Champaign Manufactured Gas Plant Information 
 
 
Beginning in the 1850s, manufactured gas plants (MGPs) were built in cities throughout Illinois. These plants produced gas by heating coal or oil. The gas was used for lighting, cooking and heating. The MGPs were closed as natural gas became widely available.

As the MGPs were closed, equipment was removed and buildings were razed. However, some byproducts - primarily coal tar - of the manufactured gas process remained buried on the site. While this was in accordance with the practices of the time, today the location of these byproducts must be located, identified and removed. Ameren Illinois conducts MGP site investigations and cleanups in accordance with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency’s Voluntary Site Remediation Program.

The files found on this website are a collection of documents associated with the Champaign MGP Remediation Project. In addition to this website, site information repositories are maintained at the Douglass Branch of the Champaign Public Library, 504 E. Grove Street, and at the information desk of the Champaign City Building, 102 N. Neil Street.

For additional inquiries about this project, contact:

Leigh Morris
Ameren Illinois
200 W. Washington Street
Springfield IL 62701
E-mail: lmorris@ameren.com

For inquiries regarding the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency’s oversight of this project, contact:

Stan Black
Office of Community Relations
Illinois EPA
P.O. Box 19276
Springfield IL 62794-9276
Phone: 217.785.1427
E-mail: stan.blackj@illinois.gov
 
