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and Honeywell would be committed to remediating and curing the area from any contamination. <br />As far as recourse to individual residents, she was unable to speak regarding that topic and <br />invited someone from the EPA to address the question. <br />Mary Fulghum, Site Attorney with the EPA in Chicago located at 77 West Jackson, if there is an <br />immediate threat found then actions will be taken quickly to address those threats. It is very <br />difficult from a risk assessor's point of view to try to tie an epidemiological study back to <br />specific exposures which makes it difficult to answer the question of what services would be <br />available. This dump has been there and has been closed for a long time. Both immediate and <br />long -term risks will be addressed. <br />Committee Chair White responded that might be a conversation the EPA and the City may want <br />to have as we move forward planning for the "what -ifs" so that we can be in a position to <br />respond to our residents. <br />Committeemember Williams- Preston agreed it is a conversation that needs to be held in the <br />context of the historical context that in the past this was one of the only areas where African <br />Americans were allowed to build homes. If this was a site that was known to be a hazardous <br />area, we would do well to start thinking about what does that mean. We should be prepared as a <br />community to have that conversation and rather than ignore or discount those rumors of medical <br />issues there must be something the City can do. This should be both residents' concerns but also <br />of course the concerns of the entire City. <br />Committeemember Jo M. Broden asked what is significantly different in this new investigation <br />versus what happened before. <br />Jessica Fliss, IDEM with offices at 100 N. Senate Avenue in Indianapolis, responded there have <br />been six (6) different investigations that took place over the years at the site. Those <br />investigations were very limited and looked to if the site qualified on the National Priorities List. <br />Those investigations determined that the site probably did not score high enough to be included <br />into the National Priorities List. After that, the City asked for the site to be investigated to be <br />included in the Brown Fields program. During that specific investigation, not only the park but <br />the areas around the park were investigated and some elevated levels of lead and arsenic were <br />found. That was new information at that time that then qualified the site for the National <br />Priorities List. <br />Committeemember Broden asked Ms. Fliss to clarify that the scope of the investigations were <br />originally limited to the park. <br />Ms. Fliss responded yes. Elevated levels of arsenic were found that did not require an immediate <br />response but need to be possibly addressed in a long -term plan. There are many different options <br />that may come out of this new investigation. <br />Committeemember Broden asked if all these reports are available for the public. <br />Ms. Fliss responded yes, they are on the EPA website and the IDEM Virtual File Cabinet. <br />4 <br />