Editing Glynn County, Georgia (section)

==Superfund sites==
Glynn County is home to four [[Superfund]] sites. Those include the "LCP Chemicals Georgia" site,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0401634|access-date=May 31, 2017|work=EPA|title=LCP Chemicals Georgia}}</ref> the "Brunswick Wood Preserving" site,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0405622|access-date=May 31, 2017|work=EPA|title=Brunswick Wood Preserving}}</ref> the "Hercules 009 Landfill" site,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0401699|access-date=May 31, 2017|work=EPA|title=Hercules 009 Landfill}}</ref> and the "Terry Creek Dredge Spoil Areas/Hercules Outfall" site.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0404439|access-date=May 31, 2017|work=EPA|title=Terry Creek Dredge Spoil Areas/Hercules Outfall}}</ref>

The Hanlin Group, Inc., which maintained a facility named "LCP Chemicals" in Glynn County just outside the corporate limits of Brunswick, was convicted of dumping 150 tons of [[Mercury (element)|mercury]] into Purvis Creek, a tributary of the [[Turtle River (Georgia)|Turtle River]] and surrounding tidal marshes between the mid-1980s and its closure in 1994. Three executives were sentenced to prison time over the incident.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://savannahnow.com/stories/070399/LOClcp.html|access-date=May 31, 2017|title=Former LCP Official Gets Jail Time, Fine|work=Savannah Morning News}}</ref>

The LCP facility had been declared a [[Superfund (environmental law)|Superfund]] site when it closed in 1994. It had been under scrutiny by the [[United States Environmental Protection Agency|EPA]] after Service [[biologist]]s discovered [[mercury poisoning]] in endangered [[wood stork]]s on [[St. Simons, Georgia|St. Simons Island]]. Fish, shellfish, crabs, and shrimps taken in coastal waters, as well as other bird species, also contained the toxic metal. The Service traced the source of the contamination to the LCP plant and documented the extent of the damage to wildlife resources. Their effort resulted in the addition of [[Endangered Species Act]] charges to those that would be brought against Hanlin and its officers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/SiteProfiles/index.cfm?fuseaction=second.topics&id=0401634|access-date=May 31, 2017|work=EPA|title=LCP Chemicals Georgia - Site Details}}</ref>