Potential for Future Use
Former Gary Industrial Property

3615 West 25th Avenue, Gary, Indiana 46404

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Site Name: Lake Sandy Jo (M&M Landfill) Superfund Site
Size: Approximately 40 acres

Supported Site Uses: None (potential recreational use)
Existing Site Infrastructure: All major utilities are available in
the local area.

Readiness for Use: A third five-year review for the site was
completed in September 2006 and confirmed that the site is
protective of human health and the environment in the short-
term. Preliminary reuse evaluations suggest the potential for
active and passive recreational uses.

Gary, Indiana

The site is located on the
southeast side of the City of
Gary, Lake County, Indiana,
approximately 30 miles east
of Chicago.

SETTING:

•	The site is zoned for industrial land uses. The
site landfill cover, however, was not designed
to support the impacts of buildings or
trucks.

•	Surroundingland uses are primarily residential.
A small scrap and vehicle storage lot is located
immediately northwest of the site.

•	U.S. Highway 6/Interstate 80/94 borders the
site to the south.

•	Surrounding population: 0.5 mile, 2,452
people; 2.5 miles, 59, 674 people; 4 miles,
138,286 people.

REMEDIAL STATUS:

•	Construction of the site's remedy was
completed in 1994.

•	Contaminated soils were consolidated and
capped on site.

•	Ground water monitoring is ongoing.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
EPA Region 5:

Darryl Owens

Remedial Project Manager

77 West Jackson Blvd.

Chicago, Illinois 60604-3507

Phone: (312) 886-7089

Email: owens.darryl@epa.gov

Site Summary: www.epa.gov/regionS/

superfund /npl /inHiana/TNP980S00.S24.hhn

EPA Region 5 Reuse Fact Sheets

August 2007

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