U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Region 5

Community Involvement Plan

Peoples Gas Company North Shore Avenue Station Manufactured Gas Plant Site

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

August 2009

Introduction U.S. Environmental Protection Agency prepared this community involvement plan (CIP) for the Peoples Gas Company North Shore Station manufactured gas plant (MGP) site in the West Rogers Park area in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. This CIP provides background information on the site, describes activities EPA will perform to keep the public and local officials informed about progress at the site, and encourages community involvement during cleanup of the site. This CIP also discusses the concerns of nearby residents and local officials regarding the site and ways for EPA to address those concerns. The information in this CIP is based primarily on discussions with residents, business owners and elected officials that occurred July 8, 2009.

Site background EPA has entered into an agreement with Peoples Gas Company to oversee the company’s investigation of 11 former MGP sites in Chicago. North Shore Avenue Station is one of the MGP sites. Peoples Gas will investigate the extent and nature of contamination at the North Shore Avenue Station site, and then evaluate potential cleanup options. This process is expected to continue through 2009. EPA, in consultation with Illinois EPA, the City of Chicago and area residents, will determine final cleanup remedies. All of the properties covered by the agreement are relatively close to the Chicago River, which was a transportation route when the MGPs operated. These facilities produced gas from coal from the mid-19th through the mid-20th centuries. After World War II, coal gas was phased out and replaced with natural gas for cooking and heating. Waste from these operations often included tar, oil, cinders and coke (coal residue). The waste material also usually contained compounds commonly found in motor oils (polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHs), volatile organic compounds (VOCs—contaminants that evaporate into the air easily) and heavy metals such as arsenic and lead. Of the 11 sites being investigated, this CIP focuses on the North Shore Avenue Station site. See the site location map on Page 3.

Site description Location and site features The North Shore Avenue Station site is in Rogers Park Township and is bounded on the west by North Kedzie Avenue, on the east by North Whipple Street, on the south by residential properties on Albion Avenue, and on the north by recently constructed single family homes on North Shore Avenue. The North Shore Channel of the Chicago River is approximately 350 feet west of the western property line.

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The North Shore Station site is divided into three parcels, totaling 10.2 acres. Peoples Gas owns the main parcel of the site, which is about 5.4 acres and is currently used as a natural gas regulator station, a vehicle maintenance shop and fueling facility. The Chicago Board of Education owns the 3-acre east parcel and is building an elementary school on the site (6700 N. Whipple Ave.), which previously consisted of a vacant lot covered by vegetation and an unused paved entrance to the property. Regent Park City Homes owns the remaining 1.8- acre parcel, which is currently being developed as residential property. Both the Board of Education and the Regent Park City Homes parcels were cleaned up to allow for residential uses of the property.

History and cleanup progress Peoples Gas began operating a storage facility for manufactured gas on the site in 1926. The gas holder was taken out of service in 1956 for inspection and repairs. The gas holder sealant was changed from tar to oil at that time, and nearly 200,000 gallons of tar were removed from the site. The gas holder and most of the tar tanks associated with it were removed in 1971. The main gas storage facility buildings are currently used for the sub-shop operations. The shallow ground water in the underlying glacial aquifer flows westward toward the North Shore Channel of the Chicago River. Chemicals detected in ground water samples collected at the site include barium, cyanide, and PAHs. Deeper ground water conditions at the site have not been investigated. The site surface soil is fill material consisting primarily of silt and sand with smaller amounts of clay, gravel and brick. Soil samples collected during site investigations found tar

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staining below the ground water level, as well as PAHs, metals, cyanide and VOCs. Soil at the site was cleaned up in 1997 and 2001. Soil contaminated with chlorinated solvents in the northern portion of the site was removed in 1997. Some of the contaminated soil had levels of contamination that exceed the Illinois residential standards, so land use in this portion of the site is restricted. Further site investigations led to the excavation of approximately 26,000 tons of soil contaminated with lead and PAHs in 2001 and 2002. The tar-stained soil below the ground water level was not removed during this cleanup effort, which was completed under the Illinois Site Remediation Program.

