Public Invited to September 11 Community Meeting About Cleanup and Investigations Near Former Wood Treating Facility in Bossier City
BOSSIER CITY, LA, SEPTEMBER 6, 2023 – The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) and the Multistate Environmental Response Trust (Multistate Trust) will hold a community meeting and drop-in information session on Monday, September 11 near the former Tronox/Kerr-McGee Wood Treating Facility (Site) in Bossier City to discuss the replacement of the Scott-Dickerson Homes parking lot this summer, additional soil sampling in the neighborhood around the Site, and Site reuse planning activities.
At the meeting, residents will learn about the Multistate Trust’s nearly finished work to excavate contaminated soil from the parking lot at Scott-Dickerson Homes, replace it with clean fill, and then install new pavement, sidewalks, curbs, and grassy areas. Read the June 2023 fact sheet about the work. Multistate Trust representatives will share information about investigations including soil sampling in the community around the Site, and they will provide updates on redevelopment planning for the Site’s future.
WHEN: Monday, September 11, 2023
Community Meeting: 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. The meeting will begin with a presentation, with time remaining for questions and discussion.
Availability Session: 7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Talk one-on-one with representatives from the Multistate Trust and LDEQ.
WHERE: Red River Missionary Baptist Church, 1831 Scott Street, Bossier City
Food will be provided.
The flyer for the community meeting and drop-in session is here and attached.
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SITE BACKGROUND:
The ±32-acre Site is located at 520 Hamilton Road along the south side of Green Street about a half-mile north of Interstate 20. The main portion of the Site consists of ±26 acres east of Hamilton Road (Main Property or East Property). The Site’s other ±6 acres are located west of Hamilton Road (West Property).
From 1930 to 1987, Kerr‐McGee Chemical LLC and its predecessors treated railroad ties with a mixture of creosote and fuel oil on the Main Property. The West Property was used primarily for wood storage and other activities. The Site was decommissioned in 1988. Creosote-related contamination is present on-Site and off-Site because of the wood treatment operations.
In 2011, as part of a bankruptcy settlement, the Multistate Environmental Response Trust (Multistate Trust) was established to own, investigate, and clean up the Site in Bossier City and facilitate its safe, beneficial reuse. Greenfield Environmental Multistate Trust LLC is Trustee of the Multistate Trust.
In 2022, the Multistate Trust completed excavation and removal of ±12,500 cubic yards of contaminated soil around Scott-Dickerson Homes, implementing the Off-Site Residential Soil Interim Action and following the work plan approved by LDEQ. In 2023, restoration activities were completed.