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Pillsbury: EPA Brownfields Cleanup Grant Proposal – Public Meeting Sept 30, 6pm -Lincoln Library

Public Notice
U.S. EPA Brownfields Cleanup Grant
Moving Pillsbury Forward – Springfield, Illinois
Public Hearing/Meeting Monday, September 30, 2024, 6pm
Lincoln Library (Carnegie Room North)
326 S. 7th St.; Springfield, IL
Public Comment Accepted Until Noon on Friday, October 18, 2024

Moving Pillsbury Forward, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, has been awarded two Brownfield Cleanup Grants from the United States Environmental Protection Agency for activities associated with the remediation of the former Pillsbury Mills Plant site, located at 1525 E. Phillips Avenue, Springfield,
Illinois.

Pursuant to the Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. EPA, Moving Pillsbury Forward is required to obtain public input related to the cleanup alternatives and the proposed action plan for cleanup and remediation activities on the site.

Starting Wednesday, September 18, 2024, a draft of the Analysis of Brownfield Cleanup and Alternatives (ABCA) for the site will be available for public review at DelGiorno
Law Office, LLC; 2160 S. 6th St., Ste. D-1, Springfield, IL
62703 during normal business hours.
The draft document is available for public review – click here…

Moving Pillsbury Forward will also present and discuss the ABCA, as well as accept and consider public comments at a Public Meeting at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, September 30, 2024, at Lincoln Library (Carnegie Room North), 326 S. 7th St.; Springfield, IL 62701. If you need accessibility or language accommodations for the Public Meeting, please contact Chris Richmond, Moving Pillsbury Forward’s Board President, at 217-899-2749 or by email to
.

Moving Pillsbury Forward will consider, respond to, and/or incorporate all substantial written comments on the DRAFT ABCA documents that are received by noon on Friday, October 18, 2024. Written comments should be
directed by email to Chris Richmond at or by US Mail to:
Moving Pillsbury
Forward, P.O. Box 404
Springfield, IL 62705