[CPEO-BIF] Shouse Landfill, Plainfield, Indiana

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Soil, water getting tested
Area might become bark park, trails

By Bruce C. Smith
Indianapolis Star (IN)
September 8, 2007

PLAINFIELD -- Plainfield officials hope to turn the old Shouse Landfill 
from an eyesore and environmental hazard into a community jewel.

The question is whether it's safe to turn the mountain of trash buried 
along the banks of White Lick Creek into a bark park for dog owners, 
walking and jogging trails, or maybe, a golf skills course for chipping 
and putting.

A detailed investigation of the 13.6-acre site at Vestal Road and Pike 
Lane is under way. The study will help determine whether the trash pile 
can be encapsulated and made safe for recreation.

"So far, the indications are that it was just household trash, but we 
can't be sure until all the testing is done," said Town Engineer Tim 
Belcher.

At least one former landfill worker has walked over the site with 
engineers to try to show where, he claims, industrial wastes were dumped.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070908/LOCAL/709080321/1020/LOCAL05

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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