The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in Atlanta, Georgia has released the public comment version of a public health assessment (PHA) focused on chemicals in soil at the LCP Chemicals Superfund Site (LCP site) in Brunswick, Georgia.
The LCP Site occupies approximately 813 acres immediately northwest of the city of Brunswick. Tidal marshland comprises more than 670 acres of the property. ATSDR’s evaluation of the LCP site focuses on approximately 133 acres of dry land area east of the marsh. In the past, manufacturing operations took place on the dry land area.
ATSDR’s overall conclusion is that if the LCP Site becomes residential, about 30 acres have chemicals in soil that pose a health risk for children and adults. If the site becomes commercial or industrial, about 5 acres have chemicals in soils that pose a health risk for workers.
ATSDR will host a public meeting to talk with community members about the findings in its PHA.
Location:
Selden Park Recreation Center
3401 Ross Road
Brunswick Georgia
(912) 279-2800
Dates/Times:
Monday, September 27, 2010
6:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Meet & Greet
7:00 p.m. Presentation
7:45 p.m.- 8:30 p.m. Exhibit tables open
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Meet & Greet
11:30 a.m. Presentation
12:15 - 1:00 p.m. Exhibit tables open
ATSDR will be accepting public comments on the assessment until December 22, 2010. The public health assessment is available at http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/sites/lcp/.
Copies of the document are available at the public meeting and at the following locations:
Arco United Methodist Church
3820 Ross Road
Brunswick, GA 31520
(912) 265-7233
Glynn Environmental Coalition
4472 New Jesup Highway
Brunswick, GA 31520
(912) 466-0934
Selden Park Recreation Center
3401 Ross Road
Brunswick, GA 31520
(912) 279-2800
Three Rivers Regional Library System
208 Gloucester Street
Brunswick, GA 31520
(912) 267-1212
Comments on the public health assessment must be made in writing. Comments received during the public comment period will appear in the final public health assessment. Comments (without the names of individuals who submitted them) and ATSDR's responses to these comments will appear in an appendix to the final public health assessment. Names of those who submit comments, however, will be subject to release in answer to requests made under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
Send comments to: ATSDRRecordsCenter@cdc.gov, or mail to:
ATSDR Records Center
ATTN: Rolanda Morrison
re: LCP Chemicals Superfund Site (Brunswick, GA)
4770 Buford Highway, NE (MS F-09)
Atlanta, Georgia 30341
For more information about the public health assessment or public meetings, community members can contact Dr. David Mellard, Toxicologist at 770-488-0727/ DMellard@cdc.gov or Youlanda R. Outin, Health Communications Specialist at 770-488-0712/ youtin@cdc.gov.
ATSDR, a federal public health agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, evaluates the human health effects of exposure to hazardous substances.
Members of the news media can request an interview with ATSDR staff by calling the
NCEH/ATSDR Office of Communication at (770) 488-0070.