Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations

RCRA Site Information

Noblesville, IN (Hamilton County)
EPA ID# IND006418263
RCRA Corrective Action Site
Alias(es): Firestone
SiteMap (PDF) (1pg, 3M)

Contact Information

Community Involvement Coordinator
Rafael P. Gonzalez (gonzalez.rafaelp@epa.gov)
312-886-0269 or 800-621-8431, ext. 60269

Site Manager
Michelle Kaysen (kaysen.michelle@epa.gov)
312-886-4253 or 800-621-8431, ext. 4253

Background

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is recommending habitat enhancement along with additional vegetated cover be used to address the undeveloped floodplain along Stony Creek contaminated by pollution from the former Bridgestone Americas (Firestone) facility. Firestone contaminated Wilson Ditch and Stony Creek with an industrial chemical compound called polychlorinated biphenyls, better known as PCBs. Residential areas in the Stony Creek floodplain were cleaned up as an interim measure in 2008-2009 while additional, area-wide investigations proceeded. This latest cleanup proposal tackles remaining environmental issues in the undeveloped floodplain section of the Stony Creek study area.

Site Updates || Fact Sheets || Technical Documents || Public Meetings

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Site Updates

Final Decision/Response to Comments (PDF) (24pp, 1M) December 2010
Public Information Session - Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations (Firestone) July 14 Slides (PDF) (25pp, 2M)

Fact Sheets

PCB Cleanup in Stony Creek Area (PDF) (2pp, 146K) March 2010
Vegetation and Improved Habitat Proposed Clean-up (PDF) (8pp, 153K) July 2010

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Technical Documents

Baseline Ecological Risk Assessment - Undeveloped Stony Creek Floodplain (PDF) (270pp, 21MB) March 2012
Corrective Measures Proposal (PDF) (68pp, 5MB) March 2010
Stony Creek Watershed Management Plan, 2007 - This comprehensive study of the Stony Creek Watershed, provided critical information regarding the challenges this particular watershed faces,and helped EPA better understand local conservation management goals.
Undeveloped Floodplain Ecological Risk Assessment Informational Slides - Undeveloped Stony Creek Floodplain (PDF) (36pp, 2M) May 2009
Human Health Risk Assessment - Undeveloped Stony Creek Floodplain (PDF) (17pp, 2M)May 2009
Statement of Basis (PDF) (23pp, 137K) July 2010
Summary:Statement of Basis (PDF) (3pp, 24K) July 2010
2010 Indiana Fish Consumption Advisory
Figure 1 Site Location (PDF) (1pg, 1M)
Figure 2 Site Map (PDF) (1pg, 3M)
Figure 3 Topographic Map (PDF) (1pg, 2M)
Figure 4 Soil Results (PDF) (1pg, 2M)
Figure 5 Soil, Small Mammal, Invertebrate Results (PDF) (1pg, 2M)
Figure 6 Soil Sample Results (PDF) (1pg, 135K)

Public Meetings

Public Information Session - Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations (Firestone)
July 1 - July 30,2010
July 14, 2010, 5:00 - 7:00pm
City Hall, Room A-214
Noblesville, Indiana