Representatives of the Multistate Trust will present to the City Council an update about the cleanup of contaminated soil around Scott-Dickerson Homes near the former Tronox/Kerr-McGee Wood Treating Facility in Bossier City. The City Council will meet in its chambers at the Municipal Complex at 620 Benton Road.

The Multistate Trust was court-appointed to own, manage, investigate and clean up the Site and facilitate its reuse under the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality’s oversight.

For more information

·      Notice of November 15, 2022 Community Meetings

·      Presentation from April 12, 2022 Community Meetings

·      Fact Sheet about off-Site residential soil removal

·      Frequently Asked Questions about the Site

·      The Multistate Trust website for the Site

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 2005, Kerr-McGee transferred the Site to Tronox LLC, a company that Kerr-McGee had newly formed. In 2011, as part of the Tronox bankruptcy settlement, the 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.