Welcome to the DeKalb MGP Environmental Cleanup Project Website

Nicor Gas and ComEd have completed the environmental cleanup project in DeKalb, Illinois. The former DeKalb manufactured gas plant (MGP) was located at 400 North 14^th Street.

The project has been conducted in cooperation with, and with oversight by, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) through its voluntary Site Remediation Program. Soil exceeding Illinois EPA standards was safely excavated, loaded into trucks and disposed of at a licensed waste disposal facility. The excavation was then backfilled with clean material and the property restored.

Nicor Gas and ComEd thank the City of DeKalb and all our neighbors for their assistance, support and cooperation throughout this project.