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Pines Ground Water Plume Site
Site Information
- Pines, Indiana (Porter County)
- EPA ID# INN000508071
- This site is not on the NPL; it is a Superfund Alternative Site (SAS)
- SAS Fact Sheet
- CERCLIS listing
- Alias(es): Pines Water Contamination
- link to large (251K) map
Contact Information
Community Involvement Coordinator
Janet Pope (pope.janet@epa.gov)
312-353-0628 or 800-621-8431, ext.30628
Remedial Project Manager
Timothy Drexler (drexler.timothy@epa.gov)
312-353-4367 or 800-621-8431, ext. 4367
On-Scene Coordinator
Ken Theisen (theisen.kenneth@epa.gov)
312-886-1959
Early Action Project Manager
Jan Pels (pels.jan@epa.gov)
312-886-3009
Project Manager
Kevin Herron
Indiana Department of Environmental Management
317-234-0354
Indiana State Department of Health
LeNetta C. Alexander, Director
317-233-7162
Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry
Senior Environmental Health Scientist
Mark Johnson
312-886-0840
Repositories
(where to view written records)
Michigan City Public Library
100 East 4th Street
Michigan City, IN 46360
(219) 873-3044
Background
Pines, Indiana is located about 5 miles west of Michigan City and 2 miles south of Lake Michigan in Porter County, Indiana. In May 2002, USEPA began testing residential drinking water wells in the Town of Pines based on elevated levels of the metals boron and molybdenum discovered in water wells by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM).
EPA testing resulted in the discovery of about 30 homes with contaminated wells. The affected homes were located in two areas. One section is between Liberty and Ash streets, and U.S. 12 and 20. The other, smaller area is located between Columbia and Idaho streets and U.S. 12 and East Johns Street. High levels of boron and molybdenum were also found in surface water samples in Brown Ditch, a creek which flows through Pines to nearby Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. (more...)
Site Updates | News Releases | Fact Sheets || Technical Documents || Legal Agreements || Public Meetings
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Site Updates
News Releases
- Consent order to bring Michigan City water to most of Town of Pines; public meetings April 13, April 7, 2004 news release
- EPA Order on Pines Site to Bring Michigan City Drinking Water to 130 Homes; Meeting Feb. 4, 6:30 P.M., January 2003 news release
Fact Sheets
- EPA and Responsible Companies Sign Agreement, April 2004 factsheet
- Students at Pine Elementary Will Receive Bottled Water, April 2004 factshee
- Town of Pines Community Involvement Plan (PDF) (22pp, 190K), June 2003 factsheet
- EPA Announces Investigation Results at Pines Site (PDF) (4pp, 106K), January 2003 factsheet
- Town of Pines Ground-Water Sampling Activities Continue (PDF) (110K), July 2002 factsheet
Technical Documents
- Town of Pines Groundwater Superfund Site Chemical Analysis Data, July 2007 (PDF) (234pp, 728K)
- After a meeting USEPA held in 2004, representatives reported to Beverly Shores residents that test results from their water had low levels of boron. Shortly after the meeting, several residents in the Beverly Shores area had their water tested; some of the tests showed high boron levels. The U.S. Geological Survey did a study and survey for the groundwater in the Beverly Shores area. The results of this survey stated that the boron in the Beverly Shores water was not from the landfill, but the boron was naturally occurring. View the results of the water sampling study (PDF) (7pp, 72K) May 2005
- Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study Work Plan - September 2005
- Technical Assistance Plan (PDF) (99pp, 667K) April 5, 2005
- Site Management Strategy - January 2005
Legal Agreements
- Final Community Involvement Plan (PDF) (24pp, 323K), December 2004
- Town of Pines Administrative Order on Consent (PDF) (47pp, 3.3MB), April 2004
- Administrative Order by Consent (PDF) (30pp, 134K), July 2003
Public Meetings
- A public information meeting was held June 14, 2007 in Michigan City, IN. EPA updated the community on the work planned as part of the remedial investigation and feasibility study.
- A public information meeting was held April 19, 2005 in Michigan City, IN. Representatives from EPA, U.S. Geological Society and the state of Indiana updated the community on the construction activities, status of the remedial investigation and feasibility study (RI/FS) and the EPA Technical Assistance Plan (TAP).
- Town of Pines Public Meeting (PDF) (95pp, 393K), April 2004
- EPA updated area residents on what the recently signed consent orders mean for the community and discussed future plans to address water contamination around Pines, Ind. in two public meetings April 13, 2004.
- Town of Pines Public Meeting (PDF) (6pp, 40K), January 2004
- EPA and its partner, Indiana Department of Environmental Management, presented complete results of the testing and discussed next steps at a public meeting February 4, 2003.