Residents living near superfund site share frustrations
“These people have contamination in their yards, don’t they deserve to have it cleaned up?"
Source: nwitimes.com
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EPA to add former Federated Metals property as toxic Superfund site
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Monday it intends to add the former Federated Metals smelter on the Whiting-Hammond border to its toxic Superfund cleanup program.
Source: chicagotribune.com
IDEM finds more plastic pellets near PolyJohn site
More plastic pellets were observed around the PolyJohn site on March 25.
Source: nwitimes.com
WATCH NOW: Officials, environmental agencies continue investigation of 2 Hammond lakes
Photo credits: Carolyn Marsh and Connor Burge, The Times Anna Ortiz, The Times HAMMOND â While a mass die-off of waterfowl from earlier this year is still being investigated at Wolf Lake, another investigation was sparked after pieces of plastic and Styrofoam were found in the water in the nearby George Lake in Hammond. Ron Novak, director of the Hammond Department of Environmental Management, said the Indiana Department of Environmental Management was contacted to investigate after plastic pellets were found by a resident April 3 in the north basin of George Lake. âWe h...
Source: nwitimes.com