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Page 12-A?THE BRUNSWICK BEAC Company BY TKKRY POPE A Navassa company is being sued by the N.C. Department of Human Resources to recover more than JJO.OOO in fines stemming from a May 1984 hazardous waste dumping violation. According to the suit filed last week in Brunswick County Superior Court, Carolina Creosoting Inc has failed to pay its $10,000 fine and to clean up the hazardous waste found Mumped near the company during a sample investigation last year. William I.. Meyer, head of the solid and hazardous waste management branch of the N.C. Department of Human Resources, filed the suit that is also seeking a $250 penalty for failing to file proper documents with the department. Associate Attorney General Debbie Wright is representing the department in the case and filed Die lawsuit through the N.C. Cleanup 'I'oxic wastes that were left behind at a creosote company near l/eland may be cleaned up by the U.S. Knvironmental Protection Agency within the next few months. The N.C. Solid and Hazardous Waste Management Branch has contacted the EPA about removing the contaminated soil because the comparsy property !s now abandoned ynd no one is taking responsibility for the problem. According to the Brunswick County Sheriff's Department, the industrial site on Navassa Road has been closed for several months. Pines totalling $10,250 charged against the company by the N.C. Department of Human Itesnurces AAp?n'<; Five local teams will compete Friday and Saturday, March 1-2, ill the South District Men's llu.skctball tournament sponsored by the Brunswick County riiFna iiiiu nuiTeutfon Department. In all, 12 teams from men's leugucs til Brunswick ('utility, Wilmington and render County recreation department will compete tor the eliuiiipionslitp to lie decided Saturday evening. 'Hie tournament wlti tie tietit nl Vhr West Urutiswick and South llrunswlck high school gyms Friday night at 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. and will continue Saturday at the South Brunswick nnd Middle school Kyinn. The winner of the South District Touriuiincnt will advance to the state finals. Saturday. March 9. in I jiiirinburg. Fairings fur Friday's games at West llrunswlck are as follows: CP&I. llrunswlck vs Maco Stars, 7 p.nl., and the Turn tables vs. tbr Outer Hanks llammocks. 8 p in At South Brunswick High FrUlny night, the pairings arc the Tigers vs ri uiesaiuiuu LAUNDERING ANI) DRY CLEANING SHALLOTTE DRY CLEANERS 7*4-4435 Shallottr TRADITIONAL Brunsv 1 \ ON, Thursday, February 28, 1S85 / Sued Ove Department of Justice. According to the suit, an investigation last May revealed that K-001 wastes had been deposited on the northeast side of the industrial lot in two places?behind the office in the pine woods adjacent to the treated pole storage areas and in the pine woods behind an old bath house. Carolina Creosoting Inc. treates timber with creosote to preserve them for use as utility poles. K-001 is a hazardous waste consisting of "bottom sediment siuage from the treatment of waste waters from wood preserving processes tliat use creosote and/or pentachlorophenols," the suit states. The company did not have a permit to dump the liazardous waste when it was discovered last May. creosote anu [nrnuiL'iiiurupiiL'iiui wastes had also been deposited "directly onto the ground on the i Should Bee have not been paid and company officials liave not filed for an appeal, a lawsuit filed Feb. 10 in Brunswick County Superior Court states. Human resource officials also requested that the company be responsible for cleaning up the chemicals when a notice of the fine was mailed iast July. The state's main concern stemming from the spill is that groundwater in the rural area may become contaminated if the chemicals are not cleaned up. The state has tested two wells, one on the company property and another at a nearby mobile home, but found them to be unconta mi noted. Tournament Sch< Temple Baptist, 7 p.m.; the Warriors vs. the Dog Eyes, 8 p.m. and I'ender No. 4 vs the Players, 9 p.m. The A-Team will face tin.* winner of the CP&l.-Maco game at 10 a.m. at South Brunswick Middle School stiitirii.'iv uiiili- Trr.fJrri; u.