Development of an ArcView GIS Coverage of Illinois Superfund

Sites

Mark Yacucci

Center for Transportation and the Environment

Illinois State Geological Survey

Acknowledgements

Anne Erdmann - Co investigator - ISGS

John Sieving - Co investigator - ISGS

John R. Washburn - Contract Sponsor - IDOT

USEPA

IEPA

Background

The ISGS – IDOT Partnership Established in March 1989 The ISGS Environmental Site Assessments Section

performs Preliminary Environmental Site Assessments (PESAs) for IDOT

Why CERCLIS?

Most troublesome sites Spatially Environmentally

Moderate record size

Decent USEPA and IEPA file availability

Mapping Process

Mapping order Counties in the Chicago area are being mapped

first

Other urban areas second

Rural counties last

Mapping Process

Data Collection Sources

USEPA CERCLIS database

IEPA files

County tax record maps

Aerial photographs

USGS topographic maps

Mapping Process

Data Collection Additional information

Site property boundaries

Local names and addresses

State ID numbers

Mapping Process

Coverage Creation ESRI’s ArcView 3.2

Shapefile Polygons and database

Conversion to Arc 8.1 coverage

IDOT District 1

Will County, Illinois

Will County, Illinois

Time Frame

Currently two Chicago counties are completed

Chicago area completed by Mid-2002

State completed by early 2003

Updates

Coverage and Database will be updated on an annual/biannual basis Updates to include

New sites

Changes in site status

Corrections to original coverage

The Future

Coordination with other Illinois agencies

Other databases UST LUST Landfills