Public Notice: EPA Begins Review of the Waste, Inc., Landfill Superfund Site
Summary
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is conducting a five-year review of the Waste, Inc., Landfill site located at 1701 E. U.S. 12, Michigan City, In. The Superfund law requires regular checkups of sites that have been cleaned up – with waste managed on-site – to make sure the cleanup continues to protect people and the environment. This is the fifth five-year review for this site. Five Year Reviews address three major questions:
- Is the remedy functioning as intended?
- Are the exposure assumptions, toxicity data, cleanup levels, and remedial action objectives (RAOs) originally used still valid?
- Is there any new information that could impact the protectiveness of the remedy?
Cleanup remedies continue to function as intended. EPA’s cleanup of the site included two phases which included site preparation and cleaning, removing an on-site underground fuel storage tank, implementing fish advisories, and installing a landfill cap and the gas collection system.
EPA took the site off the National Priorities List in 2008. The NPL is a U.S. list of sites of national priority with known or threatened releases of hazardous substances, pollutants or contaminants. This year, pilot testing will begin transitioning active landfill gas extraction to passive landfill gas extraction to reduce excess odor and noise for trail goers. If the pilot study proves successful, a permanent transition will be approved.
More information is available at the Michigan City Public Library, 100 E. Fourth St., and at Waste, Inc., Landfill webpage. The review will be completed in June 2026. The five-year review is an opportunity for you to tell EPA about site conditions and any concerns you have.