ON SEPT 17, 2013, THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SD OF MS ENTERED A CONSENT DECREE FOR PAYMENT OF RESPONSE COSTS AT THE PICAYUNE WOOD TREATING SUPERFUND SITE IN PICAYUNE, PEARL RIVER COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI. THE SOLE DEFENDANT TO THE CONSENT DECREE IS STEWART GAMMILL, III, WHO OPERATED A WOOD-TREATING FACILITY AT THE SITE FOR MANY YEARS. UNDER THE TERMS OF THE CONSENT DECREE, MR. GAMMILL WILL PAY THE U.S. $2 MILLION IN A SPECIAL ACCOUNT TO BE SPENT TO COMPLETE THE RESPONSE ACTIONS AT THE SITE. THE EPA HAS NEARLY FINISHED THE REMEDIATION OF CONTAMINATED SOIL AT THE SITE AND IS BEGINNING THE REMDIATION OF GROUNDWATER BENEATH THE SITE. EPA HAS ALREADY SPENT MORE THAN $43 MILLION ON RESPONSE ACTION AND EXPECTS TO HAVE SPENT $60 MILLION BY THE TIME THE REMEDIAL ACTION IS COMPLETE.
7/27/15 - SECOND CD ENTERED. THE FIRST WAS WITH STEWARD GAMILL, II IN SEPT 2013. THIS CD IS WITH LYNN CROSBY GAMMILL. THE $1.7 MILLION SHE WILL PAY WILL GO TOWARD IN-SITU CLEANUP.