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Property Details for Former Buckbee Seed House


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228062
620 Buckbee Street ROCKFORD, IL 61104
1.18
11-26-381-001
42.253367 / -89.088384
17
Cragan, Keary
cragan.keary@epa.gov
312-353-5669


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Property Location



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Property Progress


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CAs Associated with this Property

CA NameCA #StateTypeAnnouncement Year
City of RockfordBF00E01527ILAssessment2015


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Assessment Activities at this Property

ActivityEPA FundingStart DateCompletion DateCAAccomplishment Counted?Counted When?
Phase I Environmental Assessment$3,300.0012/02/201612/15/2016City of RockfordYFY17


Is Cleanup Necessary? Unknown
EPA Assessment Funding: $3,300.00
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Total Funding: $3,300.00


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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Planning or Assessment

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Contaminants and Media




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Cleanup Activities

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Total ACRES Cleaned Up: 1.18
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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Demolition or Cleanup

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Institutional and Engineering Controls

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Redevelopment and Other Leveraged Accomplishments

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Climate Adaption and Mitigation - Redevelopment

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Additional Property Attributes

Former Use: "The Property is located in an older industrial area of central Rockford. A vacant industrial complex occupies the Property. The Property was occupied by Buckbee Seed House in the late 1870s to at least 1928. Painting, printing, packing, and warehouse operations occurred at the Property. Railroad spurs accessed the Property building(s) along its west and north sides. The larger Buckbee Greenhouse complex and fields were located just south of the Property. Testor Chemical Co. & Plant, a paint, adhesive, and model plane kit manufacturer for the hobby industry, started operations at the Property in approximately 1944. The Testor Chemical Co. Industrial Division complex was also located on the south adjacent property. A large junk yard has operated on the north adjacent site since at least 1928."
Industry (1.18)
Hazardous


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