[CPEO-BIF] "State regulator questions timeframe for Myrtle Beach (South Carolina) pollution cleanup"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

State regulator questions timeframe for Myrtle Beach pollution cleanup

By David Wren
Myrtle Beach Sun-News (SC)
July 30, 2013 

CONWAY - The state regulator in charge of overseeing pollution cleanup in the neighborhood adjacent to electronics manufacturer AVX Corp.’s facility in Myrtle Beach said during a court hearing on Tuesday that the company’s timeframe for removing contaminated groundwater is “optimistic” in light of recent testing that shows some of the highest levels of pollution to date.

Carol Minsk – a hydro geologist with the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control and the project manager for the AVX cleanup – said tests showing trichloroethylene levels of 708,000 parts per billion in groundwater at the site of a proposed condominium project would make it difficult for AVX to achieve its goal of cleaning up the pollution within five years.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/2013/07/30/3615765/state-regulator-questions-timeframe.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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