Case Summary: EPA-Lead Funded Sites and Communities in the Tronox Bankruptcy Settlement

The Tronox Incorporated bankruptcy settlement provides for the payment of funds, either directly to environmental regulators or through the trusts created pursuant to the settlement agreement, in connection with numerous sites and facilities throughout the country. The payments for these sites will address a wide variety of environmental contamination.

The following is a brief overview of the sites and facilities addressed by the settlement agreement where EPA is the lead agency, including the Savannah, Georgia facility, where the state is the lead agency:

1. Abandoned uranium mine sites in and near the Navajo Nation territory
2. Federal Creosote Superfund Site, Manville, N.J.
3. Flat Top Mine in Ludlow, S.D.
4. Former wood treating site, Meridian, Miss.
5. Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp - Columbus Superfund Site, Columbus, Miss.
6. Kerr-McGee Chemical Corporation Superfund Site, Navassa, N.C.
7. Kerr-McGee Chemical, LLC Superfund Site, Jacksonville, Fla.
8. Kerr-McGee Chemical Corporation Superfund Site, Soda Springs, Idaho
9. Kerr-McGee Superfund Sites, West Chicago, Ill.
10. Lindsay Light Removal Sites, Chicago, Ill.
11. Moss American Superfund Site, Milwaukee, Wis.
12. North Cave Hills/Riley Pass Site, Harding County, S.D.
13. Quivira Church Rock Mine Site, N.M.
14. Toledo Tie Treatment Site, Toledo, Ohio
15. Tronox Pigments (Savannah) Inc. facility, Savannah, Ga.
16. Welsbach and General Gas Mantle Contamination Superfund Site, Camden and Gloucester City, N.J.
17. White King/Lucky Lass Superfund Site, Lakeview, Ore.

Abandoned Uranium Mines in or near the Navajo Nation territory

• The sites covered by the settlement agreement include forty-nine former uranium mines in and near the Navajo Nation territory in the southwest of the U.S., and may also include certain additional mines listed in Attachment B to the settlement agreement, if designated in the future.

• Payment to EPA of $12,039,562 and 20 percent of the Anadarko litigation proceeds.

More information on the Abandoned Uranium Mines in or near the Navajo Nation sites.

Federal Creosote Superfund Site, Manville, N.J.

• The Federal Creosote Site in Manville, N.J. was operated as a coal tar wood treatment facility from 1910 to 1958.

• Payment to EPA of $2,908,702 and 4.85 percent of the Anadarko litigation proceeds.

More information on the Federal Creosote Site.

Flat Top Mine, Ludlow, S.D.

• The Flat Top Mine in Ludlow, S.D. is a former uranium mine, which was operated by a corporate predecessor of Tronox.

• Payment to EPA of $631,978 and 1 percent of the Anadarko litigation proceeds.

Former wood treating site, Meridian, Miss.

• The site is a former wood treating facility in Meridian, Miss., where creosote and PCP solutions were primarily used to treat wood.

• Payment to the multistate environmental response trust of $1,298,956 and 0.5 percent of the Anadarko litigation proceeds.

Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp - Columbus Superfund Site, Columbus, Miss.

• The Columbus Site is a former wood treating facility in Columbus, Miss., where creosote and pentachlorophenol (PCP) were used to treat wood. The site was added to the National Priorities List (NPL) in 2011.

• Payment to the multistate environmental response trust of $5,520,102 and 1.5 percent of the Anadarko Litigation proceeds. Payment to EPA of $5,386 and 0.003 percent of the Anadarko litigation proceeds.

More information on the Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp - Columbus site.

Kerr-McGee Chemical Corporation Superfund Site, Navassa, N.C.

• The Navassa Site is approximately 300 acres and was used as a creosote-based wood treating facility in Navassa, N.C. from the mid-1930s until 1974.

• Payment to the multistate environmental response trust of $4,208,555 and 2 percent of the Anadarko litigation proceeds. Payment to EPA of $1,896 and 0.003 percent of the Anadarko litigation proceeds.

More information on the Kerr-McGee Navassa Site.

Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp-Jacksonville Superfund Site, Jacksonville, Fla.

