[CPEO-BIF] AVX settles TCE lawsuit in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

AVX Corp. agrees to pay property owners $1.2 million to settle  
groundwater pollution lawsuit in Myrtle Beach

By David Wren
Myrtle Beach Sun-News (SC)
October 8, 2014

Electronics manufacturer AVX Corp. will pay $1.2 million to the  
owners of 42 properties in Myrtle Beach where groundwater  
contaminated by the toxic degreaser trichloroethylene was discovered,  
according to a preliminary settlement approved this week by a circuit  
court judge.

AVX used the degreaser - commonly known as TCE and used to clean  
machinery - for decades and state regulators have said the  
groundwater pollution migrated from the manufacturer’s property to  
the surrounding neighborhood, but the company did not admit any  
liability in the agreement.

The agreement - which comes nearly seven years after a class-action  
lawsuit was filed against the company - still needs the approval of  
property owners, who will have a chance to voice their feelings  
during a court hearing Dec. 8 in Conway. The agreement also comes at  
a time when significant progress is being made to clean up the  
pollution.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/2014/10/08/4525961/avx-corp-agrees- 
to-pay-property.html?sp=/99/134/

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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>
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