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Indiana Superfund
This page details Superfund sites specifically in Indiana. For general information on Superfund see Superfund.
What is a Superfund Site?
editA superfund site is ln area that has been contaminated with dangerous chemical either through industry or dumping of waste.[1] These sites have been chosen by the Environmental Protection Agency for management and cleanup of the site. Examples of the dangerous chemicals include heavy metals such as lead, or a variety of organic compounds. Note that a Superfund site is different from an RCRA site. Superfund sites do nut have any connection to a current company so they do not have anyone specific to pay for cleaning them up, nor to take legal action against. RCRA sites do have someone to hold liable for cleanup and payment.
For Further and more detailed information about Superfund, please visit the Superfund page on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Site.
This is a complete list of sites from the EPA. More information about each site is available at the EPA website or by clicking on the site name.
Name | County | City | Size (acres) | Risks | NPL Status | Last Update | Current Status |
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Fort Wayne Reduction Dump | Allen | Fort Wayne | 35 | ingesting or touching soil and groundwater contaminants | Final | 1996 | remedy fully constructed |
Columbus Old Municipal Landfill #1 | Bartholomew | Columbus | 19 | minimal, but potential from buried wastes | Deleted | 1992 | no further action, but contingency in place |
Garden City Ground Water Plume | Bartholomew | Garden City | 3.4 | ingesting or touching groundwater contaminants | Final | 2018 | groundwater under remediation |
Tri-State Plating | Bartholomew | Columbus | 1.5 | ingesting or touching soil and groundwater contaminants | Deleted | 1997 | all cleanup finished |
Envirochem Corp. | Boone | Zionsville | 6 | ingesting or touching soil or groundwater | Final | 2018 | under 5-year review |
Northside Sanitary Landfill, Inc. | Boone | Zionsville | 65 | groundwater and contaminant wastes | Final | 2014 | contained; under 5-year review |
Wedzeb Enterprises, Inc. | Boone | Lebanon | 0.75 | ingesting or touching soil, sediment, or groundwater | Deleted | 1991 | clean; no current health risks |
Cliff Drive Groundwater Contamination | Cass | Logansport | unknown | contaminated groundwater potentially affecting municipal supply | Proposed | 2018 | municipal water being treated; no source identified for contamination |
Conrail Rail Yard | Elkhart | Elkhart | 2500 | soil and groundwater contamination | Final | 2012 | adequate containment of groundwater plume; ongoing soil testing |
Himco Dump | Elkhart | Elkhart | 100 | ingesting or touching groundwater contaminants | Final | 2013 | maintenance ongoing; under 5-year review |
Lane Street Ground Water Contamination | Elkhart | Elkhart | unknown | ingesting or touching groundwater contaminants | Final | 2015 | homes with affected wells now connected to public water supply; source unidentified |
Lusher Street Ground Water Contamination | Elkhart | Elkhart | unknown | drinking or inhaling vapors of groundwater | Final | 2014 | investigation ongoing for source of contamination; no final cleanup plan yet |
Main street Well Field | Elkhart | Elkhart | 10 | ingesting or touching groundwater contaminants | Final | 2017 | remedy is effective; under 5-year review |
North Shore Drive | Elkhart | Elkhart | 70 | drinking or inhaling vapor of contaminated groundwater | Final | 2017 | remedial investigation ongoing; contaminated wells found |
Marion (Bragg) Dump | Grant | Marion | 72 | ingesting or touching soil or groundwater contaminants | Final | 2015 | capping and riverbank stabilization complete; monitoring ongoing |
Poer Farm | Hancock | Hancock | 5 | groundwater and soil contamination | Deleted | 1991 | remediation complete and testing shows no more cause for concern |
Continental Steel Corp. | Howard | Kokomo | 183 | ingesting or touching soil, sediments, surface water, or groundwater | Final | 2009 | much remediation done; long-term remedy in place |
Kokomo Contaminated Groundwater Plume | Howard | Kokomo | 294 | municipal water wells that supply about 50,000 residents, as well as surface water contamination | Final | 2007 | filtering system in use; investigation into source of contamination proceeding |
Seymour Recycling Corp. | Jackson | Seymour | 14 | ingesting or touching soil or groundwater contaminants | Final | 2012 | long-term remedy in place and operable since 2011 |
Prestolite Battery Division | Knox | Vincennes | 18 | ingesting groundwater, soil, or surface water; breathing in dust | Final | 1998 | long-term remedy in place; multiple 5-year checks done |
Lakeland Disposal Service, Inc. | Kosciusko | Claypool | 39 | ingesting or touching contaminated soil or groundwater | Final | 1994 | capped and monitored in 5-year reviews |
Cam-Or Inc. | La Porte | Westville | 15 | lead contamination of soil; multiple groundwater contaminants | Final | 2008 | planning for the long-term remedy is ongoing; short-term cleanup done in 1987 |
Fisher-Calo | La Porte | La Porte | unknown | soil and groundwater contaminated with PCBs and VOCs | Final | 2015 | currently being evaluated for green remediation; long-term remedy in place; maintenance and review ongoing |
Waste, Inc. | La Porte | Michigan City | 32 | ingesting or touching contaminants in soil, leachate, or groundwater | Deleted | 2008 | remedy finished in 1998 with community support |
American Chemical Service, Inc. | Lake | Griffith | 33 | ingesting or touching soil or groundwater, or inhaling dust; wetlands at risk for PCBs contamination | Final | 2005 | construction of remedy completed in 2004; barriers, water treatment, soil treatment, and caps in use |