Community background Chicago is the county seat of Cook County. West Rogers Park falls within the Ward 50 boundaries and is bordered by Howard Street to the north, Ridge Boulevard, Western Avenue and Ravenswood Avenue to the east, Bryn Mawr Avenue and Peterson Avenue to the south, and Kedzie Avenue and the North Shore Channel to the west. Also known as West Ridge, West Rogers Park is located on the north side of the city of Chicago. The neighborhood, which used to be part of Rogers Park, separated in 1890 over a conflict known as the Cabbage War. The community is home to Jewish, Irish-American, German-American, Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Assyrian, Russian and Korean immigrant communities, as well as the Midwest’s largest Hasidic community. There is some contention in the neighborhood concerning the building of a public elementary school on the site to relieve overcrowding at Clinton and Boone Elementary Schools in West Ridge. Clinton currently exports its third and fourth grades to makeshift classrooms in a nearby church. Many students living in the neighborhood of the site attend private schools. In fact, as of the 2000 census, 30.5 percent of students in the West Ridge area attended private schools. This is 5.6 percent higher than the percentage of students attending private schools in the city of Chicago. West Rogers Park is approximately 3.5 square miles. As of the 2000 census, the community had a population of 73,199 (up 11.97 percent from 1990) and represented 2.5 percent of the city of Chicago’s population. According to the 2000 census, the population of West Rogers Park was 49.7 percent white, 6.78 percent African-American, 15.5 percent Hispanic or Latino of any race, and 22.3 percent Asian. Rogers Park is one of the most diverse communities in the entire country. The median income for a household in West Rogers Park is $41,144; 14.3 percent of the population and 12.5 percent of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 12.9 percent of those under the age of 18 and 12.7 percent of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.1 From 1990 to 2000, households in linguistic isolation (a household where the primary language for all members 14 years old and over is not English, and English is spoken less than “very well”) increased 4.7 percent, totaling 17.1 percent.2

1 http://www.nd.edu/~chifacts/chicago.html 2 2004 Consortium on Chicago School Research. http://ccsr.uchicago.edu/web_reports/Schoolageenvironment/communities/language/WestRidge.html

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Community issues and concerns To learn about resident and community concerns regarding the site, EPA held several community interviews on July 8, 2009. EPA talked with the alderman for Ward 50, business owners and residents living in the vicinity of the Peoples Gas site and asked them about various issues related to the contamination and cleanup at the site, the community involvement process, the communication process to date, and how the community involvement process could be improved.

Summary of community interviews Most of those interviewed live or work in the area. Below are the specific questions EPA asked and a summary of the answers that were provided at the July 8, 2009 community interviews. Note to the reader: This summary is intended to faithfully record and reflect the issues and concerns expressed to EPA by residents, officials and others on the days of the Community Interviews. By necessity, this is a collection of opinions, thoughts and feelings. Therefore, please be cautioned that the statements contained in this section may, or may not, be factual and the opinions and concerns expressed may, or may not, be valid.

Are you aware of contamination at the former North Shore Avenue Station manufactured gas plant site along the river near Kedzie Avenue, Whipple Street, Albion Avenue and North Shore Avenue? Many people interviewed were aware of the contamination and cleanup of the CP Clare Corp. site on West Pratt Avenue (near the location of the North Shore Avenue Station site), but were confused as to whether the North Shore Avenue Station site was related to that contamination or if it is a new site. Others interviewed mentioned that they have only heard information about the public elementary school (Boone-Clinton Elementary School) being built on contaminated land or on an old MPG site.

A Chicago Board of Education official who was interviewed stated that Chicago Public Schools bought the land from Peoples Gas and received a No Further Remediation (NFR) (cleanup) letter stating the property has been cleaned to residential standards. The official also stated that the North Shore Avenue Station site did not go all of the way to Whipple (the road the school is to be built on), but ends at Albany. One resident is sure that Peoples Gas obtained a number of NFRs prior to selling the land to the Board of Education and other developers.

Another resident has heard rumors of high cancer rates due to contamination in area, but did not know the rates were related to Peoples Gas contamination; she was also aware that there were gas tanks on the property and heard that the tanks may have been seeping into the ground.

