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LCP Chemicals
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Site Summary Profile
EPA ID: GAD099303182Location: Brunswick, Glynn County, GA
Lat/Long: 31.189440, -081.508330
Congressional District: 01
NPL Status: Proposed: 10/02/95; Final: 06/17/96
Affected Media: Ground water and soil
Cleanup Status: Site cleanup activities are underway
Site Reuse/Redevelopment: Potential future use - commercial/industrial
Site Manager: Shea Jones (jones.shea@epa.gov)
Site Background
The LCP Chemicals Superfund site is located in Brunswick, Georgia. The site consists of approximately 800 acres, the majority of which is a tidal marsh. The remaining portion of the site is occupied with process buildings, administration offices, railroad spurs, treatment, storage and disposal units, and tank storage facilities. An oil refinery, a paint manufacturing company, a power plant, and a chlor-alkali plant have all operated at this site over the last 70 years. Since 1919, the site has been occupied by at least five major companies: Atlantic Refining Company (ARCO); Georgia Power Company; Dixie Paints and Varnish Company (currently, the O'Brien Company); Allied Chemical Inc. (currently, Allied Signal); and, the Hanlin Group subsidiary, LCP Chemicals-Georgia, Inc.
During various manufacturing activities, the site became contaminated with mercury, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and semi-volatile contamination in site soils, ground water, and in the tidal marsh.Threats and Contaminants
Soil and ground water have been contaminated with mercury, PCBs, and volatile organics.
Site Cleanup Plan
The LCP site covers three operable units (OUs): OU-1 (marsh area); OU-2 (ground water); and OU-3 (contaminated upland soil). OU-1 originally covered both the marsh and upland soils. In 2005, EPA redefined the OUs to define three distinct areas for cleanup.
OU-1 is in the Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study (RI/RS) stage.
OU-2 is in the RI/FS stage.
OU-3 is in the RI/FS stage.
Cleanup Progress
Between 1994 and 1997, a removal action was performed on the estimated 70 acres comprising the upland portion of the site. The removal action included the excavation of contaminated soils and industrial process waste from 26 discrete areas of contamination.The removal areas contained material contaminated with constituents including petroleum hydrocarbons (volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds), mercury, alkaline sludges, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and lead. Approximately 167,000 cubic yards of soil, sediment, and waste were removed.
Between 1998 and 1999, the removal action cleanup was extended to approximately 13 acres within the marsh and parts of the tidal channels. Also, petroleum process buildings and the mercury cell buildings were dismantled.
OU-1/OU-3:
- EPA requested that the Potentially Responsible Parties (PRPs) submit an updated RI Report that will focus on the new OU-1 area (a current report contains the marsh and upland soil), an updated Human Health Risk Assessment (HHRA), and a Baseline Ecological Risk Assessment (BERA).
- The BERA and HHRA will be approved during the Summer of 2009.
OU-2:
- Periodic ground water monitoring has occurred at OU-2 since 2001.
- Contamination (mercury) was discovered beneath a sandstone layer and a caustic brine pool (CBP) which has a high pH was discovered beneath the site.
- The CBP is being cleaned up through a removal action at the site. The removal action cleanup began in September 2007 and is expected to reduce the pH of the CBP to less than 10.5 and reduce the density of the CBP.
- Ground water will be remediated after a final cleanup remedy is selected and a Record of Decision is finalized for OU-2.
OU-3:
- As a result of creating OU-3, potential PRPs were asked to update the RI/FS report to focus on the upland soil area. The updated RI/FS report was submitted to EPA during May 2007. After reviewing this report, EPA determined that a complete ecological risk assessment must be done in order to evaluate the site for potential future ecological use.
- EPA approved the workplan for the baseline ecological risk assessment in August 2008.
- An updated Human Health Risk Assessment for OU-3 was approved by EPA in 2007. EPA will approve the BERA and the HHRA Addendum during the Summer of 2009.
Site cleanup activities are being led primarily by potentially responsible parties with oversight by EPA.
Enforcement Activities
In 1994, EPA issued a Unilateral Administrative Order for Removal to several of the former owners/operators of the facility which instructed them to undertake cleanup operations at the site.
PRPs for the site signed an Administrative Order on Consent (AOC) with EPA in June 1995 to conduct the RI/FS for the site.
Honeywell signed an AOC with EPA in April 2007 to conduct the CBP removal action.
Community Involvement
EPA has conducted a range of community involvement activities at the site to solicit community input and to ensure that the public remains informed about site activities throughout the site cleanup process. Outreach activities have included public meetings and public notices regarding major cleanup activities.
Fact Sheets
- June 2002 Fact Sheet (PDF) (4 pp, 22K, About PDF)
- 2004 Fact Sheet (PDF) (12 pp, 959K, About PDF)
- September 2007 Fact Sheet (PDF) (2 pp, 169K, About PDF)
- November 2008 Cleanup Fact Sheet (PDF) (7 pp, 350K, About PDF)
Future Work
It is anticipated that the Records of Decision for OU-1 and OU-3 will be finalized during the Fall of 2009.
The removal action for CBP cleanup in OU-2 should be completed by the end of 2010.Site Administrative Documents
Site Repository
For more information or to view any site-related documents, please visit the site information repository at the following location. As new documents are generated, they will be placed in the information repository for public information.
Three Rivers Regional Library System
(formerly Brunswick-Glynn County Library System)
208 Gloucester Street
Brunswick, Georgia 31520
Administrative Record Index
- Removal (PDF) (30 pp, 3.1MB, About PDF)
For documents not available on the website, please contact the Region 4 Freedom of Information Office.