Eureka Mill demolition ongoing despite asbestos concerns.
A company ignored several government warnings to postpone tearing down an abandoned Chester County textile mill until all asbestos was properly located and removed, according to state documents.
A July 6 letter from South Carolina’s top environmental agency to Chester County officials says demolition continues at several buildings on the Eureka Mill property just outside Chester even though PJW Enterprises had not properly determined the location of asbestos-contaminated materials.
The Department of Health and Environmental Control ordered the company to stop on six occasions since October, the letter says. Some of the debris collected from the mill contained an asbestos concentration of 30 percent, according to the letter. Any material with an asbestos concentration higher than 1 percent falls under state removal rules.
“We are looking at the potential for taking some type of enforcement action,” DHEC spokesman Thom Berry said.
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