United States
Environmental Protection
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*Proposed Site

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COLONIAL CREOSOTE

Bogalusa, Louisiana

Washington Parish

(?) Site Location:

OSWER/OSRTI
Washington, DC 20460

March 2015

The Colonial Creosote site is located in the southeast portion of Bogalusa, Washington Parish, Louisiana. The 32-acre
property is bound on the west and northwest by a railroad spur for the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad and undeveloped
land to the east and south.

Site History:	

Colonial Creosote began wood treating at this facility in approximately 1911 and continued until it was closed in 1953.
Operations included bark removal, wood preserving and product storage. Creosote was the primary preservative used
to treat wood at the facility. Colonial was owned by American Creosote of Louisville, Kentucky. In March of 1957,
the property was sold to Lakeview Sand and Gravel Co. Inc. which later became Bogalusa Concrete and continued to
operate at the site until 2008. The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality referred the site to the EPA for site
evaluation in 2011.

I Site Contamination/Contaminants:

Soil, sediment and ground water are contaminated with creosote and creosote-related compounds. Creosote is used as
a fungicide, insecticide, miticide and sporicide to protect wood and is applied by pressure methods to wood products,
primarily utility poles and railroad ties. Soil, sediment and ground water at Colonial Creosote contain polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) found in creosote, including acenaphthene, anthracene, benzo(a)anthracene,
benzo(a)pyrene, benzo(b)fluoranthene, chrysene, fluorene, fluoranthene, 2-methylnaphthalene, phenanthrene and
pyrene.

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