EPA to hold public meeting on Interim Early Action Record of Decision at LCP Chemicals Superfund Site and update community on three other Brunswick Superfund sites
BRUNSWICK, Georgia (May 16, 2025) – On Tuesday, May 20, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold a public meeting to provide information on the Interim Early Action Record of Decision for Operable Unit 2 at the LCP Chemicals Superfund Site and update the community on the other Brunswick Superfund sites: Hercules 009 Landfill, Brunswick Wood Preserving and Terry Creek Dredge Spoil Areas/Hercules Outfalls.
The cleanup actions at the LCP Chemicals site will address mercury-contaminated groundwater and subsurface soil beneath the former chlor-alkali cell building area.
WHEN: Tuesday, May 20, 2025, 5:30 – 7 p.m. ET
WHERE: Rise Risely Building, 2900 Albany St., Brunswick, 31520
Background:
The 813-acre LPC Chemicals Georgia Superfund Site was, over the years, home to an oil refinery, a paint manufacturing company and a chlor-alkali plant. Vacant since 1994, EPA placed the site on the National Priorities List (NPL) in 1996 because of contaminated groundwater, soil and sediment.
From 1948 until 1980, Hercules, Inc. used seven acres at the northern end of the 16.5-acre Hercules 009 Landfill Superfund Site for waste disposal. The Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) collected samples that revealed contamination. EPC canceled Hercules, Inc.’s permit to operate the landfill, and it ceased operations in 1982. EPA placed the site on the Superfund program’s National Priorities List (NPL) in 1984 because of contaminated groundwater, sludge and soil.
The 84-acre Brunswick Wood Preserving Superfund Site was home to a wood treatment facility from 1958 until 1991. Operations included the three major types of wood treating: creosote, pentachlorophenol (PCP) and chromium/copper/arsenic (CCA). There was a major diesel fuel spill into Burnett Creek in 1989. In 1991, the State of Georgia completed an investigation of the site. Later that year, the facility caught on fire and ceased operations. EPA placed the site on the Superfund Program’s National Priorities List (NPL) in 1984 because of contaminated groundwater, sludge and soil.
The Terry Creek Dredge Spoil Areas/Hercules Outfall is a salt water tidal creek and marsh system on the Atlantic coast east of Brunswick. Four source areas are contaminated with toxaphene, a chlorinated pesticide, caused by discharges by Hercules LLC during the manufacturing of toxaphene from a former pesticide plant that operated from 1948 to 1980. The site was proposed to the National Priorities List (NPL) in 1997 but not finalized. EPA plans to utilize the Superfund Alternative Approach (SSA) at the site.
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