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The ammunition manufacturing facility, placed into modified caretaker status in 1992, was operated by ICI Americas as Facility I (an industrial park), and approved for transfer to the INAAP Reuse Authority (a Local Reuse Authority, or LRA) by congressional action. It is presently called the River Ridge Commerce Center. Title to 3,000 acres (12 km2) has transferred to the LRA (Oct. 2007), with transfer of another 3,000 acres (12 km2), located in Plant 1, awaiting cleanup for transfer. The other 4,500 acres (18 km2) was transferred to the State of Indiana and is operated by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources as Charlestown State Park.
E W Wells Group an environmental company based in Dallas Texas, is performing a portion of the explosive residue threat removal and building demolitions operations.
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