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Sandoval Zinc Company
Sandoval Zinc Company
Marion County - Sandoval, Illinois
Sandoval Zinc Company operated a smelter for 85 years. Zinc smelting is the process for converting zinc-bearing ores into pure zinc. The company closed in 1985 and filed bankruptcy in 1986. Air emissions from the plant included metals and wind-blown ash. Large amounts of the cinder/slag from smelting were used in constructing and surfacing secondary roads and for fill material on the property. The cinder/slag material not used by the plant was offered to the public and the Village of Sandoval to construct roads, driveways, sidewalks and parking lots.
- Fact Sheet 1 - September 2011
U.S.EPA is the lead agency involved in the Sandoval Zinc Company clean-up. More information may be found at the U.S.EPA website for the clean-up.