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South Shore residents urge Cook County to press for transparency, health safeguards at Quantum Campus brownfield site
Summary
Residents and community groups testified at the Cook County Board meeting that the proposed Quantum/IQM Psi campus on the former U.S. Steel South Works site poses unresolved contamination risks. Speakers asked the county to insist on transparent sampling, remediation records and protections during construction.
Community members told the Cook County Board on Feb. 5 they are worried the planned Quantum microelectronics campus on the former U.S. Steel South Works brownfield could harm public health unless agencies, developers and the county increase transparency and remediation actions.
Ann Holcomb, co-chair of ETHOS of South Shore, told the board she and her group reviewed thousands of pages of Illinois Environmental Protection Agency records and said an IEPA "No Further Remediation" (NFR) letter relied on testing that did not meet what she described as normal…
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