The former American Lead facility is located at 2102 Hillside Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana. American Lead operated a lead smelter at this location from 1946 to 1965. In 1965, National Lead Industries, Inc. (NL Industries) acquired the property and operated a lead reclamation facility. A fire reportedly damaged the smelter building in 1970 and NL Industries removed several buildings and slag piles in 1971. After several different owners, Irving Materials, Inc., (IMI) acquired the facility in 1990. The southeastern part of the facility was formerly leased to DuraCrete and is currently leased to Adjustable Forms, Inc., a manufacturer of building products (ESE 1999).
The facility is located in a mixed residential and industrial area. During the period of lead smelting operations, lead fumes and dust would have been released from the facility as point and fugitive sources and may have contributed to lead contamination at the facility and the surrounding areas. Investigations performed by the facility contractor and the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) found lead contamination in residential and non-residential soils surrounding the facility. On March 13, 2003, IDEM requested assistance from U.S. EPA Region 5 Emergency Response Branch for a removal assessment because of failed negotiations with the PRP to reach a compromise on the remedial aspect of the project. U.S. EPA’s negotiations with the PRP resulted in an administrative order that required the PRP to characterize lead contamination in the surrounding areas of the facility (off-site) and remediate lead contaminated soil.
•A federal judge authorized access to fifteen properties where the owners could not be reached.
•AGC sampled properties where access was granted by court order at 2146 Sheldon, 2213 Arsenal, 2234 Hovey and one quadrant of 2030 Hovey on January 26, 2007. U.S. EPA was not present during the January sampling event.
•ENTACT, AGC and U.S. EPA remobilized to the site on March 26, 2007.
•AGC conducted sampling on the properties where access was granted by court order at 2260 Ralston (2 of the 3 parcels at this address, each has a different owner, 1 parcel cleanup competed May, 2006), 2030 Hovey, 1971 Ralston, 1830 Tallman, 1818 Tallman,1864 Tallman, 1963 Hillside, 1927 Hillside, 1973 Ralston, 1613 E 20th Street, and 1973 Hovey.
1) Begin excavating, backfilling and restoring the 15 court-ordered, staging and stockpile properties.
1) Begin excavation, backfilling and restoration to the 15 court-ordered, staging and stockpile properties
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