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Media Advisory: EPA briefing on Evansville Plating facility cleanup, Jan. 27, 10 a.m.

Release Date: 01/26/2009
Contact Information: (EPA) Mick Hans, 312-353-5050, [email protected] (IDEM) Amy Hartsock, 317-233-4927, [email protected]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
No. 09-OPA008

(Chicago, Ill. - Jan. 26, 2009) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 hosts a media briefing Tuesday, Jan. 27 at 10 a.m., marking the start of a Superfund cleanup at Evansville, Ind.'s, now-closed and bankrupt Miller Plating facility, 1551 Allens Lane.

Indiana Department of Environmental Management and Evansville officials are expected. Electroplating process lines and hazardous conditions will be visible. Work shoes or boots are recommended.