General Electric (GE) operated a manufacturing facility at 13th and Payne streets in Tell City from the 1940s through to 2005. During the time of GE’s operations here, it used and stored solvents at the facility as part of its manufacturing processes. GE also generated hazardous waste, which was stored on-site.
As a result of recent investigations, GE has found volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the ground water and soil at its facility. Through GE’s efforts to determine the nature and extent of this contamination, VOCs were found in ground water and soil gas beyond its property boundary.
Due to the facility’s history as a hazardous waste storage facility, the investigation and remediation of GE’s releases are being done under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Corrective Action (CA) Program. IDEM is authorized to implement the CA Program within the State of Indiana, and IDEM’s Hazardous Waste Permit Section is overseeing implementation of the CA Program at the GE Tell City facility.
2022
2021
- November 17, 2021, Interim Measures Work Plan to Improve Offsite Soil Vapor through Groundwater Remediation: Revision 1 [ZIP]
- October 13, 2021, Second Quarter 2021 Groundwater Monitoring Report [PDF]
- August 31, 2021 Interim Measures Work Plan to Improve Offsite Soil Vapor through Groundwater Remediation [ZIP]
- June 21, 2021, Frist Quarter 2021 Groundwater Monitoring Report [ZIP]
2020
- October 6, 2020, Second Quarter 2020 Groundwater Monitoring Report
- June 1, 2020, First Quarter 2020 Groundwater Monitoring Report [ZIP]
- March 9, 2020, Fourth Quarter 2020 Groundwater Monitoring Report [PDF]
- January 10, 2020, March-November 2019 Soil and Groundwater Investigation Update Report [ZIP]
2019
- December 19, 2019 The AO Between IDEM and GE for the Tell City Facility [PDF]
- July 16, 2019 Current Conditions Report Revision and Approval [PDF]
- May 2, 2019 Current Conditions Report [ZIP]
2018
- August-September, 2018 Investigation Update Report [PDF]
- August 10, 2018 Fourth Off-Site Investigation Report [PDF]
- January 19, 2018 Off-Site Investigation Work Plan [PDF]