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Local groups seek data oil trash sites Two local civic organizations are seeking help from members of the public to identify aban­ doned landfills, old trash dumps and closed private industrial disposal facilities in McHenry County. The McHenry County Defenders and the Woodstock- McHenry League of Women Voters are seeking information on old dump sites as the first phase of Operation Ground­ water, a joint effort to check McKenry County drinking water for contamination from pesticides and other toxic chemicals. 4 'Drinking water in McHenry County comes from wells which tap underground aquifers or groundwater", according to Lou Marchi, ; project coordinator and a member of the Defenders. "Unfortunately there is no ~ current program to screen either public or private wells for contamination from toxic chemicals." A new Illinois law, which took effect this January, is designed to partially address this problem. The law provides that private wells located within % mile from a currently operating ior abandonded landfill are eligible for testing for chemical contamination -by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. Phase 1 of Operation Groundwater is designed to implement this law. Student :ond "To do so we need to identify the location of as many aban­ doned trash dumps as possible", according to Lor ens Tronet, from Crystal Lake, another project volunteer. "Currently operating facilities are easy to locate. They must register with the state. But older sites are another matter", Tronet said. "In the past, recordkeeping was poor to non-existant. No one realized the long-term threat posed by these dumps. They were operated as a public convenience. Every town and township had one or more than one. When they were filled they were forgotten. We estimate there are at least SO orphan dumpsites in the county", Tronet said. "We need the help of long time residents to map the location of these dumps. What seems like common knowledge to them, will be valuable information to us", Tronet said. Even more difficult to locate are no longer used "company dumps", or disposal sites used in the past by industry, ac­ cording to Donna Schaefer, natural resources chair for the league. "We heed the help of current or former employees and neigh­ bors to locate these sites", Schaefer said. "There are no public records on them." "Evgii sketchy or second-hand in­ formation will help us chart the areas elegible for testing. "There is no attempt to point the finger of blame at anyone", Schaeger emphasized. "We only want to prevent future contamination of our ground­ water, a commodity the belongs to everyone". Anyone with information on abandoned dumps or wishing to work on the project can call (815) 459-0450. A committee volunteer will get back in touch with them. Page 13'- PL AINDEALER-HERALD. 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The car started out as a 1974 Chevrolet Vega that was donated < to the College's automotive program for parts. Hie project continues to be intended as an educational and motivational challenge for automotive students. Designed to run on a straight quarter-mile track under timed conditions, The Vegord had to pass a technical inspection by the National Hot Rod Association to be eligible to compete at sanctioned Association raceways such as the one at Union Grove. The car is expected to run at Great Lakes Dragway again Saturday, June 15 and on June 29. Hranac says that between now and then the automotive students will be working on the car's engine, fine tuning its operation. They hope to get the car up a level from Elapse Time 3 to Elapse Time 2, which means increasing the car's quarter- mile speed from, 14 seconds to 13 or less. NEW COMPUTER The McHenry City Council J okayed the purchase of a new 1 computer system for the City I Clerk's office. 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