The
East Chicago Waterway Management District and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Chicago District, will give an update on the Indiana Harbor and Canal Dredging
and Disposal project at the start of the Grand Calumet Task Force board
meeting at Calumet College of St. Joseph, 2400 New York Ave. in Whiting,
Ind. on Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2001, from 7 to 8 p.m.All
interested parties are invited to attend.Project
status meetings will be held quarterly in order to provide an on-going
dialogue with the public about the project.
Additionally, the Corps has posted information about the Indiana Harbor and Canal Dredging and Disposal project, accessible from their website at www.lrc.usace.army.mil.This project web page is part of an effort to keep the public informed about status of the project, which was approved for construction in 1999.Initial activities will include constructing a facility to contain the contaminated sediment at the former ECI site, located at 3500 Indianapolis Blvd., on the Lake George branch of the Indiana Harbor Ship Canal.
The first item to be built at the site, a below-ground cutoff wall or barrier to control groundwater flow, will serve to contain not only the contaminated sediment dredged from the harbor and canal, but also contaminants that currently exist at the site in the soil and groundwater.This work is expected to start in spring 2002.Prior to this, air-monitoring stations will be set up at locations near the property line in order to measure air conditions prior to construction.Dredging is planned to start in 2005.
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