Articles tagged as: Environmental Protection Agency
April 2, 2018
Demolition Begins At Contaminated East Chicago Public Housing Complex
Demolition began Monday afternoon on East Chicago's West Calumet Housing Complex, but the U.S.S. Lead Superfund site still leaves former residents concerned for their future.
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Feds To Update NW Indiana Residents On Lead, Arsenic Cleanup
Officials from the EPA and other federal agencies will join the city of East Chicago and its housing authority at the event.
Read MoreMarch 20, 2018
Community Leaders Express Concerns On Hoosier Health, Environment Funding
Community leaders called on Indiana's Congressional representatives to oppose the cuts ahead of the approval deadline.
Read MoreMarch 20, 2018
EPA Details Contaminated Site Cleanup, Residents Worry It Comes Years Too Late
The public hearing was met with anger and skepticism from some residents who live on the site, as the response comes more than five years after the EPA identified the problem.
Read MoreMarch 12, 2018
Demolition of contaminated East Chicago complex to begin
The complex was built on the site of a former lead smelter and two years ago the city and the East Chicago Housing Authority ordered that more than 1,000 residents be relocated.
Read MoreJanuary 10, 2018
Indiana Well Field Proposed As EPA Cleanup Priority
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management referred the Wheeler well field in Anderson to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for long-term cleanup funding.
Read MoreDecember 28, 2017
Soil Sampling To Continue In Martindale-Brightwood Neighborhood
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finished removing lead-contaminated soil from 101 properties at the American Lead site in the Martindale-Brightwood neighborhood of Indianapolis.
Read MoreDecember 19, 2017
EPA Orders 6 Companies To Clean Up East Chicago Soil, Dust
The EPA said Monday it issued two unilateral administrative orders for residential areas slated for cleanups in East Chicago's USS Lead Superfund site.
Read MoreDecember 18, 2017
East Chicago Superfund Cleanup To Cost Nearly 4 Times More
The Environmental Protection Agency will hold a public meeting in January.
Read MoreNovember 30, 2017
EPA To Clean Another East Chicago Industrial Site
The former DuPont site is not a Superfund, but is contaminated with lead and arsenic, as well as zinc and cadmium.
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