[CPEO-MEF] VOCs, Liability: Air Force denies Myrtle Beach (SC) role

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Military resists AVX lawsuit: Witnesses, Air Force deny role in 
contamination

Myrtle Beach Sun News
TradingMarkets.com
December 2, 2008

The Air Force wants a federal judge to deny a request that the military 
be added as a defendant in a class-action lawsuit filed against Myrtle 
Beach-based AVX Corp., saying there is no evidence the Air Force 
contributed to toxic groundwater contamination at and near the 
manufacturer's headquarters.

The military, in court documents filed last week, said AVX's attempt to 
bring the Air Force into the lawsuit is an unmerited delay tactic meant 
to extend the case by at least a year.

The military's court documents also include a declaration by Carol 
Minsk, a hydrogeologist with the S.C. Department of Health and 
Environmental Control, who said there is no reason to believe the Air 
Force played any role in groundwater contaminated with 
trichloroethylene, also known as TCE.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/2060420/

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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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