[CPEO-BIF] Kerr-McGee Chemical Plant property, Columbus, Mississippi

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Mayor touts Kerr-McGee cleanup; Link official doubts it

NERISSA YOUNG
Columbus Dispatch (MS)
November 30, 2011

Cleanup at the former Kerr-McGee Chemical Plant property was a key  
topic in Mayor Robert Smith's comments at the Rotary Club's weekly  
meeting Tuesday.

A $7 million trust fund for the city of Columbus is being used to  
clean up 28 homes contaminated by the former plant that manufactured  
pressure-treated wood products, the mayor said.

The facility used pentachlorophenol, commonly known as PCP, for some  
of its processes. The plant was closed and the site was sealed off in  
2003 amid allegations of environmental contamination that creosote  
was leaching into the soil. Creosote is a wood treatment chemical  
that has been linked to cancer, skin irritation and respiratory  
complaints.

...

Smith said the city is getting $50,000 of that money to determine  
whether a solar panel farm can be built on the site.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.cdispatch.com/news/article.asp?aid=14282

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street, Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
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