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Sunday, January 15, 2006
Environment - Contaminated INDOT property in Dyer remains the subject of apparent foot-dragging
"State official says gas station too expensive to clean up" was the heading to this ILB entry from Nov. 17, 2005, quoting from a story (still available) from the Munster (NW Indiana) Times.
Today the Times has another story, reporting that contaminants from the INDOT property may seep under adjoining properties. Some quotes:
DYER | Concerns about what lies beneath the ground are surfacing in Dyer at the corner of Hart Street and U.S. 30.The property, once a Clark gas station, is now vacant and owned by the Indiana Department of Transportation.
Will Wingfield, spokesperson for INDOT, said it bought the site from Clark Oil and Refining in April 2004 for $382,500. Wingfield said the property was acquired after condemnation proceedings because the state was working on a project to add travel lanes and a bridge between Hart and Moeller streets.
Although that project was completed in 1995, the contamination at the site due to leakage from underground petroleum tanks remains.
Wingfield said since two underground petroleum storage tanks were removed as was some adjacent contaminated soil, and INDOT has been watching the site with 12 monitoring wells. Wingfield said INDOT submits quarterly reports to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management. He said the latest report was submitted in October 2005.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on January 15, 2006 08:48 AM
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