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Friday, April 30, 2004
Environment - Update to 500 barrels of waste story
Updating yesterday's entry - "500 barrels of hazardous waste found" - is this story today in the Munster Times headed "State vows water testing at dump site near Lowell." Some quotes:
In the wake of news of about hazardous chemicals being dumped at the old Feddeler site, the Indiana Department of Environmental Protection Thursday promised to again test groundwater at the site in coming weeks.At the same time, the state partly backed away from an e-mail written last August by a solid waste official at the agency.
In that memo to the director of the Lake County Solid Waste Management District, Bruce Palin wrote that 500 barrels of hazardous waste had been documented at the now-closed site.
A memo to Palin from state staffer Daniela Klesmith Thursday clarifies the situation. It notes the 500 additional barrels were not dumped, but cites inspection sheets indicating a Michigan firm called Organic Chemical had deposited "numerous barrels of hazardous waste" in two trenches, which were then covered.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on April 30, 2004 08:54 AM
Posted to Environmental Issues