• The Jacksonville Site is approximately 31 acres and was operated as a fertilizer and pesticide formulating, packaging, and distribution facility from 1893 to 1978.

• Payment to the multistate environmental response trust of $4,220,981 and 2 percent of the Anadarko litigation proceeds. Payment to EPA of $1,896 and 0.003 percent of the Anadarko litigation proceeds.

More information on the Kerr-McGee Jacksonville Site.

Kerr-McGee Chemical Corporation Superfund Site, Soda Springs, Idaho

• The Soda Springs Site is approximately 158 acres and was operated as a vanadium extraction and processing plant.

• Payment to the multistate environmental response trust of $6,050,929 and 2 percent of the Anadarko litigation proceeds.

More information on the Kerr-McGee Soda Springs Site.

Kerr-McGee Superfund Sites, West Chicago, Ill.

• The West Chicago Sites are contaminated properties associated with the former Rare Earths Facility. There are four Superfund sites in the area that are contaminated by radioactive thorium waste material.

• Payment to the West Chicago environmental response trust of $10,356,820, which includes funding for administrative costs but excludes financial assurance and other assets being contributed to the trust. Payment to EPA of $111,115 and 0.2 percent of the Anadarko litigation proceeds.

More information on the Kerr-McGee West Chicago Sites.

Lindsay Light Removal Sites, Chicago, Ill.

• The Lindsay Light Sites are located in Chicago, Ill. and relate to Tronox's corporate predecessor's thorium processing activities in the area.

• Payment to EPA of $5,686,628 and 2.7 percent of the Anadarko litigation proceeds.

Moss-American Superfund Site, Milwaukee, Wis.

• The Moss-American Site in Milwaukee, Wis. comprises 88 acres, including a former creosote facility and six miles of the Little Menomonee River, which is adjacent to the former facility.

• Payment to EPA of $724,419 and 0.41 percent of the Anadarko litigation proceeds.

More information on the Moss-American Site.

North Cave Hills/Riley Pass Mine Site, Harding County, S.D.

• The North Cave Hills/Riley Pass Mine Site covers approximately 325 acres, where Tronox's corporate predecessor performed extensive mining operations.

• Payment to EPA of $96,082 and 0.06 percent of the Anadarko litigation proceeds.

Quivira Church Rock Mine Site, N.M.

• The Quivira Church Rock Mine Site is a former uranium mine in McKinley County, N.M. and is associated with the Abandoned Uranium Mines in The Navajo Nation.

• Payment to EPA of $1,263,956 and 2 percent of the Anadarko litigation proceeds.

Toledo Tie Treatment Site, Toledo, Ohio

• The Toledo Tie Treatment Site is located in Toledo, Ohio and was part of a 50-acre railroad tie treatment facility.

• Payment to EPA of $191,231 and 0.113 percent of the Anadarko litigation proceeds.

Tronox Pigments (Savannah) Inc. facility, Savannah, Ga.

• The facility is located on a 1,600-acre site in Savannah, Ga., and includes a titanium dioxide pigment plant and a sulfuric acid plant. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Division, is the lead agency with respect to the facility.

• Payment to the Savannah environmental response trust of $7,107,355, which includes funding for administrative costs, and 1.285 percent of the Anadarko Litigation proceeds. Payment to EPA of $6,320 and 0.01 percent of the Anadarko litigation proceeds.

Welsbach and General Gas Mantle Contamination Superfund Site, Camden and Gloucester City, N.J.

• The Welsbach Site is comprised of two former gas mantle manufacturing sites and numerous residential properties in the cities of Camden and Gloucester City, N.J.

• Payment to EPA of $3,159,890 and 5 percent of the Anadarko litigation proceeds.

More information on the Welsbach and General Gas Mantle Contamination Superfund Site.

White King/Lucky Lass Superfund Site, Lakeview, Ore.

• The White King/Lucky Lass Site includes two abandoned uranium mines in Lakeview, Ore. Uranium mining between 1955 and the mid-1960's resulted in contamination of the site with arsenic and radionuclides.

• Payment to EPA of $448,812 and 0.25 percent of the Anadarko litigation proceeds.

More information on the White King/Lucky Lass Site.