News and Announcements about the Multistate Trust and Our Sites

By Mauricio La Plante, Jacksonville Business Journal, January 16, 2025

By Alexus Cleavenger, Action News Jax, December 12, 2024

By Trista Talton, Coastal Review Online, November 1, 2024

By Andrea Ramey, NBC 15, October 22, 2024

By Makayla Strickland, OzarksFirst, October 3, 2024

By Jason Beam, Lincoln County Record, September 27, 2024

By Alexandra Meacham, KTAL 6 News, July 30, 2024

By Jessica Hernandez, Lincoln County Record, June 14, 2024

by KTBS 3, April 2, 2024

Marta Mieze, Springfield News-Leader, March 15, 2024

JACKSONVILLE, FL (January 13, 2025) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Multistate Environmental Response Trust (Multistate Trust) are holding in-person availability sessions Tuesday, January 14 to discuss the $53 million, two-year cleanup project that got underway in January 2025 at the Kerr-McGee Superfund Site in Jacksonville (the Site).

BOSSIER CITY, LA (October 11, 2024) – The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) and the Multistate Environmental Response Trust (Multistate Trust) are hosting a community drop-in session the evening of Wednesday, October 16 to discuss recent off-site excavation of contaminated soil, completed residential indoor air testing, and other environmental actions and investigations near the former Tronox/Kerr-McGee Wood Treating Facility (Site) in Bossier City.

NAVASSA, N.C. (June 20, 2024) – The Multistate Environmental Response Trust (Multistate Trust), in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ), is hosting a community meeting and drop-in information session Thursday, June 27 to provide updates on the continuing cleanup of contaminated surface soil at the Operable Unit 2 (OU2) area of the Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp – Navassa Superfund Site (Site).

BOSSIER CITY, LA, SEPTEMBER 6, 2023 – The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) and the Multistate Environmental Response Trust (Multistate Trust) will hold a community meeting and drop-in information session on Monday, September 11 near the former Tronox/Kerr-McGee Wood Treating Facility (Site) in Bossier City to discuss the replacement of the Scott-Dickerson Homes parking lot this summer, additional soil sampling in the neighborhood around the Site, and Site reuse planning activities.

SPRINGFIELD, MO, AUGUST 16, 2023 – The Multistate Environmental Response Trust (Multistate Trust), in coordination with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MoDNR), will hold a community meeting and an availability session about studies and cleanup work at and near the former Tronox/Kerr-McGee Wood Treatment Facility (Facility) in Springfield on Wednesday, August 23.

COLUMBUS, MS, JULY 20, 2023 – Multistate Trust representatives, together with federal and state officials, will update the community about cleanup work, studies and reuse planning at the Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp – Columbus Superfund Site during a Town Hall Meeting and a Drop-In Session on Thursday, July 27.