Comments on: Portland Heavy Metal: McCormick & Baxter Creosote Superfund Site http://www.sprol.com/2005/11/mccormick-baxter/ Worst Places In The World Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:18:08 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: gracie http://www.sprol.com/2005/11/mccormick-baxter/comment-page-1/#comment-457449 gracie Sun, 13 Nov 2011 03:29:35 +0000 http://www.sprol.com/?p=283#comment-457449 Recall when I worked briefly at DEQ 17 years ago some group was interested in buying this site. The DEQ employees who met them at the site to show it to them said they got a great deal less interested as soon as they were handed haz-mat suits to enter it. (I think there was a chain-link fence around the worst part of it in those days.) Portland used to have many small urban lakes and streams that were all gradually filled in with trash and dirt -- and probably in some cases industrial waste. The beautiful Guild's Lake is one of those which you can see in old pictures of Portland. Recall when I worked briefly at DEQ 17 years ago some group was interested in buying this site. The DEQ employees who met them at the site to show it to them said they got a great deal less interested as soon as they were handed haz-mat suits to enter it. (I think there was a chain-link fence around the worst part of it in those days.)

Portland used to have many small urban lakes and streams that were all gradually filled in with trash and dirt — and probably in some cases industrial waste. The beautiful Guild’s Lake is one of those which you can see in old pictures of Portland.

]]> By: Photos at Portland’s Very Own Superfund Site… « Sean Morrison Photography http://www.sprol.com/2005/11/mccormick-baxter/comment-page-1/#comment-263549 Photos at Portland’s Very Own Superfund Site… « Sean Morrison Photography Tue, 27 May 2008 05:37:03 +0000 http://www.sprol.com/?p=283#comment-263549 [...] May 27, 2008 by seanmorr Sunday I took part in the PDXStrobist(A Flickr group for Photographers) Group’s monthly shoot. This month we headed down to the Superfund site in North Portland. Wow was it cool…total industrial wasteland covered with graffiti. We had some models along as well. It was awesome and I got some great photos. I also took a bunch of Holga photos, and will get the film back in a week or so…I can’t wait for those. Here are a few of my Favorites. [...] [...] May 27, 2008 by seanmorr Sunday I took part in the PDXStrobist(A Flickr group for Photographers) Group’s monthly shoot. This month we headed down to the Superfund site in North Portland. Wow was it cool…total industrial wasteland covered with graffiti. We had some models along as well. It was awesome and I got some great photos. I also took a bunch of Holga photos, and will get the film back in a week or so…I can’t wait for those. Here are a few of my Favorites. [...]

]]> By: Elizabeth Hoover http://www.sprol.com/2005/11/mccormick-baxter/comment-page-1/#comment-16694 Elizabeth Hoover Wed, 21 Feb 2007 02:46:15 +0000 http://www.sprol.com/?p=283#comment-16694 I’m a graduate student at Brown University working on the Superfund Basic Research Project Outreach Core. One of the community groups I work with is the Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council (WRWC). In the middle of the Woonasquatucket River is a dioxin contaminated Superfund site, attributed to the waste water of a series of chemical companies and a incinerator-based drum reconditioning facility sited along the river from the 1950’s- 1970’s. Currently the EPA is trying a new approach with this site, and hosting a series of dialog meetings with community groups, potentially responsible parties (PRP’s), and consultants so that theoretically everyone has a chance to present their needs and desires, and support for each of the various remediation alternatives, of which there are many currently on the table. What I am attempting to do is contact as many people as possible who have dealt with dioxin contaminated sediment Superfund sites in their communities. Is there or was there ever such a community group that formed around trying to get the McCormick & Baxter site cleaned up? I was intrigued by the comment posted above about Greenpeace action taken at the site. If someone could contact me with any information about community action around this site, I would be grateful I’m a graduate student at Brown University working on the Superfund Basic Research Project Outreach Core. One of the community groups I work with is the Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council (WRWC). In the middle of the Woonasquatucket River is a dioxin contaminated Superfund site, attributed to the waste water of a series of chemical companies and a incinerator-based drum reconditioning facility sited along the river from the 1950’s- 1970’s. Currently the EPA is trying a new approach with this site, and hosting a series of dialog meetings with community groups, potentially responsible parties (PRP’s), and consultants so that theoretically everyone has a chance to present their needs and desires, and support for each of the various remediation alternatives, of which there are many currently on the table. What I am attempting to do is contact as many people as possible who have dealt with dioxin contaminated sediment Superfund sites in their communities. Is there or was there ever such a community group that formed around trying to get the McCormick & Baxter site cleaned up? I was intrigued by the comment posted above about Greenpeace action taken at the site. If someone could contact me with any information about community action around this site, I would be grateful

]]> By: chaindragger http://www.sprol.com/2005/11/mccormick-baxter/comment-page-1/#comment-3930 chaindragger Wed, 13 Sep 2006 03:31:01 +0000 http://www.sprol.com/?p=283#comment-3930 I was part of the Greenpeace team that did an action at this site in 1988. We were protesting the use of pentachloraphenol to treat poles (which lead to the formation of dioxin). It was one nasty place. I was one of the people who chained up (with an appropriate gas mask) at the entrance of the treatment tank. If you look around in some deep, dark corner, you'll find a video of the action. Supposedly, its been cleaned up and they have a park there, though you'll never find me visiting it. Thanks for the site. I was part of the Greenpeace team that did an action at this site in 1988. We were protesting the use of pentachloraphenol to treat poles (which lead to the formation of dioxin). It was one nasty place. I was one of the people who chained up (with an appropriate gas mask) at the entrance of the treatment tank. If you look around in some deep, dark corner, you’ll find a video of the action. Supposedly, its been cleaned up and they have a park there, though you’ll never find me visiting it. Thanks for the site.

]]> By: Joe Shmo http://www.sprol.com/2005/11/mccormick-baxter/comment-page-1/#comment-801 Joe Shmo Sat, 19 Nov 2005 03:27:49 +0000 http://www.sprol.com/?p=283#comment-801 That big, red dome is the arena at University of Portland. That big, red dome is the arena at University of Portland.

]]> By: stuart young http://www.sprol.com/2005/11/mccormick-baxter/comment-page-1/#comment-798 stuart young Wed, 16 Nov 2005 22:21:26 +0000 http://www.sprol.com/?p=283#comment-798 what's that big red dome right next to the site? presumably a sports stadium. Just interested thats all. what’s that big red dome right next to the site? presumably a sports stadium. Just interested thats all.

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