[CPEO-BIF] Former coal tar gasification plant, Charleston, South Carolina

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Oil still oozes at old pollution clean up site near Charleston waterfront

By Bo Petersen 
Charleston Post and Courier (SC)
February 19, 2018

Oily sludge still oozes into containment wells across the street from the South Carolina Aquarium - at volumes ranging from 50 to 400 gallons per month.

The soil under the former coal tar gasification plant continues to bleed toxins in the ground, long after the contamination was first revealed in the early 1990s and helped lead to the closing of the nearby public housing complex, Ansonborough Homes.

The pollution and its expensive clean-up delayed the building of the South Carolina Aquarium and launched millions of dollars worth of lawsuits and settlements.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.postandcourier.com/news/oil-still-oozes-at-old-pollution-clean-up-site-near/article_251030aa-100a-11e8-b870-9319a0925aad.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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