Completed Soil Removal and Upcoming Training Opportunities Will Be Discussed at Community Meeting March 27, 2023
BOSSIER CITY, LA (March 22, 2023) – The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and the Multistate Trust will hold a virtual and in-person community meeting and an in-person information session on Monday, March 27 near the former Tronox/Kerr-McGee Wood Treating Facility (Site) in Bossier City to share information about planned parking lot replacement work at Scott-Dickerson Homes, ongoing soil sampling in the neighborhood around the Site, and upcoming training opportunities.
Meeting topics will also include the recently finished excavation of contaminated soil around Scott-Dickerson Homes. The Multistate Trust prioritized excavating and removal of off-Site soil affected by Site-related contamination in order to minimize risk to residents.
WHEN: Monday, March 27, 2023
· Community Meeting: 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. (in person and virtual)
· Drop-in Information Session: 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. (in person only)
WHERE: Red River Missionary Baptist Church at 1831 Scott Street in Bossier City
Food and shuttle service will be provided. The free shuttle will operate between Scott-Dickerson Homes and Red River Missionary Baptist Church every 20 minutes from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Contact the Multistate Trust at cw@g-etg.com or (910) 765-7237 for more information or for transportation from a different location.
The flyer for the community meeting and drop-in session is here.
JOIN COMMUNITY MEETING ONLINE OR BY PHONE:
· Online: Use this Zoom link or enter tinyurl.com/BossierCity into your browser.
· Phone: Call (301) 715-8592. Use meeting ID 946 584 8922 and passcode 664564.
JOIN REDEVELOPMENT PLANNING WORKSHOP MARCH 28:
On Tuesday, March 28 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., the Multistate Trust is hosting an in-person Redevelopment Planning Workshop to request the input of residents and other stakeholders on future potential uses of the Site. The workshop will be held at Red River Missionary Baptist Church at 1831 Scott Street. Contact Claire Woods of the Multistate Trust at cw@g-etg.com or (910) 765-7237 to RSVP. The workshop flyer is here.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
· Presentation from November 15, 2022 community meetings
· Soil Excavation Work Fact Sheet
· Frequently Asked Questions about the Site
· Tronox Tort Claims Trust Fact Sheet
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 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.