Removal Work Updates: updated 05/20/2025
- 1,321 loads (over 23,000 tons) of asbestos contaminated materials have been sent off-site for disposal.
- Traffic from vehicles hauling materials off-site has been reduced since the bulk of the asbestos contaminated materials has been shipped off. Residents should still expect to see vehicles hauling off materials.
- Crews have begun to clear out the basement of the former facility.
- 131 drums have been disposed of along with empty drums that were also staged and sent off-site for disposal.
- Two partially remaining buildings were deconstructed, debris from the buildings will be shipped off-site.
- The City of Terre Haute assisted flew a drone across the site to help visualize the progress and to estimate remaining amounts of debris that need to be removed.
- Water has been continuously sprayed to prevent any dust from work activities when temperatures were sufficiently warm to allow water to flow.
- Dust-control fabric was installed along the perimeter fence.
- Roads on site were cleared for debris removal activities and to develop haul roads across the site.
Air Monitoring & Air Sampling Updates
- Air monitoring and sampling at the site and at a local school will occur when asbestos contaminated materials are being processed.
- Air monitoring for particulates and air sampling for asbestos was conducted from 05/05/2025 to 04/09/2025.
- No sustained air monitoring exceedances were observed during this period.
Site Background
The Columbian Enameling and Stamping Company operated from 1902 until 1968 producing enamel cookware. In 2021, the current owner of the property, Complete Industrial Holdings, began demolishing site buildings and scavenging valuable building materials. Salvaging crews performed these operations without required permits. In April 2022, the Indiana Building Inspectors Office issued a cease work order.
During Winter of 2023, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management requested that EPA assist it by conducting a removal assessment at the site. A time-critical removal action was initiated at the site on October 21, 2024. Geographic coordinates at the center of the Site are latitude
39.487427 degrees north and longitude -87.390695 degrees west.
