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Thursday, January 22, 2009
Environment - Still more on: Cleanup of Angola's former Dana site
Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 19th, Becky Manley of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette reports today:
After weeks of discussion about a contaminated industrial site within Angola’s city limits, the Steuben County commissioners have agreed to give the city $1 million.The commissioners made the decision in a 2-1 vote Tuesday. The Angola City Council also voted Tuesday to spend $1 million to clean the former Dana Corp. site at 203 Weatherhead St.
Recent discussion about the cleanup, which will cost at least $5.5 million, became more critical in the wake of Dana’s bankruptcy, as well as a fall water test by the city that detected a contaminant.
Because of its bankruptcy, Dana is expected to stop operating a hydraulic system used to keep more contamination from seeping into the city’s water supply.
Dana will no longer be responsible for cleanup costs, which would then fall to the current property owner, Univertical Corp.
Univertical, which employs 55 people, could move out of state if forced to shoulder the entire cost to clean the site, according to that company’s chief executive officer, W. Chuck Walker. * * *
Steuben County Council members are expected to discuss the county’s contribution to the cleanup at its next meeting Feb. 10.
Angola Mayor Richard Hickman said local officials will then go to the state to see what can be done to bridge the gap between the local contribution and the total cleanup cost.
When its bankruptcy closes, the state will receive 300,000 Dana shares toward the cleanup costs, according to Amy Hartsock, public information officer for the Indiana Department of Environmental Management. At the close of business Wednesday, Dana shares were worth 60 cents.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on January 22, 2009 12:27 PM
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