Projects and Research
On August 12, 13, and 14, 2019, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM), and National Park Service (NPS), investigated and discovered the occurrence of a significant fish die-off in the East Branch Little Calumet River (EBLCR), Burns Harbor, Port County, Indiana. On August 15, 2019, IDEM was notified by ArcelorMittal...
A major settlement for the Grand Calumet River / Indiana Harbor Canal and the Nearshore Areas of Lake Michigan Natural Resource Damage Assessment case was proposed in a consent decree lodged with the Northern District Court of Indiana on August 20, 2004. This settlement is with eight companies and includes a cash payment of $56.3 million; permanent protection of 233 acres of...
On March 20, 2018 a pipeline carrying No. 2 diesel fuel was breached, resulting in the discharge of approximately 58,800 gallons of fuel into Big Creek, Indiana. Big Creek is in the southwestern tip of Indiana in Posey County approximately 7 miles north of Mount Vernon and is a tributary to the Wabash River which flows into the Ohio River.
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