Articles tagged as: Indiana Department of Environmental Management
December 15, 2022
Gary advocates ask judge to revoke waste-to-jet-fuel plant’s permit
Advocates in Gary say the Indiana Department of Environmental Management broke the law when it granted a permit for a plant that would turn waste into jet fuel.
Read MoreSeptember 20, 2022
Gary advocates ask for review on state's decision on waste-to-fuel plant
Both advocates and the Environmental Protection Agency have raised environmental justice concerns about the plant's location.
Read MoreAugust 10, 2022
Indianapolis waste oil recycling plant to pay $300K for air pollution violations
The penalty is part of a settlement Metalworking Lubricants Company reached with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Indiana Department of Environmental Management late last week.
Read MoreJune 14, 2022
Air Quality Action Day issued for counties in all regions of Indiana
This means children, seniors, and anyone with a heart or lung condition should avoid strenuous work or outside exercise.
Read MoreMay 25, 2022
Slag pit blast at East Chicago steel mill being probed
The explosion Sunday in a raw materials section of the sprawling Cleveland-Cliffs Indiana Harbor West mill on the Lake Michigan shoreline “was caused by rainwater meeting the hot slag.”
Read MoreMay 18, 2022
Harmful PFAS detected in treated drinking water from 10 Indiana utilities
PFAS are human-made chemicals found in everything from carpets, to fast food wrappers, to firefighting foams on military bases -- like Grissom Air Reserve Base near Kokomo.
Read MoreMarch 14, 2022
Indiana city drafts cleanup plan of soils tainted with PCBs
Kokomo officials recently submitted their proposed cleanup plan to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management spelling out how they will address the toxic soils found on land at the city's wastewater treatment plant.
Read MoreJanuary 3, 2022
Little to no PFAS found at most smaller drinking water utilities in first round of state tests
So far, the state has detected little or no toxic PFAS chemicals in Indiana's smaller drinking water utilities. That’s according to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management’s preliminary testing data from 24 smaller water utilities.
Read MoreDecember 26, 2021
EPA watchdog: Indiana monitored polluters 'substantially' less during the pandemic
Environmental regulators around the country monitored industrial air polluters a bit less than usual last fiscal year because of the pandemic. But for the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, that monitoring dropped by 28 percent.
Read MoreDecember 22, 2021
Proposed waste-to-jet fuel plant in Gary faces opposition
The Gary Common Council recently voted to approve an industrial plant that converts trash into jet fuel. If built, it would be the largest such facility in the country.
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