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Hazardous Waste

Accelerated Aging of Stablized Hazardous Wastes, Robert Fuessle and Max Taylor, Bradley University, (RR-E82), July 1999  (11.5 MB)

Activity of PCBs In Sediments and Water From Lake Calumet and Waukegan Harbor, HWRIC RR-039, June 1992  (2.54 MB)

Area-Wide Distribution Of Lead, Copper, And Cadmium In Air Particulates From Chicago And Northwest Indiana, Paul R. Harrison, John W. Winchester, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, May 1970  (28.13 MB)

Calumet Area Hazardous Substance Database: A User's Guide With Documentation, Teb B. Samsel and Craig E. Colten, Illinois State Museum, (RR-E47), February 1992  (2.79 MB)

Calumet Eco-Industrial Network Survey Project: Partnership Opportunities for Reusing Materials, Water, and Energy, SDCOM,  WMRC Reports, RR-102, April 2003  (2.44 MB)

Catalog of Hazardous and Solid Waste Publications, United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), Solid Waste and Emergency Response, March 2003  (1.25 MB)

Clearing the Air: Tools for Reducing Residential Garbage Burning,  Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance, 2005  (6.12 MB)

Contaminated Sediments in Ports and Waterways: Cleanup Strategies & Technologies,  Committee on Contaminated Marine Sediments, National Research Council, 1997  (2.38 MB)

Decision-Makers’ Guide To Solid Waste Management: Volume II, United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA),

EPA530-R-95-023, August 1995  (2.40 MB)

Disposal Alternatives For PCB-Contaminated Sediments From Indiana Harbor, Indiana: Volume 1 , US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), August 1987  (8.34 MB)

Disposal Alternatives For PCB-Contaminated Sediments From Indiana Harbor, Indiana: Volume 2 , US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), August 1987  (11.11 MB)

Ecological Assessment of Hazardous Waste Sites: A Field and Laboratory Reference, USEPA, EPA/540/R-92/003, 1991  (1.22 MB)

Economics Of Solid Waste Management: The Chicago Case, USEPA, EPA/600/8-78-013, August 1978  (4.78 MB)

EPA's Guide For Industrial Waste Management: Protecting Land, Ground Water, Surface Water, Air, United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), December 2002  (4.17 MB)

EPA’s Roadmap For Mercury, United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), EPA-HG-OPPT-2005-0013, 2006  (3.81 MB)

Generators and Managers of Hazardous Waste in Illinois: Types and Tons of Wastes Generated, Stored, Treated and Disposed - 2003, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) Bureau of Land
Waste Reduction and Compliance Section, December 2004  (473 KB)

Great Lakes Sediments: Contamination, Toxicity and Beneficial

Reuse, Michigan Sea Grant, School for Natural Resources and the Environment (SNRE), September 2002  (2.54 MB)

Guide To Mercury Reduction In Industrial and Commercial Settings,

The Delta Institute, Lake Michigan Forum, July 2001 (1.22 MB)

Hazardous Waste Characteristics Coping Study, United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), Office of Solid Waste (OSW), November 1996  (1.34 MB)

Hazardous Waste Incineration: Questions And Answers, United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), Office of Solid Waste (OSW), EPA-530-SW-88-018, April 1988  (1.78 MB)

Household Hazardous Products and Hazardous Waste: A Summary

For Consumers, Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences,
Agricultural Research and Cooperative Extension, 1998  (911 KB)

Household Hazardous Waste Collection Results: State Fiscal Years
1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, Illinois EPA, February 2003  (746 KB)

Industrial Surface Impoundments In The United States, United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), Office of Solid Waste (OSW), EPA530-R-01-005, March 2001  (10.55 MB)

Industrial Wastes In The Calumet Area, 1869-1970: A Historical Geography, Craig E. Colten, Illinois State Museum, (RR-E01), September 1995  (6.35 MB)

