star lake canal

NEAR STATE HWY 366 & SARA JANE RD

The Star Lake Canal Superfund Site (Site) is located in Port Neches, Texas, an industrial city adjacent to the Neches River in East Texas in the center of the Beaumont-Orange-Port Arthur Golden Triangle (see the “Site Aerial Photograph” below). The Site is currently defined as the lengths of two industrial canals, the Star Lake Canal and the Jefferson Canal, from their origins to the Neches River. The Star Lake Canal joins the Jefferson Canal in an area between State Highway 366 and Sara Jane Road (a.k.a. Atlantic Highway) The Jefferson Canal was constructed in the late 1940’s as an industrial wastewater and stormwater outfall. The Star Lake Canal was constructed after 1948 for the same purpose. Both canals are currently being utilized for industrial and stormwater purposes by chemical and other manufacturing facilities. The Site consists of surface water and sediments in the Star Lake Canal, Jefferson Canal, and the Molasses Bayou and Wetland. These wetlands are habitats used by State-designated threatened species. From the confluence of the Molasses Bayou, Star Lake Canal, and Neches River, surface water flows down the Neches River approximately 3 ½ miles to Sabine Lake. Sabine Lake is used as a fishery and produced more than 1 million pounds of fish and shellfish in 1996. The land use surrounding the Site is industrial, residential, and recreational. The population within one-mile of the Site is 5,604 persons. The population of the City of Port Neches is approximately 14,452. Other communities in the area include Groves, Nederland, and Port Arthur. The EPA entered into an Administrative Order on Consent (AOC) with Huntsman Petrochemical Corporation and Chevron Environmental Management Corporation (the PRPs) to perform and finance the Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study (RI/FS) for the Site. The AOC was signed on December 22, 2005. The purpose of the RI/FS is to determine the nature and extent of contamination and to gather sufficient information about the Site to support an informed risk management decision regarding which remedy is the most appropriate for the Site. The Tier I RI report has been approved by the EPA, the Tier 2 RI Report was completed in August 2011, and the Final FS Report was delivered on June 5, 2012.

• Palmetto Wood Preserving (Dixiana, SC)
• Rentokil, Inc. (virginia Wood Preserving Division) (Richmond, VA)
• King Of Prussia (Winslow Township, NJ)
• Tar Lake (Mancelona Township, MI)
• Amoco Chemicals (joliet Landfill) (Joliet, IL)

• De Rewal Chemical Co. (Kingwood Township, NJ)
• American Anodco, Inc. (Ionia, MI)
• Selma Treating Co. (Selma, CA)
• Sanitary Landfill Co. (industrial Waste Disposal Co., Inc.) (Dayton, OH)