ESTABLISHED 1879 | COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI CDISPATCH.COM 50 ¢ NEWSSTAND | 40 ¢ HOME DELIVERY FRIDAY | JULY 27, 2018 EPA celebrates Kerr-McGee clean-up in Columbus Local site noted as Region hood — celebrated the EPA’s Superfund Task Force. The task force, formed in July 4 success to highlight EPA 2017, identified 42 recommendations, such as reducing timelines for site clean- Franklin Hill, director Superfund Task Force one- up and communicating with community for the Environmen- stakeholders around the sites. Those tal Protection Agency year anniversary recommendations were streamlined into Region 4, speaks to community members five goals, such as expediting clean-up, BY ISABELLE ALTMAN about the progress
[email protected] encouraging private investment and en- of the former Colum- ergizing stakeholders — things EPA Re- bus Kerr-McGee site Partnerships between local, state and gion 4 Superfund Director Franklin Hill Thursday morning. federal governments was the theme at said EPA, MDEQ and the Greenfield En- Representatives a celebration of clean-up at Superfund vironmental Multi-State Trust had been from the Mississippi doing at Columbus’ old Kerr-McGee site Department of En- sites at the former Kerr-McGee site on vironmental Quality 14th Avenue North on Thursday. over the last seven years. and the Greenfield The event — attended by city officials “We’re already on the cusp of that,” Environmental and representatives from the Environ- Hill said. “We’re already taking early ac- Multistate Trust also mental Protection Agency, the Missis-