E.P.A. Public Availability Session to be held for the Terry Creek Operable Unit One Superfund Site, Brunswick, Ga.

ATLANTA - The E.P.A. (EPA) will hold a Public Availability Session from 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at Brunswick Historic City Hall on 1229 Newcastle Street in Downtown Brunswick, Ga. Representatives from E.P.A. and the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (GA EPD) will be accessible to answer questions and discuss cleanup of Operable Unit one at the Terry Creek Superfund Site.

The Terry Creek Dredge Spoil Areas/Hercules Outfall location is located in Brunswick, Georgia. It includes the area where the Hercules Brunswick pesticide production facility discharged wastewater through an outfall ditch into Dupree Creek, which flows into Terry Creek, from 1948 to 1980. The location also includes nearby areas used to store sediments dredged from Dupree Creek and Terry Creek. E.P.A. suggested placing the location on the Superfund program's National Priorities List in 1997 because of contaminated groundwater, soil, sediment and fish tissue.

EPA, the Georgia EPD and Hercules, Inc., the site's potentially responsible party (PRP), have investigated location conditions and taken steps to clean up the location in order to protect people and the environment from contamination. A fish consumption advisory remains in place for parts of Dupree Creek and Terry Creek. By investigating and cleaning up the site, EPA, Georgia EPD and the site's PRP continue to protect people and the environment from location contamination

Community members interested in obtaining additional information are encouraged to contact Angela Miller, E.P.A. Community Involvement Coordinator, at (877) 718-3752 or 404-562-8561.

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