The federal Environmental Protection Agency is pitching a $10 million plan to pump tar-like liquids from the groundwater near the Waukegan Port District's lakefront property.
The liquid is left over from operations at the North Shore Gas South Plant, which was shut down in 1946.
An EPA remediation project manager says the public isn't in immediate danger, but says removal is needed partly due to the polluted groundwater being within 600 feet of Lake Michigan.
Environmental officials began conducting soil tests at the site in 1991 to check for wastes, including coal tar and wastewater sludge. A recent EPA report says those contaminants have been found in the site's soil and groundwater.
