beloit corp.

1165 PRAIRIE HILL RD

The Beloit Corporation manufacturing plant is located at 1165 Prairie Hill Road north of Rockton, Winnebago County, Illinois. The plant is located within the boundaries of the listed National Priorities List (NPL) site known as the Beloit Corporation Superfund site. Land use within and surrounding the NPL site is a mix of residential and industrial with a population of approximately 11,000 within a one-mile radius. The Blackhawk Acres subdivision is located east of the Beloit Corporation plant with additional residential areas to the south and northwest of the NPL site. Industrial facilities lie to the south of the site. West of the plant is a low lying wooded area adjacent to the Rock River. Agricultural land lies to the east of the Blackhawk Acres subdivision. Two wastewater treatment ponds and two clarifier tanks are located on Beloit Corporation property. Large outdoor storage yard areas which hold scrap metal, pipe, and miscellaneous equipment are also located on the site. These storage areas are partially paved with asphalt or covered with crushed stone. A former foundry sand disposal area and a former fibrous sludge-spreading area are located south of the Beloit Corporation plant. Additional structures, identified within the NPL site boundary, are the homes and roadways that make up the Blackhawk Acres subdivision and small industrial buildings associated with Safe-T-Way and Soterion Company.