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Mr. Chris Dressel March 4,2014 Page 3 of 18 In March 2011, the former Millennium building was razed excluding a portion of the building foundation and concrete floor. In March and April 2012, with IDEM oversight, the remainder of the building foundation, concrete floor, and two areas of impacted soil beneath the floor were removed. The concrete floor previously acted as a "cap" (see Figure 1) covering the impacted soils exceeding industrial default closure levels. One area of impacted soil (30'x 30'x 5' deep) was located at the former loading dock and drum compactor. Approximately 227.5 tons of chlorinated solvent contaminated soil was removed and disposed of as nonhazardous waste at Prairie View Landfill in Wyatt, Indiana. The second location (10' x 12' x 10' deep) was located at the former conveyor and process control station. Approximately 60.49 tons of hazardous waste soil was disposed of at Wayne Disposal, Inc. located in Belleville, Michigan. There are no indications in the Demolition & Soil Excavation Report, prepared by ERS, Inc. dated June 5, 2012, for IDEM that any soil samples were collected from either excavation to verify that the soil exceeding default industrial closure screening levels had been removed. However, composite samples were collected and tested from each roll off container from the first excavation to verify that the excavated material was non-hazardous. As a result of the excavation project, the soil is no longer capped across any portion of the property. The property, as it presently exists, is an open vacant lot, void of any above grade structural improvement. Weaver Boos understands that a prospective purchaser plans to redevelop the property into a power station and concrete or asphalt paved parking lot used for staging equipment and semi trailers. The surface soils will be covered with concrete or asphalt. The prospective purchaser is seeking an IDEM Comfort Letter from the IBP prior to acquisition. Based on the current site conditions and background information, the prospective purchaser would likely be eligible for the IDEM Comfort Letter as long as the conditions outlined in the 2010 ERC are met. Please note that according to the background information this site is a former RCRA facility subject to RCRA corrective action requirements and IDEM Comfort Letters likely do not provide RCRA liability protection, as confirmed by Mr. Kevin Davis of the IDEM IBP. However, Mr. Davis believes that RCRA was satisfied with the corrective action activities that occurred in 2012 and will likely not seek further action on the site. Mr. Davis stated that the groundwater contamination may still be an issue if the conditions outlined in the 2010 ERC are not met by the prospective purchaser. 1