Multistate Trust to Host Virtual Town Hall Meetings about Kerr-McGee Superfund Site in Columbus, MS, March 30  

COLUMBUS, MS (March 26, 2021) – The Multistate Trust, together with federal and state officials, will hold two virtual town hall meetings about the Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp – Columbus Superfund Site on Tuesday, March 30. Meeting topics will include stormwater ditch improvements, the off-Site property surface soil cleanup, and a phytoremediation pilot study to evaluate the potential use of trees as part of the Site cleanup and restoration. 

What:

Virtual Town Hall Meetings about the Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp – Columbus Superfund Site

When:

Tuesday, March 30 at 12 Noon or 6 p.m.

Where:

The public can join the meetings by phone or by Zoom (online).

 ·         PHONE: Call 1-301-715-8592, and enter meeting ID 946 584 8922# and passcode 664564#,

or

·         ONLINE: Click here to join the meetings

or type this link into a web browser: https://tinyurl.com/TownHallMarch30

Both meetings will cover the same topics and start with a presentation, followed by an open question-and-answer period.

Please see the flyer linked here for more information about the meetings and for directions on how to join by phone, computer, or other device.

Key members of the project team are:

  • Multistate Trust Director of Environmental Programs Lauri J. Gorton

  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 Remedial Project Manager Charles L. King

  • EPA Region 4 Community Involvement Coordinator Kyle Bryant

  • Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) Environmental Engineer Armed Rasberry

Note: The meeting topics don’t include the claims of people with adverse health effects from past exposure to Kerr-McGee Site contaminants. People with health claims may contact the Tronox Tort Claims Trust at (800) 753-2480 or tronoxtorttrust@epiqglobal.comor visit http://www.tronoxtorttrust.com. The Multistate Trust, EPA and MDEQ are not involved in the Tronox Tort Claims Trust. See the Tronox Tort Claims Trust fact sheet.

For More Information:

Site Background:

From 1928 to 2003, Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp. was among the companies that operated a wood-treating facility at the Site. The wood treating operations released creosote and other hazardous materials into the soil, stormwater ditch sediment, and groundwater on and off the Site.

In 2011, the Multistate Environmental Response Trust (the Multistate Trust) assumed responsibility for owning and managing the Site as part of a bankruptcy settlement. The Multistate Trust is working with its beneficiaries – EPA and MDEQ – to clean up Site-related contamination on and off Site, and facilitate safe, community-supported, beneficial reuse of the Site. The court-appointed trustee of the Multistate Trust is Greenfield Environmental Multistate Trust LLC.

Media Contacts:

Lauri J. Gorton, Multistate Trust, (414) 732-4514, lg@g-etg.com

Christine Amrhine, Multistate Trust, (540) 846-3163, ca@g-etg.com

 

Christine Amrhine