Jacobsville Neighborhood Soil Contamination Site

Site Information

Evansville, IN (Vanderburgh County)
EPA ID# INN000508142
NPL Factsheet
Superfund Site Progress Profile
Alias(es): Advance Stove Works, Blout Plow Works, Newton Kelsay, Sharpe Shot Works
Map

Contact Information

Community Involvement Coordinator
Dave Novak (novak.dave@epa.gov)
312-886-7478 or 800-621-8431, ext. 67478

Remedial Project Manager
Mary Tierney(tierney.mary@epa.gov)
312-886-4785 or 800-621-8431, ext. 64785

Repositories

(where to view written records)

Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library - Central Branch
200 S.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Evansville, IN

Links

EPA Superfund Home Page
Region 5 Superfund
Superfund Frequent Questions

Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry

Background

The Jacobsville neighborhood is in Evansville, Indiana. The site in this neighborhood is about 250 acres or 45 city blocks. It houses both residential and commercial properties but was formerly used by several lead manufacturing companies. These operations date back to the 1880s. Lead has contaminated a wide area of soil. The site was added to the National Priority List (NPL) 07/22/2004. Soil sampling took place in November 2004, April 2005, and October 2005.

Site Updates | News Releases | Newsletter || Fact Sheets || Technical Documents || Public Meetings

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Site Updates

Superfund Program Implements the Recovery Act - Jacobsville Neighborhood Soil Contamination Evansville, Indiana

Jacobsville toll-free information:
We have discontinued our dedicated toll-free phone line for the Jacobsville site. Residents with questions or concerns, or who desire further information can call EPA Region 5 at 800-621-8431, ext. 67478 and leave a message. This line is operational 24-hours a day.

The Listserve for the Jacobsville Neighborhood Lead Soil Contamination ended January 31, 2012 as part of EPA's cost-saving measures. If you are a listserve subscriber and you would like to be on the site's postal mailing list, please email your name and address to Community Involvment Coordinator Dave Novak (novak.dave@epa.gov).

EPA to offer Jobs training

Free training is being offered to Evansville residents under an EPA-sponsored program called the Superfund Job Training Initiative. The program will qualify participants for employment in the work being done during 2012 in the Jacobsville lead and arsenic-contaminated soil cleanup. The Super JTI program supports job training in communities affected by Superfund sites and encourages the employment of residents at local cleanups. The Super JTI program combines extensive classroom instruction with hands-on application. Upon completion of the program, each participant receives a certification that will allow them to apply for environmental cleanup jobs. ...More

Upcoming Public Meeting

We will be hosting two separate public meetings for the 2012 phase of the Jacobsville contaminated soil cleanup on Wednesday, March 21, 2012 in Browning Room A in the Evansville Vanderburgh Central library, 200 SE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Meetings, presenting the same information at each session, will be held from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. and again from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the same location.

Site-related documents
You can view official files at the repositories listed in the right hand column of this page.

News Releases

Phase one completion ceremony announcement (PDF) (1pp, 523K) October 2010
EPA begins Recovery Act-funded cleanup at Evansville Superfund site April 6, 2010
Media Advisory: Briefing on Recovery Act-funded Evansville Superfund site April 6, 12:30 p.m. April 5, 2010
EPA hosts meetings on Evansville Superfund cleanup Feb. 4, 2 P.M. and 6:30 P.M. January 26 2010
EPA expands scope of lead cleanup at Evansville SUPERFUND Site; Hearings June 23 and 24 June 10 2009
Corrected News Release: Recovery Act funding to accelerate cleanup, boost economy, create jobs and protect human health at Evansville hazardous waste site Apr. 16, 2009
EPA selects cleanup plan for Evansville, Ind., Superfund site Feb. 26, 2008
Media Advisory: EPA, IDEM to brief on Evansville, Ind., Superfund site, Feb. 26, 10 am Feb. 25, 2008
Sampling at Evansville soil contamination site expands to new areas, April. 5, 2005

Jacobsville Neighborhood Lead Contamination Superfund Site Newsletter (PDF) (5pp 2.75MB) December 2011
Jacobsville Neighborhood Lead Contamination Superfund Site Newsletter (PDF) (8pp 2.44MB) May 2011

Fact Sheets

ATSDR Arsenic fact sheet
ATSDR Lead fact sheet
EPA Common Questions About Lead (PDF) (1pp, 40K)
Vanderburgh County Health Department Lead Info Sheet (PDF) (1pp, 50K)
Vanderburgh County Health Department Gardening in Lead Fact Sheet (PDF) (1pp, 59K)
Vanderburgh County Health Department Lead Fact Sheet (PDF) (2pp, 87K)
EPA Expands Lead Cleanup Area (PDF) (8pp, 729K) June 2009
EPA Proposes Cleanup Plan for Lead Site (PDF) (8pp, 686K) January 2007
Community interviews conducted on lead site (PDF) (6pp, 336K) September 2005

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Technical Documents

Record of Decision (PDF) (111pp, 7.7MB) September 2009
Record of Decision (PDF) (96pp, 4.7MB) February 2008
Short Term Cleanup 2007-2008 (PDF) (1pg, 34" x 22", 312K) February 2008 map showing Phase 1 cleaned and examined parcels
Aerial view of Jacobsville site showing OU1 area and expanded OU2 area (PDF) (1 pg, 682K) June 2009. June 2009 map showing boundaries of original cleanup area (operable unit 1 (OU1)) and expanded cleanup area (OU2).
OU1 and OU2 with neighborhood boundaries (PDF) (1pg, 538K) June 2009. OU1 and OU2 of Jacobsville site with neighborhood association boundaries shown.
Community Involvement Plan (PDF) (19pp, 286K) August 2005