Multistate Trust representatives, together with federal and state officials, will update the community about cleanup work, studies and reuse planning at the Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp – Columbus Superfund Site during a Town Hall Meeting and a Drop-In Session on Thursday, July 27.

The events will give community members the opportunity to learn, ask questions and offer input on: Site activities, assessing risks to health and the environment, local contracting, and potential redevelopment opportunities.

Drop-In Session: 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. In person only. Talk one-on-one with and ask questions of representatives of the Multistate Trust, EPA, and Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ).

Location: The Dream Center, 1820 North 23rd Street, Columbus, Mississippi

See the flyer for more information.

Topics:

• Assessing risks to health and the environment at Superfund sites: A toxicologist will share information and answer questions about how potential risks to health and the environment are assessed and managed under EPA’s Superfund program. 

• Local contracting overview: The Multistate Trust will share an update on local contracting.

• Potential redevelopment opportunities: The Multistate Trust and its community partners will provide an update on potential, community-supported, safe, beneficial, and economically sustainable future uses for the Site.

Host:
The Town Hall Meeting and Drop-in Session are hosted by the Multistate Environmental Response Trust (Multistate Trust), whichassumed responsibility for the Site as part of a bankruptcy settlement. The Multistate Trust works with its beneficiaries – EPA and MDEQ – to clean up Site-related contamination and facilitate safe, community-supported, beneficial reuse of the Site. The court-appointed trustee of the Multistate Trust is Greenfield Environmental Multistate Trust LLC, a subsidiary of Greenfield Environmental Trust Group, Inc.