[CPEO-BIF] AVX settles Myrtle Beach, South Carolina case

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

AVX settles contamination lawsuit

By David Wren
Myrtle Beach Sun-News (SC)
February 28, 2011
AVX Corp. on Monday reached a confidential settlement with an  
adjacent land owner over groundwater contamination near the  
manufacturer's facility on 17th Avenue South in Myrtle Beach,  
bringing an end to a dispute that started in late 2007.

The settlement was announced during what would have been the fourth  
day of testimony in a jury trial in federal court over contamination  
discovered on property owned by Horry Land Co.

Neither AVX nor Horry Land would comment on the settlement agreement.

The trial will move into a second phase beginning Thursday, when  
Judge Terry Wooten will decide whether the U.S. military contributed  
to the groundwater contamination on Horry Land's site.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.thesunnews.com/2011/02/28/2009662/avx-settles- 
contamination-lawsuit.html

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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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