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Brand Hosiery Company is a 6-acre site whose operations consisted of textile
production and hosiery manufacturing for approximately 35 years. Two obvious
potential waste sources on-site included the drums, which have since been
removed by U.S. EPA, and the underground storage tank or vault. There are no
records of any past incidents or regulatory history at this site. This site was
selected among several proposed brownfield sites in Northwest Indiana to be
included in the U.S. EPA-funded Brownfields pilot supporting environmental
assessments; it was one of the first three selected brownfield sites.This was a
truly a cooperative, interagency effort as U.S. EPA sampled the drum contents
for identification and subsequent removal.
A Brownfields Environmental Assessment was completed by IDEM in May 1996. IDEM
staff conducted the environmental assessment to determine the presence of
contamination and help identify if the property would be a suitable candidate
for redevelopment into a property more beneficial to the local community. The
IDEM Brownfields Environmental Assessment provided a sufficient screening of the
property at the time. On-site contaminants detected during the sampling event
are below VRP standards and do not appear to be attributable to the site. Also,
levels are below standards that would pose a threat of soil exposure to area
residents. Based on this assessment, no evidence was found suggesting the
necessity for remediation.
Source:
Indiana.gov
Indiana.gov
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