Virtual Community Meetings to be Held March 23, 2021

NAVASSA, N.C. (March 15, 2021) – Federal and state officials together with Multistate Trust representatives will hold two virtual community update meetings regarding the Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp – Navassa Superfund Site on Tuesday, March 23, 2021. Meeting topics will include an update on Operable Unit 1, recent and upcoming sampling activities, work progress and plans for 2021, utility line construction, and the property conveyance process.

Who:

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4

N.C. Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ)

The Multistate Environmental Response Trust (Multistate Trust)

What:

Virtual community update meetings for the Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp – Navassa Superfund Site

When:

Tuesday, March 23, 2021

12 noon to 1:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Where:

Conference call or online (Zoom) options are available for both meetings. To access either meeting:

  • PHONE: Call 1-301-715-8592, and enter meeting ID 946 584 8922# and passcode 664564#,

or

Type this link into a browser window: https://tinyurl.com/NavassaMeeting

Both meetings will cover the same topics and start with a presentation, followed by an open question-and-answer period.

Please see the flyer linked here for more information about the community update meetings and for directions on how to join the meetings by phone, computer, or other device.

For More Information:

The 1st Quarter 2021 Update Fact Sheet is linked here.

The Multistate Trust website: http://multi-trust.org/navassa-north-carolina

The EPA website: www.epa.gov/superfund/kerr-mcgee-chemical-corp

Site Background:

From 1936 to 1974, Kerr-McGee and other companies operated a creosote-based wood treating facility on approximately 70 acres of what’s known as the 246-acre former Kerr-McGee Property. By 1980, Kerr-McGee dismantled the wood-treatment buildings and facilities. The former Kerr-McGee Property is bounded by the Brunswick River, Sturgeon Creek, a residential area, and a light industrial area. 

In 2010, groundwater, soil, and sediment contamination by creosote-related chemicals led the EPA to add the former Kerr-McGee Property to the National Priorities List of federal Superfund sites. Site contamination does not currently threaten people living or working near the Superfund Site

In 2005, the property was conveyed to Tronox, a Kerr-McGee spinoff that filed for bankruptcy protection in 2009. In 2011, the Multistate Trust acquired approximately 152 acres (later purchasing an additional two acres) of the former Kerr-McGee Property as a court-appointed trustee as part of the Tronox bankruptcy settlement. The Multistate Trust is working with its beneficiaries—EPA and NCDEQ—on Site investigation, remediation and facilitating safe, beneficial future reuse.

Michael Ori