2018 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2018 09:49:35 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: [CPEO-BIF] TCE plume cleanup, Garden City, Indiana
 
EPA agrees to plan for remediation of contaminated groundwater in Garden City

By Julie McClure 
Columbus Republic (IN)
October 3, 2018

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will spend $320,000 to address contaminated groundwater in the Garden City area.

The cleanup plan calls for the $320,000 to be used to continue existing wellhead treatment, which involves providing filter devices to residents or businesses with contaminated wells, tracking the TCE and plume migration levels, and implementing institutional controls such as deed restrictions and notices, including protective easements as needed.

Most residents in Garden City are not exposed to drinking water above the federal acceptable risk exposure for TCE, EPA spokeswoman Rachel Bassler said.

Garden City, an unincorporated town on the southwest edge of Columbus, consists of low-density residential properties, commercial businesses and the Garden City Mobile Home Park. All of the properties use private wells for drinking water, according to the report.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.therepublic.com/2018/10/03/epa-agrees-to-plan-for-remediation-of-contaminated-groundwater-in-garden-city/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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