**NEW LOCATION** Community Meeting about Cleanup and Investigations near Former Wood Treating Facility in Bossier City, Dec. 14, 2023
Photo of recently completed replacement parking lot at Scott-Dickerson Homes
The Multistate Trust and LDEQ have moved the December 14 Community Meeting about the former Tronox/Kerr-McGee Wood Treating Facility to Old Union Baptist Church at 600 Butler Street in Bossier City.
BOSSIER CITY, LA (December 13, 2023) – The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) and the Multistate Environmental Response Trust (Multistate Trust) are hosting a community meeting and drop-in information session on Thursday, December 14 to discuss the recently completed cleanup at Scott-Dickerson Homes and the investigations near the former Tronox/Kerr-McGee Wood Treating Facility (Site) in Bossier City.
Multistate Trust representatives will share information about the pavement, sidewalks, curbs, and grassy areas recently installed after contaminated soil was excavated from the Scott-Dickerson Homes parking lot and replaced with clean fill. Representatives will also provide updates about investigations, such as soil and indoor air sampling in the neighborhood near the Site, and redevelopment planning for the Site.
Thursday, December 14, 2023
Community Meeting: 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. The meeting will begin with a presentation, to be followed by a discussion and question-and-answer segment.
Drop-in Information Session: 7:30 – 8:30 p.m. Multistate Trust and LDEQ representatives will be available to answer questions one-on-one and share Site-related information.
NEW LOCATION: Old Union Baptist Church, 600 Butler Street, Bossier City
Food will be provided.
Visit the Multistate Trust website for Bossier City for more information.
For More Information:
Presentation from the September 2023 community meeting
Soil Excavation Work Fact Sheet
Frequently Asked Questions about the Site
Tronox Tort Claims Trust Fact Sheet
Multistate Trust website for Site in Bossier City
Site Background:
The ±32-acre Site, formerly known as the Moss American Inc. Rail Tie Creosoting Plant, is located at 520 Hamilton Road along the south side of Green Street approximately 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, the Multistate Trust replaced the Scott-Dickerson Homes parking lot and completed restoration activities for the work completed to date.