american creosote works, inc. (jackson plant)

MEADOW ST

The 60-acre site is located immediately southwest of downtown Jackson, Tennessee. The site includes numerous lagoons and other low-lying areas. The Seaboard Railroad borders the site to the south, the Forked Deer River borders the site to the southwest, Central Creek borders the site to the north and west and industrial land use borders the site to the east. The site’s broader surroundings include industrial, commercial and residential land uses. Several public and private wells are located within a three-mile radius of the site, including a city well field less than two miles east of the site. From the early 1930s until 1981, a wood treating facility operated at the site. Operations included discharging untreated process wastewater directly into the south fork of the Forked Deer River until 1973, when the operation built a levee around the facility to contain wastewater and surface water runoff. During construction, operations stored process water and sludge in pits on site that often overflowed into the main process area and the river during heavy rains and flooding. In 1974, the facility installed a wastewater treatment system. In 1986, EPA listed the site on the NPL. The site can support industrial land uses. In 2004, Jackson Energy Authority acquired the site property and currently uses it for equipment storage. Fencing surrounds the site to control access.

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