USS Lead Superfund Site
The USS Lead Superfund site includes part of the former USS Lead facility along with nearby commercial, municipal and residential areas. The primary contaminants of concern are lead and arsenic. The USS Lead site was listed on the National Priorities List of the worst contaminated sites in the country in 2009. The Superfund site is broken into two Operable Units. The first, OU1, has been divided into three zones. These zones include a public housing complex and residential properties. OU2 includes soil at the former USS Lead facility, as well as groundwater beneath both that facility and the residential neighborhoods.
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Ongoing Cleanup Operations at the Former Housing Complex/Goodman Park (Operational Unit 1, Modified Zone 1)
Beginning mid-June, Industrial Development Advantage of East Chicago (IDA) will extend cleanup to the narrow strip of land located east of the Indiana Harbor Canal beyond the construction fencing, south of the Carrie Gosch School, west of McCook Avenue and the alley behind McCook Avenue, and north of E. 151st Street. (See map EPA FACT SHEET - EPA CONTINUES OVERSIGHT OF CLEANUP IN ZONE ONE (622.31 KB))
Cleanup efforts may result in increased noise to residents east of the cleanup area, as well as a potential for minor traffic disruptions on McCook and the alley. The cleanup beyond the fence is expected to take 7-14 days.
IDA is required to take measures to minimize dust during transportation, excavation, and backfill activities. Onsite air monitoring is being conducted. EPA and its representatives remain onsite full time during cleanup activities.