Articles tagged as: Indiana Department of Environmental Management
February 13, 2019
Bill Regulating CFOs Voted Down In Committee
The bill would have given the Indiana Department of Environmental Management more power to deny permits for CFOs.
Read MoreJanuary 30, 2019
What Trevor's Law May - Or May Not - Do For Franklin
Trevor's Law aims to update the federal guidelines for investigating cancer clusters. But it is unclear if the law will do what the parents hope it will.
Read MoreJanuary 29, 2019
Why It's Hard For The State To Say Franklin Has A Cancer Cluster
In the past decade, as many as 24 children in the small city of Franklin were diagnosed with rare cancers. Their parents want the federal government to declare a cancer cluster and investigate. But defining a cancer cluster - so it can be investigated - is complicated.
Read MoreJanuary 22, 2019
State Approves Controversial Newton County CAFO
The dairy farm has been the subject of a lawsuit between the county and the Hoosier Environmental Council since September.
Read MoreJanuary 21, 2019
Indiana Regulators Review Coal Ash Pond Cleanup Plans
Indiana Department of Environmental Management sent letters to utilities in December noting that it can't give approval until utilities show how the plans will control contamination.
Read MoreJanuary 3, 2019
IDEM: Overturned Truck Killed More Than 40,000 Fish
In June, a truck owned by MOB Carriers, Inc. overturned off of Interstate 70 near Richmond, spilling about 1,000 gallons of a cosmetic ingredient into Clear Creek.
Read MoreDecember 4, 2018
Mysterious Discharge Is Just Foam Says U.S. Steel
U.S. Steel says it normally discharges some material into the Burns Waterway, this time it just happened to foam.
Read MoreNovember 12, 2018
Hammond Facility Emitted Twice Legal Amount Of Lead
The part of the facility that helps control pollutants caught on fire in September.
Read MoreOctober 29, 2018
Indiana Agency Reschedules Hearing On Coal-To-Diesel Plant
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management will collect written comments and hear public testimony about the draft air permit during a Dec. 5 hearing in Lincoln City.
Read MoreOctober 8, 2018
Plans For Lawrenceburg Coal Ash Pond Could Get Revised
The Main Ash Pond, owned by Tanners Creek Development LLC, is a "legacy pond" - which means it's located at a closed down power plant.
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