[CPEO-BIF] AVX (Myrtle Beach, SC) plume history

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

AVX knew of TCE spread in 2000: Firm purchased site that tested positive
for chemical in 1998

David Wren
Myrtle Beach Sun News (SC)
December 9, 2007

Electronics manufacturer AVX Corp., a suspected source of groundwater
contamination in a Myrtle Beach neighborhood, knew since at least 2000
that toxic chemicals had migrated from its 17th Avenue South facility to
an adjoining property, according to state documents.

Environmental tests two years earlier confirmed trichloroethylene, an
industrial degreaser, had moved through groundwater from AVX to the
adjacent Myrtle Cinema 10 site at 1804 S. Kings Highway, according to
documents filed with the state's Department of Health and Environmental
Control.

AVX bought the 10.7-acre cinema site in 2000 for $4 million, according
to Horry County property records.

The theater has been torn down and the property is now vacant.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/896288/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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