The Environmental Protection Agency said — once the cleanup at the USS Lead Superfund site in East Chicago is done — the public and the environment will be safe. That’s according to the agency’s recently released 5-year review of the site.

The review lays out the work that’s been done so far. At least two feet of soil was removed at more than 800 properties with high levels of lead and arsenic. Kevin Adler with the EPA’s Superfund division said the agency is deciding whether properties with contamination below those two feet need to have disclosures on their deeds.

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"Several existing residents just want to make sure that people who are new to the area understand this history and that they should be, you know, aware of potential challenges," said Mark Templeton, who represents some residents through the Abrams Environmental Law Clinic at the University of Chicago Law School.

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