LCP Chemicals Superfund Site
The LCP Chemicals Superfund Site is located between the Turtle River and New Jesup Highway, just northwest of the Brunswick city limits. The northern boundary of the site runs along Blythe Island Highway and the southern boundary meets with the property line of the active Georgia Pacific Pulp and Paper Mill.
The 813-acre site has a long history of industrial activity from the 1920s through 1994, including an oil refinery, coal-fired power plant, and both chemical and paint/varnish manufacturing plants (see the timeline below). Past activities contaminated soil, groundwater, and adjacent surface waters and marshlands until operations ceased in 1994.
These industries polluted the site with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), mercury, lead, dioxins, and cancer-causing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (cPAHs). Large amounts of contaminants are still present at the site and remediation efforts are ongoing. Due to the complexity and size of the site, the cleanup is being managed in three parts, referred to as Operable Units by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): Operable Unit 1 - the estuary and salt marsh; Operable Unit 2 - the cell buildings area and groundwater; and, Operable Unit 3 - the upland soils and sediments where industrial activities took place. Each of these Operable Units has its own documents and schedule of remediation activities.
September 17, 2021
March 2018
September 6, 2016
February 2015
January 2015
November 2014
September 3, 2014
November 2013
July 2013
September 2010
August 2007
October 18, 2006
September 13, 2006
March 29, 2006
February 2005
June 2004
January 2002
Technical Assistance Report: Subsurface Contamination defined at LCP Chemicals Superfund Site
May 2020
February 2015
February 2015
December 2014
November 2014
September 2014
March 2014
March 2013
July 2008
February 2007
Community action needed to save water
June 22, 2005
September 2004
October 2003
September 4, 2003
January 31, 2001