Pollution & Cleanup
Read this first: what follows is a statewide screening list, not an address check. A documented site somewhere in Indiana says nothing certain about a particular home, which may sit many miles from it. Indiana's contamination history is rooted in its strong manufacturing and heavy-industry base, especially across its northern and river-corridor regions. The Indiana Department of Environmental Management works alongside EPA's federal Superfund program as the state-side authority on these sites. Use the records here as context worth reviewing when evaluating an address, never as a safety verdict. They reflect what the public files document, and that is the whole of it.
For contaminated-site cleanup, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) acts as the state-side partner to EPA's federal Superfund program, co-managing listed sites and typically running its own state-level remediation work in parallel. Where PFAS appears at a contaminated site, Indiana tends to follow the federal framework rather than a separate state standard, in keeping with how it handles PFAS in drinking water. The reassurance is plain: behind the word Superfund stands a named state office, IDEM, not only a distant federal agency.
From EPA's National Priorities List, filtered to sites with confirmed PFAS contamination. EPA's broader Superfund/SEMS inventory is larger and includes non-PFAS and assessment-stage sites.
| Site | Type / status |
|---|---|
| Cam-Or INC. | Private · NPL: Final |
| Gary Development Landfill | Private · NPL: Final |
| Lake Sandy Jo (M&M Landfill) | Private · NPL: Final |
| Reilly Tar & Chemical Corp. (Indianapolis Plant) | Private · NPL: Final |
Check Superfund sites near a specific Indiana address →
VetMyAddress maps nearby EPA Superfund/NPL sites and grades the address A–F alongside its water, PFAS, flood, and air data.
If no PFAS-confirmed Superfund sites surface for Indiana in these records, that is reassuring, though not a complete all-clear. PFAS confirmation reflects only what has been tested and reported, and the Indiana Department of Environmental Management's wider contaminated-site inventory, together with EPA's SEMS database, covers far more than this one view. Read an empty list as good news carrying a fair caveat, not as a closed question.
A site appearing on this page means EPA has confirmed PFAS contamination at a National Priorities List Superfund site somewhere in Indiana. It is a statewide screening list. It does not tell you the distance from any specific home, the exposure pathway, or whether the local drinking-water system is affected.
For a specific property, the things that actually matter are:
That address-level synthesis — nearest-site distance plus the home's full environmental profile in one A–F grade — is what the VetMyAddress report is for.
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) is the state-side partner to EPA's federal Superfund program. The two co-manage contaminated-site cleanup in Indiana, with the state agency typically leading state-level remediation alongside the federal listings.
Indiana has numerous federally tracked contaminated sites, reflecting its strong manufacturing and heavy-industry base across its northern and river-corridor regions. The table above renders the documented sites from public records, with IDEM co-managing cleanup alongside EPA.
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) is the state's environmental agency. On the cleanup side it works with EPA's federal Superfund program and oversees state-level site remediation across Indiana.
Our curated EPA dataset lists 4 PFAS-confirmed Superfund (NPL) sites in Indiana, including Cam-Or INC., Gary Development Landfill, Lake Sandy Jo (M&M Landfill). EPA's full Superfund inventory (including non-PFAS and assessment-stage sites) is larger — a specific-address report checks all SEMS sites near the property.
Proximity is a starting point, not a verdict. Real-world impact depends on distance, the type of contamination, the exposure pathway (groundwater, soil, vapor), the home's water source, and the cleanup stage. A site two miles away marked 'construction complete' is very different from an active site next door.
Use VetMyAddress to see EPA Superfund/NPL sites near any Indiana address, bundled with the home's drinking water, PFAS, flood zone, and air-quality data in a single plain-English A–F grade. EPA's own ECHO database (echo.epa.gov) is the free, official source if you prefer to dig through the raw records.
It means PFAS ('forever chemicals') have been documented in the contamination at that National Priorities List site. PFAS is persistent and can migrate through groundwater, so a confirmed PFAS site is worth pairing with the home's drinking-water and PFAS data to understand the exposure pathway.