Virtual Town Hall Meetings about Kerr-McGee Superfund Site in Columbus, MS, to be held Tuesday, November 30

 

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

COLUMBUS, MS (November 23, 2021) – Multistate Trust representatives, together with federal and state officials, will hold two virtual town hall meetings about the Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp – Columbus Superfund Site on Tuesday, November 30. Meeting topics will include the completion of stormwater ditch improvements, the status of the off-Site property surface soil cleanup, the cleanup alternatives included in the Operable Unit 3 (OU-3) and OU-5 Feasibility Study, and the Redevelopment Planning Initiative.

What:
Virtual Town Hall Meetings about the Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp – Columbus Superfund Site (the Site)

When:
Tuesday, November 30, 202
Two meetings: 12 noon – 1:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Central Time

Where:
Due to COVID-19 concerns, the Town Hall meetings will be virtual only.

Two Town Hall meetings are being held to allow greater participation. Both meetings will begin with the same presentation, and a question-and-answer period will follow.

Please see the flyer linked here and attached for more information about the meetings and for directions on how to join by phone or Zoom.

Key members of the project team include:

  • Multistate Trust Director of Environmental Justice Policies and Programs Claire Woods

  • Multistate Trust Program Director Theo von Wallmenich

  • 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

  • MDEQ Office of Community Engagement Director Taaka Scott Bailey

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.com or 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.

 
Christine Amrhine