Westinghouse Plant Facility

Westinghouse Electric Corporation (now CBS), manufactured capacitors and other electrical components at their facility located at 300 Curry Pike, Bloomington, Indiana. PCBs were used in the capacitors from 1958 to 1977.

During manufacturing of these capacitors PCBs that spilled during manufacturer were washed down the drain into the Bloomington sewer system. Defective capacitors were hauled to local landfills.

The plant and land surrounding the plant were also contaminated with PCBs. In 1995 and 1996 cleanup took place at the plant and material was shipped to USPCI TSCA landfill in Utah for permanent disposal. Remediation of this site is generally complete.

Westinghouse eventually sold the plant to ABB Power T & D Company, Inc. No PCBs are used at the ABB facility.