Residents questioned the EPA representatives about ongoing health hazards, groundwater contamination, and testing consistency across East Chicago’s Superfund site.

Residents living in the USS Lead Superfund site in East Chicago will have opportunities to talk with the Environmental Protection Agency and learn more about its cleanup plans this month.

The EPA says partial replacement doesn't reduce lead contamination and can sometimes make it worse.

A priority designation makes more long-term federal funding for cleanup available. Indiana has 39 active sites on the Superfund NPL list.

EPA Deputy Assistant Administrators Barry Breen and Steven Cook would handle cases where Peter Wright might have a conflict of interest.

The EPA put the Spencer site on its priority list last week, but the Indiana Department of Environmental Management says the chemical in the water is at safe levels.

The city released a statement Thursday that placed blame on the federal government.

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.

The lawsuit alleges the companies caused property loss, and the residents seek financial damages due to emotional distress.

The Superfund site includes a now-empty public housing complex, which is the subject of a contentious demolition plan.