Updates on Air and Soil Sampling to be Provided at Community Meeting about Former Wood Treating Facility in Bossier City on April 2
BOSSIER CITY, LA (March 28, 2024) – 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 Tuesday, April 2 to discuss environmental investigations and cleanup near the former Tronox/Kerr-McGee Wood Treating Facility (Site) in Bossier City.
Multistate Trust representatives will share updates about indoor air sampling in residential areas near the Site, additional soil sampling, and more. Information about redevelopment planning will also be provided. After the meeting, community members and stakeholders can stay for a drop-in session to speak one-on-one with representatives and ask questions.
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Community Meeting: 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. The meeting will begin with a presentation, followed by a discussion and question-and-answer segment.
Drop-in Session: 7:30 – 8:30 p.m. Multistate Trust and LDEQ representatives will be available to answer questions.
Location: Old Union Baptist Church, 600 Butler Street, Bossier City
Food will be provided.
See the flyer here.
For More Information:
Map and photo attached
Map: the map shows the ±32-acre former Tronox/Kerr-McGee Wood Treating Facility at 520 Hamilton Road along Green Street about a half-mile north of Interstate 20.
Photo: The photo shows a 2023 community meeting about the Site.
Additional images available upon request.
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 finished to date.