HomeMy WebLinkAboutG41-25 LetterNOTIFICATION LETTER
December 5, 2025
City Clerk
Kimberly Dewis
150 Dexter Court
Elgin, IL 60120
Dear Kimberly Dewis:
One the behalf of Bazos Cleaners, Hydrodynamics Consultants, Inc. is performing an environmental response action at
the property located at 835 Walnut Avenue, Elgin, Illinois. The response action is being performed because of a
previous drycleaning solvent release into the subsurface environment at the above property. The response action
consists of subsurface site investigation and active site remediation actions.
To protect human health, Illinois regulations require that Bazos Cleaners either clean up the groundwater
contamination or demonstrate that the groundwater in the area of the release will not be used as potable water.
("Groundwater" is the water beneath the ground stored in the pores of soil and rock; some communities and
homeowners pump this water out of wells to supply potable water. "Potable" means fit for human consumption
including drinking, bathing, preparing food, washing dishes, and so forth.)
The City of Elgin has an ordinance that strictly prohibits the human and domestic consumption of the groundwater
beneath this property. Under Illinois regulations, a local ordinance that effectively prohibits the installation and use of
potable water supply wells may be used as an institutional control to allow contamination above the groundwater
ingestion remediation objectives to remain in the groundwater (35 Illinois Administrative Code 742.1015). (An
institutional control is a legal mechanism for imposing a restriction on land use.) The Illinois Environmental Protection
Agency (Illinois EPA) has determined that the ordinance adopted by the City of Elgin meets the regulatory
requirements for use as an institutional control. Bazos Cleaners has requested and has been granted approval from the
Illinois EPA to use the groundwater ordinance as an institutional control.
Your property (as shown in the enclosed drawing) is included in the area affected by the ordinance. This means that
you cannot install or use potable a water well on your property. Based on the remediation objectives established in
reliance on this ordinance, groundwater beneath your property may not be suitable for human consumption. Illinois
regulations require that you be notified of these facts.
If you wish to obtain a copy of the ordinance, please contact the Elgin's City Clerk's Office, 150 Dexter Court, 2nd
Floor, Elgin, IL 60120-5570, or you can download it at the IL EPA's website,
http://epadata.epa.state.il.us/land/gwordinance/.
To learn more about the site, please contact Hydrodynamics Consultants, Inc., 5403 Patton Drive, Suite 215, Lisle, IL
60532, or the Illinois EPA, Bureau of Land, SRP project manager, Kimberly Brown, 2520 W Iles Avenue P.O. Box
19276 Springfield, IL 62794-9276 (Phone Number (217) 524-0007). You may also obtain a copy of the complete
Illinois EPA file on this site. To do so, you will need to submit a written request with your signature to the Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) Officer, Illinois EPA, Bureau of Land, 2520 W Iles Avenue P.O. Box 19276 Springfield, IL
62794-9276. When requesting a copy of the file, please reference the file heading shown below: LPC# 0894385069
/Kane County, Elgin/Bazos Cleaners 835 Walnut Avenue, Elgin, Illinois. FOIA requests may also be requested
through the Illinois EPA's Web page www.epa.state.il.us/foia.
Sincerely,
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Hydrodynamics Consultants, Inc.
5403 Patton Drive, Suite 215, Lisle, IL 60532
Enclosure: Site Map Showing the Modeled Potential Groundwater Impact Areas
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