Illegal Dumping Prevention Guidebook, United States Environ-

mental Protection Agency (USEPA), March 1998  (1.14 MB)

Lake Calumet Cluster Site: Proposed Plan For Cleanup, United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), June 2006  (223 KB)

Landfill Capacity In Illinois - IEPA Annual Report, 1996  (3.56 MB)

Landfill Capacity In Illinois - IEPA Annual Report, 1997  (1.10 MB)

Landfill Capacity In Illinois - IEPA Annual Report, 1998  (2.41 MB)

Landfill Capacity In Illinois - IEPA Annual Report, 1999  (3.18 MB)

Landfill Capacity In Illinois - IEPA Annual Report, 2000  (2.64 MB)

Landfill Capacity In Illinois - IEPA Annual Report, 2001  (2.86 MB)

Landfill Capacity In Illinois - IEPA Annual Report, 2002  (4.36 MB)

Landfill Capacity In Illinois - IEPA Annual Report, 2003  (4.47 MB)

Landfill Capacity In Illinois - IEPA Annual Report, 2004  (3.18 MB)

Landfill Capacity In Illinois - IEPA Annual Report, 2005  (4.29 MB)

Leaking Underground Storage Tank Annual Report, 1998  (268 KB)

Leaking Underground Storage Tank Annual Report, 1999  (2.98 MB)

Leaking Underground Storage Tank Annual Report, 2000  (1.95 MB)

Leaking Underground Storage Tank Annual Report, 2001  (1.00 MB)

Leaking Underground Storage Tank Annual Report, 2002  (605 KB)

Leaking Underground Storage Tank Annual Report, 2003  (561 KB)

National Biennial RCRA Hazardous Waste Report: 2003 Data,

United States Environmental Protection Agency, 2004  (2.88 MB)

National Biennial RCRA Hazardous Waste Report: 2005 Data,

United States Environmental Protection Agency, 2007  (2.94 MB)

NIPSCO Former MGP Site: Construction Completion Report ,

Haley & Aldrich Design & Construction, Inc., May 2009  (52.21 MB)

Risk Burn Guidance For Hazardous Waste Combustion Facilities, United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), Solid Waste/Emergency Response, EPA530-R-01-001, July 2001  (505 KB)

Screening Level Ecological Risk Assessment Protocol for Hazardous Waste Combustion Facilities - Volume I (Peer Review Draft), United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), Solid Waste/

Emergency Response, EPA530-D-99-001A, August 1999  (2.44 MB)

Screening Level Ecological Risk Assessment Protocol for Hazardous Waste Combustion Facilities - Volume II - Appendix A (Peer Review Draft), United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), Solid Waste/ Emergency Response, EPA530-D-99-001B, 1999  (2.05 MB)

Screening Level Ecological Risk Assessment Protocol for Hazardous Waste Combustion Facilities - Volume III - Appendices B to H (Peer Review Draft), United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), Solid Waste/Emergency Response, EPA530-D-99-001C, August 1999  (2.70 MB)

Sewage and Waste Control Ordinance (2006), Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD), 2007 (177 KB)

Solid Waste Disposal Facility Criteria: Technical Manual, United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), Solid Waste and
Emergency Response, EPA530-R-93-017, November 1993  (3.13 MB)

Solid Waste Incineration In The Chicago Metropolitan Area: The Battle Over The Illinois Retail Rate Law, Mark Sendzik and Wim Wiewel, College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), July 1996  (143 KB)

Source Apportionment of Sediment PAHs in Lake Calumet, Chicago:
Application of Factor Analysis With Nonnegative Constraints, Bzdusek, Christensen, Li, and Zou, 2004  (207 KB)

Waste to Resource: Beneficial Use of Great Lakes Dredged Material,

Great Lakes Commission, August 2001  (3.02 MB)

Wisconsin Steel Works Site Cleanup: South Slip Sediment Cap Design Report, Prepared by ARCADIS Inc., Navistar Inc., June 2012  (24.45 MB)

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