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Ambient Air Monitoring WP 10-1-97
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CSI Report
Section 8 Signature
Appendix A (NC): Champaign Sanborn Maps
Appendix B: Part A-EDR Illinois Water Well Report
Part B-EDR Radius Map
Appendix C: Part A-1990 Soil Data
Part B-1990 Soil Data
Part C-1991 Soil Data
Part D-1991 Soil Data
Part E-1991 Soil Data 
Part F-1991 Soil Data
Part G-1992 Surface Soil Data
Appendix D: Phase II SI Logs
Appendix E: Well Construction Details
Appendix F: Part 1-GW 1990
Part 2-GW 1992
Appendix G: Geotech Data 8-9-05
Appendix H: Boring Logs 1996
Appendix I: CSI Logs 2004
Appendix J: 1999 Elevations
2000 Elevations
2001 Elevations
GW Elevation Data
Well Survey 2004
Appendix K: CSI COC App.
Appendix L: Part A-Soil 04070377R
Part B-Soil 04070448R
Part C-Soil 04070635R
Appendix M: Groundwater Analytical 2005-2006
04070740
05030451 05030451DR 05030451QC 05030451SS
05060318 05060318DR 05060318QC 05060318SS
05090845 05120697 06030912
06060698 06060698DR 06060698QC 06060698SS
06090621 06090621DR 06090621QC 06090621SS
06120390 06120390DR 06120390QC 06120390SS
Appendix N: Part A-04070535QC
Part B-04070740QC
Figures: Fig. 1-1 Fig. 1-2
Fig. 2-1 Fig. 2-2 Fig. 2-3 Fig. 2-4
Fig. 2-5 Fig. 2-6 Fig. 2-7 Fig. 2-8
Fig. 2-9 Fig. 2-10 Fig. 2-11 Fig. 2-12
Fig. 2-13 Fig. 2-14 Fig. 2-15 Fig. 2-16
Fig. 2-17 Fig. 2-18 Fig. 2-19 Fig. 2-20
Fig. 2-21
Fig. 3-1
Fig. 4-1 Fig. 4-2 Fig. 4-3 Fig. 4-4
Fig. 6-1 Fig. 6-2 Fig. 6-3 Fig. 6-4
Fig. 6-5 Fig. 6-6 Fig. 6-7 Fig. 6-8
Fig. 6-9 Fig. 6-10 Fig. 6-11
Fig. 7-1 Fig. 7-2 Fig. 7-3 Fig. 7-4
Fig. 7-5 Fig. 7-6 Fig. 7-7 Fig. 7-8
Fig. 7-9 Fig. 7-10
Fig. ES-1
Tables: Tab. 2-1 Tab. 2-2 Tab. 2-3 Tab. 2-4
Tab. 2-5 Tab. 2-6 Tab. 2-7 Tab. 2-8
Tab. 2-9 Tab. 2-10 Tab. 2-10A Tab. 2-10B
Tab. 3-1 Tab. 3-2
Tab. 4-1 Tab. 4-2
Tab. 5-1 Tab. 5-2 Tab. 5-3 Tab. 5-4
Tab. 5-5 Tab. 5-6 Tab. 5-7 Tab. 5-8
Tab. 5-9 Tab. 5-10 Tab. 5-11 Tab. 5-12
Tab. 5-13 Tab. 5-14 Tab. 5-15 Tab. 5-16
Tab. 5-17 Tab. 5-18 Tab. 5-19 Tab. 5-20
Tab. 5-21
Tab. 6-1 Tab. 6-2 Tab. 6-3 Tab. 6-4
Tab. ES-1
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Complete IRM Work Plan 10-1-97
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Complete Off-Site Work Plan 2-14-08
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Complete Off-Site Work Plan 3-13-08
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Complete Supplemental Site Investigation 7-30-97
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IEPA Response to Submittal of IRM Work Plan 10-24-97
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PSC Response to IEPA Comments IRM WP 11-4-97
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IEPA Response to Submittal of IRM Work Plan 11-5-97
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IEPA Approval of IRM Work Plan & Air Monitoring WP 2-6-98
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IEPA Comments on Off-Site Investigation Work Plan 3-5-08
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Ameren Response to IEPA Off-Site Comments 3-14-08
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IEPA Approval of Off-Site Work Plan 3-25-08
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Draft Offsite SIR Report
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IEPA Comments for Off-Site Investigation Report
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IEPA August 2008 Fact Sheet and Open House Announcement
Appendix A: Hydraulic Conductivity Data Sheets
Appendix B: Groundwater Sampling Field Data Sheets
Appendix C: Well Construction and Development Logs
Appendix D: Soil Analytical Data
08040184 08040185 08040186 08040187
08040238 08040412 08040620 08050396
08050415 08050439 08050440 08050896
08060976
Appendix E: Groundwater Analytical Data
Groundwater May 2008 Groundwater July 2008
Waste Water 1 Waste Water 2
Appendix F: Soil Boring Logs
Appendix G: Physical Testing Laboratory Data
Figures: Fig. 1-1 Fig. 1-2 Fig. 2-1 Fig. 2-2
Fig. 2-3 Fig. 2-4 Fig. 2-5 Fig. 2-6
Fig.2-7 Fig. 2-8 Fig. 2-9 Fig. 2-10
Fig. 2-11 Fig. 3-1 Fig. 6-1 Fig. 6-2
Fig. 6-3 Fig. 6-4 Fig. 6-5 
Tables: Tab. ES-1 Tab. 2-1 Tab. 2-2 Tab. 2-3
Tab. 3-1 Tab. 3-2 Tab. 4-1 Tab. 5-1
Tab. 5-2 Tab. 5-3 Tab. 5-4 Tab. 5-5
Tab. 5-6 Tab. 5-7 Tab. 5-8  Tab. 5-9
Tab. 5-10 Tab. 5-11 Tab. 6-1 Tab. 6-2
Tab. 6-3