Gary Development Landfill | Lake | Gary | 62 | permitted landfill that accepted unauthorized hazardous waste without proper containment | Final | 2016 | potentially responsible parties found; cleanup still in planning phase but expected to be complete |
Lake Sandy Jo (M&M Landfill) | Lake | Gary | 50 | ingesting or touching groundwater, soil, surface water, or sediment contaminants | Final | 2016 | long-term measures in place; 5-year reviews being conducted |
MidCo I | Lake | Gary | 7 | ingesting or touching groundwater, surface water, sediment, or soil contaminants; downgradient drinking water and wetlands also at risk | Final | 2011 | final phase of cleanup in progress; assessments ongoing; contaminants still detected in groundwater as of 2009; closure plan under review |
MidCo II | Lake | Gary | 11 | contaminated soil and sediment and potentially groundwater may affect plants and wildlife | Final | 2015 | site fenced and capped; remedy expected to be complete as of 2015 |
Ninth Avenue Dump | Lake | Gary | 17 | ingesting or touching soil or groundwater contaminants | Final | 2016 | long-term remedies in place and under 5-year review; more contamination found and being assessed |
U.S. Smelter and Lead Refinery, Inc. “USS Lead” | Lake | East Chicago | 322+ | lead and arsenic contamination in residential neighborhoods | Final | 2018 | found responsible party; focus on resident awareness and providing education; filters provided |
Broadway Street Corridor Groundwater Contamination | Madison | Anderson | trace amounts of chlorine-containing organic compounds found in finished water at the treatment plant | Final | 2013 | water is within safe standards; investigations have not found an origin for the contaminants | |
Carter Lee Lumber Co. | Marion | Indianapolis | 4 | soil and groundwater contamination with chlorinated organic compounds | Deleted | 1996 | investigations determined no further action was needed |
Keystone Corridor Ground Water Contamination | Marion | Indianapolis | plume of volatile organic compounds affecting public wells | Final | 2016 | mitigation done for potential sources and associated gases; sampling results being used to attempt identification of a source | |
Reilly Tar & Chemical Corp. (Indianapolis Plant) | Marion | Indianapolis | 120 | ingesting or touching soil or groundwater contaminants | Final | 2005 | final remedy in place and under 5-year reviews |
Riverside Ground Water Contamination | Marion | Indianapolis | volatile organic compounds found in municipal wells | Proposed | 2014 | analysis of wells shows organic compounds do not exceed safe limits; IDEM continuing to investigate | |
Southside Sanitary Landfill | Marion | Indianapolis | 312 | ingesting or touching soil or groundwater contaminants | Deleted | 1997 | final remedy is in place and landfill still operates under permit; reviews conducted but no further reviews were deemed warranted |
Bennett Stone Quarry | Monroe | Bloomington | 4 | PCBs contamination in soil and spring water as well as a creek harmful to humans and wildlife | Final | 2012 | many remedies complete but springs still release PCBs into the creek; full implementation of groundwater remedy must be done before site is considered safe |
Lemon Lane Landfill | Monroe | Bloomington | 10 | PCBs contamination of water and potential other risks from landfill wastes | Final | 2012 | landfill capped (finished in 2000) and advisory in place not to eat fish out of contaminated waterway |
Neal’s Landfill (Bloomington) | Monroe | Bloomington | 18 | potential PCBs contamination of sediments, groundwater, and springs as well as fish that live in them | Final | 2013 | many routes of remediation used; see this link |
Pike and Mulberry Streets PCE Plume | Morgan | Martinsville | 38 | chlorinated solvent contamination of groundwater and municipal wells | Final | 2013 | water filtration in place as of 2005 but levels still rising; further study required |
Franklin Street Groundwater Contamination | Owen | Spencer | PCE contamination of raw water in 3 active municipal wells | Final | 2014 | several investigations have not found a source | |
Neal’s Dump (Spencer) | Owen | Spencer | 0.5 | PCBs contamination of groundwater | Deleted | 2003 | delisted in 1999 and remedy completed in 2003 |
Town of Pines Groundwater Plume | Porter | Town of Pines | boron and molybdenum contamination from coal fly ash | non-NPL | 2016 | cleanup of soil contamination continuing; Superfund Alternative Agreement in place | |
Douglass Road/Uniroyal, Inc., Landfill | St. Joseph | Mishawaka | 16 | miscellaneous waste contaminants | Final | 2017 | remedy in progress |
Galen Myers Dump/Drum Salvage | St. Joseph | Osceola | 5 | VOCs in groundwater from drums | Final | 2017 | remedy in progress |
Beck’s Lake | St. Joseph | South Bend | lead and arsenic contamination | Final | 2018 | remedy under consideration | |
Whiteford Sales & Service Inc./Nationalease | St. Joseph | South Bend | 11 | detergents and solvents in soil and groundwater | Deleted | 1996 | remedy completed |
Tippecanoe Sanitary Landfill, Inc. | Tippecanoe | Lafayette | 80 | PCBs in soil and groundwater | Final | cleanup completed; groundwater treatment ongoing | |
Jacobsville Neighborhood Soil Contamination | Vanderburgh | Evansville | 2880 | lead and arsenic in soil | Final | 2018 | cleanup in progress |
Elm Street Ground Water Contamination | Vigo | Terre Haute | 18.5 | VOCs in groundwater | Final | 2017 | Feasibility of Cleanup was assessed. Pending further action |
International Minerals (E. Plant) | Vigo | Terre Haute | 37 | VOCs in groundwater | Deleted | Remedy completed | |
Wayne Waste Oil | Whitley | Columbia City | 35 | oil waste contamination of soil and groundwater | Final | Cleanup complete; operation and maintenance activities are ongoing |
References
edit- ^ "Whati is Superfund". Epa.gov. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- ^ https://www.epa.gov/superfund/search-superfund-sites-where-you-live
External links
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