SEPA
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Office of Emergency and
Remedial Response
(5201 G)
July 2000
Superfund Redevelopment
Central Wood Preserving
East Feliciana Parish Police Jury, LA
Pilots
EPA's Superfund Redevelopment Initiative (SRI) is a nationally coordinated effort to facilitate the return of Superfund
sites to productive use by selecting response actions consistent with anticipated use. The SRI Pilots are intended to
help local governments enhance their involvement in the Superfund decision-making process by assisting EPA in
predicting future land uses for Superfund sites. Under the Pilot Program, EPA will provide up to $100,000 in financial
assistance and/or services to local governments for specified activities. Applicants are offered several types of program
assistance, including funding through a cooperative agreement, access to facilitation services, and/or the availability of
personnel under the Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA).
BACKGROUND
EPA selected the East Feliciana Parish Police Jury in
Clinton, Louisiana, for a Superfund Redevelopment
Pilot. Clinton is home to the Central Wood Preserving
Superfund site, where an abandoned wood preserving
facility operated from the 1950s until 1991. Companies
at the site used two chemicals to preserve the wood:
creosote; and wolmanac. Wolmanac is a solution of
copper oxide, chromic acid, and arsenic acid. In 1991,
the facility owner declared bankruptcy and closed the
operation. EPA added the site to its list of hazardous
waste sites needing cleanup in 1999. The site is in a
community with a significant minority population.
OBJECTIVES
Suburban communities are springing up around the site,
and community leaders are concerned about the lack of
recreational space in this growing area. The East
Feliciana Parish Police Jury (EFPPJ) plans to use Pilot
funds to conduct a reuse assessment of the site,
identify reuse options, and provide input to EPA on
incorporating reuse considerations in the cleanup
selection process. After assessing the site, the EFPPJ
will create a comprehensive reuse plan and an
implementation strategy, and gather community and
stakeholder views on the reuse proposal.
PILOT SNAPSHOT
Contacts:
Barbara Greenfield
U.S. EPA Region 6
(214) 665-3111
greenfield.barbara@epa.gov
Superfund Hotline:
(800) 424-9346 or
(703) 412-9810
(DC Metro Area)
reuse.info@epa.gov
Applicant Name: East Feliciana Parish Police
Jury, LA
Anticipated Award: Cooperative Agreement
($100,000)
Site Name: Central Wood Preserving
Profile: The community will reach consensus
and create a plan on how to reuse the site.
Date of Selection: July 2000
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Visit the EPA Superfund Redevelopment Web site
http://www.epa.gov/superfund/programs/recycle/pilot.htm

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