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The Burlington Northern (Brainerd/Baxter Plant) site is located on the boundary between the cities of Brainerd and Baxter, in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, in an area south of the Paul Bunyan State Trail and State Highway 210 and north of W Laurel Street. The Mississippi River flows approximately 3,000 feet east of the site. The site is bordered by commercial and light industrial areas to the north and southwest and by residential areas to the south and southeast. The Northern Pacific Railroad and Burlington Northern Railroad operated a tie treatment facility at the site from about 1907 to 1986. Railraod ties were treated with creosote and fuel oil. Wastewater generated from the wood-treating process was sent to two shallow, unlined ponds. This created a sludge which contaminated both the underlying soils and the groundwater with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and other contaminants. Area residents and businesses are connected to city water. No original building currently exist on-site, only cleanup-related structures.
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