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The Neal's Landfill site occupies nearly 18 acres of property, approximately three miles west of Bloomington, Indiana. The landfill is surrounded by farms and wooded areas. Several residents are located within one-half mile of the landfill. Residents near the site use private wells for drinking water. The landfill accepted industrial and municipal wastes from 1949 until 1972. Between approximately 1962 and 1970, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, formerly Viacom and now doing business as CBS Corporation, dumped waste electrical equipment and parts, including electrical capacitors containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), PCB-contaminated capacitor insulation material, rags, and filter clay at the site. Several springs located at the foot of the landfill feed the Conard's Branch stream which had become contaminated with PCBs. Conard's Branch is a tributary to Richland Creek. Sediments and fish in Conard's Branch and Richland Creek have also become contaminated with PCBs. In August 1985, Westinghouse, The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the City of Bloomington, Monroe County, and the Indiana State Board of Health signed a Consent Decree (CD) to address PCB-contaminated materials from six sites, located in and near Bloomington, including Neal's Landfill. The CD required Westinghouse to construct an incinerator that would incinerate PCB-contaminated materials from the six sites. Also, in the CD, and prior to the excavation of the Neal's Landfill site, interim cleanup measures were required to be completed by Westinghouse. Due to public opposition to the incinerator and the State of Indiana passing legislation blocking the remedy that was required in the 1985 CD, the CD parties began to explore alternative remedies in 1994 for the six PCB-contaminated sites. Site Responsibility This site is being addressed through federal, state, and potentially responsible party (PRP) actions.
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