[CPEO-MEF] VOCs: AVX vs. the Air Force in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

AVX says military's poor handling, testing contributed to pollution


By David Wren
Myrtle Beach Sun News
March 3, 2011

FLORENCE -- The U.S. military's careless handling practices and  
inadequate testing helped contribute to environmental contamination  
on Horry Land Co.'s property along 17th Avenue South in Myrtle Beach,  
a geologist said Thursday, and AVX Corp. wants the federal government  
to pay half of an estimated $6 million to clean up groundwater  
pollution at the site.

A civil trial involving the military and electronics components maker  
AVX moved into its second phase in federal court here, with Judge  
Terry Wooten set to determine what share both sides must pay to get  
rid of trichloroethylene, or TCE, contamination in Horry Land's  
groundwater.

AVX earlier this week reached a confidential settlement with Horry  
Land over a property damage claim. Horry Land -- which has property  
across the street from AVX -- had been asking for at least $5 million  
in actual damages and unspecified punitive damages in the first phase  
of the civil trial, which was held before a jury.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.thesunnews.com/2011/03/03/2016050/avx-says-militarys-poor- 
handling.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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