[CPEO-BIF] TCE open house and lawsuit in Franklin, Indiana

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Agencies attempt to ease public concern as lawsuit is filed

By Andy Bell-Baltaci 
Daily Journal (Johnson County, IN)
Deccember 5, 2019

Growing alarm about potentially harmful chemicals found in two separate areas in Franklin led environmental agencies to host a public open house and residents to band together on a federal lawsuit.

After the Indiana Department of Environmental Management revealed a map showing a second plume of chemical compounds on the northeast side of the city, the department, along with the federal Environmental Protection Agency, attempted to ease public concerns Tuesday night at the Franklin branch of the Johnson County Public Library.

Franklin residents were already aware of an initial plume of underground chemicals that traced back to sewer lines that run from the former Amphenol manufacturing plant. IDEM added to a map presented to the public last week a second plume, starting at a former tomato cannery near Eastview Drive and Hurricane Road and spreading east. The affected area includes the former site of the Hougland Tomato Cannery and farmland.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.dailyjournal.net/2019/12/05/agencies_attempt_to_ease_public_concern_as_lawsuit_is_filed/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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