SEFA	Cleanup Activities End at

Former American Lead Site

United States
Environmental Protection
Agency

Former American Lead Site

Indianapolis, Indiana	April 2007

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If your yard is m the area that will
be sampled aid or excavated this
Spring 2007, U.S. EPA ask that
you do not plant vegetation or
flowers until sampling and/or
excavation is completed,

'Return Agreements

A -few residents still need to sign
their cleanup completion letters. •
An U.S.- EPA representative will
¦visit .you this spring'with the
letter. Please sign and return the

¦	letter to them.

: U.S. EPA Websites
More details about this site can be
found at:

http://www.epaosc.org/
americanlead

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http://ciQ>ub.epa.gov/supercpad/cii.
rsites/csitinfo,cfm?id=0501643

U. S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to complete cleanup of the
neighborhoods near the former American Lead site in Indianapolis this Spring.
Cleanup of lead from contaminated residential and commercial properties in
the area began 2 years ago and has been delayed due to seasonal conditions.
Work begins the first week of April and is expected to last 4-6 weeks,
depending on weather conditions.

When work began in 2005, 237 properties were listed as candidates for
cleanup. Twelve propexties were deemed as clean. To date 201 properties
have been excavated, backfilled and restored. One property denied access. A
total of 23 properties remain to be cleaned, where soil will be removed up to
2-feet deep and replaced with clean fill.

EPA's safety threshold for lead contamination is 400 milligrams of lead per

kilogram of soil. Yards that test higher than 400 will be cleaned by digging
contaminated dirt and taking it to an off-site location. There are no cleanup
activities inside homes.

The Cleanup Process

Once a yard is tested and samples show unsafe lead levels, environmental
contractors meet with owners to discuss how they will clean the yard.
Contaminated soil will be removed up to a maximum of 2-feet deep and
replaced with clean soil and sod or seeded. Any other vegetation that has to be
removed will be replaced with nursery stock. Usually, soil around large trees
is removed by hand to save the tree. Pictures are taken before cleanup begins
so there is a record of how a property looks before cleanup. These
photographs also help contractors restore yards to their original appearance.

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