Indoor Air Testing Results and Residential Soil Sampling Progress To Be Shared at Community Meeting about Former Wood Treating Facility in Bossier City July 30
BOSSIER CITY, LA (July 25, 2024) – The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) and the Multistate Environmental Response Trust (Multistate Trust) invite the public to a community meeting and drop-in session on Tuesday, July 30 to hear updates about environmental investigations and cleanup near the former Tronox/Kerr-McGee Wood Treating Facility (Site) in Bossier City.
Multistate Trust representatives will share: the results of residential indoor air testing near the Site; the progress of recent and ongoing off-site excavations of contaminated soil; and updates about additional soil sampling for contaminants in residential yards around the Site.
The meeting will also cover the redevelopment planning effort underway to facilitate safe, beneficial Site reuse consistent with community-supported goals. Following the meeting, community members are encouraged to stay for a drop-in information session to speak one-on-one with representatives and ask questions.
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
Community Meeting: 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. A presentation will be followed by discussion and a question-and-answer segment.
Drop-in Information Session: 7:30 – 8:30 p.m. Representatives will be available to answer questions.
Location: Red River Missionary Baptist Church, 1831 Scott Street, Bossier City.
Note: Hamilton Road is currently closed between East Texas Street and Scott Street. To reach the meeting location, from the north, use Youree Street from East Texas Street, or from the south, use Hamilton Road from Barksdale Boulevard.
Food will be provided.
See the flyer here.
For More Information:
Presentation from April 2024 Community Meeting
Indoor Air Investigation Fact Sheet
Ongoing Soil Excavation Work Fact Sheet
Tronox Tort Claims Trust Fact Sheet
Multistate Trust website for Bossier City Site
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 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 finished to date.