SES Environmental Arnolt

April 20, 2022 at 1:55 p.m.

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PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Comment on Proposed Brownfield Subgrant for Cleanup at                                 Arnolt Corporation

2525 Durbin Street

Warsaw, Kosciusko County, Indiana 46580

    The Indiana Brownfields Program (Program), in cooperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA), has approved the application from the City of Warsaw for a $267,897 subgrant using U.S. EPA Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) grant funds awarded to the Indiana Finance Authority (IFA) in order to conduct remediation of environmental hazardous substances trichloroethene (TCE) and tetrachloroethene (PCE) in groundwater at the former Arnolt Corporation located at 2525 Durbin Street, Warsaw, Kosciusko County, Indiana (Site). 

    This notice is to publish and seek comment from all interested parties on the following U.S. EPA-required documents related to RLF-funded remediation activities at the Site:

    1) Remediation Work Plan (RWP) – outlines the cleanup plan for the Site based on Phase II Environmental Site Assessments (ESA) activities which determined contaminant source removals, along with chemical amendments were necessary to address contamination at the Site. This document is preliminarily approved by the Program and available for public comment from April 22, 2022 through May 7, 2022.

    2) Analysis of Brownfield Cleanup Alternatives (ABCA) – outlines cleanup and environmental management alternatives and recommended remediation for the Site based on the RWP and Phase II ESA activities for the Site. This document is preliminarily approved by the Program and U.S. EPA and available for public comment from April 22, 2022 through May 7, 2022.

    3) National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) Review – completed by the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) based on information provided by the Program in a November 9, 2021, letter regarding proposed remediation activities at the Site.  SHPO’s finding, dated December 6, 2021, concluded that no historic buildings, structures, or districts or objects listed in or eligible for the National Register of Historic Places are identified on or near the Site to be affected by remedial activities.  U.S. EPA’s finding, dated January 25, 2022, concurs with the SHPO finding.   Letter of concurrence from SHPO is dated March 3, 2022. These documents are available for public comment from April 22, 2022 through May 7, 2022.

    Copies of the above-referenced documents and correspondence are part of the administrative record of the site and are placed in the public repository that is available at the Warsaw Community Public Library, 310 East Main Street, Warsaw, IN 46580.

    The administrative record for the Site is also available through IDEM’s Virtual File Cabinet on the Internet at: https://vfc.idem.in.gov/, searching by Site # 40244 or the address of the Site.

    Comments regarding this notice and the documents referenced herein should be sent within the 15-day public comment period (by 5:00 pm on May 7, 2022 to: SES Environmental (ATTN: Glen A. Howard), 3807 Transportation Drive, Fort Wayne, IN 46818 and/or email: [email protected].  Questions can also be directed to Lori Bebinger of the Indiana Brownfields Program at (317) 234-8099, [email protected].

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PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Comment on Proposed Brownfield Subgrant for Cleanup at                                 Arnolt Corporation

2525 Durbin Street

Warsaw, Kosciusko County, Indiana 46580

    The Indiana Brownfields Program (Program), in cooperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA), has approved the application from the City of Warsaw for a $267,897 subgrant using U.S. EPA Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) grant funds awarded to the Indiana Finance Authority (IFA) in order to conduct remediation of environmental hazardous substances trichloroethene (TCE) and tetrachloroethene (PCE) in groundwater at the former Arnolt Corporation located at 2525 Durbin Street, Warsaw, Kosciusko County, Indiana (Site). 

    This notice is to publish and seek comment from all interested parties on the following U.S. EPA-required documents related to RLF-funded remediation activities at the Site:

    1) Remediation Work Plan (RWP) – outlines the cleanup plan for the Site based on Phase II Environmental Site Assessments (ESA) activities which determined contaminant source removals, along with chemical amendments were necessary to address contamination at the Site. This document is preliminarily approved by the Program and available for public comment from April 22, 2022 through May 7, 2022.

    2) Analysis of Brownfield Cleanup Alternatives (ABCA) – outlines cleanup and environmental management alternatives and recommended remediation for the Site based on the RWP and Phase II ESA activities for the Site. This document is preliminarily approved by the Program and U.S. EPA and available for public comment from April 22, 2022 through May 7, 2022.

    3) National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) Review – completed by the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) based on information provided by the Program in a November 9, 2021, letter regarding proposed remediation activities at the Site.  SHPO’s finding, dated December 6, 2021, concluded that no historic buildings, structures, or districts or objects listed in or eligible for the National Register of Historic Places are identified on or near the Site to be affected by remedial activities.  U.S. EPA’s finding, dated January 25, 2022, concurs with the SHPO finding.   Letter of concurrence from SHPO is dated March 3, 2022. These documents are available for public comment from April 22, 2022 through May 7, 2022.

    Copies of the above-referenced documents and correspondence are part of the administrative record of the site and are placed in the public repository that is available at the Warsaw Community Public Library, 310 East Main Street, Warsaw, IN 46580.

    The administrative record for the Site is also available through IDEM’s Virtual File Cabinet on the Internet at: https://vfc.idem.in.gov/, searching by Site # 40244 or the address of the Site.

    Comments regarding this notice and the documents referenced herein should be sent within the 15-day public comment period (by 5:00 pm on May 7, 2022 to: SES Environmental (ATTN: Glen A. Howard), 3807 Transportation Drive, Fort Wayne, IN 46818 and/or email: [email protected].  Questions can also be directed to Lori Bebinger of the Indiana Brownfields Program at (317) 234-8099, [email protected].

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