2013 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:35:46 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Defective barrier and Delco Remy plant, Anderson, Indiana
 
EPA officials hope environmental fix at Plant 7 can begin this year Cost estimated at $4.2 million

By Jack Molitor
Anderson
Anderson Herald Bulletin (IN)
April 16, 2013

ANDERSON, Ind. - Federal environmental officials hope work can begin this year to rebuild a defective underground barrier that was meant to contain contaminated soil and groundwater from migrating off the former Delco Remy Plant 7 property.



"I would hope the field work could be done this year," said Don Heller, site manager for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. "What we're trying to accomplish here with this remedy is eliminate a source of groundwater contamination."


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Built in 1940 and expanded several times over the next several decades, Plant 7, 2900 S. Scatterfield Road, manufactured auto parts such as horns, light switches, turn signals and aluminum castings for alternators, distributors and starter motors.



General Motors Corp. operated a degreaser at the plant for 10 years using chemical trichloroethene, or TCE, which EPA classifies as a carcinogen.

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For the entire article, see
http://heraldbulletin.com/local/x1915234580/EPA-officials-hope- environmental-fix-at-Plant-7-can-begin-this-year

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