EPA in Illinois

Photo Gallery for Pillsbury Mills LLC Removal Site

Photo gallery for Pillsbury Mills LLC removal site

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Early site preparation.	Pillsbury Mills site entrance.	Antennas monitor particulate dust in real time.	Perimeter air monitoring station.	Loading asbestos material onto a truck for proper disposal.
George Krebs of Illinois EPA (right), works with a contractor at an air monitoring station.	Wetting an asbestos material debris pile.	EPA On-Scene Coordinator Kevin Turner works inside the “hot zone” next to a debris pile.	Buildings near the site entrance at the intersection of East Phillips and North 16^th Streets.	EPA On-Scene Coordinator Kevin Turner cleans his respirator after inspecting a building.
Site entrance gate to the Pillsbury Mills facility	Tracked excavator cleans up asbestos debris	Inside the 6th floor of the Bakery Mix Building	Asbestos removal contractors placing plastic sheeting for containment purposes.	Inside the 6th floor of the Bakery Mix Building
Stainless steel tanks preeviously covered with asbestos	Asbestos-covered tank in the basement of Warehouse #3.	Completed removal on 4th floor of Bakery Mix Tower Building.	Contractors empty chemical totes into new bulk shipping containers.	Cleaned tranks that formerly stored shortening used for baked goods.
Empty 5-gallon containers that had contained waste oils.	Drums filled with waste oils awaiting bulk consolidation.	Fluorescent light bulbs staged for disposal.	EPA OSC Kevin Turner inspects loose and friable asbestos-contaminated material in the Maintenance Dept. basement of Warehouse #3.	Debris scattered about inside the 4th floor of the bakery mix building. Technicians remove large pieces of cleaned metal debris.
Technicians relocate the chute used to load asbestos-contaminated material into roll-off-boxes for off-site disposal.	Technician places glove-bag over asbestos-contaminated material.	Technicians remove large pieces of cleaned metal debris.