[CPEO-BIF] Kerr-McGee Creosote Plant, Navassa, North Carolina

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Contaminated Navassa superfund site to be redeveloped

Port City Daily (Wilmington, NC)
August 7, 2018

NAVASSA - A Superfund cleanup site in Navassa could be redeveloped into a multi-use park, with options for an amphitheater, sports arena, and commercial or industrial development.

Formerly owned by the Kerr-McGee Creosote Plant, over 200 acres of land has been under Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) investigation since 2010.

The plant was in operation for nearly 40 years before closing in the late 1970s. Kerr-McGee’s former site is now owned by the state and the Multistate Environmental Response Trust.

Decades after ceasing operation, areas of the site’s soil, sediments and groundwater is still contaminated with creosote, a wood preservative. According to the EPA’s most recent public meeting about the Navassa Kerr-McGee site, held in April, creosote, arsenic, and other volatile organic compounds were identified as continued areas of concern.

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For the entire article, see
https://portcitydaily.com/local-news/2018/08/07/contaminated-navassa-superfund-site-to-be-redeveloped/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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