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OUTBOARD MARINE CORP.

IL | EPA ID ILD000802827

Exposure status: insufficient data

About this site’s exposure pathways: As of September 2024, there is not sufficient information available to determine the site-wide Human Exposure Control status at the Outboard Marine Corp. (OMC) Superfund Site. EPA has completed the following actions:
1) re-dredging of the harbor over 2012-2013 to reduce polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) levels in sediment, which has led to decreasing PCB levels in fish, based on 2017 sampling;
2) OMC Plant 2 facility (Operable Unit 4), EPA completed its demolition. The abandoned facility, contaminated beach sand and sediment, and PCB-contaminated soil have been substantially removed and disposed off-site.
The harbor sediment clean-up level has been achieved and the soil clean-up is substantially complete. Fish data is showing a declining trend of PCBs. The activities planned to make the HE determination include: ongoing periodic sampling of fish for PCBs to confirm the trend.

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