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Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal Asphalt Spill (FPN#UCGPE25504)

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IMG_3782.jpg<br />Date Taken: 5/30/2025<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags: Multi-colored Mylar strands installed to deter wildlife from congregating in collection areas. Site Photo 5/30/2025
20250523_Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal Asphalt Spill_press pack__1004376.jpg<br />Date Taken: 5/23/2025<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags: An excavator on a barge removes product from the canal. Site Photo 5/23/2025
20250519_192155465_iOS cropped.jpg<br />Date Taken: 5/19/2025<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags: An excavator picks up heavy product from the canal from a barge . Site Photo 5/19/2025
Picture2.jpg<br />Date Taken: 5/19/2025<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags: An excavator lifts asphalt material from the canal. Site Photo 5/19/2025
Picture1.jpg<br />Date Taken: 5/19/2025<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags: EPA oversees excavation work at the main spill area. Site Photo 5/19/2025
20250516_103544162_iOS.jpg<br />Date Taken: 5/15/2025<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 41.8029164851349<br />Longitude: -87.7971696854729<br />Tags: Additional asphalt surfaces in canal during night operations Site Photo 5/15/2025
20250516_103535602_iOS.jpg<br />Date Taken: 5/15/2025<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 41.8025215962082<br />Longitude: -87.7979779244015<br />Tags: Additional asphalt surfaces in canal during night operations Site Photo 5/15/2025
Booms on the canal helping to contain a tar like substance from spreading - 05.15.2025.jpg<br />Date Taken: 5/15/2025<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags: A patch of tar-like substance contained by booms Site Photo 5/15/2025
Crews on a boat removing a tar like substance contained by booms - 05.15.2025.jpg<br />Date Taken: <br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags: Boat crews removing a tar-like substance contained by booms Site Photo
Tar like substance being contained by boom - 05.15.2025.jpg<br />Date Taken: 5/15/2025<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags: Tar-like substance contained by boom Site Photo 5/15/2025
Photo-7.jpg<br />Date Taken: 5/13/2025<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 41.7907246944444<br />Longitude: -87.8185519166667<br />Tags: Patch approximately 4 feet wide of material floating on water surface and stuck in bramble on the bank. Site Photo 5/13/2025
Photo-4.jpg<br />Date Taken: 5/13/2025<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 41.7758223611111<br />Longitude: -87.8322096666667<br />Tags: Material immediately downstream on bank near impacted industry intake. Site Photo 5/13/2025
Photo-3.jpg<br />Date Taken: 5/13/2025<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 41.8039588555556<br />Longitude: -87.7937745833333<br />Tags: Clean up crew deploying boom Site Photo 5/13/2025
Photo-11.jpg<br />Date Taken: 5/13/2025<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 41.8039379583333<br />Longitude: -87.793922<br />Tags: Asphalt material collected. Site Photo 5/13/2025
Photo-2.jpg<br />Date Taken: 5/13/2025<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 41.8040342361111<br />Longitude: -87.7938225166667<br />Tags: Cleanup crews feed boom into the canal. Site Photo 5/13/2025