How long have you been aware of the site? Most of those interviewed were not actually aware of the North Shore Avenue Station contamination, but had heard of the CP Clare site and assumed this cleanup was related to or the same thing as the CP Clare site. One resident interviewed remembered bloggers

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questioning the Chicago Public Schools site a couple of years ago. Another was aware of the site since 2000 or 2001 after buying land in the area. Alderman Stone said he remembers some other contamination sites near the North Shore Avenue Station site. He also stated that the Chicago Public Schools site had been cleaned and used to have a Peoples Gas line running over the north end of site, but six or seven years ago the site was cleaned up and the elementary school should be ready to open in one and a half years. Are you interested in receiving more information about the site? If yes, what’s the best way to provide that information to you (e-mail, regular mail)? All of those interviewed are interested in receiving more information about the site. The responses were split evenly between preferring e-mail or regular mail. Do you feel the site has received adequate coverage by the local/regional media? None of those interviewed had heard anything about the site in the media. Two people mentioned seeing coverage when the school was being planned, but not specifically about the adjacent property or contamination. What type of media (e.g., newspaper, internet, radio) do you rely on for information about the site? What stations and papers do you prefer? Most residents mentioned that “word of mouth” was their primary source of information about their community. The following sources were also mentioned:

• Our Village • News-Star • Chicago Tribune • Chicago Sun-Times • Chicago Jewish News • Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago News

How frequently do you think public meetings about the site might be held? Would you attend? The majority of the people said they would most likely attend meetings about the site. The following were suggested as possible meeting locations: • Boone Elementary School on Washington Ave (big parking lot and auditorium) • Northtown Branch of the Chicago Public Library (little parking) • Devon Bank • Bernard Horwich Jewish Community Center

Are there any other people or groups you think we should talk to about this Peoples Gas site? The following were mentioned as people or groups to talk to:

• Jewish Community Council of West Rogers Park • Village of Lincolnwood – Jerry Turry, mayor

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• Water Reclamation District - Terrence O’Brien, president, Board of Commissioners • Chicago Park District - Tim King, director, legislative and community affairs • City of Chicago • Friends of the River • Ira Silverstein – state senator, 8th District • Winston Towers building councils • Rogers Park Neighborhood bloggers

When possible, site information is posted on EPA’s Web site. Have you used the EPA Region 5 Web site? Three people interviewed had used the EPA Web site, but not specifically about the MGP site. One resident used the EPA Web site to look up information about solar power appliances and the CP Clare site cleanup, but not specifically about the North Shore Avenue Station site. How interested are you in environmental issues in general? Most of those interviewed were generally interested in environmental issues. One resident formerly worked for EPA. One interviewee was especially interested when his/her neighborhood was involved. Another person interviewed was interested in recycling days and solar-powered trash compactors. Chicago Public Schools has many soil and other issues related to hazardous waste at school locations. Have you had contact with government officials about the site? Do you feel these officials have been responsive to your concerns? Most of those interviewed had not had contact with government officials concerning the site. Several residents said that their elected official had not been responsive enough to the community’s concerns about the site (this sentiment was related more to the issue of the school than the MGP site). The Chicago Board of Education had received a letter from EPA which deferred to Illinois EPA’s remediation requirements. Chicago Public Schools/Board of Education would like it to be clear that the Chicago Public Schools is not part of the current investigation and that it has an NFR letter from EPA.

What are your concerns about the contamination at the site? (If yes to #1) The main concern of the Chicago Public Schools environmental services manager was that the public know that the Chicago Public Schools property is not included in the North Shore Avenue Station site cleanup; the property has already been cleaned and an NFR letter has been granted for the school’s site. The following additional concerns were expressed regarding the site: • How long will the cleanup take? • Is the school safe? • Need to make sure no contamination is still under or around school, is there still a lot of underground gas storage? • Has testing been done on the new school property? • Smells gas in home entryway; will site testing definitely be done?

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• Will the site cleanup hold off the building of the school? • How will the site be cleaned up? Will the site be capped or excavated?

