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21 hrs ago | Post Tribune

Gov's office augments list of 'green' offenses

Tom Easterly wouldn't comment about a pile of steelmaking waste at ArcelorMittal in Burns Harbor that bears his name and has been sitting exposed to the environment for more than two decades.

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Sat Nov 21, 2009

Post Tribune

Public records on waste missing

Records about waste at the former Bethlehem Steel and ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor are difficult to come by.

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Thu Nov 19, 2009

Post Tribune

Few queries answered in ArcelorMittal meet

Nearly everyone who hoped to get answers about ArcelorMittal's proposed landfill -- including "Easterly's Pile" -- and what's going in it walked away disappointed Wednesday.

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Wed Nov 18, 2009

Chesterton Tribune

Four injured in slag eruption at Beta Steel

Four employees of Beta Steel Corporation were injured on Saturday in a slag eruption in the melt shop facility, located at the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor.

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Tue Nov 17, 2009

Chesterton Tribune

Local fire departments battle two barn fires Friday

Two large barn fires burning simultaneously in Duneland on Friday forced local fire departments to scramble for help.

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Mon Nov 16, 2009

Chesterton Tribune

Town of Burns Harbor ORDINANCE 231-2009

WHEREAS, the Burns Harbor Town Council has adopted a Subdivision Control Ordinance as Chapter 14 and a Zoning Ordinance codified as Chapter 15 of the Town Code of Burns Harbor, Indiana; and WHEREAS, the Burns Harbor Advisory Plan Commission has initiated certain amendments to the text portions of the Subdivision Control Ordinance and the Zoning ...

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Sat Nov 14, 2009

Chesterton Tribune

State may ban left turns off 149 onto Old Porter Rd

Roads were a topic of discussion Wednesday for both the Burns Harbor Redevelopment Commission and the Town Council.

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Thu Nov 12, 2009

Chesterton Tribune

Indiana Department of Environmental Management Notice of Receipt

Name and Address of Applicant: ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor, LLC Burns Harbor, Indiana 46304 Name and Location of Facility Applying for Permit: Deerfield Storage Facility Porter County ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor, LLC, has applied for a Restricted Waste Site Type I disposal facility permit for Deerfield Storage Facility located at 250 West US Highway ...

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Tue Nov 10, 2009

Chesterton Tribune

Likely new 149 stoplight on agenda in Burns Harbor

The Burns Harbor Town Council will hear a report when it meets Wednesday that INDOT likely will install a traffic signal at Indiana 149 and Tech Drive next year.

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

Post Tribune

ArcelorMittal to host meeting

ArcelorMittal will host a meeting on Nov. 18 about its permit application to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management for a proposed on-site solid waste landfill storage facility at the Burns Harbor facility.

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Wed Nov 04, 2009

Post Tribune

Steel workers walk for health, and to remember colleague

O* the day after what would have been her father's 67th birthday, Christy Dujmovich-Jarka, a group of family members and Tony Dujmovich's former co-workers at ArcelorMittal's Burns Harbor plant went for a walk.

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Sat Oct 31, 2009

Post Tribune

NIRPC pushes for federal grants

A joint committee of the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission and the Northwest Indiana Forum is working to get federal Economic Development Administration grants for the region Monday.

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Thu Oct 29, 2009

Chesterton Tribune

Burns Harbor BZA allows towing service in downtown zoning district

The Burns Harbor Board of Zoning Appeals voted 3-2 Tuesday approving a towing service and impound storage yard in the new downtown zoning district.

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Mon Oct 26, 2009

Chesterton Tribune

Variance sought from Burns Harbor's new downtown zoning

The Burns Harbor Board of Zoning Appeals will hear a request to vary the approved uses in the new downtown zoning district when the BZA meets Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the town hall, 1240 N. Boo Rd.

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Sun Oct 25, 2009

Post Tribune

Mercury detected in mill waste

Levels are well below amounts considered hazardous but environmentalists still concerned about open dump Comments October 25, 2009 BY GITTE LAASBY, 648-2183 Mercury is contained in the 700,000 tons of blast furnace waste that ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor has stored directly on the ground less than 500 feet from Lake Michigan for the past two decades.

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Thu Oct 22, 2009

Chesterton Tribune

County disburses interest payments to taxing units

Because Porter County was behind in its property tax distributions this year, the county doled out nearly $127,000 to taxing units from interest the county earned on the money.

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Sun Oct 18, 2009

Post Tribune

Health-care roundtable prompts call for action

Reggie Hess set the table, figuratively speaking, when he introduced himself to several strangers last month at my roundtable discussion on health-care reform.

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Thu Oct 15, 2009

Chesterton Tribune

Mobile home park is trouble for Burns Harbor and residents

Town officials said it's a classic Catch 22. They want to help 19 families living in Rainbow Trailer Park, but if the Burns Harbor Town Council takes too firm a stance in trying to force park compliance it could mean the residents end up with no place to live.

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Wed Oct 14, 2009

Chesterton Tribune

New stoplight for Indiana 149 eyed

The Indiana Department of Transportation wants to meet with Burns Harbor officials regarding possible installation of a traffic signal at Indiana 149 and Tech Drive south of U.S. 20.

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Fri Oct 09, 2009

Post Tribune

ArcelorMittal waste not that hazardous

In response to concerns raised by Post-Tribune readers, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has tested the 700,000 tons of steelmaking waste that ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor has stored 500 feet from Lake Michigan for years.

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