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Glendale Heights, IL —
An oil spill from a storage tank at a Midas auto shop leaked into a grated storm sewer catch basin last week at George Bell and Whitman drives in Glendale Heights.
Around 5:50 p.m. Wednesday, an oily substance was found floating in a small creek northeast of the Whitman and George Bell intersection. The Glendale Heights Public Services Department responded and began cleanup efforts. The source was traced to the Midas auto shop at 2151 Bloomingdale Road.
Oil traveled through the storm sewer system into the creek northeast of the intersection.
The village, in conjunction with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA), is working with the owner of Midas to mitigate the spill.
An environmental cleanup company, SET Environmental, Inc. of Wheeling, will work to remove the oil from the storm drain system and creek.
The spill has been determined to pose no public health risk to residents.
An oil spill from a storage tank at a Midas auto shop leaked into a grated storm sewer catch basin last week at George Bell and Whitman drives in Glendale Heights.
Around 5:50 p.m. Wednesday, an oily substance was found floating in a small creek northeast of the Whitman and George Bell intersection. The Glendale Heights Public Services Department responded and began cleanup efforts. The source was traced to the Midas auto shop at 2151 Bloomingdale Road.
Oil traveled through the storm sewer system into the creek northeast of the intersection.
The village, in conjunction with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA), is working with the owner of Midas to mitigate the spill.
An environmental cleanup company, SET Environmental, Inc. of Wheeling, will work to remove the oil from the storm drain system and creek.
The spill has been determined to pose no public health risk to residents.
