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***Final Site*** December 2013



### BEC K’S L A KE So uth Be n d, Ind ia na

St . Joseph County

 **Site Lo**  **cat ion:** 

The B ec k’s La ke site co nsists of an ar ea of conta min ated soil lo cated at the int er sec tion of Wash in gton and Fa lcon

St ree ts on the northwe st side of South Bend, Indiana and adja ce nt to LaSal le P ar k.

 **Site Hi**  **st or**  **y:**

The prop er t y now known as B ec k’s Lake/LaSalle P ar k in South Bend, Indiana was once used as a dump and landf ill.

Num er ous companie s and individua ls, in cludin g Bendix Corpo ra tion, re portedl y dump e d a v ar iet y o f m at er ia ls

containing haz ar dous su b st an ce s at this lo ca tion. Histo ri ca l aer ial photos indi ca te th at dumping occu rre d for mo re th an 40 years at the site endi ng in the mid -1950s. Fr om the 1950s to the p re sent this are a has b ee n tu rned into a p ar k a nd

some re sid ential housing by the City of South Bend.

 **Sit e**  **Con ta**  **min atio**  **n/Con ta**  **min ants:** 

Potential wa ste mat er ia ls dumped at the site in cluded, but were not limit ed to: a sb e stos, pla ting w aste s, solvents, pa int

wa st e s, oils and sludges and foundr y s and. Foundr y s and and hydrox ide sludge conta in ed arsenic. Hi gh leve ls of

ar se nic have b ee n found in the p ar k and neighb or hood su rf ac e soils. Oth er meta ls found with elevated leve ls (l ea d a nd

ca dmium) have also b ee n det ec ted in park surf ac e soils.

 **Potential Im**  **p ac**  **ts on**  **S urrounding Communi**  **ty/Env iron**  **ment:**

Exposure to ar senic in re sid entia l soils is the ma in con cer n for the Beck’s Lake sit e.

 **R es**  **pon se Activities**  **(t o d**  **ate):**

Th er e have been no re spons e ac tiviti e s.

 **N ee**  **d f**  **or NP**  **L Li sti**  **ng:**

NP L listing will a llow the EPA to add re ss soil conta min a tion on re sid e nti al prop er ti es su rr ounding the sit e, a llow f or proper and tim ely inve sti ga tion of the na tu re and exte nt of the conta min a tion and enable the EPA to det er mine cleanup

a lt er na tiv e s. Oth er fe deral and st a te cl ea nup progra ms w er e eva lu ated, but ar e not viable at this tim e. The EP A

rece ived a le tt er of suppor t for pl ac ing the Beck’s Lake site on the NPL fr o m the st a te of Indiana.

[The descrip ti on of the s ite (r ele as e) is ba s ed on informa ti on ava il ab le at the time the s it e was ev al ua ted wi th the HRS. The descrip ti on m ay

c hang e as a dd iti ona l informa ti o n is ga ther ed on the s ou r ces an d exte nt of c on ta mi na ti on . S ee 56 FR 5 60 0, Feb ru ar y 11, 19 91, or s ub se qu en t

FR no tice s.]

Fo r mo re infor ma ti on about the haza r dou s s ub st an ce s iden ti fied in th is narra ti ve summary, incl ud in g ge neral informa ti on r egar ding the effec ts of ex po su re to

the se s ub st an ce s on human h ea lt h, pl ea se see the A ge ncy for Tox ic Sub st an ce s and Dis ea se R eg ist ry (ATS DR) ToxFA Qs. ATS DR ToxF AQs ca n be f ou nd o n

th e I nternet a t http:/ /ww w.a ts dr.cdc.gov /t oxfaq s/i nd ex .a sp or by tele ph on e at 1-888-42-ATS DR or 1- 88 8-4 22 -87 37.