Ninth Avenue Dump
Superfund site in Gary, IN · EPA ID IND980794432
Ninth Avenue Dump is a Superfund site in Gary, IN on the EPA National Priorities List (Currently on the Final NPL). Contaminants of concern include BENZENE, CYANIDE, ETHYLBENZENE, METALS. At Ninth Avenue Dump, the EPA has determined that human exposure is under control.
EPA status
- National Priorities List
- Currently on the Final NPL
- Human exposure under control
- Yes
- Groundwater migration under control
- Insufficient Data
- Construction complete
- Yes
- Sitewide ready for reuse
- No
- Federal facility
- No
- EPA region
- 05
- County
- Lake
Contaminants of concern
Grouped by the environmental medium in which the EPA recorded them.
Free-phase NAPL
- Benzene
- Cyanide
- Ethylbenzene
- Metals
- Polychlorinated Biphenyls (Pcbs)
- Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (Pahs)
- Toluene
- Xylene (Mixed Isomers)
Groundwater
- Base Neutral Acids
- Benzene
- Bis(2-Ethylhexyl)Phthalate
- Chloroethene (Vinyl Chloride)
- Heptachlor
- Lead
- Metals
- Polychlorinated Biphenyls (Pcbs)
- Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (Pahs)
- Toluene
- Total Dissolved Solids (Tds)
- Trichloroethene
Location
7357 W NINTH AVE, Gary, IN 46402
Latitude 41.5934, longitude -87.429