U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY REGION FIVE
                        1 N. Wacker Dr. Chicago, Illinois 60606 312-353-5800
                        The Indiana District Officf
      The Indiana District Office is Region Vs field representative in the
State of Indiana providing support for water pollution control programs.

      The staff, composed of engineering, laboratory, field support and
clerical personnel, provides support for such programs as Enforcement, Refuse
Act Permit Program, surveillance and technical support.

      The Office operates water quality monitoring stations from which samples
are collected and analyzed periodically.  It makes point source surveys of
industrial and municipal discharges and studies their effects on streams in
regard to water quality and aquatic organisms.

      It responds to and investigates oil and hazardous chemical spills in
order to insure that the material is cleaned up and that water users are
notified of the potential hazard to health.

      The chemistry unit of the laboratory section provides chemical data on
routine water quality concentrations for the more common parameters and heavy
metals, identifies and quantifies specific organic pollutants, and identifies
petroleum products.

      The chemistry unit provides chemical analyses of the above samples from
surface waters, municipal of industrial wastes, carbon filter chloroform
extracts, sediments, fish, and oil and hazardous material spills.

      The data gathered is used for enforcement conferences, 180-day notice
hearings, 1899 Eefuse Act and ¥ater Quality Standards violations, Refuse Act
Permits, development of analytical methodology within the framework of EPA's
AQC laboratory, long term surveillance, monitoring oil and hazardous spills,
commenting on Environmental Impact Statements, comprehensive basin plans and
the identification of toxic materials.

      The Indiana Office represents EPA at all State meetings of the Indiana
Stream Pollution Control Board and at all important meetings of environmental
organizations in Indiana.
   EPA 905-F-73-018

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      INDO has an active role in public information, furnishing speakers to
many clubs and educational organizations and showing EPA films.

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