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Final Offsite SIR Report
Appendix A: Hydraulic Conductivity Data Sheets
Appendix B: Groundwater Sampling Field Data Sheets
Appendix C: Well Construction and Development Logs
Appendix D: Soil Analytical Data
08040184 08040185 08040186 08040187
08040238 08040412 08040620 08050396
08050415 08050439 08050440 08050896
08060976
Appendix E: Groundwater Analytical Data
Groundwater May 2008 Groundwater July 2008
Waste Water 1 Waste Water 2
Appendix F: B-800 B-801 B-802 B-803
B-804 B-805 B-806 B-807
B-809 B-811 B-812 B-813
B-814 B-815 B-816 B-817
B-818 B-819 B-820 B-821
B-822 B-823 B-824 B-825
B-826 B-827 B-828 B-829
B-830 B-831 B-832 B-833
B-834 B-835 B-836 B-837
B-838 B-839 B-840 B-841
B-843 B-844 B-845 B-846
B-847 B-848 B-849 B-850
B-851 B-852
Appendix G: Physical Testing Laboratory Data
Figures: Fig. 1-1 Fig. 1-2 Fig. 2-1 Fig. 2-2
Fig. 2-3 Fig. 2-4 Fig. 2-5 Fig. 2-6
Fig.2-7 Fig. 2-8 Fig. 2-9 Fig. 2-10
Fig. 3-1 Fig. 6-1 Fig. 6-2 Fig. 6-3
Fig. 6-4 Fig. 6-5
Tables: Tab. ES-1 Tab. 2-1 Tab. 2-2 Tab. 2-3
Tab. 3-1 Tab. 3-2 Tab. 4-1 Tab. 5-1
Tab. 5-2 Tab. 5-3 Tab. 5-4 Tab. 5-5
Tab. 5-6 Tab. 5-7 Tab. 5-8 Tab. 5-9
Tab. 5-10 Tab. 5-11 Tab. 6-1 Tab. 6-2
Tab. 6-3
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Evaluation of Soil Gas Data collected at residential properties near former MGP site, Champaign, Illinois
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IEPA Concurrence with Evaluation of Soil Gas Data
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Remedial Objectives Report, former manufactured gas plant, Champaign, Illinois; dated 12/5/2008
Figures Figure 1-1 Figure 1-2 Figure 2-1 Figure2-2
Figure 2-3 Figure 3-1 Figure 3-2 Figure3-3
Figure 3-4 Figure 3-5 Figure 4-1
Tables Table 3-1 Table 3-2 Table 3-3 Table 3-4
Table 3-5 Table 3-6 Table 3-7 Table 3-8
Table 3-9 Table 3-10 Table 3-11 Table 3-12
Table 3-13 Table 3-14 Table 3-15 Table 3-16
Table 3-17 Table 3-18 Table 3-19 Table 3-20
Table 3-21 Table 7-1 Table ES-1 
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Remedial Action Plan, former manufactured gas plant, Champaign, Illinois; dated 12/2008
Figures Figure 1-1 Figure 1-2 Figure 1-3 Figure 2-1
Figure 2-2 Figure 2-3 Figure 2-4 Figure 2-5
Figure 3-1 Figure 3-2 Figure 3-3 Figure ES-1
Figure ES-2 Figure ES-3
Tables Table 1-1 Table 2-1 Table ES-1 Table ES-2
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IEPA Comments on Remedial Objectives Report and Remedial Action Plan
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Ameren Responses to IEPA comments on ROR and RAP
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IEPA Final Approval of On-Site Remedial Objectives Report and Remedial Action Plan 
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Ambient air monitoring plan, dated 6/12/09
Complete File
Table of Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
Plan
Appendix A Wind Speed
Appendix B Air Monitoring Field Log
Appendix C Air Quality
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Educational Stormwater Permit Inspection Report
    February 19, 2010 Soil Data Review for New Monitoring Wells
    IEPA review of February 19, 2010 Soil Data Review for New Monitoring Wells
    May 2010 First Quarter Groundwater Monitoring Report
    Second and Third Quarter 2010 Groundwater Report
    IEPA Approval Letter
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    Champaign First Quarter 2011 Groundwater Report
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    IEPA Approval
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    Remedial Action Plan Addendum

     

    Signed RAP Addendum

     

    2011 Addendum - Open Air Dig Table

     

    2011 Addendum - Figure 1

    IEPA Approval of Remedial Action Plan Addendum

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    Champaign MGP 2nd Quarter 2011 Groundwater Monitoring Report
    Champaign MGP 3rd Quarter 2011 Groundwater Monitoring Report
    January 23, 2012 Well Installation Proposal
    IEPA Approval of January 23, 2012 Well Installation Proposal
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    MGP 4th Quarter 2011 Groundwater Monitoring Report
    IEPA Approval of 4th Quarter 2011 Groundwater Monitoring Report
     
     
     
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