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## N ATION AL 

## P RIORITIES 

## L IS T 

## (NPL)

***Final Site*** Decem ber 2013



### G ARD EN CITY GRO UN D WA TER

PL UME Ga rd e n City, Ind ia na

Bartholomew County

 **Site Lo**  **cat ion:** 

The G ar den Cit y G round Water P lume is lo ca ted in the unincorpo ra ted to wn of G ar den Cit y in Bartholomew Count y, Indiana, approx im ately one mile south of the city of Columbus. G ar den Cit y is in the flood pla in of the ea st fork of the

W hite R iv er

. The G ar den Cit y Ground Water Plume has af f

ec ted re sid ential and comm erc ial drinking water we lls and

cov er s approx im ately 3.4 acre s.

 **Site Hi**  **st or**  **y:**

S in ce 1990, drinking water we lls in G ar den City have had inter mitt ent trichloroe th ene (TC E) conta min ation, whi c h

has some tim es ex cee ded drinking wate r st and ar d s. De spite s ev era l inve sti gations in th e a rea

, the orig in o f the T CE is

unknown.

 **Si te**  **Con ta**  **min atio**  **n/Con ta**  **min ants:** 

The ground water plume consists of TC E.

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

The town in cludes approx im ately 50 individu al re sid en ce s and a mobile home p ar k. G ar den City re sid ential we lls

obta in drinking water from one common aqui fer

. All the re sid en ce s, mobile homes and busine ss es in G ar den Cit y th a t

ar e served by priva te ground water we lls m ay be a ffec ted by the TCE plume.

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

The Indiana Dep ar tm ent of Environmental Management supplies and maintains car bon f ilt ra tion sy st e ms on th re e

re sid entia l w e lls. Att emp ts to e st ablish a water li ne main sy st e m in G ar den City have not been f in ancially f ea sible.

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

The st a te of Indiana ref e rre d the site to the EP A b eca use the site re qui re s a long-t er m response and ac tion and lis t ing

will a llow for a proper and tim ely in ve sti ga tion of the na tu re and exte nt of conta min ation. Oth er fe deral and st a te

cl ea nup prog ra ms were eva lu ated, but ar e not viable at this ti me. The EPA re ce iv ed a le tt er of support for pl ac in g t h e

site on the NPL from 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 ma y

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 ega rding 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 on

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.