Progress on the cleanup of an area within the former Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp Superfund Site in Navassa will be discussed Tuesday during a community meeting.
Cleanup of contaminated surface soil in the operable unit 2, or OU2, area of the site and the proposed plan for cleaning up parts of operable unit 4 will be shared with attendees of the meeting hosted by the Multistate Environmental Response Trust, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality.
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The in-person and virtual meeting is scheduled for 6-7 p.m. Tuesday in Navassa Community Center, 338 Main St. Join the virtual meeting through Zoom or type into a browser tinyurl.com/NavassaMeetings. To listen by phone call 301-715-8592 and use meeting ID 946 584 8922 and passcode 664564.
A drop-in information session being offered in-person only will follow from 7-8 p.m. at the community center. Attendees of the drop-in session will have the opportunity to speak one-on-one with project team members, ask questions and share concerns.
OU2 includes 16 acres where treated and untreated wood was stored during the plant’s nearly 40-year operation. Soil within the unit contaminated with higher levels of creosote, a tar-like substance used to treat wood, is being excavated and stored on the adjacent OU4 area. Material that cannot be stored on-site will be recycled or sent to an off-site, government-approved location.
Once OU2 is cleaned, the EPA expects to propose deleting it from the National Priorities List of federal Superfund sites.
Representatives of the Multistate Trust, EPA and DEQ also will discuss during the meeting Tuesday investigations of other areas of the site, the proposed sale of the Multistate Trust-owned 87 acres, and the Moze Center land donation.
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