[CPEO-MEF] VOCs: Air Force questions AVX position in Myrtle Beach (SC)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

U.S. government: AVX has no basis for pollution appeal

By David Wren
Myrtle Beach Sun-News (SC)
April 17, 2012

While AVX Corp. doesn't agree with a federal judge's order stating  
that the company is responsible for cleaning up all of the  
groundwater pollution on neighboring property in Myrtle Beach, the  
electronic components manufacturer hasn't presented any evidence that  
Judge Terry Wooten erred in his ruling last year, according to court  
documents filed this week by the federal government.

The documents were filed in response to AVX's request in February for  
a new trial in an environmental contamination lawsuit that dates to  
2007. The request is being considered by the Fourth Circuit Court of  
Appeals in Richmond, Va.

In its response, the federal government says AVX has not stated any  
valid reason that a new trial should be granted.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/2012/04/17/2779386/us-government-avx- 
has-no-basis.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street, Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
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