2013 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 21:00:13 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Myrtle Beach, South Carolina developer's TCE suit back in court
 
Myrtle Beach groundwater pollution trial headed back to court

By David Wren
Myrtle Beach Sun-News (SC)
July 19, 2013

MYRTLE BEACH - A pollution trial that was sidetracked last year by a lack of jurors is scheduled to start Monday in Conway with would-be condominium developers JDS Development of Myrtle Beach Inc. blaming the failure of their project on groundwater contamination caused by electronics manufacturer AVX Corp.

David and Steve Nance, partners in JDS Development, claim groundwater containing trichloroethylene, or TCE, migrated from the AVX site along 17th Avenue South to their property, causing their bank to withdraw a construction loan for their planned Southern Pines condo project at the intersection with Beaver Road.

AVX denies the allegations and is expected to argue that the real estate collapse - not polluted groundwater - caused the project’s demise.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/2013/07/19/3594457/myrtle-beach- groundwater-pollution.html

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Lenny Siegel
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