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Monday, February 13, 2006
Environment - Cleanup of former Indiana Army Ammunition Plant underway in Clark County
The Louisville Courier Journal reports today, in a story by Alex Davis:
The first phase of a $53 million environmental cleanup at the former Indiana Army Ammunition Plant is nearly complete, bringing it a step closer to realizing its potential as one of the largest industrial sites in the Louisville area.Army officials said last week that they have finished work at 78 of the 90 locations on the property where soil or water were contaminated. Most came from small amounts of lead and mercury, residue from the plant's five decades of producing explosives for the military.
When the last 12 locations are declared safe — the Army hopes to finish by September 2007 — hundreds of additional acres will be turned over to the River Ridge Commerce Center, the industrial park being developed there.
But serious work at the Clark County site remains. In a second phase of the cleanup, the Army has targeted 326 buildings where leftover explosive material might pose a safety hazard.
In early 2004, the Army burned the first 64 of those structures using a technique that drew criticism from environmentalists. An additional 115 buildings are to be burned between next November and March 2007.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on February 13, 2006 07:14 PM
Posted to Environmental Issues