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Angola council hears update on chloride discharge permit extension from iDEM; working group to plan long-term fix
Summary
Council was updated that the Indiana Department of Environmental Management will extend the city’s discharge permit for five years without requiring a five‑year compliance commitment; the council-appointed working group will meet to develop a long‑term strategy amid concerns that feasible fixes may still not meet state limits.
The council heard an update Dec. 1 on the city’s chloride discharge permit negotiations with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (iDEM). Speaker 1 said iDEM asked the city to commit to solving the chloride issue within five years as a condition of permit extension, but the city declined that specific commitment and iDEM agreed to extend the permit for another five years without that requirement attached.
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