[CPEO-BIF] Myrtle Beacn, South Carolina liability case

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[I've never seen this argument before ... that there is no liability 
because the TCE can eventually be removed from the groundwater. - LS]


VX loses bid to avoid court

By David Wren
MYrtle Beach Sun News (SC)
February 23, 2010

A federal judge on Monday denied Myrtle Beach-based AVX Corp.'s claim 
that toxic contamination spreading from the manufacturer's headquarters 
has not created a financial hardship for adjacent property owner Horry 
Land Co.

...

AVX is accused of polluting groundwater near its 17th Avenue South 
headquarters with trichloroethylene, or TCE, which is an industrial 
degreaser that has been linked to cancer and other health problems.

Some of that pollution has spread to about 30 acres of vacant property 
that Horry Land owns across the street from the manufacturer.

Horry Land has said in court documents that the pollution has made its 
property worthless. Horry Land wants AVX to pay at least $5.4 million in 
compensation for the property in addition to unspecified punitive damages.

AVX, which makes electronic components, has said that Horry Land does 
not deserve any money because the pollution eventually can be removed 
from the groundwater.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.thesunnews.com/2010/02/23/1331349/avx-loses-bid-to-avoid-court.html

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org



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