INDIANA DEPARTMENT
OF ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC NOTICE OF
HAZARDOUS WASTE
CORRECTIVE ACTION
COMPLETE
DATE OF NOTICE:
October 14, 2025
COMMENTS DUE:
November 13, 2025
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) intends to issue a Hazardous Waste Corrective Action Complete With Controls determination to:
BRC Rubber & Plastics, Inc.
(Former Red Cross Building Site)
124 S. Oak St., Bluffton, IN
IND185737145
IDEM has reviewed the administrative record and has drafted a Statement of Basis proposing to end the Hazardous Waste corrective action process. The Statement of Basis supports IDEM’s decision to issue a Hazardous Waste Corrective Action Complete With Controls determination for this facility means that land use restrictions (e.g., environmental restrictive covenants) will be required, and that no known contamination will be left on-site that requires the use of an engineered control to prevent unacceptable human health or ecological exposures. A copy of the Statement of Basis (VFC content # 83880497) and the supporting administrative record are available for your review in the IDEM Virtual File Cabinet at: www.in.gov/idem/legal/public-records/virtual-file-cabinet/ .
IDEM is providing the public an opportunity to submit written comments and/or request changes to the Statement of Basis as proposed. IDEM is particularly interested in receiving comments from persons aware of any past spills or releases that may have occurred at this facility.
You may request IDEM hold a public hearing. At a public hearing, you would have the opportunity to submit oral or written comments. IDEM will formally respond to any comments received during the public hearing in its Response to Comments at the time of its decision. If a public hearing is held, IDEM will make a separate announcement of the date, time, and location of that hearing 30 days in advance.
Written comments with supporting documentation, or a request for a public hearing, should be sent to Stephen Zulkowski at szulkowski@idem.in.gov or the following address:
Indiana Department of
Environmental Management
Hazardous Waste Permit
Section
IGCN 1101
100 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46204
IDEM will respond to all significant comments and specify which provisions of the Statement of Basis were changed, if any. To receive a copy of the Notice of Final Decision and Response to Comments, please make a written request to the address above. Anyone who submits written comments will receive a copy of the Notice of Final Decision and Response to Comments.
If you have any questions about the Statement of Basis, administrative record, or the public notice process, please contact Stephen Zulkowski at the OLQ address above or at (317) 234-0953, or szulkowski@idem.IN.gov.
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