Indiana currently operates Ohio River ports in Jeffersonville and Mount Vernon and a Lake Michigan port at Burns Harbor.

Since ORSANCO announced it would consider removing its pollution control standards, the commission received more than 5,000 comments in opposition. As a result, committee members say they need more time to review the decision

The commission oversees an agreement between eight states with watersheds draining into the river.

The Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission was established decades before the Clean Water Act.

Indianapolis, Jeffersonville and Richmond are each getting $300,000 to either assess and clean up contamination or redevelop cleaned-up sites.

Gov. Holcomb says while toll roads are still relatively rare in Indiana, he sees them as a solution for easing the state’s backlog of roadwork.

Jeffersonville Mayor Mike Moore says he's already been contacted by developers, retailers and bankers about redevelopment potential of the property.

The Jeffersonville shipyard is expected to shut down permanently by the end of April.

The Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission is expected to decide this year whether to leave the responsibility of setting water quality standards up to individual states.

Indiana’s truest river port is also its largest, its highest-traffic, and its most susceptible to the fallout from shifts in federal policy.