund law requires a review be completed within five years from the start of the cleanup. This is the first five-year review of this site. 

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Background

The Old American Zinc Plant site is a former zinc smelting facility located at 2575 Kings Highway in Fairmont, Illinois. Zinc smelting operations primarily occurred on the 132-acre facility from ...
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