*!!! ffirp the winner of lite Turntables and National Gua With nn operating luidnct of nearly iinu million a year, the SC. National (iuard is one of the largest employers ill the state. The Shallotte Natloal (iuard, tvilh its 9.1 ineinbers. has a total loeal financial impact of $309,767, which Includes military pay for K?nrd tueinbcrs, o|icratlnK expenses, local purchases and pay for full-tune personnel, a news release recently staled last year, full and part-time payroll amounted to $297,940 wliile an additional $4,089 was spent for local purchases at the Shallotte armory Keplncemcnt value of the armory facility is $500,259 [ J# A CAROilNAS TR jgfc?4OOU IOVtKIN I CAtPII.VIMT I ANO I ON THE I CAUSEWAY \j<OlDEN BEACH funerals cremation; nck Funeral Shallotte, North Carolii 7<;.4 UOC1 I if I Vlflflf ? r Hazardous treated pole storage area, around r and in the track area adjacent to the s treatment vessels, and adjacent to a the product concrete holding tanks," n it states. P The company was mailed a cer- t! tificd letter from Meyer's office P dated July 23, 1984 notifying them of P the violation and resulting fine, 1 which was ordered to be paid within GO days. Company officials did not re- d quest an administrative hearing on r the apparent violation, did not pay v the fine within 60 days, anu Iujs uevci P removed the spiLled chemicals, the s suit states. The department's letter also $ ordered the company to stop all il- P legal chemical wastes disposal ac- f tivitics and to submit an action plan P 11.,, /.I..nn nr. ,,f U IUI uiu (.uiupiia cicdii-up ui uic chemicals and contamination caused tl by the wastes before Sept. 24, 1984. ? Clean-up efforts were to include the c 1; jin Soon ' Before scheduling the cleanup, EPA officials must serve legal notice to the owners, giving them an opportunity to take care of the problem. If nothing is done, the EPA then steps ( in. cleans the chemicals up, and attempts to recover its costs in court. t Soil samples taken by the EPA in 11 January are being studied to deter- a mine what should be done to clean up 1 the chemicals. Contaminated water in tanks on the site must also be ' removed to prevent tampering. r Of the 10 acre industrial site, less s than an acre is believed to be con- 1 laminated with the wood preserving ' chemicals, officials estimated. I eduled uuter Hanks Hammocks in the second name at U a.m. The House of Koefords will await the winner of the Tigers and Temple U.irvtiut .??.?? .?t 1 1 o rt\ q! IV"*- * Saturday. Semi-final games will follow with a f 1 1 onmn ot i n m ?? ttiioi v lUiiiipiwiuiiiip b?iiiv U? . | South Brunswick Middle School. rd Has Impact The N.C. National C'.uard operated or. a state budget of $5 5 million and federal funding of $93 million in 1984 About two-thirds of the operating budget goes to salaries for tlie more than lil.OOO guard members for weekend drills and annual training. "The National Guard is more than a group of citizen-soldiers ready to respond to state and federal emergencies." said Maj. Gen. Hubert M. I-eonard, N.l.'. Adjutant tienernl. "We are a viable asset to our state's economy." In 1984. guard personnel put in 4.665 mandays following the March tornadoes and an estimated 3.500 mandays during and after Hurricane Diana. ffjtt1 AO'ION INMNI I I'NMDWOOO | vut'CAI BUMDI I "^V v I . \* - v-fT*ir n -r 1 **" - w? * * ; SHIPPING J * Service i ia ? ; Wastes emoval and proper disposal of all uch wastes and contaminated soil ind the installation of a groundwater nonitoring plan to determine the imlact, if any, on the ground waters of he site. Such a plan was to be apiroved by the department and comileted by the company by Nov. 26, 984. Beyond the Nov. 26 deadline, each lay that the violation continues cpresents a separate violation for fhich an additional fine up to $10,000 J~.. UUr >V? UUJ CUII CfV lUMVOUVWi ??tv avvwa tates. In posting an additional penalty of 250 against the company, Meyer ointed out that a "letter of credit" ilcd by the company in order to comily with its financial requirements ras not a duplicated original and hereforc is not a orocer document. mother insurance policy filed by the ompany "was not worded identicaly to the N.C. model," but a fine was lot ordered for that violation, the suit tates. Such documents arc required inder the Resource Conservation ind Recovery Act for all hazardous raste treatment, storage or disposal ilants. The department of human esourees is asking that a Superior lourt judge order the company to lay $10,250 in fines and to "clean up he hazardous waste and to submit ill required documents." It is also isking that the company be ordered 0 pa} ail COiirt COSio. Under the N.C. 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