Residents, EPA talk about Brunswick Superfund site

Residents in coastal Brunswick last night demanded answers from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency about their plans to cleanup a federal Superfund site. The polluted site on Burnett Creek is leaching toxins into groundwater and floods nearby neighborhoods in heavy rains.

Site neighbor Paul Redding says, he’s been trying to stop the pollution for 30 years. “Nobody’s doing nothing," Redding says. "Everybody’s looking. Nobody’s doing nothing."

Last night, E.P.A. officials held a meeting to answer questions about the site, but Daniel Parshley of the Glynn Environmental Coalition says, he's heard the answers before. “We’re getting that they’re going to work on things, but, again, they’ve been working on things since 1997," he says. "We get a lot of promises, but not much action.”

Parshley and others want to know why the E.P.A. doesn’t have a plan to stop the flooding or test yards contaminated by heavy rains. Last night, E.P.A. officials said, they do have plans, but until this year lacked funding to go through with them. They now say, remedial construction will begin this summer.