What risks do you think the site, in its current state, poses to you or your children? Two of those interviewed do not think that the site really affects the community. Another resident knew he/she would be informed if there were problems to be aware of. The Chicago Public Schools environmental services manager (a former EPA employee) said that the Chicago Public Schools property is clean and that ground water is not used for drinking or swimming. The ground water from the North Shore Avenue Station site flows west and therefore does not affect the Chicago Public Schools’ land. The employee wanted to ensure there would be no dust produced from the cleanup of the North Shore Avenue Station site and that no mud or trucks related to the cleanup would be tracked by the school site. One resident is concerned that the contamination will travel or spread to the air while it is being cleaned up and does not want the cleanup to affect her home or family negatively. Another resident is concerned for the safety of the children in a school on top of contamination and does not understand why the school is being built without a basement (she felt that this indicted the continued existence of contamination at the school’s location). The resident believes people on the block have health concerns and would like to know if there is a chance that the school’s property is still contaminated. Would you like to see the site redeveloped? How? Portions of the site are currently being redeveloped for a school and residential community. Some neighborhood residents would prefer the site remain vacant or be converted to a park. The director of a nearby retirement home said she preferred that another retirement center not be built on the site because there are already plenty in the area.

Proposed community involvement activities The next step for EPA is to address the concerns and questions that were expressed about the site. To do this, EPA is proposing to keep residents, businesses, and local officials informed by:

Sending fact sheets EPA will develop a mailing list for the site and will mail fact sheets to those on the site mailing list to provide updates on the site and its activities. EPA will mail fact sheets periodically to inform the public about upcoming meetings and important technical information. In addition to sending fact sheets via first class mail, EPA will distribute fact sheets at locations in the neighborhood where they can be conveniently picked up by residents. EPA will also develop an e-mail distribution list for interested parties who prefer e-mail. Each fact sheet will be sent to e-mail recipients as a “.pdf” file at the same time the fact sheet is mailed.

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All site fact sheets will be posted on EPA’s Web site.

Holding periodic community meetings EPA will hold community meetings at key cleanup milestones. The meetings will be announced via newspaper notices, e-mail messages and fact sheets. The preferred location for meetings is the Boone Elementary School (6710 N Washtenaw Ave.) or Devon Bank Conference Center (6445 N. Western Ave.).

Staying in contact with stakeholders In addition to fact sheets and public meetings, the site e-mail distribution list that will be developed based on interest could be used to provide regular, concise updates ranging from a few sentences to a few paragraphs.

Maintaining information repositories The reference desk at the Northtown branch of the Chicago Public Library will be established as the official information repository for documents and other site materials. Documents and site materials also are located at EPA’s Record Center. See Appendix A for location and hours.

Working with local media The most widely read newspaper by local residents is the Chicago Tribune; however, the local papers, Our Village and News-Star, are also a source of local information for the residents. It is expected that EPA would publish all notices in the Chicago Tribune as well as Our Village and News-Star as appropriate. A contact list of area media is included in Appendix A. Fact sheets and other information will be sent to the media contact list for their use.

Using the Internet EPA will maintain and regularly update a Web site, which will contain information about the site, its activities and upcoming meetings. EPA will place technical documents, including this one, on the Web site.

Having a presence EPA’s community involvement coordinator and remedial project manager will respond to inquiries from those interested in the North Shore Avenue Station site throughout the cleanup. They also will be available to speak to local citizen groups, upon request. EPA’s toll-free telephone number and the project staff’s direct numbers and e-mail addresses will be included on all community involvement material.

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Appendix A Peoples Gas North Shore Avenue Station Manufactured Gas Plant Site Contact List

Federal Elected Officials District Office: 5533 N. Broadway Senator Richard J. Durbin Chicago, IL 60640 309 Hart Senate Building Phone: 773-506-7100 Washington, DC 20510 Fax: 773-506-9202 Phone: 202-224-2152 Fax: 202-228-0400 State Elected Officials E-mail: durbin.senate.gov Governor Pat Quinn District Office: Office of the Governor Kluczynski Federal Office Building 207 State House 230 S. Dearborn St., Suite 3892 Springfield, IL 62706 Chicago, IL 60604 Phone: 217-782-0244 Phone: 312-353-4952 District Office: Fax: 312-353-0150 James R. Thompson Center Senator Roland Burris 100 W. Randolph St., Suite 16-100 387 Russell Senate Office Building Chicago, IL 60601 Washington, DC 20510 Phone: 312-814-2121 Phone: 202-224-2854 Louis Lang Fax: 202-228-3333 Illinois State Senate, District 16 E-mail: burris.senate.gov/contact.cfm 109 State Capitol District Office: Springfield, IL 62706 Kluczynski Federal Office Building Phone: 217-782-1252 230 S. Dearborn St. Fax: 217-782-9903 Chicago, IL 60604 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 312-886-3506 District Office: Fax: 312-886-3514 4121 Main St. Representative Jan Schakowsky Stokie, IL 60076 2367 Rayburn House Office Building Phone: 847-673-1131 Washington, DC 20515 Fax: 847-982-0393 Phone: 202-225-2111 Ira Silverstein Fax: 202-226-6890 Illinois State Senator, District 8

