[CPEO-BIF] GM Delco Plant 5, Kokomo, Indiana

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Cleanup plan approved for former Delco plant site
EPA restrictions will only allow commercial, industrial uses of the property

By Carson Gerber 
Kokomo Tribune (IN)
June 29, 2021


A final cleanup plan has been approved for the site of the former General Motors plant at 1723 N. Washington St., marking the first step toward reopening the property to new development for the first time in 30 years.

The Environmental Protection Agency approved the remediation plan this week after a public comment period. The agency said public acceptance of its proposed plan was high, so it was adopted without any changes.

The plan will remediate and manage contaminated soil and groundwater at the former GM Delco Plant 5 facility, which assembled and tested circuit boards between 1953 and 1991, when the facility closed.

In 1993, the 144,000-square-foot plant, located just south of Martino’s Italian Villa, was demolished. Since then, the 10.5-acre property has sat vacant due to redevelopment restrictions requiring the lot to be remediated before it could be used again.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.kokomotribune.com/news/cleanup-plan-approved-for-former-delco-plant-site/article_48f41c26-d8f1-11eb-a520-7f455960a621.html

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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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