Mississippi Superfund Site: Davis Timber Company
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Are you in need of a Toxic Tort Lawyer in The Magnolia State? The US EPA has designated Davis Timber Company in Mississippi as a Superfund site due to its levels of toxic pollution and danger to the natural world. You can read the report for the site below.

Some Superfund sites are on the National Priority Site Lists. The National Priorities List ("NPL") is the list of hazardous waste sites in the United States eligible for long-term remedial action financed under the federal Superfund program. Environmental Protection Agency regulations outline a formal process for assessing hazardous waste sites and placing them on the NPL. The NPL is intended primarily to guide the EPA in determining which sites warrant further investigation.

Sites are listed on the NPL upon completion of Hazard Ranking System (HRS) screening, public solicitation of comments about the proposed site, and after all comments have been addressed. EPA may delete a final NPL site if it determines that no further response is required to protect human health or the environment. Sites where a remediation was completed through the Superfund program are typically deleted from the NPL.

Living near Superfund Sites in Mississippi may place you and your loved ones at higher risk of getting sick from proximity to the site and experiencing a loss of value for your property, but you can do something to to fight back: The EPA says,

[We have] set up a "Post Construction Completion" (or PCC) strategy to ensure that Superfund response actions provide for the long-term protection of human health and the environment. EPA's Post Construction Completion activities also involve optimizing remedies to increase effectiveness and/or reduce cost without sacrificing long-term protection of human health and the environment.

Below you can read the EPA report for the Davis Timber Company Superfund site. If you, a loved one, or someone in your community has gotten sick due to toxic pollution in Davis Timber Company, or if your property has lost value because of contamination, you will need a toxic tort lawyer who knows the people of the State of Mississippi . Take your first step filling out this simple form. There is no obligation, and your case will be evaluated within one day. To refer a friend, neighbor, or loved one, follow this link to let them know about the environmental toxic tort lawyers at Weitz & Luxenberg.

Davis Timber Company

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Davis Timber Company EPA ID: MSD046497012 Location: Hattiesburg, Lamar County, MS Congressional District: NPL Status: Proposed: 05/11/00; Final: 07/27/00 Project Manager Site Background: The Davis Timber site is a former timber processing and wood preserving operation facility in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, that was operated by the Davis Timber Company from 1972 until the late 1980's.  Wastewater, containing pentachlorophenol, dioxin and furan compounds, was discharged into an onsite storage pond, which was reportedly backfilled and capped in 1980.  Prior to closing this pond, pentachlorophenol and dioxin contaminated wastewater was released into surface water drainage pathways.  Between 1974 and 1987, several fish kills in Country Club Lake, one mile downgradient of the facility, were reported.  Pentachlorophenol, dioxins and furans have been detected at elevated levels in onsite soils and also in sediments in Mineral Creek and Country Club Lake.     The site was finalized on the NPL in July 2000.   The state of Mississippi has collected fish from Country Club Lake seven times since 1987, and analyzed the fish tissue for dioxin compounds.  Upon obtaining the first set of fish tissue data, MDEQ issued a notice to local residents (in 1989) recommending that fish from Country Club Lake not be consumed .  Dioxin levels in fish have decreased significantly over the last ten years.  In June 2001, the state of Mississippi lifted its ban on the consumption of fish caught in waters near this site.  In 2004, MDEQ collected fish again from Country Club lake and analyzed the tissue for dioxin.   Cleanup Progress: Remedial Investigation Underway The Remedial Investigation (RI) began in May 2000.  Four field efforts took place between 2000 and 2002 to characterize on-site soils, creek and lake sediments, surface water, and groundwater.  Analytical results from the RI sampling events indicate the presence of contamination (predominantly dioxins and semi-volatile compounds) in the on-site soils, at the former PCP impoundment, and in sediments.  The sediment contamination is predominantly in East Mineral Creek.    In July 2002, EPA prepared an RI report and began conducting an ecological and a human health risk assessment for the site.  EPA has begun the feasibility study, expected to be completed in 2006.  A cleanup strategy will then be proposed for the site and recorded in a proposed plan.

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source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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see also:

Davis Timber Company Environmental Pollution in Mississippi- Site: Davis Timber Company
Davis Timber Company Superfund Site Info - Fight Air Pollution, Water Pollution

MS Environmental Pollution Lawsuit: Mississippi Superfund Sites
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