NIPSCO to clean up coal ash contamination at Pines Superfund site
Source: https://www.indianaenvironmentalreporter.org/, March 4, 2022
By: Beth Edwards
Northern Indiana Public Service Co. will be responsible for cleaning up soil contamination at individual residences within the Town of Pines Groundwater Plume Superfund site in Porter County, Indiana, the Environmental Protection Agency announced today.
The soil is contaminated by coal ash, the byproduct of burning coal for coal for electricity. For decades, NIPSCO dumped more than a million tons of coal ash in a landfill on top of the Town of Pines aquifer, and it also offered coal ash to the Town of Pines to be used in landscaping homes and building roads, saying it wasn’t harmful to residents. Read more.