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EPA Releases Proposed Cleanup Plan for Kerr McGee Chemical Corp Navassa Superfund Site in Navassa, North Carolina


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NAVASSA, N.C. (January 27, 2021) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing a revised proposed plan for OU1 for the Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp – Navassa Superfund site. EPA will hold a virtual public meeting to explain the proposed plan and answer questions.
EPA released a proposed plan for Operable Unit 1 (OU1) in October 2019. It defined OU1 as 21.6 acres with an anticipated commercial/industrial land use. After receiving additional information from the town of Navassa, EPA and the state of North Carolina determined the reasonably anticipated land use for OU1 may include residential uses, not only commercial, industrial, or recreational uses. As a result of the change in anticipated land use, additional sampling was conducted in August 2020 to evaluate residential risk. Based on the sampling results, the 2021 proposed plan revises OU1 from 21.6 acres to 20.2 acres. The currently proposed 20.2-acre OU1 poses no current or pote ....

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Soil sampling reduces immediately usable residential acreage on Navassa Superfund site


Extensive soil sampling at a section of the Navassa Superfund site found several portions of the area aren’t fit for residential use without remediation. In pink, portions of the site that failed to meet residential use standards. Image edited to fit dimensions. (Port City Daily photo/Courtesy EPA)
NAVASSA The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to redraw portions of the Navassa Superfund site after soil sampling found some sections of the former creosote plant are unsuitable for residential use.
In early 2020, the EPA recommended taking no action to remidiate about 100 acres on the site, which would have freed up the former Kerr-McGee Chemical Corporation for redevelopment. ....

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