CHICAGO (Dec. 21, 2023) – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced contaminated soil cleanup of 187 residential properties is complete at the Jacobsville Neighborhood Soil Contamination Superfund site in Evansville, Indiana, bringing the total number of properties cleaned to 4,187. EPA completed the last of the cleanups on Dec. 8 and will resume cleanups in the spring 2024.
During the 2023 construction season, EPA cleaned up soil contaminated with lead and arsenic at properties primarily in neighborhoods south and east of downtown Evansville and north of Lloyd Expressway, including Fulton Terrace, Cedar Hall, Jacobsville, Jimtown, Culver, Haynie’s Corner, and Tepe Park. EPA also tested the soil at 575 additional properties, bringing the total to 7,231. EPA anticipates it will take approximately five more years to clean up the remaining 800 properties.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will continue managing day-to-day site activities when work resume in the spring.
To learn more, visit the Jacobsville website.
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