The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) and the Multistate Environmental Response Trust (Multistate Trust) are holding public meetings and drop-in information sessions about the former Tronox/Kerr-McGee Wood Treating Facility (Site) on Tuesday, January 25 and Thursday, January 27. Food will be served at the public meetings.

Topics will include the planned removal of contaminated off-Site soil from the Scott-Dickerson Homes and nearby areas, community safety during the excavation, past investigations, and upcoming soil sampling activities.

WHERE:

Butler Educational Complex, Gymnasium, 649 Wyche Street, Bossier City

All events are being held in person. The public meetings can also be joined online or by phone.

WHEN:

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

·      Drop-in Information Session: 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

·      Public Meeting: 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, January 27, 2022

·      Drop-in Information Session: 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

·      Public Meeting: 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

DROP-IN INFORMATION SESSIONS:

The drop-in sessions give community members the opportunity to talk one-on-one with LDEQ and Multistate Trust representatives.

 PUBLIC MEETINGS:

Both public meetings will begin with the same presentation. A question-and-answer period will follow. Food will be provided.

JOIN PUBLIC MEETINGS BY PHONE OR ONLINE:

·      Phone: Call (301) 715-8592. Use meeting ID 946 584 8922 and passcode 664564.

·      Online: Join with this Zoom link or enter tinyurl.com/BossierCity into your browser.

COVID-19:

Please wear a mask and socially distance if attending in person. These events will follow COVID-19 safety measures.

 FOR MORE INFORMATION:

·      Flyer about the Jan. 25 and Jan. 27, 2022 public meetings and drop-in sessions

·      Presentation from the Oct. 28, 2021 public meetings

·      Fact Sheet about the off-Site residential soil removal

·      Frequently Asked Questions about the Site

·      Website for the Site

 SITE BACKGROUND:

The ±32-acre Site is located at 520 Hamilton Road on 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 a 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.