From: | Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Thu, 21 Jul 2022 17:14:48 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] Miller Plating & Metal Finishing property, Evansville, Indiana |
What's next for a hazardous waste site located in an Evansville neighborhood? By Mark Wilson Evansville Courier & Press July 20, 2022 EVANSVILLE — The cleanup of a hazardous waste site in an Evansville neighborhood is largely done, but what comes next for the old Miller Plating & Metal Finishing property is still unclear. Located near the corner of North Sixth Avenue and Allens Lane, it is contaminated with TCE (trichloroethylene) and heavy metals in its soil and groundwater, according to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management. The Indiana Department of Environmental Management said it will monitor groundwater at the site for at least the next 20 months. TCE has been linked to cancer, kidney and liver damage and other health effects. Covered with open pits and debris, the site was not fenced off until spring 2017. It remains fenced in and overgrown with weeds. … For the entire article, see https://www.courierpress.com/story/news/local/2022/07/20/miller-plating-toxic-waste-hazardous-site-evansville-indiana-neighborhood-cleanup/7724755001/ — Lenny Siegel Executive Director Center for Public Environmental Oversight A project of the Pacific Studies Center LSiegel@cpeo.org P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042 Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918 http://www.cpeo.org Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org) _______________________________________________ Brownfields mailing list Brownfields@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/brownfields-cpeo.org | |
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