Articles tagged as: EPA
November 18, 2018
Residents Express Frustrations As EPA Updates On Cleanup
Residents questioned the EPA representatives about ongoing health hazards, groundwater contamination, and testing consistency across East Chicago’s Superfund site.
Read MoreSeptember 26, 2018
Residents At USS Lead Superfund Get Advisor To Explain EPA Documents
The technical advisor could discuss important developments coming up like the EPA’s proposed cleanup plan for the West Calumet Housing Complex.
Read MoreSeptember 25, 2018
East Chicago Stops Doing Dangerous Partial Lead Pipe Replacements
The EPA says partial replacement doesn't reduce lead contamination and can sometimes make it worse.
Read MoreAugust 28, 2018
East Chicago Advocates: Lead Dust Standards Unequal Across Superfunds
The Environmental Protection Agency plans to tighten restrictions on lead dust in homes. But it wouldn’t affect those by Superfund sites like USS Lead in East Chicago.
Read MoreAugust 21, 2018
How The Rule Replacing The Clean Power Plan Might Affect Indiana
New rules from the Environmental Protection Agency give states the power to set their own goals for greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants.
Read MoreAugust 1, 2018
Cummins, EPA Announce Voluntary Recall Of Medium-, Heavy-Duty Trucks
The company will recall about 500,000 medium- and heavy-duty trucks with model years between 2010 and 2015.
Read MoreJuly 31, 2018
Cummins Agrees To US Recall Of Half-Million Trucks
The latest recall affects 2010-2015 medium- and heavy-duty trucks with engines made by Cummins Inc.
Read MoreJuly 26, 2018
Rare Cancers In Franklin Spur Parents To Support TCE Ban, Head To Washington
TCE is used to degrease metal and to make other chemicals like refrigerants. It's just one of the chemicals found at the Amphenol industrial site in Franklin.
Read MoreJuly 25, 2018
EPA Rule Means CAFOs Don't Have To Report Animal Waste Emissions
On the surface, this doesn't change much. Since the rule was on hold, farmers weren’t required to report their emissions.
Read MoreJuly 23, 2018
Razing Of Tainted NW Indiana Housing Complex Nearly Complete
The EPA said in a statement that it "continues to evaluate data and hopes to announce a cleanup plan for public comment in late summer or early fall."
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