asarco taylor springs

PUBLIC ROAD AND BROADWAY STREET

The ASARCO site is located on the south side of the Village of Taylor Springs, Illinois, in Montgomery County. The site occupies approximately 533 acres, of which 263 acres are wooded, 89 acres are used for agriculture, and the remaining 181 acres comprise the former and current site operations area. The site is bordered to the northwest by cultivated farmland and woodlands, to the northeast by residential areas, to the east by the Taylor Springs waste water treatment plant and cultivated farmland, and to the south and west by cultivated farmland and woodlands. There are two ponds located on the northwest edge of the site that are regularly fished by the local community. Previous operations at the site include mining and storage of coal, primary slab zinc production, sulfuric acid production, secondary slab zinc production, American Process zinc oxide production, and French Process zinc oxide production. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed the Asarco Taylor Springs site for the National Priorities List (NPL) in April 2006 and finalized the site on the NPL in September 2006.