[CPEO-BIF] Myrtle Beach, South Carolina developer's TCE suit back in court

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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
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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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