121B Capitol Building Springfield, IL 62706 Phone: 217-782-5500 Email: [email protected]

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District Office: Larry Suffredin (District 13) 2951 West Devon Cook County Board of Commissioners Chicago, IL 60659 118 N. Clark St., Room 567 Phone: 773-743-5015 Chicago, IL 60602-1304 Phone: 312-603-6383 County and Local Officials Fax: 312-603-3622 City of Chicago Mark Kilgallon Mayor Richard M. Daley Chief Administrative Officer City Hall – 121 N. LaSalle, Room 307 Cook County Chicago, IL 60602 118 N. Clark St., Room 820 Phone: 312-744-3300 Chicago, IL 60602-1304 Phone: 312-603-3055 Susan Malec-McKenna Fax: 312-603-4479 Commissioner City of Chicago Department of Environment David Orr 30 N. LaSalle St., Suite 2500 County Clerk/Elections Officer Chicago, IL 60602-2575 Cook County Phone: 312-744-7606 69 W. Washington E-mail: [email protected] Room 500 Chicago, IL 60602 Terry Mason, M.D., F.A.C.S. Phone: 312-603-5656 Commissioner Fax: 312-603-9788 City of Chicago Department of Public Health DePaul Center, Room 200 Kevin Givens 333 S. State St. Director Chicago, IL 60604 Department of Environmental Control Phone: 312-747-9884 Cook County E-mail: [email protected] 69 W. Washington, Room 1900 Chicago, IL 60602 Bernard Stone Phone: 312-603-8200 Alderman 50th Ward 6199 N. Lincoln Ave EPA Chicago, IL 60659 Mike Joyce Phone: 773-769-5050 Community Involvement Coordinator EPA Region 5 (SI-7J) Cook County 77 W. Jackson Blvd. Todd H. Stroger Chicago, IL 60604-3507 President Phone: 312-353-5546 or Cook County Board 800-621-8431 x 35546 118 N. Clark St., Room 537 E-mail: [email protected] Chicago, IL 60602 Phone: 312-603-6400 Fax: 312-443-4397

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Tim Prendiville Chicago, IL 60611 Remedial Project Manager Phone: 312-742-6098 Office of Superfund (SR-6J) Fax: 312-742-6098 EPA Region 5 The Village of Lincolnwood 77 W. Jackson Blvd. 6900 N. Lincoln Ave. Chicago, IL 60604-3590 Lincolnwood, IL 60712 Phone: 312-886-5122 Phone: 847-745-4717 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: 847-671-9382 Peter Felitti EPA Region 5 (C-14J) Public Meeting Locations 77 W. Jackson Blvd. Boone Elementary School Chicago, IL 60604-3507 6710 N. Washtenaw Ave Phone: 312-886-5114 Chicago, IL 60645 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 773-534-2160 Illinois EPA Devon Bank Conference Center Tammy Mitchell 6445 N. Western Ave. # 1 Illinois EPA, Office of Community Relations Chicago, IL 60645 1021 North Grand Ave. E. #5 Phone: 773-465-2500 P.O. Box 19276 Springfield, IL 62794-9276 Information Repositories Phone: 217-524-2292 E-mail: [email protected] Chicago Public Library Northtown Branch Interested Parties 6435 N. California Ave Chicago, IL 60645 Jewish Community Council (JCCWRP) Phone: 312-744-2292 3050 W. Touhy Ave. Fax: 312-744-8221 Chicago, IL 60645 Phone: 773-381-2503 EPA Region 5 Superfund Record Center E-mail: [email protected] Ralph Metcalfe Building, Room 711 West Ridge Chamber of Commerce 77 W. Jackson Blvd. 2720 W. Devon Chicago, IL 60604 Chicago, IL 60659 Monday-Friday 8-4. Please contact Janet Phone: 773-743-6022 Pfundheller, Records Manager at 312-353- Fax: 773-743-2893 5821, or Linda Ross, Assistant Records E-mail: [email protected] Manager at 312-353-6626 for details or Friends of the River further assistance. 28 E. Jackson, Suite 1800 Chicago, IL 60604 Media -Newspapers Phone: 312-939-0490 Our Village Fax: 312-939-0931 P.O. Box 31391 Chicago, IL 60631 Chicago Park District Phone: 847-675-6127 Department of Legislative Fax: 847-679-8851 and Community Affairs 541 N. Fairbanks

