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Columbus, Mississippi Air Toxics Study

Columbus, Mississippi Air Toxics Study. Jerry Beasley, Ph.D., P.E. Mississippi Dept. of Environmental Quality 2013 Metro 4-SESARM Spring Grants/Planning Meeting May 21, 2013. Project Purpose.

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Columbus, Mississippi Air Toxics Study

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  1. Columbus, MississippiAir Toxics Study Jerry Beasley, Ph.D., P.E. Mississippi Dept. of Environmental Quality 2013 Metro 4-SESARM Spring Grants/Planning Meeting May 21, 2013

  2. Project Purpose • Address concerns in the community about toxic air emissions and also reports of creosote odors and emissions continuing to occur from the old Kerr-McGee plant site. • Until 2003, the Kerr McGee Chemical Corporation used creosote and creosote tar solutions or pentachlorophenol to make pressure treated wood products. Contamination was later discovered in sediment samples from off-site drainage ditches and in soil samples from private residences.

  3. Site Location – Lowndes County

  4. Columbus Air Toxics Monitoring Sites Proposed SVOC Monitoring Site (3 Months) Columbus Brick Distances (Closest point on site to the monitor locations) Columbus Brick – KMMS =0.34 miles KMMS – Sanderson = 0.16 miles Sanderson – SBMS = 0.41 miles KMMS – SBMS = 0.7 miles Kerr-McGee Monitoring Site (KMMS) VOC & SVOC (3-months) Sanderson Plumbing Stokes-Beard Elementary Monitoring Site (SBMS) VOC

  5. VOC/SVOC Monitoring Trailer

  6. VOC Sampling • 60 VOCs started being monitored in January 2013 • 1 in 6 days – 24 hour samples • The VOC sites are the Kerr-McGee site and the Stokes-Beard Elementary School Site. • Sanderson Plumbing is a toilet site and custom molding manufacturer where its HAPS are emitted from surface coating operations. • Columbus Brick uses natural gas-fired dryers and kilns. The HAPs are emitted from the actual drying of the bricks.

  7. SVOC Sampling • A separate sampler is used to collect SVOC samples at the Kerr-McGee property. • 22 SVOCs started being monitored in April 2013 and will operate for a period of three months. The monitor will then be moved to another location on the property and operated for three months. • 1 in 6 days – 24 hour samples

  8. Stokes-Beard ElementaryPreliminary VOC Data

  9. Kerr-McGeePreliminary VOC Data

  10. For more information, please contact: B.J. Hailey (601) 961-5783 bhailey@deq.state.ms.us

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