[CPEO-BIF] Ertel Manufacturing court case, Indianapolis, Indiana

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Judge rules site's former owners must pay cleanup costs

By Jon Murray
Indianapolis Star
September 8, 2009

A bright blue structure behind a fence along an industrial stretch of
Dr. Andrew J. Brown Avenue doesn't look like much more than a hulking box.

But neighbors light up at mention of the year-old building because they
remember the ugly sight -- and the pungent smell -- it replaced. Three
years ago, an abandoned, decaying brick foundry and the deeply
contaminated soil beneath prompted picketing along the street and a
cleanup effort by the city.
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"We were wondering if some chemicals buried in the ground were having
effects on the neighbors," said Frankie Casel-Baker, 67, who has lived
nearby nearly 40 years.

So the giant blue box built by neighboring Major Tool & Machine in an
expansion onto the site represents progress to residents of
Martindale-Brightwood.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.indystar.com/article/20090908/LOCAL18/909080341/1195/LOCAL18/Judge++Site+s+former+owners+must+pay+for+cleanup

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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