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News-Star WLS (ABC-Channel 7) Jeff Borgardt, Editor 190 N. State St. 6221 N. Clark St., rear Chicago, IL 60601 Chicago, IL 60660 Phone: 312-750-7777 Phone: 773-465-9700 Fax: 312-899-8019 Email: [email protected] WMAQ (NBC-Channel 5) Chicago Sun-Times 454 N. Columbus Dr. 350 N. Orleans, 10th Floor Chicago, IL 60611 Chicago, IL 60654 Phone: 312-836-5555 Phone: 312-321-3000 Fax: 312-527-5925 Chicago Tribune WPWR (UPN-Channel 50) 435 N. Michigan Ave. 2151 N. Elston Ave. Chicago, IL 60611-4041 Chicago, IL 60614 Newsroom/Editorial: Phone: 312-222-4440 Phone: 773-276-5050 Fax: 773-276-6477 Media – Television WSNS (Hispanic-Channel 44) WBBM (CBS-Channel 2) 454 N. Columbus Dr., 5th Floor 630 N. McClurg Ct. Chicago, IL 60622 Chicago, IL 60611 Phone: 312-836-3000 Phone: 312-944-6000 Fax: 312-836-3232 Fax: 312-202-3878 WTTW (PBS-Channel 11) WCIU (Independent-Channel 26) 5400 N. Saint Louis Ave. 26 N. Halsted St. Chicago, IL 60625 Chicago, IL 60661 Phone: 773-583-5000 Phone: 312-705-2600 Fax: 773-509-5304 Fax: 312-705-2656 WYCC (PBS-Channel 20) WFBT (Independent-Channel 19) 7500 S. Pulaski Rd. 26 N. Halsted St. Chicago, IL 60652 Chicago, IL 60661 Phone: 773-838-7878 Phone: 312-705-2623 Fax: 773-581-2071 Fax: 312-705-2620 Media – Radio WFLD (Fox-Channel 32) 205 N. Michigan Ave. WBBM-AM Newsradio 780 Chicago, IL 60601 Two Prudential Plz., Suite 110 Phone: 312-565-5532 Chicago, IL 60601 Fax: 312-819-1332 Phone: 800-784-6397 Fax: 312-297-7822 WGN (Warner Bros.-Channel 9) 2501 W. Bradley Pl. WGN-AM Radio 720 Chicago, IL 60618 435 N. Michigan Ave. Phone: 773-528-2311 Chicago, IL 60611 Fax: 773-528-6050 Phone: 312-222-4700 Fax: 312-222-5165

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WLS-AM Radio 890 Spanish Broadcasting System 190 N. State St. Mario Paez, General Manager Chicago, IL 60601 150 N. Michigan Ave., #1040 Phone: 312-357-1389 Chicago, IL 60601 Spanish Radio Stations WRTE-FM Radio 90.5 1401 W. 18th St. Chicago, IL 60608 Phone: 312-455-9455 Fax: 312-455-9755 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.radioarte.org Univision Communications, Inc. Jerry Ryan, General Manager 625 N. Michigan Ave., #300 Chicago, IL 60611 La Que Buena-FM (105.1) Phone: 312-642-1051 Fax: 312-981-1850 Pasion-FM (106.7) Phone: 312-751-5566 Fax: 312-981-1850 VIVA-FM (93.5) VIVA-FM (103.1) Phone: 312-266-9848 Fax: 312-981-1850 WIND-AM (560) WOJO-FM (105.1) WRTO-AM (1200) WVIV-FM (103.1) WVIX-FM (93.5) Phone: 312-981-1800 Fax: 312-981-1820 Kovas Communications Frank Kovas, General Manager 2100 Lee St. Evanston, IL 60202 WONX-AM (1590) Phone: 847-475-1590 Fax: 773-277-1590

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