Superfund Sites in Reuse in Mississippi
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Davis Timber Company
For more information:
- Finding a Good Home: Community Benefits for People and Pets, The Davis Timber Company Superfund Site in Lamar County, Mississippi (PDF)(14 pp, 7.6 MB)
- Redevelopment of the Davis Timber Company Superfund Site (PDF)(1 pg, 201 K, About PDF)
- Superfund Site Profile Page
Flowood Site
The 225-acre Flowood site is located in the wetlands and lowlands area of the Pearl River floodplain in an industrial area of Flowood, Mississippi. Over the last 60 years, two manufacturing facilities operated on the site, changing owners and operations several times. For over 20 years, plant operators discharged polluted wastewater into a nearby canal without a state permit. The state asked EPA to study the area, and the Agency found high levels of lead in the canal water, sludge and soils. In 1984, EPA listed the site on the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL). EPA worked with the state and the facility owners to remove contaminated soil and monitor the ground water. The cleanup and improved disposal practices protected area residents and nearby ecological resources while enabling industrial facilities to continue to operate, retaining jobs and income in the community. Following cleanup activities, EPA deleted the site from the NPL in 1996. The Stone Container Corporation purchased the northernmost site facility 1983 and operates there today, manufacturing corrugated boxes. A private individual took over the southernmost facility for use as storage space in October 2003 and the United Gas Pipe Line Company currently owns the southwest portion of the site.
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