Wolf Lake Beautification ProjectThis location is just south of Wolf Lake, south of the Bulckmatic property which Tom McDermott purchased on behalf of Hammond residents. The trash looks like it has been there for a while! Years!
What an eye sore!
Mayor Tom purchased the property to the north of this location from Bulkmatic. Bulkmatic is a transporter of chemicals by tanker truck across the country. Chemical spills are common in this industry. I believe Bulkmatic owned that site or used it for a decade or longer.
Hammond residents paid $900,000 for a toxic waste site? A premium price for a tanker parking lot which haulled toxic waste? Now as far as Hammond Residents know, there was never an environmental study, to my knowledge, and if their was, it was never PUBLISHED! Who only knows what contaminants are in that land? Now you own it!
$900,000 was a very hefty price for property that would have required remediation for any other use. In my opinion, in an era where the EPA is becoming more concerned regarding tainted property, this property owner dumped a piece of most likely toxic property on Hammond Residents, thanks to McDermott.
No one has really questioned McDermott on why the city paid $900,000, a ghastly price, for a more than likely contaminated field which once stored tanker trucks carrying all sorts of toxic chemicals.
I wonder what the incident of illnesses are assocaited with the chemical in the Robertsdale area? You don't think rain/water run off went into Wolf Lake and in to the Hammond Sanitary district?
Their was an article in the NWI Times which stated fish pulled out of Wolf Lake were suffering from a neuro disease.