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DEQ: JH Baxter cleanup advancing but Superfund listing and cost recovery remain ongoing challenges
Summary
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality told lawmakers that EPA time-critical removal actions have removed and are decommissioning hazardous tanks at the former JH Baxter wood-treating facility in Eugene, residential yard cleanups have been completed for seven properties with at least four more urgently needed, and criminal and civil cases
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality told the Senate Committee on Veterans, Emergency Management, Federal and World Affairs that cleanup work is underway at the former JH Baxter wood‑treating facility in Eugene, but that substantial investigation, long-term remediation and cost recovery remain to be completed.
"This facility began operation in the forties and was active up until January of 2022," Keith Anderson, DEQ Western Region administrator, told the committee. Anderson said the site contained creosote, pentachlorophenol compounds and arsenic-copper preservatives, and that EPA initiated a time‑critical removal action in August to decommission tanks and remove the…
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