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POINTE COUPEE WOOD TREATING

 
Site Contact:
Althea Foster
OSC

(foster.althea@epa.gov)

Site Location:
413 Parents
New Roads, LA 70760
 response.epa.gov/Pointe
NRC#: 805762

Following odor complaints by citizens, the LDEQ Remediation Services Division reported a release of creosote from a storage tank at the former Pointe Coupee Wood Treating Facility. EPA conducted a removal site assessment to determine extent of contamination prior to removal action. Althea Foster is the primary OSC for this site. Adam Adams is the secondary OSC for this site.


Pre-removal site condition Pre-removal site condition (retort vessel and lumber shed) Pre-removal site condition (lumber shed, thrift store, and social club) Pre-removal site condition Pre-removal site condition Pre-removal site condition (track shed with retort building in background) Pre-removal site condition (south side of site) Pre-removal site condition - inside retort building Assessment - START-3 preparing soil samples Removal preparation - exclusion zone set-up Removal preparation - exclusion zone set-up Removal preparation - exclusion zone set-up Removal Preparation - contamination reduction zone Removal - removing debris from retort building ERRS demolishing lumber shed ERRs moving Tank 5, after initial waste material removal ERRS removing waste material from retort vessel Waste material removal from retort vessel Unloading rock for truck wash pad ERRS measuring excavation elevations, continue ERRS measuring excavation elevations ERRS grubbing vegetation along eastern property boundary LDEQ spoil stockpile Excavated grid Backfilling excavated grid Overview of particulate monitor Overview of particulate monitor Particulate monitor - close-up of inlet assembly (omni-directional inlet, impactor head, and inlet heater) Site panorama Before02 Before03 Before05 Demo02 Demo03 Demo04 Demo06 Excavate03 Excavate04 Air Monitoring 01 Air Monitoring 02 Particulate monitor (inside of environmental enclosure) Particulate monitor - close-up of DataRam 4 Grid Measurement 02 Grid Depth Precision Assessment Sampling Water Truck / Dust Supression Stockpile 01 Stockpile 02 Excavate05 Excavate06 Air Monitoring Site photo (southwest) Site photo (west) Site photo (north west) Site photo (north) Making a site road, for access during/following rain events Resizing concrete Making a site road, for access during/following rain events Excavation and Using Trans for grid elevations Loading Trucks Grid Excavation Grid Excavation Backfill delivery Demob Frac Tank
For additional information, visit the Pollution Report (POLREPS) section.